All-time weather records — Rico, CO

Record high
91.2°F
July 12, 2002
Record low
-27.2°F
December 23, 1990
Wettest day
4.10 in
August 18, 1988

Climate change signal in Rico

31.7%

of Rico's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (116 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1980s
15
25
1990s
74
249
2000s
137
42
2010s
72
34
2020s
68
16

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1987, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1986-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 26, 2015 -21.3°F — Jan 8, 1989 1.60 in — Jan 18, 1993
February 68.4°F — Feb 20, 1995 -18.2°F — Feb 2, 2011 1.70 in — Feb 19, 1993
March 73.4°F — Mar 20, 2004 -15.3°F — Mar 2, 2002 1.40 in — Mar 1, 1995
April 70.9°F — Apr 27, 2000 -7.1°F — Apr 6, 2023 1.80 in — Apr 3, 2004
May 85.8°F — May 31, 2002 0.0°F — May 7, 1993 1.90 in — May 21, 2021
June 87.3°F — Jun 15, 2021 4.5°F — Jun 9, 1993 1.80 in — Jun 17, 1995
July 91.2°F — Jul 12, 2002 7.2°F — Jul 18, 1993 1.70 in — Jul 25, 2020
August 87.1°F — Aug 17, 2002 9.7°F — Aug 13, 1992 4.10 in — Aug 18, 1988
September 82.8°F — Sep 5, 2020 10.4°F — Sep 5, 1992 2.20 in — Sep 9, 2003
October 75.4°F — Oct 22, 2003 -2.6°F — Oct 29, 2009 2.00 in — Oct 3, 1996
November 70.2°F — Nov 13, 1999 -15.5°F — Nov 25, 2010 1.70 in — Nov 1, 1986
December 63.9°F — Dec 1, 2021 -27.2°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.60 in — Dec 16, 2016

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Rico.