All-time weather records — Ridgway, CO

Record high
99.0°F
July 18, 2023
Record low
-36.0°F
February 1, 1985
Wettest day
1.90 in
September 11, 1988

Climate change signal in Ridgway

56.8%

of Ridgway's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (208 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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
16
152
1990s
26
83
2000s
88
75
2010s
101
40
2020s
135
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 1982, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1982-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 31, 2003 -33.0°F — Jan 13, 1989 0.90 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 66.9°F — Feb 4, 2025 -36.0°F — Feb 1, 1985 0.75 in — Feb 1, 1993
March 75.9°F — Mar 31, 2012 -20.9°F — Mar 3, 2002 1.70 in — Mar 6, 1995
April 80.1°F — Apr 13, 2025 3.0°F — Apr 13, 1991 1.50 in — Apr 19, 1990
May 89.1°F — May 28, 2003 16.0°F — May 1, 1989 1.05 in — May 2, 2009
June 98.1°F — Jun 18, 2021 19.0°F — Jun 2, 1990 1.35 in — Jun 9, 1997
July 99.0°F — Jul 18, 2023 30.0°F — Jul 5, 1987 1.50 in — Jul 22, 1983
August 97.0°F — Aug 22, 2025 28.9°F — Aug 13, 1985 1.33 in — Aug 5, 2005
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 2019 14.0°F — Sep 29, 1999 1.90 in — Sep 11, 1988
October 84.9°F — Oct 2, 2024 -6.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.70 in — Oct 3, 1996
November 73.9°F — Nov 2, 2008 -18.0°F — Nov 29, 2006 1.50 in — Nov 1, 1986
December 64.9°F — Dec 5, 1995 -26.0°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.03 in — Dec 17, 2016

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