All-time weather records — Rocky Ford, CO

Record high
108.0°F
July 20, 2005
Record low
-29.9°F
January 28, 1948
Wettest day
6.20 in
July 8, 1893

Climate change signal in Rocky Ford

9.3%

of Rocky Ford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1890s
16
21
1900s
17
35
1910s
15
35
1920s
20
25
1930s
20
31
1940s
19
30
1950s
33
28
1960s
23
48
1970s
19
36
1980s
30
16
1990s
45
17
2000s
66
17
2010s
27
18
2020s
16
9

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 21, 2009 -29.9°F — Jan 28, 1948 0.75 in — Jan 1, 1897
February 84.9°F — Feb 10, 2017 -25.1°F — Feb 3, 1996 0.82 in — Feb 28, 1931
March 91.9°F — Mar 19, 1907 -20.9°F — Mar 5, 1948 1.27 in — Mar 15, 1946
April 98.1°F — Apr 26, 1927 3.0°F — Apr 8, 1957 2.58 in — Apr 22, 1983
May 104.0°F — May 31, 2002 18.0°F — May 1, 1909 3.50 in — May 31, 1894
June 106.0°F — Jun 18, 1936 30.9°F — Jun 2, 1919 2.45 in — Jun 17, 1965
July 108.0°F — Jul 20, 2005 39.0°F — Jul 3, 1909 6.20 in — Jul 8, 1893
August 107.1°F — Aug 1, 2008 39.0°F — Aug 26, 1910 3.05 in — Aug 1, 1893
September 102.9°F — Sep 5, 1995 0.0°F — Sep 29, 1905 2.14 in — Sep 27, 1966
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2024 -4.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 2.20 in — Oct 8, 1957
November 86.0°F — Nov 8, 2006 -16.1°F — Nov 3, 1991 2.00 in — Nov 10, 1907
December 80.1°F — Dec 17, 1980 -27.9°F — Dec 12, 1932 1.75 in — Dec 4, 1913

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