All-time weather records — Vail, CO

Record high
95.0°F
July 7, 1989
Record low
-32.1°F
February 2, 1985
Wettest day
2.67 in
April 11, 2001

Climate change signal in Vail

22.4%

of Vail's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (82 of 366 records since 2015).

19.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (72 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
133
114
1990s
80
81
2000s
52
63
2010s
61
58
2020s
40
50

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 1985, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1985-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 51.1°F — Jan 30, 1986 -20.9°F — Jan 12, 1989 1.80 in — Jan 16, 2003
February 55.0°F — Feb 25, 1986 -32.1°F — Feb 2, 1985 1.45 in — Feb 21, 1996
March 66.0°F — Mar 10, 1989 -16.1°F — Mar 2, 2002 1.20 in — Mar 28, 1993
April 73.9°F — Apr 21, 1989 -0.9°F — Apr 6, 2009 2.67 in — Apr 11, 2001
May 82.0°F — May 31, 2002 14.0°F — May 4, 2008 1.47 in — May 21, 2019
June 91.0°F — Jun 27, 1990 19.9°F — Jun 26, 1985 1.50 in — Jun 2, 1990
July 95.0°F — Jul 7, 1989 21.9°F — Jul 1, 2020 1.01 in — Jul 28, 1987
August 91.9°F — Aug 18, 1986 21.9°F — Aug 27, 1992 1.20 in — Aug 17, 2003
September 86.0°F — Sep 16, 1990 14.0°F — Sep 30, 1985 1.80 in — Sep 28, 2005
October 78.1°F — Oct 2, 1989 -6.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.50 in — Oct 19, 2005
November 66.0°F — Nov 2, 1988 -16.1°F — Nov 30, 2006 0.92 in — Nov 5, 2018
December 51.1°F — Dec 4, 1987 -22.0°F — Dec 11, 1986 1.20 in — Dec 7, 2001

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