All-time weather records — Walsenburg, CO

Record high
106.0°F
July 25, 1940
Record low
-36.0°F
January 12, 1963
Wettest day
3.70 in
April 20, 1942

Climate change signal in Walsenburg

32.5%

of Walsenburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (119 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1930s
30
15
1940s
28
65
1950s
16
40
1960s
15
57
1970s
14
59
1980s
57
33
1990s
30
30
2000s
43
19
2010s
50
28
2020s
83
20

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 1934, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1934-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 12, 1937 -36.0°F — Jan 12, 1963 1.80 in — Jan 30, 2005
February 75.0°F — Feb 21, 1982 -25.1°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.38 in — Feb 12, 1940
March 90.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -14.1°F — Mar 20, 1965 2.20 in — Mar 19, 2003
April 87.1°F — Apr 21, 1989 -2.0°F — Apr 4, 1945 3.70 in — Apr 20, 1942
May 98.1°F — May 31, 2002 14.0°F — May 1, 1954 3.10 in — May 18, 2021
June 100.9°F — Jun 21, 1981 30.0°F — Jun 6, 1937 1.92 in — Jun 2, 1986
July 106.0°F — Jul 25, 1940 41.0°F — Jul 30, 1942 3.25 in — Jul 29, 1982
August 99.0°F — Aug 14, 1937 37.0°F — Aug 28, 1964 2.24 in — Aug 3, 1991
September 98.1°F — Sep 12, 2021 21.0°F — Sep 29, 1985 2.45 in — Sep 21, 1963
October 91.9°F — Oct 15, 1935 -2.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.90 in — Oct 25, 1997
November 91.0°F — Nov 21, 1935 -18.9°F — Nov 28, 1976 3.20 in — Nov 28, 1997
December 79.0°F — Dec 11, 1939 -27.0°F — Dec 6, 1972 1.33 in — Dec 24, 1982

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