All-time weather records — Westcliffe, CO

Record high
99.0°F
August 18, 1903
Record low
-54.0°F
February 10, 1933
Wettest day
3.81 in
May 18, 1955

Climate change signal in Westcliffe

11.7%

of Westcliffe's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (43 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
30
17
1900s
5
23
1910s
34
64
1920s
15
4
1930s
102
23
1940s
25
32
1950s
29
50
1960s
10
36
1970s
9
38
1980s
23
28
1990s
11
25
2000s
22
14
2010s
20
11
2020s
31
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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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 1, 1921 -42.0°F — Jan 27, 1933 1.86 in — Jan 19, 1938
February 72.0°F — Feb 14, 1975 -54.0°F — Feb 10, 1933 1.61 in — Feb 17, 1938
March 79.0°F — Mar 25, 2026 -31.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 1.35 in — Mar 21, 1919
April 78.1°F — Apr 12, 2025 -25.1°F — Apr 4, 1945 2.80 in — Apr 10, 1944
May 88.0°F — May 31, 2002 -2.0°F — May 1, 1917 3.81 in — May 18, 1955
June 95.0°F — Jun 20, 1937 17.1°F — Jun 2, 1919 1.53 in — Jun 10, 1903
July 96.1°F — Jul 11, 1939 25.0°F — Jul 28, 1913 3.23 in — Jul 31, 1947
August 99.0°F — Aug 18, 1903 19.9°F — Aug 2, 1917 3.66 in — Aug 2, 1966
September 90.0°F — Sep 1, 1897 3.9°F — Sep 19, 1971 1.98 in — Sep 27, 1936
October 82.0°F — Oct 9, 1910 -20.0°F — Oct 28, 1917 2.80 in — Oct 27, 1897
November 79.0°F — Nov 3, 1915 -29.0°F — Nov 22, 1957 3.37 in — Nov 27, 1919
December 73.0°F — Dec 4, 1918 -38.9°F — Dec 8, 1978 2.44 in — Dec 6, 1978

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