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Weather Data & Records

 

 

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This page contains weather records for the Crestone area. Crestone's official weather records first started to be recorded on March 15, 1982. This page was last updated on October 20, 2020.

 

All data and record events shown below from March 1982 till January 1, 2003, were complied by Crestone's official weather observer, the late Hal Reinhart, at his station, located 1 mile northeast of the present station. All data and record events shown below after January 1, 2003, comes from this online station (unless other wise noted), which became Crestone's official station on September 25, 2006 . Special thanks to Hal's daughter Julie Sutherland for helping me collect her father's records, and also to Randy Gray at the Pueblo Weather Office, for filling in the missing pieces from Hal's earliest records.

 

  - Record Precipitation Data -
(March 1982  till September 2020, recorded in inches)

 

 

Most Precip - Year
1.  19.16 in 1990
2.  17.24 in 1997
3.  17.23 in 2007
4.  17.21 in 2015
5.  16.77 in 1992		 Most Precip - Month
1.  5.74 in July  1998
2.  5.05 in May 2015
3.  4.64 in Aug. 1987
4.  4.52 in July  2007
5.  4.34 in Aug. 1982		 Least Precip - Year
1.   4.94 in 2002
2.   7.60 in 2018
3.   8.09 in 2000
4.   9.31 in 1989
5.   9.32 in 2004		 Least Precip - Month
   1.  0.00 in May   2004
   1.  0.00 in Nov.  1989
   1.  0.00 in April  1989
    4.  0.02 in Feb.  1999 
   4.  0.02 in Mar.  1997

 

 

Crestone Monthly Precipitation Data & Records
(March 1982 till September 2020) 

 

Precip is recorded in inches. Extremes for each month are in bold. Totals in parenthesis indicate incomplete readings, either for the month or the current year, such totals are not included in the monthly/yearly averages that are listed. M equals missing info.
Year Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Totals
1982    M     M (.57)   .74 1.24   .38 3.34 4.34 3.11   .24   .40 1.24 16.71
1983    .12    .42 2.71   .52 2.00 2.38 2.01 2.74   .86   .20 1.00 1.71 16.13
1984    .20    .47   .74   .87   .39   .45 1.60 2.64   .65 3.10   .17   .73 12.01
1985    .99    .40   .66 1.75   .56   .20 2.35   .93 2.44   .85   .73   .46 12.32
1986    .24    .46   .33 1.97   .72   .99 3.65 2.11 1.11 2.23 1.72   .98 16.57
1987    .80    .75 1.12   .55 1.44 1.13   .99 4.64   .14   .78   .93   .70 13.99
1988 1.65    .20   .31 1.02   .86 3.20 2.62 2.47   .85   .25   .70   .26 14.39
1989 1.11    .90   .34   .00   .93   .19 3.12 1.07   .75   .75   .00   .15   9.31
1990   .46    .33 2.89 3.41 1.14   .33 2.27 1.60 3.52 1.40 1.22   .59 19.16
1991   .15    .27 1.06   .71 1.17 1.12 2.57 2.04   .80   .78 1.77   .91 13.35
1992   .45    .29 2.35   .23 2.12 1.98 2.30 3.66 1.03   .50 1.36   .50 16.77
1993 1.16    .92   .41   .89 2.18   .13   .57 3.70 1.21 1.63   .48   .37 13.65
1994   .66    .04   .86 1.94 1.65   .18 1.32 1.42 1.32 2.12 1.30   .62 13.43
1995   .10   .05 2.47 1.42 2.04 1.42 1.33 1.87 1.13   .04   .04   .20 12.11
1996   .98   .28   .43   .66   .08 1.68 1.88 1.80 1.21 1.04   .91   .25 11.20
1997   .97 1.10   .02   .98 1.01 1.48 2.83 2.42 2.84 1.08 2.13   .38 17.24
1998   .17   .33   .88 1.58   .04   .07 5.74 1.43   .91 2.58   .89   .15 14.78
1999   .37   .02   .41 1.39 1.28 1.37 4.17 2.53 1.14   .17   .01   .27 13.13
2000   .64   .19   .64   .09   .52   .66 1.77 1.34   .55 1.25   .37   .07   8.09
2001   .99   .92   .92 2.47   .67 1.81   .86 2.14 2.58   .34    .26   .50 14.46
2002   .36   .09   .20   .06   .07   .54   .96   .45 1.63   .52   .03   .03   4.94
2003   .20   .94 2.17   .86   .68 1.12 2.82 2.22 1.36   .33   .24   .12 13.06
2004   .26 1.00   .04 2.20   .00    .62 1.52   .72 1.08 1.12   .62   .14   9.32
2005 1.73   .73   .61 2.55   .97    .31 1.20 1.09 1.05    .93   .21    .31 11.69
2006   .64   .17   .87   .44   .27    .17 4.24 2.88 2.46 3.38   .41    .45 16.38
2007   .65   .30 1.18 2.04 1.65    .88 4.52 1.62 2.07   .18   .35  1.79 17.23
2008   .57   .72   .47   .35   .50    .74 1.01 2.65   .46    .26   .74  1.44   9.93
2009   .22   .20   .77 3.03 2.07   2.46   .70   .60   .66  1.47    .09    .31 12.58
2010   .51   .97 1.44 1.73   .23     .31   .87 1.87    .83    .54    .20    .45    9.95
2011   .07   .86    .43   .59   .23     .34 1.17 1.09 1.39 2.45    .33     .61    9.56
2012   .14   .41    .03 1.12 1.11      .21 2.38 1.35 1.51   .59     .26   1.17  10.28
2013   .19   .53    .83   .73 1.27      .21 1.69 2.04 3.71   .76    3.07      .32  15.35
2014   .25   .39    .33 1.62 1.48      .09 3.52 2.58 1.22   .77      .62    1.49  14.36
2015   .77 1.15    .53    .68 5.05    1.63 2.29 1.62    .54 1.49      .46    1.00  17.21
2016   .27   .75    .46 2.59 1.28      .40    .74 3.59   1.07    .12      .89    1.24  13.40
2017  1.19   .42   1.52    .96 1.54      .23    3.33 1.59   2.83    .15      .16       .11 14.03
2018     .18   .27     .23    .31    .31    1.49   1.47    .47    .74   1.22      .20        .71     7.60
2019     .71   .79   2.55    .71 1.48      .30    .77 2.29 0.18   0.47      .91       .91   12.07
2020     .27   .21     .44    .04    .70    1.30 1.43 0.75 1.03          (6.17)
Averages    .57   .51     .91 1.17  1.10    0.90  2.15 2.02 1.39  1.00      .70       .61  13.14
Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Totals


  - Record Snowfall Data -

 

HIGHEST SNOWFALL FOR MONTHS

 (March 1982 till September, 2020, recorded in inches)



Note: Snowfall data is missing for several dates before the 2002-03 snow season, with the month of September missing all snowfall data before 1999, and the month of May missing most snowfall totals before 2002.

September
 8.5 in 2020
5.7 in 2006
0.7 in 2016		 October
17.5  in 1984
14.4  in 2006
13.0  in 1991		 November
33.5  in 1997
33.0  in 2013
23.0  in 1992
 December
25.0 in 2014
21.6 in 1983
21.4 in 2008
 January
23.4  in 2005
22.5  in 1988
22.2  in 1997


February
24.4  in 2003

22.4 in  2015
20.8  in 2004
March
40.4  in 1983
33.9  in 2003
30.8  in 1995
April
47.3  in 2009
27.0  in 2007
23.0  in 1986
May
18.4  in 2015
15.0  in 2001
10.0  in 1990
June
1.0  in 1983
   0.7  in 2020  
 0.3  in 1999

 

HIGHEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL

Snow seasons 1982-83 till 2019-20, recorded in inches.

 

1.    99.0  2008-09
2.    93.7  1997-98
3.    90.9  2006-07
4.    89.5  2014-15
5.    85.3  1986-87
6.    84.9  1992-93
7.    82.8  1991-92
8.    82.2  1982-83
9.    80.7  2013-14
10.   76.9  1994-95

 LOWEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL

Snow seasons 1982-83 till 2019-2020, recorded in inches.


1.    16.7    2017-18
2.    22.5    1999-00
3.    24.3    2001-02
4.    33.7    2010-11
5.    37.5    2005-06
 6.    42.4    2019-20 
7.    42.7    1995-96
8.    43.1    2003-04
9.    43.8    1998-99
10.  45.8    2011-12

 

 

Crestone Monthly Snowfall Data   

(March 1982 till September 2020)  

 

Snow seasons runs from July 1 to June 30. Amounts are recorded in inches. T equals a trace. Most snow for each month in bold. Totals in parenthesis and smaller text indicate incomplete readings either for the month or entire year - such totals are not included in the monthly/yearly averages that are listed. However, snowfall data is missing for several dates before the 2002-03 snow season, with the month of September missing all snowfall data before 1999, other than for some trace reports, yet these missing dates are still official in the records, therefore no parenthesis are used for those totals. The date noted in the records for the latest measurable snow is June 13, 1983. The date for the earliest snow is unofficially September 3, 1961, when an estimated 4" fell. The entire state received snow on that day with 2 to 8" being recorded in and around the valley at official weather stations, however, Crestone did not have an official station back then.
YEAR JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE Totals
1981 - 82 X X X X X X X X (1.4)   1.5 5.0 0.0 (7.9)
1982 - 83 0.0 0.0 T T   0.2 12.0 1.3   7.1 40.4 12.2 8.0 1.0 82.2
1983 - 84 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0   9.0 21.6 14.8 10.0 11.0   8.0 T 0.0 74.4
1984 - 85 0.0 0.0 T 17.5   4.6    9.9 15.0   9.1   8.0   4.0 T 0.0 68.1
1985 - 86 0.0 0.0 T T 11.5    8.5   5.0 12.5   4.4 23.0 3.0 0.0 67.9
1986 - 87 0.0 0.0 T 6.0 18.5   11.0 16.5 11.5 16.0   5.8 T 0.0 85.3
1987 - 88 0.0 0.0 0.0 T   7.0   11.8 22.5   2.8   7.2   2.8 0.5 0.0 54.6
1988 - 89 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 11.0     8.0 16.5 14.0   5.5 T T 0.0 55.0
1989 - 90 0.0 0.0 T T   0.0      3.0   8.5   5.0 29.6 20.5 10.0 0.0 76.6
1990 - 91 0.0 0.0 T   3.0 14.5   10.2   2.6   5.0 18.5 11.5   0.0 0.0 65.3
1991 - 92 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.0 13.5   13.6   8.0   6.5 28.2 T T 0.0 82.8
1992 - 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 23.0     9.7 16.7   9.8 10.7 12.0   3.0 0.0 84.9
1993 - 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5   3.0     4.6 10.8   1.0   5.5 22.0 T 0.0 57.4
1994 - 95 0.0 0.0 T   4.5   6.3     4.0   3.3   0.5   30.8 19.0   8.5 T 76.9
1995 - 96 0.0 0.0 0.0   0.5   0.2     4.3 15.2   6.0    9.6   6.9 T 0.0 42.7
1996 - 97 0.0 0.0 T   9.8   9.6     4.5 22.2 16.6    0.2   8.5 T 0.0 71.4
1997 - 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 33.5     6.2   4.9   6.0   12.4 19.7 T 0.0 93.7
1998 - 99 0.0 0.0 0.0   1.2   7.7    4.2   8.4   2.0    5.5   8.0   6.5 0.3 43.8
1999 - 00 0.0 0.0 0.1 T   0.2    5.8   4.7   3.0    6.7   2.0 T 0.0 22.5
2000 - 01 0.0 0.0 T   0.0   4.0    0.8 17.4 10.2  15.7   3.0 15.0 0.0 66.1
2001 - 02 0.0 0.0 0.0   0.0   5.7    8.7   6.9   2.0    1.0 T   0.0 0.0 24.3
2002 - 03 0.0 0.0 0.5   2.0   0.5    2.0   2.0 24.4   33.9   6.1 T 0.0 71.4
2003 - 04 0.0 0.0 0.0 T   1.7     6.1   6.8 20.8     0.9   6.8 T 0.0 43.1
2004 - 05 0.0 0.0 T   0.2   9.9     2.6 23.4   8.2     6.5 16.5   0.5 0.0 67.6
2005 - 06 0.0 0.0 0.0 T   0.9     5.0 12.7   4.3   14.5   2.1   0.0 0.0 37.5
2006 - 07 0.0 0.0 5.7 14.4   7.6     9.1 13.0   5.1     8.0 27.0   0.9 0.0 90.9
2007 - 08 0.0 0.0 0.0   0.5   4.3   16.8   9.3 11.4     7.8    3.8   0.3 0.0 54.2
2008 - 09 0.0 0.0 0.0   0.1   9.8   21.4   4.2   2.2   14.0  47.3 T 0.0  99.0
2009 - 10 0.0 0.0 T 12.2   1.8     5.1   6.4 15.3   18.9   7.1   0.4 0.0 67.2
2010 - 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 T   4.7     5.7   1.6 14.6     5.2  1.4   0.5 0.0 33.7
2011 - 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.1   4.3   10.4    2.2    8.5     0.5    8.1   0.7 0.0 45.8
2012 - 13 0.0 0.0 0.0 T   1.4    19.7     0.6    9.0     9.2    9.1   3.4 0.0 52.4
2013 - 14 0.0 0.0 T   5.6 33.0      4.4     4.1    7.4      3.6    18.9   3.7 0.0 80.7
2014 - 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 T   6.4    25.0   10.3   22.4      0.4      6.6 18.4 0.0 89.5
2015 - 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 T   7.3    14.7     4.8     9.7      7.6     21.9    1.9 0.0 67.9
2016 - 17 0.0 0.0 0.7    0.0   3.9    14.2    17.1     4.5    13.9     14.0     2.6 0.0 70.9
2017 - 18 0.0 0.0 0.0    0.7   1.1       1.2     2.6     4.0      3.5       2.9     0.7 0.0 16.7
2018 - 19 0.0 0.0 0.0    2.9    2.3     15.2    10.5   13.8    17.0       2.6     6.1 0.0 70.4
2019 - 20 0.0 0.0 0.0    4.3   11.5     13.8      4.2     3.8      4.1       T      0.0 0.7 42.4
2020 - 21 0.0 0.0 8.5                   (8.5)
Averages 0.0 0.0 0.4    3.5    7.8       9.3      9.4     8.7    11.6     10.1     2.6 0.1 63.4
JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE Totals

 

Highest Snowstorm Totals recorded in Crestone
(since September 2002*)

 

*Since snowfall records made before September 2002 are incomplete, this list will start out from when I first moved to Crestone/Baca and started keeping weather records. I understand that many locals who were living here in 1997 claimed that the largest 24 hour snowfall ever to hit this area happened on the day after Thanksgiving, November 24,1997, when 30.5 inches was officially recorded at the old station. But several others who lived nearby that station, all claimed to have measured much more than that amount, anywhere from at least 35 inches, to just over 40 inches of snow. So we will never know for sure just how much fell on that day, but amounts can and do vary for areas as close as just a quarter mile away in some storms, and I'm sure where the 40 inches was recorded, was an accurate reading, since the person who recorded it is still one of our reliable spotters today (as of the 2018-19 season). Anyway, I do know that the below list is 100% accurate, no question about it!

 

This list covers: Snowfalls of 10 or more inches since 2002, only.

 

Date Total Snowfall Amount
1 March 17 - 18, 2003 32.0 inches - This was a 24 hour total
2 April 11 - 12, 2009 27.7 inches - This was a 30 hour total
3 November 23–24, 2013 26.2 inches - 48 hour total; total of 31.5" fell between Nov 21 thru 24 in 2 storms
4 April 24, 2007 23.6 inches - This was a 18 hour total
5 April 17 - 18, 2009 18.9 inches - This was a 48 hour total
6 February 26 – 28, 2003 14.9 inches - This was a 24 hour total
7 October 25–26, 2006 14.2 inches - This was a 36 hour total
8 February 25–28, 2015 12.3 inches - This was a 72 hour total
9 December 25–26, 2014 11.9 inches - This was a 36 hour total
10 February 8, 2011 11.2 inches - This was a 20 hour total
11 December 8 – 9, 2008 11.1 inches - This was a 18 hour total
12 February 3 - 4, 2004 10.4 inches - This was a 24 hour total
13 October 28 – 29, 2009 10.3 inches - This was a 20 hour total
14 January 19 - 20 2006 10.0 inches - This was a 24 hour total
15 February 22-23, 2015 10.0 inches - This was a 31 hour total

Note: Another 3 different snowstorms since 2002 had exactly 9.9 inches of snowfall fall in each of them.

 

Temperature Chart
(April 1982 till September 2020) 

 

Temperatures are recorded in degree Fahrenheit (°F). M = Missing data

*Note: All time high temp reading noted below, 98°, was taken at Hal's old station in 2005, before this station was Crestone's official station. Reading was 97° at this station on that day.

 
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Totals
Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo
1982 x x x x M M 68 13 77 22 89 36 90 46 84 48 82 36 71 12 57 11 50 -13 90 -13
1983 44   -4 50     0 57 11 68   6 78 25 87 30 89 46 87 46 85 34 69 25 65   1 42   -9 89   -9
1984 38 -16 44   -3 55 -1 71 12 83 24 89 33 89 48 84 45 82 28 65 17 60   2 51    3 89 -16
1985 47   -8 49 -26 61 10 71 20 78 25 88 37 91 45 89 43 86 27 71 24 60   5 46   -8 91 -26
1986 59    7 63   -2 70 12 72 17 76 21 87 39 86 42 89 44 79 30 67 21 55 12 47   -5 89   -5
1987 46   -7 46    0 55   0 72 12 74 30 85 39 92 41 89 38 80 32 75 24 59    3 50   -9 92   -9
1988 42 -15 50   -1 65   1 72 15 80 22 88 30 89 43 85 42 82 25 75 27 62    5 51   -8 89 -15
1989 45 -12 58 -20 68   4 79 17 85 25 89 36 96 48 86 40 84 32 75 10 65   4 55   -7 96 -20
1990 49   -5 55   -9 56 10 72 23 74 25 95 24 92 42 88 42 86 37 72 20 60    9 52 -18 95 -18
1991 42 -10 55    4 59 10 74 13 78 22 86 35 88 43 84 42 83 31 77 10 56    1 38   -5 88 -10
1992 42   -8 45   -5 54 12 80 22 79 30 86 34 90 41 85 35 81 34 75 24 51    0 45   -5 90   -8
1993 44   -7 46   -1 64    5 72 18 81 25 89 31 91 43 88 43 79 31 76   2 53    1 51   -3 91   -7
1994 51   -6 55 -12 66    7 72 13 79 28 93 41 89 44 89 45 80 33 69 20 65   -1 46    1 93 -12
1995 52    3 61   18 67 10 67 13 77 28 85 33 92 36 89 44 87 26 76 12 64    8 58   -3 92   -3
1996 52   -7 59   -5 63    8 72 14 83 34 87 38 91 48 91 44 84 23 79   8 65    7 51 -15 91 -15
1997 50   -8 51   -1 70    7 68   6 83 20 86 36 91 42 85 42 85 36 77   9 61     2 40   -7 91   -8
1998 46   -2 47   -1 69   -3 71 11 82 28 95 32 91 45 88 41 85 35 75 20 59     8 58   -4 95   -4
1999 53     5 57     2 65   16 70 10 77 20 87 30 89 44 85 43 80 18 75 13 68     9 56   -4 89   -4
2000 58   -3 58     8 65   10 80 16 90 34 90 40 91 44 91 44 86 25 79 23 50     1 53   -2 91   -3
2001 51   -5 51   -1 61     8 75 22 81 26 88 29 93 44 87 38 82 28 76 20 65   -1 52   -1 93   -5
2002 53   -4 52   -7 69 -10 74 20 96 25 92 38 95 44 92 39 86 31 73 15 57     7 49   -1 96 -10
2003 53     5 55   -5 61     6 74 10 90 21 90 32 96 44 91 42 81 27 71 13 58   -3 51   -8 96   -8
2004 44    -7 48 -20 70   11 71 19 83 21 91 34 96 39 89 34 81 26 65 16 62 -10 48 -11 96 -20
2005 49    -5 49    2 62     3 72 12 89 23 93 27 98 43 90 38 83 26 75 17 62   -3 50 -18 98 -18
2006 50    -9 63   -9 62   -1 78 15 85 19 93 32 93 42 85 38 78 21 72   9 64 -11 50   -6 93 -11
2007 45 -16 47 -12 67   -2 74   7 80 20 89 25 92 42 90 41 80 23 72   7 60   -2 48 -15 92 -16
2008 42 -20 46 -10 64     1 73 10 82 15 87 29 89 40 91 39 78 33 76 10 64     3 47   -9 91 -20
2009 44    -1 54    3 67     7 72   8 80 32 84 33 90 42 89 36 83 22 70   3 63     3 44   -6 90   -6
2010 43    -4 40   -4 68     0 68 14 81 17 89 34 92 40 85 42 84 32 80 10 62    -9 56   -9 92   -9
2011 51  -13 50 -22 66     9 72 12 79 13 89 38 93 43 89 45 86 34 75 20 58     9 42 -10 93  -22
2012 45    -3 50     1 71     1 76 21 82 28 94 37 91 46 88 41 85 32 74 15 61     3 54 -12 94  -12
2013 44 -16 45    2 64     2 74 12 77 17 94 34 90 43 87 40 87 26 73 20 56    -4 37   -9 94  -16
2014 39   -5 55    -2 60   11 68 15 79 20 87 32 90 45 84 39 84 34 71 24 60     7 49    -8 90    -8
2015 45  -4 55     6 68     6 72 19 75 26 90 38 88 43 89 41 81 37 77 24 61   11 52    -3 90    -4
2016 46   -9 56 -10 64     3 68 12 74 24 92 39 90 44 86 39 80 26 75 21 65     5 55    -5 92  -10
2017 41 -11 57    5  69     5 72 14 76 22 90 38 89 42 82 42 86 28 69 17 64   12 55    -0 90  -11
2018 55    0 54   2 63     5 72 14 82 28 91 37 94 44 88 43 84 34 75 14 49     4 44    -6 94    -6
2019 37  -10 46  -4 68   10 69 16 74 26 87 32 90 42 87 43 90 35 74    0 59     3 45  -11 90  -11
2020 40    -6 49  -7 58   15 76    9  84 27 87 29 93 38 91 43 88 23             93    -7
Records 59 -20 63 -26 71 -10 80   6 96 13 95 24 98 36 92 34 90 18 80   0 68 -11 58 -18 98 -26
Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo
JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Totals

 

- Crestone Temperature Records -

March 1982  till September 2020

 

Temperatures are recorded in degree Fahrenheit (°F)

Highest Temperature Lowest Temperature*
                          

1 98° July 20, 2005 1 -26° February 1, 1985
2 96° July 17, 2005 2 -22° February 2, 2011
2 96° May 31, 2002 3 -21° February 3, 2011
2 96° July 6, 1989 4 -20° January 17, 2008
5 95° June 29, 1998 4 -20° February 7, 1989
5 95° June 30, 1990 4 -20° February 2, 1985
5 95° July 23, 2005 7 -18° December 8, 2005
5 95° July 22, 2005 7 -18° December 23, 1990
5 95° July 21, 2005 9 -16° January 15, 2013
5 95° July 19, 2005 9 -16° January 13, 2013
5 95° July 14, 2005 9 -16° February 9, 2011
5 95° July 11, 2005 9  -16°  January 18, 2008
      9  -16°  January 16, 2007
      9  -16°  January 19, 1984

 

Latest last freeze date recorded during the growing season: 31° on June 30, 2006*
Earliest first freeze date recorded during the growing season: 30° on September 4, 2004*(**)
Average last freeze is around June 1, and average first freeze is around September 15.
See first and last freeze date page for more info.

 

Notes:

*All high and low temperature records up until Sept 2006, were recorded at Hal's old Crestone weather station, located 1 mile northeast of present station, all records afterwards come from this station.

**On August 9, 2009, freezing temps and frost was reported nearby in the Grants and in most of the valley.

 

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The only tornado ever to hit Crestone occurred on April 24, 2005 (see photo of its funnel about to hit the ground).

 

 

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COLD NUMB-U-RRRRS
Here are some all time cold temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) for selected Colorado towns.

Colorado:  -61° on February 1, 1985, recorded in Maybell
Alamosa:   -50° on January 28, 1948
Gunnison:  -47° on December 25, 1924
Telluride:    -33° on February 1, 1985 (offical reading; at my home station that day it was -32°)
Colo. Sps: -32° on January 20, 1883
Pueblo:      -31° on February 1, 1951
Denver:      -30° on February 8, 1936
Crestone:  -26° on February 1, 1985 (record keeping not started till March,1982)
USA:          -80° on January 23, 1971, recorded in Prospect Creek, Alaska,

Note: For world records, go here.

 

HOT FUN IN THE SUMMER TIME

Here are some all time warm temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) for selected Colorado towns.

Colorado:     115° on July 20, 2019, recorded at John Martin Dam (near Las Animas)*
Pueblo:        109° on July 13, 2003
Denver:        105° on June 29, 2018 - also on: July 20, 2005; August 8, 1878
Gr.Junction: 105° on June 27, 1990 - also on: July 10, 1976; July 13 1971; July 15, 1925
Boulder:       104° on July 11, 1954 - also on June 23, 1954
Colo. Sps:    101° on June 21, 2016 - also on June 26, 2012
Gunnison:      98° on August 25, 1931
Crestone:       98° on July 20, 2005 (record keeping not started till March,1982)
Alamosa:        96° on July 5, 1989
Telluride:         93° on July 5, 1989  

 

Note: For world records, go here.

 

* The old record high temperature for years for Colorado was officially listed as 118°, set on July 11, 1888, and recorded in Bennett, but after careful study, the NWS realized this report was made in error and the high that day was actually 15 to 20 degrees cooler in that area.


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