All-time Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Denver, Colorado

Official weather records have been kept in Denver, Colorado since 1872. There are the all-time record hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Denver since 1872.

Nicknamed the Mile High City due to its elevation, Denver is certainly a city that most people associate with winter weather. As you will see, it can get pretty cold in Denver, but on the flip side, it can also get pretty hot in Denver too.

In general, though, Denver has a milder climate than the extremes that can be found in the state of Colorado. This is born out by the differences in the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Denver, compared to the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state of Colorado.

The difference between the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Denver is 134 degrees. The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Colorado is 175; a huge difference of 41 degrees.

All-time Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Denver

The All-time Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Denver is 105 Degrees

The hottest temperature ever recorded in Denver, Colorado is 105 degrees, which has occurred on four different dates. It was 105 degrees in Denver twice in 2012, on the 25th and the 26th of June. It was also 105 degrees in Denver on July 20, 2005, and on August 8, 1878.

Denver had a very hot stretch early in the summer of 2012, as it was also 104 degrees on June 23rd. Not sure what happened on June 24th in 2012, but the temperature on that date, which is sandwiched in between the other three very hot days, did not make it into the top 10 all-time hottest temperatures in Denver.

Given Denver's high elevation, many people might not have guessed that it gets over 100 degrees in the city, but it does in some years. Another amazing weather fact people might find hard to believe is that the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Denver is five degrees hotter than the all-time hottest temperature in Miami, Florida.

• All-time Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Colorado is 114 degrees 

The hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Colorado is 114 degrees, which occurred in Bennett on July 11, 1888. The town of Bennett is located only some 35 miles east of Denver, but if you have ever been to Colorado, the state changes dramatically east of the Rocky Mountains in the eastern plains region.

Denver lies on the western edge of the eastern plains, while Bennett is further onto the eastern plains, so I'm not surprised that it can get hotter in Bennett than in Denver. The difference between the all-time hottest temperature in Denver (105) and the all-time hottest temperature in Colorado (114) is nine degrees, which is a significant difference.

The All-time Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Denver is -29 Degrees

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Denver is -29 degrees, which occurred on January 9, 1875. Below zero temperature days are not at all rare in Denver. In fact, below zero temperature days have occurred in Denver in seven of the 12 months of the year (October through April).

• The All-time Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Colorado is -61 Degrees 

The coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Colorado is -61 degrees, which occurred on February 1, 1985, in Maybell. The small unincorporated town of Maybell is located in northwest Colorado, a bit east of Dinosaur National Monument, which is a cool place to visit if you ever have the chance. Maybell is roughly 200 miles northwest of Denver as the crow flies.

If you want to know how cold -61 degrees is, only four other states in the United States have ever had a colder temperature recorded. Alaska (-80 degrees), Montana (-70), Utah (-69), and Wyoming (-66), are the four states with colder temperatures than -61 degrees.

The difference between the all-time coldest temperature in Denver (-29) and the all-time coldest temperature in Colorado (-61) is a whopping 32 degrees. That is a much larger difference than the all-time hottest temperatures in Denver and Colorado.

No matter what you think of the weather in Denver, without a doubt it has much milder record temperatures than the state of Colorado does.