Denver Annual Temperature, Rainfall and Snowfall Extremes

Denver Climatology   
Denver Temp Extremes   
 
Top 20 Warmest Year's   Top 20 Wettest Year's   Top 20 Snowiest Season's
(1872-Present)   (1872-Present)   (1882-Present)
Rank Avg Year   Rank Total Year   Rank Total Year
1 54.8 1934   1 23.31 1967   1 118.7 1908-1909 
2 54.1 1981   2 22.96 1973   2 99.3 1958-1959 
3 53.9 2012   - 22.96 1909   3 98.9 1913-1914 
4 53.5 1954   4 21.87 1965   4 94.9 1972-1973 
  53.5 1933   5 21.58 1957   5 93.5 1946-1947 
6 53.3 1994   6 21.52 1969   6 91.5 1973-1974 
7 52.9 1939   7 21.43 1891   7 90.5 1943-1944 
8 52.8 2017   8 21.42 1923   8 85.6 1906-1907 
9 52.7 2021   9 20.96 1999   9 85.5 1979-1980 
  52.7 1946   10 20.36 1979   10 85.4 1923-1924 
  52.7 1910   11 20.32 1991   11 84.9 1951-1952 
12 52.6 1943   12 20.19 1983   12 81.6 1982-1983 
13 52.5 1977   13 20.12 1876   13 81.5 1930-1931 
14 52.4 1931   14 20.03 1987   14 80.9 1983-1984 
  52.4 1921   15 19.61 1914   15 80.6 1960-1961 
16 52.3 2020   16 19.59 1997   - 80.6 1928-1929 
  52.3 2016   17 19.49 1883   17 80.2 2020-2021
18 52.2 1980   18 19.46 1938   18 80.0 1959-1960
  52.2 1938   19 19.43 1951   19 79.4 1916-1917
20 52.1 1986   20 19.01 1961   20 79.0 1991-1992
                     
                     
Top 20 Coldest Year's   Top 20 Driest Year's   Top 20 Least Snowiest Season's
(1872-Present)   (1872-Present)   (1882-Present)
Rank Avg Year   Rank Total Year   Rank Total Year
1 47.6 1912   1 7.48 2002   1 21.3 1888-1889 
2 48.0 1891   2 7.51 1954   2 21.8 2016-2017
3 48.2 1880   3 7.58 1939   3 22.8 2010-2011 
4 48.3 1983   4 7.75 1911   4 25.5 1887-1888 
  48.3 1951   5 8.45 1962   5 25.7 2017-2018
6 48.4 1913   6 8.48 1893   6 26.7 1981-1982 
7 48.7 1997   7 8.53 2018   7 27.2 1903-1904 
  48.7 1929   8 8.64 2006   8 28.6 1945-1946 
9 48.8 1968   9 8.74 2020   9 30.2 2001-2002 
  48.8 1899   10 8.78 1893   10 30.4 2005-2006 
  48.8 1895   11 8.93 1934   11 31.5 1910-1911 
  48.8 1883   12 9.03 1943   12 31.7 1886-1887 
13 48.9 1985   13 9.10 1901   13 32.3 1924-1925 
  48.9 1968   14 9.12 1930   14 32.3 1901-1902 
  48.9 1961   15 9.24 1917   15 33.3 1968-1969 
  48.9 1923   16 9.33 1899   - 34.6 1976-1977 
  48.9 1883   - 9.33 1890   17 36.3 1962-1963 
18 49.0 1873   18 9.50 1903   18 36.3 1942-1943 
19 49.1 1905   19 9.51 1888   19 37.0 1894-1895 
  49.1 1898   20 9.58 1880   20 37.9 2003-2004 
 


 

- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit. 
- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches. 

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949,
then at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995,
then at Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.

UPDATED: 1/9/2022