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