Colorado · THREADEX · 1872–2026
Denver, CO
39.847°N, 104.656°W · station DENthr · 155 years of record
64°F
COLDEST JUL 16 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Denver.
This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks
#127 / 154
coldest Jul 16 in 154 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 16 ever
49°F
set in 1952
Mildest Jul 16 ever
70°F
set in 1881
Coldest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 16 at Denver. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 16 | 64°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2025 |
| This-date record | 49°F |
| This-date rank | #127 of 154 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -29°F (1875) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1872–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Denver in each calendar month, and for the whole 1872–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 76°F1888 | -29°F1875 |
| Feb | 80°F2017 | -25°F1936 |
| Mar | 87°F2026 | -11°F1886 |
| Apr | 90°F1992 | -2°F1975 |
| May | 95°F1942 | 19°F1907 |
| Jun | 105°F2012 | 30°F1951 |
| Jul | 105°F2005 | 42°F1873 |
| Aug | 105°F1878 | 40°F1904 |
| Sep | 101°F2020 | 17°F1985 |
| Oct | 90°F1892 | -2°F1917 |
| Nov | 83°F2025 | -18°F1877 |
| Dec | 79°F1939 | -25°F1876 |
| All-time | 105°F1878 | -29°F1875 |
Records set or tied at Denver so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
6 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (87°F)
Record Lows in 2026
0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
125 days
record run, ended Mar 5 2001
So far in 2026
68 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Denver's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 60°F · forecast is +4° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 4:41 AM |
| Sunset | 7:27 PM |
| Solar noon | 12:04 PM |
| Daylight | 14h 46m · losing 7 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Denver's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Denver's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Denver, coloured by temperature — 155 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Denver — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
68 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 153rd most in 155 years. Normal for this point: 90. Record: 113 in 1968.
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