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Has the climate in Aurora changed?

Aurora has warmed about 1.3°F since 1995.

About 0.4°F per decade, measured from Aurora's official daily weather records, 1995–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Aurora's warming is broadly in line with other cities in United States — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
6 fewer nights
1970s
158 / yr
Recent
152 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.3°F
1970s
50.8°F
Recent
52.2°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
18 more days
1970s
38 / yr
Recent
56 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
5 fewer days
1970s
81 / yr
Recent
76 / yr
Drier on average

Aurora's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1995 to 2025.

31°33°35°37°39°41°43°45°47°49°51°53°55°1995: 52.4°F1996: 49.9°F1997: 48.8°F1998: 50.7°F1999: 51.6°F2000: 51.2°F2001: 51.6°F2002: 50.3°F2003: 51.2°F2004: 50.6°F2005: 51.7°F2006: 51.9°F2007: 50.8°F2008: 50.3°F2009: 49.8°F2010: 51.3°F2011: 50.8°F2012: 54.0°F2013: 32.9°F2014: 50.7°F2015: 52.1°F2016: 52.3°F2017: 52.9°F2018: 52.1°F2019: 49.7°F2020: 52.4°F2021: 52.8°F2022: 51.5°F2023: 51.2°F2024: 53.9°F2025: 52.9°Flong-term trend19952000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 14 more freezing nights a year and about 9 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Denver Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00003017), about 20 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →