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Weather extremes
How extreme does Wheat Ridge's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Wheat Ridge has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Wheat Ridge has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 15°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Wheat Ridge (typical high near 88°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 41°F colder than a normal December night in Wheat Ridge (typical low near 17°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Wheat Ridge usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 1.7 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (Wheat Ridge averages about 10 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Wheat Ridge's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 15°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Brighton 3 SE (NOAA GHCN station USC00050950), about 29 km from the city centre.