Leadville/Lake Cnty
Weather station · 39.2°N 106.3°W · 3027 m above sea level
11.1°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 12.2°C against 23.3°C in 1948. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
- Date
- Wednesday, 23 June 1954
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Leadville/Lake Cnty, United States
- Position
- 39.23°N 106.32°W · 3027 m
Highest highest in available records since 1948. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
- Date
- Friday, 1 February 1985
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Leadville/Lake Cnty, United States
- Position
- 39.23°N 106.32°W · 3027 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1948. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Leadville/Lake Cnty is
39.23°N 106.32°W





























Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Today is already hotter than 57% of all days recorded here since 1948.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1948. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 68.9°C.
From our dataRecord high 30.0°C against record low −38.9°C. - 3
At 04:53 UTC this morning it was 5.0°C. By 00:53 UTC it was 12.2°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1948 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 69 years with data: +0.15 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 12.2°C | 00:53 UTC | 5.0°C | 04:53 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 17.8°C | 19:53 UTC | 6.7°C | 14:53 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1948 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |