What’s the coldest Denver has ever gotten?
Feb 12, 2025, 3:48 PM | Updated: 3:51 pm
With the windchill, Denver could see temperatures as low as -25 overnight tonight (Feb. 12). So it had me wondering how these cold temps matchup against the coldest the city has ever seen.
Of course windchill is just used by meteorologists to describe how it feels, but not the actual temperature. Therefore, tonight’s forecasted lows near -5 in Denver won’t really be that close to the coldest Denver has ever seen.
Many of the coldest days in history took place in early January, right around this time, although some were over 100 years ago.
Denver’s coldest temperatures in history according to the National Weather Service:
| Date | Degrees (in Fahrenheit) |
| Jan. 9, 1875 | -29 |
| Dec. 22, 1990 | -25 |
| Jan. 12, 1963 | -25 |
| Jan. 11, 1963 | -25 |
| Feb. 1, 1951 | -25 |
| Feb. 8, 1935 | -25 |
| Dec. 24, 1876 | -25 |
| Dec. 22, 2022 | -24 |
| Feb. 5, 1989 | -24 |
| Jan. 10, 1962 | -24 |
| Jan. 9, 1962 | -24 |
| Jan. 31, 1951 | -24 |
| Feb. 6, 1899 | -22 |
| Feb. 4, 1883 | -22 |
| Jan. 28, 1872 | -22 |
