Colorado mountain town records low of -27 on Friday morning
It was very cold around Colorado on Friday morning, especially in one northern mountain town.
The National Weather Service in Boulder compiled a list of low temperatures recorded from around the state and a few communities started their day with temps below -20.
Recorded 12-hour minimum temperatures (°F) in Colorado:
- US 40 At Fraser Flats (Grand County at 8,376 feet) -27
- Tabernash -24
- 4.3 SW Grand Lake -20
- Cowdrey -17
- Jefferson -11
- Dillon -12
- Tarryall Reservoir -10
- Dillon -8
- Lake George -7
- Granby Airport -7
- Kremmling -7
- Kremmling -4
- Walden -3
- Breckenridge -2
- Fraser -2
- Granby -2
- Breckenridge -2
- Bailey 5
- Limon 5
- Hartsel 6
- Grant 7
- Erie 7
- Crook 8
- Sedalia 8
- Sterling 8
- Briggsdale 9
- Virgina Dale 9
- Iliff 9
- Evergreen 10
- Niwot 10
- Hugo 10
- Monument Hill 10
- Ovid 10
- Thornton I-25 11
- Longmont 11
- Berthoud 11
- Elizabeth 11
- Lafayette 11
Fraser/Tabernash is known as one of the ‘Ice Boxes of Colorado’, with Gunnison and Alamosa.
According to the National Weather Service, Colorado’s lowest recorded temperature was -61 degrees Fahrenheit in Maybell on Feb. 1, 1985.
The record low temperature for today’s date in Denver is -18 degrees Fahrenheit, which was recorded on Nov. 29, 1877.
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