Is this weather normal in Douglas County?

Colorado · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Douglas County just had its warmest September ever recorded, +5° against the usual. Douglas County is in extreme drought: NOAA's Palmer reading for September was -6.8.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 57°, lows near 28°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Douglas County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

September 2026 ran +5° warmer than usual: the warmest September of 132 on record.
Top-10 warm months this past year: November 2025 (3rd warmest), December 2025 (warmest on record), February 2026 (2nd warmest), March 2026 (warmest on record), April 2026 (10th warmest), July 2026 (warmest on record), August 2026 (warmest on record).
12 of the last 12 months were warmer than usual.

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

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Warming about 0.5° per decade since 1970.
Warmest year: 1934 (49.8°). Coldest: 1895 (43.8°).
5 of the 10 warmest years came in the last 10.

Rain and drought

12.4 inches in the last 12 months, against a usual 18.6 (67%).
September brought 0.99 in (usual 1.47): the 67th wettest of 132.
Drought reading for September: extreme drought (-6.8).

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Douglas County

Month	Usual high / low	Usual rain	Warmest	Coldest
January	44° / 17°	0.7 in	37.9° 1986	15.0° 1930
February	45° / 18°	0.8 in	40.9° 1954	17.0° 1899
March	52° / 24°	1.5 in	48.6° 2026	24.9° 1924
April	58° / 30°	2.3 in	50.8° 1946	35.7° 1920
May	66° / 39°	2.3 in	59.6° 1934	45.7° 1917
June	78° / 48°	1.9 in	68.3° 2012	56.4° 1951
July	84° / 54°	2.6 in	73.0° 2026	63.0° 1895
August	81° / 53°	2.3 in	70.8° 2026	61.2° 1915
September	74° / 45°	1.5 in	64.5° 2026	51.7° 1965
October	62° / 33°	1.1 in	56.0° 1950	37.9° 1969
November	51° / 24°	0.8 in	44.7° 1999	27.3° 1929
December	43° / 16°	0.7 in	40.4° 2025	18.1° 1983

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.