Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >
Denver's Climate Data for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1986 - Present)
TEMPERATURES: WARMEST (67) 1986, COLDEST: (-3) 2018
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES: HIGH (46.3), LOW (19.7)
PRECIPITATION: WETTEST: (0.24") 1988, SNOWIEST: (3.5") 1987
HISTORICAL CHANCE OF SNOW: (19%)
LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOWED OCCURED ON MLK DAY WAS IN 2025
| Top 10 Warmest MLK Day's | Top 10 Warmest Min MLK Day's | |||||
| (1986-Present) | (1986-Present) | |||||
| Rank | High | Year | Rank | Low | Year | |
| 1 | 67 | 1/20/1986 | 1 | 41 | 1/20/1986 | |
| 2 | 65 | 1/20/2003 | 2 | 38 | 1/17/2011 | |
| 3 | 64 | 1/17/2000 | 3 | 35 | 1/17/2000 | |
| 64 | 1/19/2009 | 4 | 33 | 1/19/2009 | ||
| 5 | 63 | 1/18/1999 | 33 | 1/20/1997 | ||
| 6 | 62 | 1/15/1996 | 6 | 31 | 1/19/2015 | |
| 62 | 1/20/1997 | 7 | 29 | 1/20/2003 | ||
| 8 | 58 | 1/19/2015 | 28 | 1/15/1996 | ||
| 58 | 1/21/2019 | 28 | 1/18/2010 | |||
| 10 | 57 | 1/17/2011 | 10 | 27 | 1/16/2017 | |
| 27 | 1/16/1995 | |||||
| Top 10 Coldest MLK Day's | Top 10 Lowest Max MLK Day's | |||||
| (1986-Present) | (1986-Present) | |||||
| Rank | Low | Year | Rank | High | Year | |
| 1 | -19 | 1/15/2024 | 1 | 2 | 1/15/2024 | |
| 2 | -14 | 1/20/2025 | 2 | 10 | 1/20/2025 | |
| 3 | -3 | 1/15/2018 | 3 | 11 | 1/21/2008 | |
| 4 | -2 | 1/15/2007 | 4 | 18 | 1/15/2007 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1/21/2008 | 5 | 24 | 1/18/1988 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1/21/1991 | 6 | 29 | 1/19/1987 | |
| 7 | 8 | 1/15/2001 | 7 | 30 | 1/15/2018 | |
| 8 | 9 | 1/16/2006 | 8 | 32 | 1/21/1991 | |
| 9 | 1/19/1987 | 9 | 34 | 1/15/2001 | ||
| 10 | 11 | 1/17/1994 | 10 | 35 | 1/16/2017 | |
| Top 10 Wettest MLK Day's | Top 10 Snowiest MLK Day's | |||||
| (1986-Present) | (1986-Present) | |||||
| Rank | Total | Year | Rank | Total | Year | |
| 1 | 0.24 | 1/18/1988 | 1 | 3.5 | 1/19/1987 | |
| 2 | 0.20 | 1/16/2017 | 2 | 2.9 | 1/18/1988 | |
| 3 | 0.14 | 1/19/1987 | 3 | 2.2 | 1/16/2017 | |
| 4 | 0.09 | 1/15/2024 | 4 | 1.5 | 1/15/2024 | |
| 5 | 0.03 | 1/20/2025 | 5 | 1.0 | 1/20/2025 | |
| 0.03 | 1/15/2018 | 6 | 0.7 | 1/15/2018 | ||
| 0.03 | 1/16/2012 | 7 | 0.5 | 1/16/2012 | ||
| 8 | 0.01 | 1/21/2008 | 8 | 0.3 | 1/21/2008 | |
| 0.01 | 1/16/2006 | 0.3 | 1/16/2006 | |||
| 0.01 | 1/17/2011 | |||||
| Top 10 Driest MLK Day's | Top 10 Least Snowiest MLK Day's | |||||
| (1986-Present) | (1986-Present) | |||||
| Rank | Low | Year | Rank | Total | Year | |
| Numerous Years with "0" | Numerous Years with "0" | |||||
Historical Data
| Date | High | Low | Avg | Precipitation | Snowfall | Snow Depth |
| 1/20/2025 | 10 | -14 | -2.0 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 1/15/2024 | 2 | -19 | -8.0 | 0.09 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1/16/2023 | 47 | 24 | 35.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
| 1/17/2022 | 62 | 24 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/18/2021 | 39 | 22 | 31 | 0.0 | T | T |
| 1/20/2020 | 52 | 18 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/21/2019 | 58 | 22 | 40 | 0.0 | T | 0.2 |
| 1/15/2018 | 30 | -3 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | T |
| 1/16/2017 | 35 | 27 | 31 | 0.2 | 2.2 | T |
| 1/18/2016 | 51 | 22 | 36.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
| 1/19/2015 | 58 | 31 | 44.5 | T | T | 0 |
| 1/20/2014 | 47 | 22 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/21/2013 | 56 | 17 | 36.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/16/2012 | 42 | 14 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 1/17/2011 | 57 | 38 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 1/18/2010 | 53 | 28 | 40.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/19/2009 | 64 | 33 | 48.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/21/2008 | 11 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1 |
| 1/15/2007 | 18 | -2 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
| 1/16/2006 | 36 | 9 | 22.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | T |
| 1/17/2005 | 46 | 17 | 31.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 1/19/2004 | 44 | 13 | 28.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/20/2003 | 65 | 29 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/21/2002 | 51 | 18 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/15/2001 | 34 | 8 | 21 | T | T | T |
| 1/17/2000 | 64 | 35 | 49.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/18/1999 | 63 | 20 | 41.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/19/1998 | 47 | 22 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/20/1997 | 62 | 33 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/15/1996 | 62 | 28 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/16/1995 | 44 | 27 | 35.5 | T | T | 0 |
| 1/17/1994 | 38 | 11 | 24.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/18/1993 | 39 | 15 | 27 | T | T | T |
| 1/20/1992 | 49 | 19 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 1/21/1991 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 1/15/1990 | 52 | 23 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/16/1989 | 49 | 16 | 32.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 1/18/1988 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 2 |
| 1/19/1987 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 1/20/1986 | 67 | 41 | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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