NWS Boulder Denver Top 20 Records - January

                NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - DENVER, COLORADO
            MONTHLY TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SNOWFALL EXTREMES
                                FOR JANUARY

20 WARMEST JANS           20 WETTEST JANS           20 SNOWIEST JANS
  (1872-2021)               (1872-2021)               (1882-2021)

 1  40.3  1986             1  2.35  1883             1  24.3  1992
 2  40.1  1934             2  1.90  1877             2  22.2  1949
 3  39.6  1953             3  1.60  1891             3  20.5  1883
 4  39.4  1935             4  1.46  1949             4  19.2  1948
 5  38.3  1893             5  1.43  1948             5  17.4  1959
 6  38.2  1911             6  1.33  1962             6  17.2  1962
 7  37.9  1923             7  1.31  1973             7  17.0  1987
 8  37.4  2006             8  1.24  1959                17.0  1891
 9  37.3  1981             9  1.19  1992             9  15.9  2007
    37.3  1896            10  1.14  1989            10  15.7  1951 
11  36.9  2003            11  1.03  1974            11  14.3  2014 
12  36.8  1914            12  1.00  1965            12  14.1  1991
13  36.7  1909                1.00  1944            13  13.5  1944
14  36.5  1928            14  0.99  1905            14  13.2  1965
    36.5  1909            15  0.94  2014            15  13.0  1989
16  36.4  1990            16  0.84  1967            16  12.5  1985
    36.4  1880                0.84  1874                12.5  1930
18  36.3  1954            18  0.83  1951            18  12.3  1980
    36.3  1900            19  0.78  2001            19  12.1  1973
20  36.0  2012                0.78  1940            20  12.0  1921


20 COLDEST JANS           20 DRIEST JANS            LEAST SNOWIEST JANS
  (1872-2021)               (1872-2021)                 (1882-2021)

 1  16.8  1930 *           1  0.01  1952             1     T  2003
 2  18.0  1979                0.01  1934                   T  1934
 3  18.1  1875                0.01  1933             3   0.1  1931
 4  18.2  1937             4  0.02  1931             4   0.2  1933
 5  19.1  1963             5  0.03  2003             5   0.3  1952
 6  19.4  1949                0.03  1935             6   0.4  1914
 7  19.5  1962                0.03  1914             7   0.8  1935
 8  20.8  2007             8  0.04  1904             8   0.9  2020
 9  21.7  1886             9  0.05  1998                 0.9  1970
10  22.8  1916                0.05  1901            10   1.0  1961    
11  23.7  1974                0.05  1893                 1.0  1893   
    23.7  1872            12  0.07  2010            12   1.1  1904
13  24.2  1877                0.07  1961            13   1.3  1983
14  24.4  1940            14  0.08  2008                 1.3  1923
15  24.6  1918            15  0.10  1970            15   1.4  1888
    24.6  1879                0.10  1878            16   1.7  1911
17  25.1  1988            17  0.11  1888            17   1.9  2008
18  25.3  1891            18  0.12  1919                 1.9  1903
19  25.5  1985                0.12  1912                 1.9  1901
20  25.8  1978                0.12  1911                 1.9  1900      
                              0.12  1903


- Average January Temperature is 30.7 degrees (from 1981-2010 data).
- Average January Precipitation is 0.41 inches (from 1981-2010 data).
- Average January Snowfall is 7.0 inches (from 1981-2010 DEN data).

* Coldest Month in Denver History.

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
  at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
  Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.

UPDATED: 1/31/2021