
Early-season record warmth will persist across portions of the western and central U.S. through mid week, with high temperatures approaching 90 degrees from Texas to the Ohio Valley. Rain and mountain snow are possible across the Pacific Northwest Wednesday, with Severe Thunderstorms and wintry weather expected across the Northeast Thursday and Friday. Read More >
National Weather Service - Denver, Colorado
Temperature Normals & Extreme for January
|Normal|Record| Year |Record| Year ||Normal|Record| Year |Record| Year |
DATE | High | High | Set |Warmest Set || Low | Low | Set |coldest Set |
| | | |Minimum || | | |Maximum |
-----|------|------|------|------|------||------|------|------|------|------|
1 | 43 | 67 | 1882 | 42 | 1918 || 17 | -19 | 1901 | 2 | 1942 |
2 | 43 | 72 | 1997 | 42 | 1893 || 17 | -17 | 1911 | 5 | 1911 |
3 | 43 | 65 | 1918^| 40 | 1918^|| 17 | -17 | 1974 | - 1 | 1959 |
4 | 43 | 67 | 1956^| 52 | 1893 || 17 | -16 | 1974^| 2 | 1942 |
5 | 43 | 72 | 1956^| 44 | 1927 || 18 | -17 | 1974 | 4 | 1974 |
6 | 44 | 66 | 2006^| 37 | 1923^|| 18 | -21 | 1913 | - 8 | 1913 |
7 | 44 | 69 | 2006^| 42 | 1923^|| 18 | -18 | 1913 | - 8 | 1937 |
8 | 44 | 69 | 1956^| 39 | 1885 || 18 | -19 | 1886 | 3 | 1937 |
9 | 44 | 72 | 1953 | 43 | 1917 || 18 | -29* | 1875 | - 1 | 1962 |
10 | 44 | 71 | 1990 | 40 | 1928^|| 18 | -24 | 1962 | 1 | 1918 |
11 | 44 | 67 | 1936 | 40 | 1928 || 18 | -25 | 1963 | - 9 | 1963 |
12 | 44 | 70 | 1953 | 47 | 1881 || 18 | -25 | 1963 | - 1 | 1997^|
13 | 44 | 69 | 1996 | 41 | 1936^|| 18 | -20 | 1875 | - 2 | 1875 |
14 | 44 | 65 | 1938^| 44 | 1943 || 18 | -18 | 1888 | - 4 | 1888 |
15 | 44 | 68 | 1912 | 47 | 1921 || 18 | -20 | 1888 | 2 | 1930^|
16 | 44 | 64 | 1923 | 47 | 1894 || 18 | -19 | 1930 | 0 | 1886 |
17 | 44 | 65 | 1971 | 40 | 1923^|| 18 | -20 | 1930 | - 2 | 1886 |
18 | 44 | 65 | 2018^| 38 | 1920^|| 18 | -19 | 1984 | 4 | 1943 |
19 | 44 | 68 | 1986^| 47 | 1906 || 17 | -20 | 1883 | - 9 | 1883 |
20 | 44 | 70 | 2005 | 41 | 1986^|| 17 | -18 | 1883 | - 2 | 1935 |
21 | 44 | 71 | 2009 | 46 | 1943 || 17 | -15 | 1930 | - 1 | 1937 |
22 | 44 | 68 | 1981 | 42 | 1943^|| 17 | -14 | 1962 | 11 | 1962 |
23 | 44 | 69 | 1981 | 42 | 1943 || 17 | -15 | 1877 | 9 | 1894 |
24 | 44 | 68 | 1970 | 41 | 1953 || 17 | -18 | 1872 | - 4 | 1872 |
25 | 44 | 72 | 1890 | 48 | 1890 || 17 | -20 | 1872 | 3 | 1897 |
26 | 44 | 73 | 1982 | 47 | 1888 || 17 | -20 | 1902 | 2 | 1897 |
27 | 44 | 76# | 1888 | 42 | 2015 || 17 | -14 | 1897 | 5 | 1895 |
28 | 44 | 69 | 1888 | 38 | 1927 || 17 | -22 | 1872 | 4 | 1951^|
29 | 44 | 67 | 1920 | 39 | 1884 || 17 | -12 | 1951^| - 4 | 1951 |
30 | 44 | 71 | 1888 | 45 | 1971^|| 17 | -10 | 1985^| 5 | 1918 |
31 | 44 | 70 | 1954 | 47 | 1911 || 17 | -24 | 1951 | 2 | 1951 |
The Normal High and Low Temperatures are calculated from 1981-2010 data.
The Temperature Extremes range from 1872-2021.
^ - Also in previous years.
# - Highest Temperature of the Month: 76 degrees on 1/27/1888.
* - Lowest Temperature of the Month: -29 degrees on 1/9/1875.
(Also the lowest Temperature in Denver history.)
- The January Mean Temperature is 30.7 degrees (from 1981-2010 data).
- 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