The month of February might have seemed unusually cold and while we did see a very chilly middle of the month, it was bookended by a warm start and finish. Also, while we received a good bit of snow, it was relatively dry giving little measurable precipitation.
The month started out with above normal temperatures dominating six of the first seven days of the month. Things then turned toward the colder side for the next two weeks with below average temperatures on all but one day during the period. We then saw things turn warmer and Mother Nature gave us a hint of spring.
We only saw four days with snowfall, none of which were significant events. All of them were relatively ‘dry snow’ and didn’t do much in terms of liquid precipitation. The greatest snowfall came out the 15th of the month with 3.9 inches.
Overall, Thornton’s average temperature came in at 31.8 degrees. That is right at the running 18-year average for the month.
Our warmest temperature reading of 69.7 degrees came on the 25th of the month. Our coldest, -1 degrees, was recorded on the morning of the 19th.
Out at Denver International Airport where the Mile High City’s official records are kept, it was slightly colder. The site saw an average temperature for the month of 31.2 degrees. This was well below their long-term average for February of 32.7 degrees.
Precipitation for the month was rather meager, despite the snow we received. Thornton saw a mere 0.10 inches in its bucket. This was well below the running average for February of 0.64 inches. It also put February 2025 into the books as the second driest February of the past 18 years.
At DIA, Denver fared better with 0.22 inches recorded. This was just more than half of the long-term February average for the Mile High City of 0.41 inches.
In terms of snowfall, Thornton recorded 6.3 inches. That is a respectable amount but well below our February average of 11.3 inches.
DIA saw less snow than us with 5.5 inches recorded. This was a good bit below their long-term February average of 7.6 inches.
Click here to view Thornton’s complete February 2025 climate summary report.
