January 2016’s weather was notable for only one thing – its lack of anything notable. All in all the month failed to produce anything particularly dramatic. While it was just a bit dry, it wasn’t by much and temperatures came in right near normal.
Only three periods of snowfall occurred during the month. The heaviest of these was on the 7th and 8th but it only amounted to a few inches. High and low temperatures failed to produce any extremes either. We had a few mild days but also lacked extreme cold with no days dipping below zero.
Thornton’s average temperature for the month came in at 30.5 degrees. This was just slightly below Denver’s long term January average of 30.7 degrees. Officially, the Mile High City’s average was warmer than ours at 31.8 degrees.
Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 68.5 degrees on the 30th down to a low of 1.1 degrees on the morning of the 1st. Denver saw a maximum of 65 degrees on the 30th and a low of 5 degrees on the 10th.
In terms of precipitation, we recorded 0.34 inches in Thornton. Out at the airport, Denver was wetter with 0.50 being recorded by their bucket. The January average for Denver is 0.41 inches.
While we did see some snow during the month, no single storm was extraordinary and monthly totals came in below normal. Average for Denver during the month is 7.0 inches. Thornton saw 5.3 inches of the white stuff while Denver was just a bit behind at 4.6 inches.
Click here to view Thornton’s January 2016 climate report.
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
308 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016
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...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2016...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2016
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 76 01/27/1888
LOW -29 01/09/1875
HIGHEST 65 01/30 76 -11 75 01/27
LOWEST 5 01/10 -29 34 -10 01/04
AVG. MAXIMUM 43.5 44.0 -0.5 46.7
AVG. MINIMUM 20.1 17.4 2.7 21.0
MEAN 31.8 30.7 1.1 33.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 3 5.5 -2.5 5
DAYS MIN <= 32 30 29.4 0.6 27
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.7 -1.7 3
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 2.35 1883
MINIMUM 0.01 1933
1934
1952
TOTALS 0.50 0.41 0.09 0.38
DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01
DAYS >= .01 5 4.1 0.9 5
DAYS >= .10 3 0.9 2.1 1
DAYS >= .50 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.32 01/07 TO 01/08
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTAL 4.6 7.0
RECORD
TOTAL 24.3 1992
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1021 1063 -42 958
SINCE 7/1 3208 3531 -323 3249
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/08/1962
LATEST 06/08/2007
EARLIEST 10/07
LATEST 05/05
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 4/204
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/270 DATE 01/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/270 DATE 01/14
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 19
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 0 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 10 SLEET 0
FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 5
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.