Denver Monthly Temperature, Rainfall & Snowfall Extremes for January

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Top 20 Warmest January's			Top 20 Wettest January's			Top 20 Snowiest January's
(1872-Present)			(1872-Present)			(1882-Present)
Rank	Avg	Year	Rank	Total	Year	Rank	Total	Year
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	1.25	2023		17.0	1891
9	37.3	1981	9	1.24	1959	9	15.9	2007
	37.3	1896	10	1.19	1992	10	15.7	1951
11	36.9	2003	11	1.14	1989	11	14.3	2014
12	36.8	1914	12	1.03	1974	12	14.1	1991
13	36.7	1909	13	1.00	1965	13	13.4	2022
14	36.5	1928		1.00	1944	14	13.2	1965
	36.5	1906	15	0.99	1905	15	13.0	2023
16	36.4	1990	16	0.94	2014		13.0	1989
	36.4	1880	17	0.84	1967	17	12.5	1985
18	36.3	1954		0.84	1874		12.5	1930
	36.3	1900	19	0.83	1951	19	12.3	1980
20	36.0	2012	20	0.78	2022	20	12.1	1973
	36.0	1933		0.78	2001
	36.0	1920		0.78	1940

Top 20 Coldest January's			Top 20 Driest January's			Top 20 Least Snowiest January's
(1872-Present)			(1872-Present)			(1882-Present)
Rank	Avg	Year	Rank	Total	Year	Rank	Total	Year
1	16.9*	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	24.3	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	25.0	2023	17	0.11	1888	17	1.8	1919
18	25.1	1988	18	0.12	1919	18	1.9	2008
19	25.3	1891		0.12	1912		1.9	1903
20	25.5	1985		0.12	1911		1.9	1901
				0.12	1903		1.9	1900

- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit. 
- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.

- Average January Temperature is 31.7 degrees (from 1991-2020 DIA data).
- Average January Precipitation is 0.38 inches (from 1991-2020 DIA data).

- Average January Snowfall is 6.5 inches (from 1882-2020 Historical Record).
- Average January Snowfall is 6.4 inches (from 1991-2020 Stapleton data).

- Official Snowfall Observations, for DIA, didn't start until the 2007-2008 snow season, so no
30 Year Average is available.
 
* 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: 1/9/2022