The Colorado Front Range’s mild, dry winter carried right into February. Indeed, the month offered up the warmest and driest February of the past 20 years here in Thornton.
A narrative for the month reveals there really was not much to talk about. High temperatures were above average on all but two days during the month. There was no recorded precipitation and the only snow we saw was a trace on the 20th.
Thornton’s average temperature for the month came in at 44.3 degrees. This was far above our 20-year running average for the month of 32.4 degrees. It was also our warmest February on record, easily besting February 2017 (40.1 degrees) as the previous record holder.
For Denver, as measured at Denver International Airport, it was a very warm month as well. The Mile High City’s average temperature for the month cam in at 42.1 degrees. This was well above their long term February average of 32.7 degrees. It put the month in the books as the third warmest February on record.
Precipitation registered a big fat zero for Thornton. This is the first time in 20 years that the month recorded nothing and well below the 0.60 inches we have averaged over that period. Our previous driest February of the past 20 years was in 2009 when we recorded 0.08 inches.
The Mile High City saw a scant 0.02 inches in their rain bucket at DIA. This was far below the long term average for Denver for February of 0.41 inches. It was the second driest February on record.
Obviously, with no precipitation recorded, Thornton saw no measurable snowfall either. We saw one day with a trace and that was it. Our 20 year running average for the month of February is 10.7 inches. This was the first February over that period that no snow was recorded.
Similarly, Denver only recorded a trace of snow at DIA. Denver’s February long term average is 7.6 inches. The month tied the Mile High City’s record for the least snowiest with February 2009.
Click here to view Thornton’s complete February 2026 climate summary report.
