{"id":13182,"date":"2014-02-01T14:05:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T21:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=13182"},"modified":"2014-02-01T14:05:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T21:05:04","slug":"january-2014-weather-recap-near-average-temps-but-well-above-normal-snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/january-2014-weather-recap-near-average-temps-but-well-above-normal-snowfall\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2014 weather recap: Near average temps but well above normal snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 2014 could be remembered as a month that brought a weather rollercoaster.\u00a0 Looking back it seems as if we were constantly jumping between mild temperatures to cold to warmth and back to cold again.<\/p>\n<p>The month started out cooler than normal for the first two days with a light shot of snow on New Year\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Temperatures then shot into the 60s on the 3rd but were followed by colder temperatures and more snow on the 4th.\u00a0 On the 5th we registered our coldest day of the month.<\/p>\n<p>From the 7th to the 16th we experienced relatively calm conditions and only very light snow on one day.\u00a0 We saw above normal temperatures from the 15th to the 21st.\u00a0 Two cold days followed with snow falling on the 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>Alternating above-normal and below-normal temperatures closed out the month.\u00a0 Four of the last five days saw snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton recorded an average monthly temperature of 31.3 degrees.\u00a0 This was slightly higher than Denver\u2019s official recording of 31.2 degrees.\u00a0 Both were slightly above the historical average January temperature of 30.7 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 67.0 degrees on the 19th down to a low of -5.5 degrees on the 6th.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s warmest temperature of 65 degrees also occurred on the 19th and it recorded its coldest of -10 degrees on the 5th.<\/p>\n<p>All 31 days of the month saw low temperatures below freezing in Thornton and four days saw high temperatures fail to reach 32 degrees.\u00a0 Two days saw readings below zero.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s readings were similar with four days staying below freezing and three seeing lows below zero.<\/p>\n<p>Precipitation for the month was nearly double of the Denver historical average thanks to snowfall that was about double of normal.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton recorded 1.06 inch of liquid precipitation, well above the average of 0.41 inch. Denver saw a bit less with 0.94 inch.<\/p>\n<p>While no major snowstorms were seen, there were plenty of smaller events.\u00a0 These gave Thornton 13.4 inches of the white stuff during the month, Denver saw 14.3 inches.\u00a0 Both were about double the January average of 7.1 inches.\u00a0 The official Denver measurement propelled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/january-2014-becomes-10th-snowiest-january-on-record\/\">January 2014 into the books as the 11th snowiest January<\/a> on record.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/climatedataout12014.html\">January 2014 climate summary for Thornton<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/january-2014-in-pictures-monthly-photo-slideshow\/\">January 2014 in pictures: Monthly photo slideshow<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado January 2014 temperature summary.\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-lIAQ_iRCv8g\/Uu1gbxT3T8I\/AAAAAAAABeA\/fwkugEyMfVU\/s580\/tw-temps.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"364\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado January 2014 temperature summary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado January 2014 precipitation summary.\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-OprcebchKhA\/Uu1gb_SyQnI\/AAAAAAAABd8\/uCskAjOk5Oo\/s580\/tw-precip.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"339\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado January 2014 precipitation summary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<pre>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n517 AM MST SAT FEB 1 2014\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2014...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2014\r\n\r\nWEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S\r\n                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)\r\n                                          NORMAL\r\n................................................................\r\nTEMPERATURE (F)\r\nRECORD\r\n HIGH              76   01\/27\/1888\r\n LOW              -29   01\/09\/1875\r\nHIGHEST            65   01\/19        76     -11       66  01\/24\r\nLOWEST            -10   01\/05       -29      19      -12  01\/12\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     44.9              44.0     0.9     44.6\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     17.3              17.4    -0.1     16.0\r\nMEAN             31.1              30.7     0.4     30.3\r\nDAYS MAX &gt;= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX &lt;= 32      4               5.5    -1.5        6\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 32     30              29.4     0.6       30\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 0       3               1.7     1.3        5 \r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES) \r\nRECORD \r\n MAXIMUM         2.35   1883 \r\n MINIMUM         0.01   1933           \r\n                        1934       \r\n                        1952 \r\nTOTALS           0.94              0.41    0.53     0.31 \r\nDAILY AVG.       0.03              0.01    0.02     0.01 \r\nDAYS &gt;= .01         9               4.1     4.9        4\r\nDAYS &gt;= .10         3               0.9     2.1        1\r\nDAYS &gt;= .50         0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS &gt;= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.26   01\/30 TO 01\/31           01\/28 TO 01\/29\r\n                                                          01\/29 TO 01\/29\r\n                                                          01\/29 TO 01\/29\r\n STORM TOTAL       MM                                 MM\r\n (MM\/DD(HH))            MM                    01\/29(00) TO 01\/29(00)\r\n                                                 01\/29(00) TO 01\/29(00)9\r\n                                                 01\/29(00) TO 01\/29(00)9\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL             MM   MM\r\nTOTALS           14.3               7.0\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL    1046              1063     -17     1067\r\n SINCE 7\/1       3497              3531     -34     3300\r\nCOOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0\r\n SINCE 1\/1          0                 0       0        0\r\n\r\nFREEZE DATES\r\nRECORD\r\n EARLIEST     09\/08\/1962\r\n LATEST       06\/08\/2007\r\nEARLIEST                        10\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n..........................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.7\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   4\/230\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    36\/290    DATE  01\/12\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    44\/280    DATE  01\/12\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             14\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     56\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0\r\nLIGHT RAIN                0     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                       5\r\nLIGHT SNOW               11     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                      11     FOG W\/VIS &lt;= 1\/4 MILE      4\r\nHAZE                      4\r\n\r\n-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.\r\nR  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.\r\nMM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.\r\nT  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 2014 could be remembered as a month that brought a weather rollercoaster.\u00a0 Looking back it seems as if we were constantly jumping between mild temperatures to cold to warmth and back to cold again. 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