{"id":14838,"date":"2015-02-05T09:04:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=14838"},"modified":"2015-02-07T05:36:34","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T12:36:34","slug":"january-2015-weather-recap-above-normal-temperatures-below-average-precipitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/january-2015-weather-recap-above-normal-temperatures-below-average-precipitation\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2015 weather recap: Above normal temperatures, below average precipitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look back at last month, we see that Thornton experienced an unusually warm month, one punctuated by a couple rare 70 degree January days.\u00a0 Precipitation fell short of normal as did snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>The month started out on the cold side with three of the first four days failing to reach temperatures above freezing.\u00a0 Some light snow was also recorded on the 2nd and 3rd of the month.<\/p>\n<p>We then began a bit of a temperature rollercoaster with above normal readings for two days, a turn toward colder temperatures on the 9th, back to warmth on the next day and then colder than normal for the next four days.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/january-2015-top-shots-monthly-photo-slideshow\/\">January 2015 top shots: Monthly photo slideshow<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fourteen of the last 17 days of the month then recorded temperatures at or above normal.\u00a0 The 26th and 27th saw amazing readings above 70 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Thornton\u2019s average temperature for the month came in at 33.7 degrees.\u00a0 That was well above Denver\u2019s January average of 30.7 degrees.\u00a0 Out at Denver International Airport where the city\u2019s official records are taken, the month saw a 33.9 degree average.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton\u2019s warmest reading of 74.5 degrees came on the 27th.\u00a0 Its coldest of -3.7 degrees occurred early in the morning of the 4th.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s warmest and coldest readings came on the same days.\u00a0 DIA recorded 75 degrees on the 27th and -10 degrees on the 4th.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of precipitation, 0.20 inches of liquid precipitation was recorded in Thornton.\u00a0 Denver nearly doubled our number with 0.38 inches. Both locations fell shy of Denver&#8217;s January average precipitation of 0.41 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Snowfall in Thornton totaled only 3.5 inches, exactly have of Denver\u2019s January average of 7.0 inches.\u00a0 Here again the airport bested us with 7.2 inches this January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/climatedataout12015.html\">Click here to view Thornton\u2019s January 2015 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-y0zHSyrhKZY\/VM5N7Rqt-ZI\/AAAAAAAADVU\/m9NdllvKQtc\/s560\/2015-Jan-Temp.jpg\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado temperature summary for January 2015. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" width=\"560\" height=\"344\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado temperature summary for January 2015. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-AiSVxq1friM\/VM5N7QGpQWI\/AAAAAAAADVY\/N2UtJPArp3A\/s560\/2015-Jan-Precip.jpg\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado precipitation summary for January 2015. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" width=\"560\" height=\"324\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado precipitation summary for January 2015. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n<pre>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n614 AM MST SUN FEB 1 2015\r\n \r\n...................................\r\n \r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2015...\r\n \r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2015\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            75   01\/27                         65 01\/19\r\nLOWEST            -10   01\/04                        -10 01\/05\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     46.7              44.0     2.7     44.9\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     21.0              17.4     3.6     17.3\r\nMEAN             33.9              30.7     3.2     31.1\r\nDAYS MAX &gt;= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX &lt;= 32      5               5.5    -0.5        4\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 32     27              29.4    -2.4       30\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 0       3               1.7     1.3        3\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           0.38              0.41   -0.03     0.94\r\nDAILY AVG.       0.01              0.01    0.00     0.03\r\nDAYS &gt;= .01         5               4.1     0.9        9\r\nDAYS &gt;= .10         1               0.9     0.1        3\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    0.12   01\/21\r\n STORM TOTAL     0.14   01\/20(19) TO 01\/21(16)\r\n \r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)              JANUARY NORMAL\r\nTOTALS            7.2               7.0\r\n \r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL     958              1063    -105     1046\r\n SINCE 7\/1       3249              3531    -282     3497\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              9.7\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   3\/229\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    37\/290    DATE 01\/17\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    46\/270    DATE 01\/05\r\n \r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            5\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             16\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10\r\n \r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     62\r\n \r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0\r\nLIGHT RAIN                1     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       4\r\nLIGHT SNOW               12     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                      16     FOG W\/VIS &lt;= 1\/4 MILE      6\r\nHAZE                      6\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>Look back at last month, we see that Thornton experienced an unusually warm month, one punctuated by a couple rare 70 degree January days.\u00a0 Precipitation fell short of normal as did snowfall. The month started out on the cold side with three of the first four days failing to reach temperatures above freezing.\u00a0 Some light &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/january-2015-weather-recap-above-normal-temperatures-below-average-precipitation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">January 2015 weather recap: Above normal temperatures, below average precipitation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[197],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14838"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14854,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14838\/revisions\/14854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}