{"id":17273,"date":"2017-02-06T06:52:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T13:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=17273"},"modified":"2017-02-06T06:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T13:53:20","slug":"january-2017-weather-recap-colder-wetter-than-normal-weather-for-second-month-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/january-2017-weather-recap-colder-wetter-than-normal-weather-for-second-month-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2017 weather recap: Colder, wetter than normal weather for second month in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

The month of December brought colder and wetter than normal conditions to Thornton and in January we continued that trend with more of the same and our first month of the season with above average snowfall.<\/p>\n

January started out warmer than normal but on the third that changed with a system that sent temperatures plummeting for five days.\u00a0 From the 3rd to the 7th the mercury failed to even climb above freezing and we saw three overnight lows dip to zero or below.\u00a0 The period also brought 7.4 inches over a three day period from the 3rd to the 5th.<\/p>\n

Once that system moved out, we returned to warmer and dry conditions for four days then saw light snow on the 11th and 12th followed by colder temperatures through the 16th.\u00a0 The 16th also brought our last measurable snow for the month.<\/p>\n

The last half of the month was relatively uneventful and the final three days saw highs climb over the 60 degree mark.<\/p>\n

Thornton saw an average temperature in January of 29.5 degrees.\u00a0 This is a good ways below the long term Denver average for the month of 30.7 degrees.\u00a0 Out at DIA where Denver\u2019s official measurements are kept, it was slightly warmer with an average of 30.0 degrees.<\/p>\n

Temperatures in our part of town ranged from a high of 66 degrees on January 31 down to a low of 9.4 degrees below zero on the morning of the 6th.\u00a0 Denver saw its warmest reading of 63 degrees on the 30th and its coldest of 7 below zero on the morning of the 6th.<\/p>\n

In terms of precipitation, the Mile High City averages 0.41 inches in January.\u00a0 Both Thornton and Denver came in wetter than that with 0.77 inches and 0.54 inches of liquid precipitation at those locations respectively.<\/p>\n

Thornton welcomed a respectable 10.0 inches of snowfall during the month.\u00a0 Out at the airport, their total lagged ours with a reading of 6.3 inches.\u00a0 On average Denver receives 7.0 inches during the month.<\/p>\n

Click here to view Thornton’s January 2017 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Thornton, Colorado’s January 2017 temperature summary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thornton, Colorado’s January 2017 precipitation summary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n

...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017... \r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2017\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            63   01\/30        76     -13       65  01\/30\r\nLOWEST             -7   01\/06       -29      22        5  01\/10\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     42.3              44.0    -1.7     43.5\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     17.7              17.4     0.3     20.1\r\nMEAN             30.0              30.7    -0.7     31.8\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32      8               5.5     2.5        3\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32     30              29.4     0.6       30\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0       2               1.7     0.3        0\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           0.54              0.41    0.13     0.50\r\nDAILY AVG.       0.02              0.01    0.01     0.02\r\nDAYS >= .01         3               4.1    -1.1        5\r\nDAYS >= .10         3               0.9     2.1        3\r\nDAYS >= .50         0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.34   01\/04 TO 01\/05\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nTOTALS            6.3               7.0\r\nJANUARY RECORD SNOWFALL\r\n                 24.3              1992\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL    1075              1063      12     1021\r\n SINCE 7\/1       3117              3531    -414     3208\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              9.0\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   3\/223\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    37\/280    DATE  01\/10\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    53\/270    DATE  01\/09\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             20\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          6\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     59\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                1     SNOW                       2\r\nLIGHT SNOW                9     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                      11     FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE      2\r\nHAZE                      7\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":"
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