The month was largely uneventful with no notable weather events. Daytime high temperatures were routinely warmer than normal and no precipitation was seen until the very end of the month. When we did finally see some snow on the 29th and 30th, it was minimal, amounting to little more than a dusting.<\/p>\n
Thornton\u2019s overall average temperature for the month came in at 34.1 degrees. This is well above the long term Denver average for January of 30.7 degrees. As usual, the Mile High City\u2019s official reading at Denver International Airport came in warmer than us at 34.6 degrees.<\/p>\n
Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 61.4 degrees on the 4th down to a low of 10.8 degrees on the 11th.\u00a0 Denver saw its maximum reading of 62 degrees on the 4th and 8th and its lowest of 7 degrees on the 11th.<\/p>\n
In terms of precipitation, Denver averages 0.27 inches in January. Both Thornton and Denver fell well short with 0.03 inches and 0.14 inches respectively.<\/p>\n
Snow was in short supply with 0.6 inches falling in Thornton and 0.9 inches in Denver. Both were far short of the average of 7 inches for Denver in January.<\/p>\n
In the end, the month was Thornton’s warmest, driest and least snowy January since ThorntonWeather.com came online in 2007.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s January 2020 climate report<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n After a cold and snowy start to the season in October and November, December saw things dry out and warm up. Unfortunately, January 2020 continued the most recent trend with temps well above normal and very little precipitation. January 2020 top shots: Monthly photo slideshow The month was largely uneventful with no notable weather events. … Continue reading January 2020 weather recap: The year starts off warm and dry<\/span> ![\"Thornton,](\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-01-Temps-590x295.jpg\")
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<\/a>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n717 AM MST SAT FEB 1 2020\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2020...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2020\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 62 01\/08 76 -14 62 01\/04\r\n 01\/04\r\nLOWEST 7 01\/11 -29 36 -5 01\/01\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 48.0 44.0 4.0 44.6\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 21.1 17.4 3.7 19.5\r\nMEAN 34.6 30.7 3.9 32.0\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 1 5.5 -4.5 6\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 31 29.4 1.6 29\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.7 -1.7 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.35 1883 MINIMUM 0.01 1933 1934 1952 TOTALS 0.14 0.41 -0.27 0.75 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.02 DAYS >= .01 2 4.1 -2.1 6\r\nDAYS >= .10 1 0.9 0.1 2\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 0.13 01\/27\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nTOTALS 0.9 7.0 6.2 2019\r\nRECORD 24.3 1992\r\nTOTAL\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 937 1063 -126 1016\r\n SINCE 7\/1 3436 3531 -95 3388\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 10.1\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 4\/220\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 40\/290 DATE 01\/01\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 53\/290 DATE 01\/01\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 17\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49\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":"