Colorado climate

Colorado Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Colorado, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 31°C on January 1 to 31°C on January 31, and lows from 21°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 211 mm over about 22 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Colorado, in °C, with the record for each date.10203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
31°C
Average low
21°C
Precipitation
211 mm
Reanalysis high
40°CJan 17, 2006
Reanalysis low
14°CJan 11, 1994
Daylight
13 h 31 min to 13 h 08 min
Cloud cover
71%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
8.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 131°C21°C37°C 199318°C 199168%
Jan 231°C21°C38°C 199317°C 200469%
Jan 331°C21°C38°C 199317°C 200471%
Jan 431°C21°C36°C 201217°C 200972%
Jan 531°C21°C36°C 199317°C 200974%
Jan 631°C21°C37°C 199316°C 200973%
Jan 731°C21°C36°C 199318°C 200973%
Jan 831°C21°C35°C 200319°C 199972%
Jan 931°C21°C36°C 199119°C 199872%
Jan 1031°C21°C36°C 199116°C 199471%
Jan 1131°C21°C35°C 199114°C 199471%
Jan 1231°C21°C34°C 200415°C 201371%
Jan 1331°C21°C35°C 200918°C 201369%
Jan 1431°C21°C37°C 199118°C 201468%
Jan 1531°C21°C37°C 200619°C 199467%
Jan 1631°C21°C37°C 199119°C 199465%
Jan 1731°C21°C40°C 200617°C 200264%
Jan 1831°C21°C37°C 200615°C 200265%
Jan 1931°C21°C36°C 199216°C 200264%
Jan 2031°C21°C36°C 199118°C 201664%
Jan 2131°C21°C37°C 199116°C 201663%
Jan 2231°C21°C37°C 201917°C 201364%
Jan 2331°C21°C37°C 200017°C 200865%
Jan 2431°C21°C37°C 200017°C 200966%
Jan 2531°C21°C36°C 199219°C 200366%
Jan 2631°C21°C36°C 199219°C 200565%
Jan 2731°C21°C36°C 199216°C 200565%
Jan 2831°C21°C37°C 199216°C 201265%
Jan 2931°C21°C37°C 201918°C 201365%
Jan 3031°C21°C37°C 201918°C 201266%
Jan 3131°C21°C36°C 201918°C 201266%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Colorado, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

January 1
sunrise 5:46 AM, sunset 7:17 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:07 AM, sunset 7:15 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.