Vail climate

Vail Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Tucson Intl AP, 24.7 km from Vail

Average highs run from 65°F on January 1 to 68°F on January 31, and lows from 40°F to 42°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.84 in over about 4 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Vail, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
67°F
Average low
41°F
Precipitation
0.84 in
Record high
87°FJan 10, 1953
Record low
16°FJan 4, 1949
Chance of a freeze
80%
Daylight
10 h 06 min to 10 h 39 min
Cloud cover
39%
Humidity
51%
Dew point
26°F
Wind
8.3 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 165°F40°F80°F 201221°F 201114%0%
Jan 265°F40°F80°F 199823°F 197614%0%
Jan 365°F40°F85°F 202522°F 194914%0%
Jan 465°F40°F84°F 199416°F 194914%0%
Jan 565°F40°F79°F 195417°F 194914%0%
Jan 665°F40°F78°F 195617°F 195014%0%
Jan 766°F40°F80°F 194820°F 196714%0%
Jan 866°F40°F82°F 196920°F 197114%0%
Jan 966°F40°F81°F 194825°F 198914%0%
Jan 1066°F41°F87°F 195326°F 196214%0%
Jan 1166°F41°F82°F 199021°F 196214%0%
Jan 1266°F41°F80°F 199018°F 196414%0%
Jan 1366°F41°F80°F 202321°F 196314%0%
Jan 1466°F41°F80°F 200021°F 201314%0%
Jan 1567°F41°F85°F 200017°F 201314%0%
Jan 1667°F41°F84°F 200024°F 196413%0%
Jan 1767°F41°F81°F 200019°F 198713%0%
Jan 1867°F41°F84°F 200023°F 198713%0%
Jan 1967°F41°F85°F 197126°F 198713%0%
Jan 2067°F41°F84°F 195023°F 196313%0%
Jan 2167°F41°F81°F 195026°F 195914%0%
Jan 2267°F41°F81°F 201325°F 195514%0%
Jan 2367°F41°F81°F 201624°F 202514%0%
Jan 2467°F41°F87°F 199925°F 200214%0%
Jan 2567°F41°F82°F 200025°F 196414%0%
Jan 2668°F41°F82°F 195126°F 195014%0%
Jan 2768°F41°F86°F 198729°F 194814%0%
Jan 2868°F41°F81°F 196725°F 194813%0%
Jan 2968°F42°F82°F 198625°F 194813%0%
Jan 3068°F42°F82°F 198725°F 197913%0%
Jan 3168°F42°F84°F 200322°F 194913%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Vail, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

January 1
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:30 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 5:56 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00023160 (Tucson Intl AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023160, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.