Chaffee County Weather in January
Average highs run from 40°F on January 1 to 41°F on January 31, and lows from 10°F to 12°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.33 in over about 4 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 41°F
- Average low
- 11°F
- Precipitation
- 0.33 in
- Snowfall
- 6.2 in
- Record high
- 71°FJan 30, 1920
- Record low
- -37°FJan 6, 1913
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 31 min to 10 h 15 min
- Cloud cover
- 56%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 9°F
- Wind
- 10.3 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 40°F | 10°F | 58°F 1940 | -29°F 1919 | 14% | 15% |
| Jan 2 | 40°F | 11°F | 65°F 1920 | -25°F 1919 | 14% | 15% |
| Jan 3 | 40°F | 11°F | 62°F 1927 | -19°F 1974 | 14% | 15% |
| Jan 4 | 40°F | 11°F | 60°F 1927 | -25°F 1942 | 14% | 14% |
| Jan 5 | 40°F | 11°F | 61°F 1927 | -25°F 1971 | 14% | 14% |
| Jan 6 | 40°F | 11°F | 60°F 1927 | -37°F 1913 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 7 | 40°F | 11°F | 59°F 1969 | -35°F 1913 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 8 | 40°F | 11°F | 58°F 1927 | -18°F 1920 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 9 | 40°F | 11°F | 61°F 1928 | -23°F 1930 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 10 | 40°F | 11°F | 66°F 1928 | -26°F 1962 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 11 | 40°F | 11°F | 60°F 1928 | -19°F 1918 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 12 | 41°F | 11°F | 67°F 1928 | -32°F 1963 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 13 | 41°F | 11°F | 62°F 1928 | -21°F 1963 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 14 | 41°F | 11°F | 65°F 1928 | -10°F 1919 | 13% | 14% |
| Jan 15 | 41°F | 11°F | 61°F 1928 | -16°F 2007 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 16 | 41°F | 11°F | 59°F 1928 | -25°F 1930 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 17 | 41°F | 11°F | 59°F 2000 | -20°F 1949 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 18 | 41°F | 11°F | 56°F 1927 | -15°F 1930 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 19 | 41°F | 11°F | 60°F 1927 | -22°F 1940 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 20 | 41°F | 11°F | 60°F 1971 | -20°F 1943 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 21 | 41°F | 11°F | 59°F 2005 | -19°F 1926 | 14% | 14% |
| Jan 22 | 41°F | 11°F | 63°F 1948 | -25°F 1926 | 14% | 14% |
| Jan 23 | 41°F | 11°F | 56°F 1970 | -18°F 1926 | 14% | 14% |
| Jan 24 | 41°F | 11°F | 59°F 2013 | -21°F 1932 | 14% | 14% |
| Jan 25 | 41°F | 11°F | 57°F 2005 | -12°F 1932 | 14% | 14% |
| Jan 26 | 41°F | 11°F | 60°F 1920 | -10°F 1963 | 14% | 14% |
| Jan 27 | 41°F | 11°F | 63°F 2015 | -22°F 1948 | 15% | 14% |
| Jan 28 | 41°F | 12°F | 60°F 2015 | -37°F 1948 | 15% | 14% |
| Jan 29 | 41°F | 12°F | 66°F 1920 | -25°F 1949 | 15% | 15% |
| Jan 30 | 41°F | 12°F | 71°F 1920 | -18°F 1948 | 15% | 15% |
| Jan 31 | 41°F | 12°F | 63°F 1920 | -19°F 1985 | 16% | 15% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 4:54 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 5:26 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00051071 (Buena Vista 2S), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00051071, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.