Custer County climate

Custer County Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Westcliffe, 9 km from Custer County

Average highs run from 39°F on January 1 to 40°F on January 31, and lows from 7°F to 10°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.48 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 Custer County, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
40°F
Average low
8°F
Precipitation
0.48 in
Snowfall
8.4 in
Record high
65°FJan 21, 1950
Record low
-41°FJan 6, 1971
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 35 min to 10 h 16 min
Cloud cover
56%
Humidity
67%
Dew point
12°F
Wind
8.7 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 139°F7°F64°F 1997-27°F 191913%12%
Jan 239°F7°F64°F 1997-36°F 191913%12%
Jan 339°F7°F57°F 2026-28°F 197413%12%
Jan 439°F7°F60°F 1956-35°F 197213%12%
Jan 539°F7°F63°F 1956-38°F 197113%12%
Jan 639°F7°F59°F 1956-41°F 197112%12%
Jan 739°F7°F59°F 1914-34°F 197112%12%
Jan 839°F7°F62°F 2018-22°F 194412%12%
Jan 939°F8°F62°F 2018-27°F 196212%12%
Jan 1039°F8°F60°F 1945-38°F 196212%12%
Jan 1140°F8°F60°F 1956-30°F 191812%12%
Jan 1240°F8°F58°F 1953-41°F 196312%12%
Jan 1340°F8°F57°F 1897-35°F 196312%12%
Jan 1440°F8°F61°F 1938-21°F 194013%12%
Jan 1540°F8°F61°F 2000-26°F 200713%12%
Jan 1640°F8°F59°F 1921-22°F 198413%12%
Jan 1740°F8°F61°F 1971-26°F 191513%12%
Jan 1840°F9°F61°F 1896-34°F 198413%12%
Jan 1940°F9°F61°F 1920-35°F 194013%12%
Jan 2040°F9°F63°F 1950-26°F 198813%12%
Jan 2140°F9°F65°F 1950-22°F 195813%13%
Jan 2240°F9°F63°F 1950-29°F 194013%13%
Jan 2340°F9°F60°F 1981-23°F 191513%13%
Jan 2440°F9°F58°F 1946-31°F 196313%13%
Jan 2540°F9°F63°F 1935-25°F 189814%13%
Jan 2640°F9°F60°F 1921-27°F 189814%13%
Jan 2740°F10°F60°F 1934-30°F 196314%13%
Jan 2840°F10°F62°F 1934-41°F 194814%14%
Jan 2940°F10°F58°F 1967-27°F 194914%14%
Jan 3040°F10°F59°F 2018-30°F 197914%14%
Jan 3140°F10°F64°F 1911-23°F 199415%14%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Custer County, 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 7:18 AM, sunset 4:53 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:23 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00058931 (Westcliffe), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00058931, 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.