Ridgway Weather in January
Average highs run from 39°F on January 1 to 42°F on January 31, and lows from 6°F to 8°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.02 in over about 6 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
- 40°F
- Average low
- 7°F
- Precipitation
- 1.02 in
- Snowfall
- 13.6 in
- Record high
- 79°FJan 23, 1911
- Record low
- -32°FJan 12, 1963
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 34 min to 10 h 17 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 13°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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 | 39°F | 6°F | 56°F 1981 | -22°F 2008 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 2 | 39°F | 6°F | 53°F 1918 | -24°F 1979 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 3 | 39°F | 6°F | 54°F 1918 | -22°F 1937 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 4 | 39°F | 6°F | 58°F 1920 | -26°F 1949 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 5 | 39°F | 6°F | 55°F 1927 | -30°F 1971 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 6 | 39°F | 6°F | 51°F 1954 | -31°F 1971 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 7 | 40°F | 6°F | 54°F 1954 | -26°F 1913 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 8 | 40°F | 6°F | 54°F 1954 | -19°F 1967 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 9 | 40°F | 6°F | 66°F 1911 | -19°F 1930 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 10 | 40°F | 6°F | 74°F 1911 | -26°F 1962 | 20% | 19% |
| Jan 11 | 40°F | 6°F | 78°F 1911 | -23°F 1962 | 20% | 19% |
| Jan 12 | 40°F | 6°F | 57°F 1990 | -32°F 1963 | 20% | 19% |
| Jan 13 | 40°F | 6°F | 72°F 1911 | -32°F 1963 | 20% | 19% |
| Jan 14 | 40°F | 6°F | 60°F 1911 | -16°F 1964 | 20% | 19% |
| Jan 15 | 40°F | 6°F | 64°F 1911 | -21°F 2007 | 20% | 19% |
| Jan 16 | 40°F | 6°F | 65°F 1911 | -20°F 2007 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 17 | 41°F | 6°F | 62°F 1911 | -31°F 2008 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 18 | 41°F | 6°F | 65°F 1911 | -27°F 2008 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 19 | 41°F | 7°F | 55°F 1920 | -22°F 1943 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 20 | 41°F | 7°F | 55°F 1920 | -18°F 1936 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 21 | 41°F | 7°F | 71°F 1911 | -28°F 1935 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 22 | 41°F | 7°F | 74°F 1911 | -31°F 1937 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 23 | 41°F | 7°F | 79°F 1911 | -19°F 2006 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 24 | 41°F | 7°F | 76°F 1911 | -21°F 1932 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 25 | 41°F | 7°F | 77°F 1911 | -21°F 1937 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 26 | 41°F | 7°F | 54°F 1982 | -18°F 2016 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 27 | 41°F | 7°F | 58°F 2015 | -24°F 1996 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 28 | 41°F | 8°F | 58°F 2015 | -22°F 1948 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 29 | 41°F | 8°F | 78°F 1911 | -21°F 1949 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 30 | 41°F | 8°F | 63°F 1911 | -18°F 1947 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 31 | 42°F | 8°F | 55°F 1971 | -26°F 1994 | 21% | 18% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:28 AM, sunset 5:02 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 5:33 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00057020 (Ridgway), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00058204, 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.