Routt County Weather in January
Average highs run from 28°F on January 1 to 31°F on January 31, and lows from 4°F to 5°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.46 in over about 15 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
- 29°F
- Average low
- 5°F
- Precipitation
- 2.46 in
- Snowfall
- 46.6 in
- Record high
- 57°FJan 24, 1910
- Record low
- -54°FJan 7, 1913
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 21 min to 10 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 97%
- Dew point
- 11°F
- Wind
- 6.0 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 | 28°F | 4°F | 50°F 1981 | -26°F 1973 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 2 | 28°F | 4°F | 50°F 1922 | -39°F 1979 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 3 | 28°F | 4°F | 50°F 1981 | -36°F 1952 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 4 | 28°F | 4°F | 50°F 1981 | -38°F 1974 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 5 | 28°F | 4°F | 48°F 2026 | -30°F 1912 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 6 | 28°F | 4°F | 50°F 1909 | -42°F 1913 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 7 | 28°F | 4°F | 53°F 1909 | -54°F 1913 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 8 | 29°F | 4°F | 51°F 1956 | -36°F 1979 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 9 | 29°F | 4°F | 50°F 1909 | -40°F 1930 | 47% | 48% |
| Jan 10 | 29°F | 4°F | 49°F 1911 | -43°F 1962 | 47% | 48% |
| Jan 11 | 29°F | 4°F | 44°F 1911 | -40°F 1962 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 12 | 29°F | 4°F | 46°F 1897 | -50°F 1963 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 13 | 29°F | 4°F | 46°F 1930 | -46°F 1963 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 14 | 29°F | 4°F | 45°F 1909 | -28°F 1964 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 15 | 29°F | 5°F | 48°F 1913 | -27°F 2013 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 16 | 29°F | 5°F | 51°F 1930 | -33°F 1917 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 17 | 29°F | 5°F | 46°F 1914 | -35°F 1949 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 18 | 29°F | 5°F | 48°F 1914 | -38°F 1984 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 19 | 29°F | 5°F | 48°F 1959 | -40°F 1940 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 20 | 29°F | 5°F | 48°F 2005 | -44°F 1922 | 46% | 47% |
| Jan 21 | 30°F | 5°F | 46°F 1950 | -34°F 1935 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 22 | 30°F | 5°F | 51°F 1981 | -44°F 1937 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 23 | 30°F | 5°F | 55°F 1981 | -35°F 1915 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 24 | 30°F | 5°F | 57°F 1910 | -31°F 1915 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 25 | 30°F | 5°F | 46°F 1913 | -30°F 1930 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 26 | 30°F | 5°F | 45°F 1956 | -36°F 1898 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 27 | 30°F | 5°F | 46°F 1967 | -31°F 1948 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 28 | 30°F | 5°F | 49°F 2015 | -39°F 1948 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 29 | 31°F | 5°F | 45°F 2021 | -35°F 1949 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 30 | 31°F | 5°F | 51°F 1954 | -29°F 1909 | 47% | 47% |
| Jan 31 | 31°F | 5°F | 50°F 1911 | -34°F 1979 | 47% | 47% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:31 AM, sunset 4:52 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:25 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00057936 (Steamboat Springs), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00057936, 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.