Average Snowfall for Colorado in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities, towns and parks in Colorado. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for Western Colorado and Eastern Colorado.

Western Colorado

Average total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
4.7 Alamosa 6.9 17.5
12.0 Aspen 28.1 71.4
12.5 Breckenridge 27.7 70.4
15.2 Climax 44.5 113.0
4.0 Colorado National Monument 6.2 15.7
5.8 CortezĀ  8.0 20.3
11.7 Crested Butte 42.2 107.2
3.6 Dinosaur National Monument 6.4 16.3
6.9 Durango 19.4 49.3
5.9 Glenwood Springs 13.7 34.8
4.6 Grand Junction 4.5 11.4
8.2 Gunnison 11.1 28.2
10.0 Leadville 18.8 47.8
6.3 Mesa Verde National Park 18.1 46.0
7.7 Ouray 22.4 56.9
10.4 Silverton 30.8 78.2
14.9 Steamboat Springs 46.6 118.4
9.5 Telluride 23.6 59.9
12.0 Vail 35.3 89.7

Front Range & Eastern Colorado

January snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
5.6 Boulder 11.3 28.7
3.0 Burlington 5.3 13.5
3.4 Canon City  6.7 17.0
3.9 Colorado Springs 4.9 12.4
5.0 Denver 6.4 16.3
7.4 Estes Park 9.8 24.9
4.4 Florissant Fossil Beds Monument 7.0 17.8
4.3 Fort Collins 6.7 17.0
5.3 Great Sand Dunes National Monument 8.1 20.6
3.2 Greeley 5.7 14.5
3.6 Lakewood 8.0 20.3
3.8 Pueblo 4.9 12.4
2.5 Trinidad 7.7 19.6
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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