Climate averages 1991–2020
Colorado Springs weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Colorado Springs: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pueblo (67 km away). In January its highs average 6.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Colorado Springs, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Colorado Springs ranks joint 310th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 8th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Colorado Springs is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 6.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Colorado Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.5°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 16 | 4.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 63 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 69 | 11.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 52 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 9.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Pueblo in JanuaryUnited States · 67 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in JanuaryUnited States · 81 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -10.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Centennial in JanuaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -10.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Lakewood in JanuaryUnited States · 99 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -9.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 100 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Denver in JanuaryUnited States · 102 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -9.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Arvada in JanuaryUnited States · 110 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -9.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 113 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -9.6°C · 22 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Colorado Springs) is explained once on the Colorado Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.