Climate averages 1991–2020
Longmont 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 Longmont: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Boulder (22 km away). In January its highs average 4.2°C, about as warm as Longmont, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Longmont ranks joint 332nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 14th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Longmont is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 20 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
Longmont climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.5°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 19 | 4.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.9°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 20 | 5.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 42 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 67 | 9.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 87 | 11.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 53 | 8.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 7.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 39 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 41 | 6.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 28 | 5.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.2°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 18 | 4.5 | 9.49 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
- Boulder in JanuaryUnited States · 22 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -8.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Loveland in JanuaryUnited States · 26 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -8.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Thornton in JanuaryUnited States · 35 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -9.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 37 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -9.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Arvada in JanuaryUnited States · 41 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -9.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Greeley in JanuaryUnited States · 44 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -7.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Fort Collins in JanuaryUnited States · 47 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -8.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Denver in JanuaryUnited States · 49 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -9.4°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 Longmont) is explained once on the Longmont year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.