Climate averages 1991–2020
Pueblo weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Pueblo: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about -7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Colorado Springs (67 km away). In January its highs average 5.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Pueblo, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Pueblo ranks joint 298th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Pueblo is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 13 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
Pueblo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.9°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 11 | 3.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.9°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 13 | 3.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 14.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 32 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 42 | 6.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 44 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 33 | 6.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 45 | 7.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 45 | 7.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 22 | 4.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.9°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 16 | 3.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.3°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 12 | 3.2 | 9.610 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
- Colorado Springs in JanuaryUnited States · 67 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -9.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in JanuaryUnited States · 148 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -10.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Centennial in JanuaryUnited States · 149 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -10.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 165 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Lakewood in JanuaryUnited States · 166 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -9.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Denver in JanuaryUnited States · 168 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -9.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Arvada in JanuaryUnited States · 177 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -9.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 180 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 Pueblo) is explained once on the Pueblo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.