DENVER — If it felt extra snowy and cold to you this January, you'd be right.
This January will finish as Denver's overall coldest month since 2009, and the city's coldest January since 2007. It'll also finish as the city's snowiest January since 2014 and the 16th-snowiest on record.
Through Monday, Denver had an average month-to-date temperature of 25.6 degrees, more than six degrees below the average. While February 2021 was colder with an average monthly temperature of 25.4, once Tuesday's chill is factored in, that 25.6 month-to-date temperature will easily fall below the February 2021 mark.
That'll ensure that this is Denver's coldest month – in any month of the year – since Dec. 2009. It's also Denver's coldest January since 2007 when the average monthly temperature was 20.8 degrees.
The 25.6-degree mark is good enough for Denver's 20th-coldest January on record. But that number will move up the rankings, depending on Tuesday's exact temperatures.
Snowy January
On top of that, Denver also saw an unusually high amount of snowfall during the month of January. At Denver International Airport (DIA), 13.0 inches of snow fell this month, making it the city's 16th-snowiest January on record.
At Denver's Central Park station, "only" about 10 inches of snow fell (9.8 inches, to be exact). Regardless of the exact totals, most of the metro area saw a usually high amount of snow during the month of January.
January is only the sixth-snowiest month of the year on average for Denver, trailing March, April, November, December and February. Storms are usually south of the Front Range and/or primarily affecting the mountains this time of year. Spring, of course, is usually prime time for big Front Range storms.
Brown snow piles
At least one inch of snow was on the ground for 28 of January's 31 days, the most number of days with snow on the ground since 2007. It's also the fifth-most number of January days with at least an inch of snow on the ground on record in Denver.
Not only was it extra cold and snowy, but it was also exceptionally cloudy as well. Based on noon observations from both DIA and Centennial Airport, 10 of 31 January days reported overcast conditions at noon. That's the highest number of cloudy days at both airports since 1994.
February looks to start off on a more tranquil note, with seasonal temperatures and sunshine expected in Denver through the upcoming weekend.
SUGGESTED VIDEOS: Latest from 9NEWS