What's the Hottest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Colorado Springs, Colorado in January?

Do you know what the hottest weather temperature ever recorded in Colorado Springs, Colorado is in January? The answer to that weather trivia question will probably shock and astound you.

The coldest month of the year in Colorado Springs, Colorado is January with a daily average temperature of just 28.8 degrees. But what is the hottest weather temperature ever recorded in Colorado Springs in January the coldest month of the year in the city? 

Weather temperatures have officially been kept in Colorado Springs, Colorado since 1894. So the hottest temperature record for January in Colorado Springs is from 1894 until the present day.

What's the Hottest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Colorado Springs, Colorado in January?

• 73 degrees on January 2, 1997

That's right the hottest temperature ever recorded in Colorado Springs, Colorado in the month of January is a sweltering 73 degrees. That record hottest temperature for the month of January in Colorado Springs was set on January 2, 1997.

How unusual is a 70 degree weather temperature day in Colorado Springs, Colorado in January? Since 1894, there have only been 11 days in the month of January when the weather temperature reached 70 degrees or hotter in Colorado Springs. When was the last 70 degree weather temperature day? That was on January 21, 2009, when it was 71 degrees.

Days when the temperature reaches 60 degrees in January are far more common in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In fact, every calendar day in the month of January has been at least 64 degrees in at least one year since 1894.

When was the last time the temperature was 60 degrees or hotter in Colorado Springs, Colorado in January? That was on January 27, 2015, when the temperature was a delightful 67 degrees in the city.

Will the temperature rise to 70 degrees this January in Colorado Springs, Colorado? It's possible but since it has only happened 11 times since 1894, a 70 degree weather temperature day is unlikely but a 60 degree weather temperature day could certainly happen this January.

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