Comments on: Denver Average Temperature

By: Bob in Conifer

Bob in Conifer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:02:38 +0000

Hi Michelle,
Over the years I’ve helped at least dozens of families move to the Denver area from California. With no exceptions they have all felt a great increase in their quality of life. Some of that improvement may be the weather and the fact that Denver has relatively mild winters, low humidity and bright sunshine nearly every day.

Although, people love to dream about big snowstorms dropping blankets of snow across our spectacular mountains the city of Denver benefits from what is called the “orographic lift” which causes precipitation to fall in the mountains leaving dry, crisp air over the city. So although we occasionally get hit with a big storm it is not as common as you might think.

The coldest it has ever been in Denver was in the winter of 1875 at -29ºF but the average temperature range for Denver’s coldest month, which is January, is a low of 15ºF warming up to 43ºF in the day.

The Average Denver snowfall is about 5 feet, which probably sounds like a lot but keep in mind that we can get snow from September to May in between 80º days! Unlike many northern metro areas our snow falls and then is quickly evaporated and sublimated with very short spans of large accumulations.

Denver has a very dry climate with humidity averaging from 34-52% throughout the year! Compared to LA where your humidity ranges from 59-69%!

Lastly, although you didn’t ask about this, according to http://www.CityRating.com LA had 48,824 violent crimes in 2003 compared to only 3,531 in Denver! Here you can feel comfortable walking around outside a few different ways!

I hope you find this helpful, feel free to call, email or post for more info.
-Bob

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:01:59 +0000

I’m researching cities to move to within the next 1-2 years and Denver is one city I’m starting to look at; the only reason I’m even comtemplating Denver is that my daughter, her husband, and my grandson are moving there.
I’m from the Chicago suburbs but have lived in Los Angeles for the last 13 years. I thoroughly enjoy my LA winters but to be perfectly honest, outside of beautiful weather and the beach, I don’t really care for LA.

How cold does it get in Denver? How much snow do you get, and do you have humidity in the summer?
Thanks!

By: Bob in Conifer

Bob in Conifer — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:04:49 +0000

So you can see from the chart of average temperature for Denver above that in July we have our warmest temperatures but it was actually 55 degrees today! Granted it warmed up pretty quick and right now the temperature is in the 70′s but it was downright chilly this morning!

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By: Bobthebroker

Bobthebroker — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:22:32 +0000

Thank you Jay! Glad to hear you're a Broncomaniac! Me too. I hoped to meet you at the SEVRAR Technology Fair but alas, had far too much going on this week. Maybe another time soon! You're an inspration to a relatively new blogger like me.

By: Jay Thompson

Jay Thompson — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:58:14 +0000

“Sure Phoenix has an average in January of probably 20 degrees warmer or so. But they also have rattle snakes, cactus and the Cardinals”

Ahem. And which team is playing in the Superbowl this Sunday? (Though truth be told, I am a rabid BRONCOS fan! — comes from living in Aurora for a couple of years as a kid, where I remember fairly frequent snow shoveling…).

Thanks for the linkage and kind words Bob!