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Beaver Creek in January

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Beaver Creek is cold: highs near 33°F, lows near 5°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Beaver Creek is cold: highs near 1°C, lows near -15°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
33°F1°Caverage
Low
5°F-15°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
9h 43mon average

Is January a good time to visit Beaver Creek?

January sits outside Beaver Creek's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 33°F in January, against 33°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 1°C in January, against 1°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in January, against 26% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in January, against 30% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

9h 43m in January, against 9h 25m to 14h 55m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December34°1°low 3°low -16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January33°1°low 5°low -15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February35°2°low 8°low -13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Beaver Creek sits, in January

America/Denver
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:25 AMsets 5:04 PM
Above the sea
2,470 mhigh country
Latitude
39.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Breckenridge43 km east

The land around Beaver Creek, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Beaver Creek

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Beaver Creek. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,470 m) against the climate model's (2,933 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,470 m) against the climate model's (2,933 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.