#1Lakewood
Jefferson County · 156,927 peopleJanuary low·July high 88°·154 freezing nights a year
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Towns with the mildest winters in Colorado
Lakewood has the mildest winters of Colorado’s 149 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 20° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 17°; none of the 149 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#120°
Sherrelwood
unincorporated, Adams County · 18,692 peopleJanuary low·July high 89°·149 freezing nights a year
#T3Edgewater
Jefferson County · 4,870 peopleJanuary low·July high 89°·154 freezing nights a year
All 149 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 109 towns here).
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#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
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Questions people ask
Which Colorado town has the mildest winters?
Lakewood (Jefferson County): January nights average a low of 20°. Sherrelwood (20°) and Edgewater (20°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (149 in Colorado): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Colorado page.
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