A winter-like pattern will continue over much of the Lower 48 over the next few days, with snow stretching from the Rockies today into the Middle Mississippi Valley on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the Gulf Coast and Southeast on Monday. As the storm moves northward late Monday into Tuesday, winter weather is possible from the Central Appalachians to Interior New England. Read More >
Denver's Climate Data for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1986 - Present)
TEMPERATURES: WARMEST (67) 1986, COLDEST: (-3) 2018
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES: HIGH (46.3), LOW (19.7)
PRECIPITATION: WETTEST: (0.24") 1988, SNOWIEST: (3.5") 1987
HISTORICAL CHANCE OF SNOW: (19%)
LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOWED OCCURED ON MLK DAY WAS IN 2025
| Top 10 Warmest MLK Day's | Top 10 Warmest Min MLK Day's | |||||
| (1986-Present) | (1986-Present) | |||||
| Rank | High | Year | Rank | Low | Year | |
| 1 | 67 | 1/20/1986 | 1 | 41 | 1/20/1986 | |
| 2 | 65 | 1/20/2003 | 2 | 38 | 1/17/2011 | |
| 3 | 64 | 1/17/2000 | 3 | 35 | 1/17/2000 | |
| 64 | 1/19/2009 | 4 | 33 | 1/19/2009 | ||
| 5 | 63 | 1/18/1999 | 33 | 1/20/1997 | ||
| 6 | 62 | 1/15/1996 | 6 | 31 | 1/19/2015 | |
| 62 | 1/20/1997 | 7 | 29 | 1/20/2003 | ||
| 8 | 58 | 1/19/2015 | 28 | 1/15/1996 | ||
| 58 | 1/21/2019 | 28 | 1/18/2010 | |||
| 10 | 57 | 1/17/2011 | 10 | 27 | 1/16/2017 | |
| 27 | 1/16/1995 | |||||
| Top 10 Coldest MLK Day's | Top 10 Lowest Max MLK Day's | |||||
| (1986-Present) | (1986-Present) | |||||
| Rank | Low | Year | Rank | High | Year | |
| 1 | -19 | 1/15/2024 | 1 | 2 | 1/15/2024 | |
| 2 | -14 | 1/20/2025 | 2 | 10 | 1/20/2025 | |
| 3 | -3 | 1/15/2018 | 3 | 11 | 1/21/2008 | |
| 4 | -2 | 1/15/2007 | 4 | 18 | 1/15/2007 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1/21/2008 | 5 | 24 | 1/18/1988 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1/21/1991 | 6 | 29 | 1/19/1987 | |
| 7 | 8 | 1/15/2001 | 7 | 30 | 1/15/2018 | |
| 8 | 9 | 1/16/2006 | 8 | 32 | 1/21/1991 | |
| 9 | 1/19/1987 | 9 | 34 | 1/15/2001 | ||
| 10 | 11 | 1/17/1994 | 10 | 35 | 1/16/2017 | |
| Top 10 Wettest MLK Day's | Top 10 Snowiest MLK Day's | |||||
| (1986-Present) | (1986-Present) | |||||
| Rank | Total | Year | Rank | Total | Year | |
| 1 | 0.24 | 1/18/1988 | 1 | 3.5 | 1/19/1987 | |
| 2 | 0.20 | 1/16/2017 | 2 | 2.9 | 1/18/1988 | |
| 3 | 0.14 | 1/19/1987 | 3 | 2.2 | 1/16/2017 | |
| 4 | 0.09 | 1/15/2024 | 4 | 1.5 | 1/15/2024 | |
| 5 | 0.03 | 1/20/2025 | 5 | 1.0 | 1/20/2025 | |
| 0.03 | 1/15/2018 | 6 | 0.7 | 1/15/2018 | ||
| 0.03 | 1/16/2012 | 7 | 0.5 | 1/16/2012 | ||
| 8 | 0.01 | 1/21/2008 | 8 | 0.3 | 1/21/2008 | |
| 0.01 | 1/16/2006 | 0.3 | 1/16/2006 | |||
| 0.01 | 1/17/2011 | |||||
| Top 10 Driest MLK Day's | Top 10 Least Snowiest MLK Day's | |||||
| (1986-Present) | (1986-Present) | |||||
| Rank | Low | Year | Rank | Total | Year | |
| Numerous Years with "0" | Numerous Years with "0" | |||||
Historical Data
| Date | High | Low | Avg | Precipitation | Snowfall | Snow Depth |
| 1/20/2025 | 10 | -14 | -2.0 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 1/15/2024 | 2 | -19 | -8.0 | 0.09 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1/16/2023 | 47 | 24 | 35.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
| 1/17/2022 | 62 | 24 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/18/2021 | 39 | 22 | 31 | 0.0 | T | T |
| 1/20/2020 | 52 | 18 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/21/2019 | 58 | 22 | 40 | 0.0 | T | 0.2 |
| 1/15/2018 | 30 | -3 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | T |
| 1/16/2017 | 35 | 27 | 31 | 0.2 | 2.2 | T |
| 1/18/2016 | 51 | 22 | 36.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
| 1/19/2015 | 58 | 31 | 44.5 | T | T | 0 |
| 1/20/2014 | 47 | 22 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/21/2013 | 56 | 17 | 36.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/16/2012 | 42 | 14 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 1/17/2011 | 57 | 38 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 1/18/2010 | 53 | 28 | 40.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/19/2009 | 64 | 33 | 48.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/21/2008 | 11 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1 |
| 1/15/2007 | 18 | -2 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
| 1/16/2006 | 36 | 9 | 22.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | T |
| 1/17/2005 | 46 | 17 | 31.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 1/19/2004 | 44 | 13 | 28.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/20/2003 | 65 | 29 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/21/2002 | 51 | 18 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/15/2001 | 34 | 8 | 21 | T | T | T |
| 1/17/2000 | 64 | 35 | 49.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/18/1999 | 63 | 20 | 41.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/19/1998 | 47 | 22 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/20/1997 | 62 | 33 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/15/1996 | 62 | 28 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/16/1995 | 44 | 27 | 35.5 | T | T | 0 |
| 1/17/1994 | 38 | 11 | 24.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/18/1993 | 39 | 15 | 27 | T | T | T |
| 1/20/1992 | 49 | 19 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 1/21/1991 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 1/15/1990 | 52 | 23 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1/16/1989 | 49 | 16 | 32.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 1/18/1988 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 2 |
| 1/19/1987 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 1/20/1986 | 67 | 41 | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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