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January Averages
Max. 36.8F
Min. 9.4F
Mean 23.0 F
Source: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStT.pl?coflew
• Winter
can be a prime opportunity to see not only
fresh track of wildlife, but also that
of mountain lions. Snow gives mountain lions
an advantage over their prey as the snow muffles
each daunting step
as the mountain lion makes its approach. Mountain
Lions will protect their home area which can range
anywhere
from 15 to 250 miles. Female and Male mountain
lions are only together to mate and once that task
is completed,
they go their separate ways and the females
raise their young alone. A cub will generally stay
with their mother
for one to two year.
• Beavers
are breeding, having 3-4 baby beavers (kits) inside their
lodge. These kits will not emerge until
late spring, when the ice thaws.
• Black bears are born.
• Foxes, coyotes, and wolves mate between January
and March.
• Large flocks of Bohemian waxwing often move through
Colorado, following the fruit crop (juniper,
crabapple, mountain ash) in both the mountains
and urban areas.
Last Quarter Half Moon:
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January 22 |
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| New Moon: |
January 29 |
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| First Quarter Half Moon: |
January 6 |
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| Full Moon: |
January 14 |
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| Date |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
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| 1st |
7:26 am |
5:05 pm |
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| 10th |
7:26 am |
5:13 pm |
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| 20th |
7:22 am |
5:23 pm |
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| 31st |
7:15am |
5:35pm |
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On January 3rd, bundle up and observe the Quadrantid
meteor shower in the northeast portion of the sky. The peak for this
shower will be approx. 11pm and 45-200 meteors can be seen per hour!
The Quadrantids emanate from the constellation of Boötes,
but they get their name from a now defunct constellation called Quadrans
Muralis. |
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