This page has all January weather data 1879-2024.
**Last Updated: 3/28/2024- Began adding overall records for every day of the month. These can be found at the very bottom of the page.
1991-2020 January Normals
Average High: 37.1
Average Low: 22.0
Mean: 29.6
Precipitation: 3.00″
Snowfall: 9.5″
Temperature Records
Cold Records
Top 20 Januaries with the Coldest Average High
1. 1977: 19.3
2. 1918: 23.5
3. 1893: 24.7
4. 1940: 25.1
5. 1978: 26.1
6. 1912: 26.4
7. 1884: 27.6
8. 1979, 1985: 28.2
9. 1970: 28.5
10. 1994: 28.7
11. 2003: 28.8
12. 1948, 1966: 29.3
13. 1920, 1945, 1985: 29.7
14. 2009: 30
15. 1892: 30.4
16. 1885: 30.7
17. 1982, 2011: 30.8
18. 1886, 1936, 2004: 30.9
19. 1881, 1963, 1968: 31
20. 1976, 1981: 31.1
Top 10 Coldest January Highs
1. 1/20/1985: -5
2. 1/3/1879, 1/10/1982: -4
3. 1/15/1893: -3
4. 1/17/1977: -2
5. 1/6/1884, 1/8/1970, 5/19/1994: -1
6. 1/5/1884, 1/12/1895, 1/17/1982, 1/21/1984, 1/18/1994: 0
7. 1/10/1886, 1/19/1940, 1/10/1962, 1/15/1994: 2
8. 1/25/1897, 1/24/1963, 1/18/1977: 3
9. 1/4/1879, 1/11/1886, 1/21/1924, 1/23/1936, 1/16/2009: 4
10. 1/5/1912, 1/30/1966: 5
Top 20 Januaries with the Coldest Average Low
1. 1977: 3.4
2. 1918: 8.2
3. 1940: 10.4
4. 1982: 11.6
5. 1978: 11.9
6. 1912: 12
7. 1884: 12.2
8. 1963: 12.4
9. 1970: 12.6
10. 1893: 13
11. 1948: 13.5
12. 2014: 13.6
13. 1994: 13.9
14. 1904: 14.2
15. 1979: 14.5
16. 1920: 14.7
17. 1885, 1966: 15
18. 1961, 1985, 2009: 15.2
19. 1981: 15.4
20. 1971: 15.5
Top 10 Coldest January Lows
1. 1/19/1994: -22
2. 1/3/1879, 1/6/1884: -20
3. 1/17/1977, 1/20/1985: -19
4. 1/18/1994: -17
5. 1/5/1884, 1/22/1936, 1/17/1982, 1/21/1984, 1/21/1985: -16
6. 1/25/1884, 1/23/1936, 1/24/1963, 1/28/1963, 1/21/1994: -15
7. 1/23/1963, 1/14/1964, 1/13/1977: -14
8. 1/2/1879, 1/12/1918, 1/28/1948, 1/25/1961, 1/29/1963, 1/16/1977: -13
9. 1/15/1893, 1/25/1948, 1/16/1972: -12
10. 1/11/1886, 1/19/1940, 1/17/1965, 1/10/1982, 1/16/1982, 1/17/2009, 1/28/2014: -11
Top 20 Januaries with the Coldest Mean
1. 1977: 11.4
2. 1918: 15.9
3. 1940 17.8
4. 1893: 18.9
5. 1978: 19
6. 1912 19.2
7. 1884: 19.9
8. 1970: 20.6
9. 1982: 21.2
10. 1994: 21.3
11. 1948, 1979: 21.4
12. 1963, 1985: 21.7
13. 1920, 1966: 22.2
14. 2003, 2009: 22.6
15. 1904, 2014: 22.8
16. 1885: 22.9
17. 1981, 1984: 23.3
18. 1886: 23.4
19. 1961: 23.5
20. 1968: 23.6
Top 10 Coldest Daily January Means
1. 1/3/1879, 1/20/1985: -12
2. 1/19/1994: -11.5
3. 1/6/1884, 1/17/1977: -10.5
4. 1/18/1994: -8.5
5. 1/5/1884, 1/17/1982, 1/21/1984: -8
6. 1/15/1893, 1/10/1982: -7.5
7. 1/24/1963: -6
8. 1/23/1936: -5.5
9. 1/19/1940: -4.5
10. 1/12/1895: -4
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 32 or Below Highs
1. 1977: 31
2. 1918, 1940: 24
3. 1978, 1985: 22
4. 1893, 1912, 1979: 21
5. 1966, 1970, 2003, 2011: 20
Top 5 Januarys with the Fewest 32 or Below Highs
1. 1990, 2006: 0
2. 1880, 1932: 1
3. l1906, 1989, 2023: 2
4. 1913, 1933, 1937, 1950, 1998: 3
5. 1890, 1898, 1993, 2020: 4
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 32 or Below Lows
1. 1902, 1918, 1920, 1945, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979: 31
2. 1893, 1905, 1912, 1929, 1948, 1959, 1962, 1970, 1981, 1985, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2022: 30
3. 1884, 1892, 1915, 1922, 1925, 1940, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1991, 2015: 29
4. 1881, 1883, 1885, 1895, 1904, 1908, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2016: 28
5. 1886, 1887, 1888, 1903, 1917, 1919, 1923, 1964, 1965, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2014, 2021: 27
Top 5 Januaries with the Fewest 32 or Below Lows
1. 1880: 7
2. 1932: 15
3. 1890, 2006: 16
4. 1916, 2017, 2023: 18
5. 1900, 1907, 1933, 1939, 1947, 1949, 2024: 19
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 0 or Below Highs
1. 1884, 1982, 1994: 2
2. 1879, 1893, 1895, 1970, 1977, 1984, 1985: 1
3. All Other Years: 0
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 0 or Below Lows
1. 1977: 14
2. 1982: 9
3. 1948: 8
4. 1884, 1912, 1918, 1936, 1963, 1970, 1981, 1994, 2014: 7
5. 1886, 1893, 1968: 6
Heat Records
Top 20 Januaries with the Warmest Average High
1. 1880: 49.9
2. 1950: 48.9
3. 2006: 48
4. 1932: 47
5. 1890: 46.5
6. 1933: 46.3
7. 1990: 45.8
8. 1913: 45.6
9. 1937: 45.5
10. 1916, 1989: 45.4
11. 1949: 44.5
12. 1906: 44.3
13. 2023: 43.8
14. 1998: 43.6
15. 2017: 43.5
16. 2002: 43.4
17. 2020: 43.3
18. 1947: 43.2
19. 1953: 43
20. 1939: 42.7
Top 10 Warmest January Highs
1. 1/25/1950: 74
2. 1/21/1906: 72
3. 1/22/1906, 1/11/2020: 71
4. 1/14/1932, 1/26/1950, 1/22/1999: 70
5. 1/13/2005: 69
6. 1/20/1906, 1/27/1916, 1/6/1946, 1/23/1967, 1/18/1996, 1/7/2008, 1/8/2008: 68
7. 1/13/1890, 1/19/1907, 1/12/1916, 1/18/1929, 1/22/1933, 1/1/1952, 1/25/1967, 1/13/1995, 1/4/1997, 1/29/2013, 1/12/2017: 67
8. 1/22/1887, 1/11/1890, 1/12/1898, 1/24/1909, 1/28/1914, 1/8/1937, 1/4/1950, 1/24/1950, 1/14/1995, 1/31/2002, 1/12/2013: 66
9. 1/12/1890, 1/26/1916, 1/24/1967, 1/29/1975, 1/1/1985, 1/5/1997, 1/5/1998, 1/23/1999, 1/27/1999, 1/28/2002, 1/13/2013, 1/30/2013: 65
10. 1/11/1880, 1/3/1897, 1/7/1907, 1/30/1916, 1/15/1932, 1/29/1947, 1/18/1949, 1/19/1949, 1/3/1950, 1/13/1950, 1/13/1960, 1/22/1967, 1/2/2000, 1/12/2005, 1/17/2017, 1/22/2017: 64
Top 20 Januaries with the Warmest Average Low
1. 1880: 37.8
2. 1932: 33.6
3. 2006: 33.5
4. 1890: 31.7
5. 1998: 31.5
6. 2023: 31.0
7. 1933, 1950: 30.8
8. 1937: 30.2
9. 2017, 2020: 30.1
10. 1949, 1990: 29.5
11. 1906: 29
12. 1947: 28.5
13. 2007: 28.3
14. 1891, 1913: 28.1
15. 1889, 1939: 27.9
16. 1989: 27.8
17. 1914, 2002: 27.7
18. 1952, 1993: 27.6
19. 1894, 1953: 27.5
20. 1923, 1944: 27.2
Top 10 Warmest January Lows
1. 1/25/1950: 58
2. 1/12/1890, 1/23/1967, 1/4/1997, 1/7/2008: 57
3. 1/21/1906, 1/7/1907, 1/24/1967, 1/3/2023: 56
4. 1/11/1890, 1/3/1997, 1/6/1998, 1/12/2005, 1/8/2008: 55
5. 1/6/1880, 1/8/1937, 1/6/1946, 1/24/1950, 1/8/1965, 1/14/1995: 54
6. 1/23/1909, 1/27/1916, 1/7/1930, 1/3/1950, 1/4/1993, 1/11/2020: 53
7. 1/4/1880, 1/3/2000, 1/29/2002, 1/5/2007, 1/11/2018: 52
8. 1/8/1880, 1/30/1916, 1/13/1932, 1/13/1995, 1/5/1998: 51
9. 1/22/1906, 1/17/1913, 1/22/1933, 1/9/1935, 1/19/1951, 1/3/2005: 50
10. 1/7/1880, 1/4/1894, 1/14/1932, 1/14/1952, 1/31/1988, 1/12/1995, 1/2/1997, 1/2/2000, 1/2/2005, 1/20/2006, 1/12/2013, 1/31/2016, 1/2/2023: 49
Top 20 Januaries with the Warmest Mean
1. 1880 43.8
2. 2006: 40.7
3. 1932: 40.3
4. 1950: 39.9
5. 1890: 39.1
6. 1933: 38.6
7. 1937: 37.8
8. 1990: 37.7
9. 1998: 37.6
10. 2023: 37.4
11. 1949: 37
12. 1913: 36.9
13. 2017: 36.8
14. 2020: 36.7
15. 1906, 1989: 36.6
16. 1916: 36
17. 1947: 35.9
18. 2002: 35.6
19. 1939, 1953: 35.3
20. 1967: 34.8
Top 10 Warmest January Means
1. 1/25/1950: 66
2. 1/21/1906: 64
3. 1/23/1967, 1/7/2008: 62.5
4. 1/4/1997, 1/11/2020: 62
5. 1/8/2008: 61.5
6. 1/12/1890, 1/6/1946: 61
7. 1/11/1890, 1/22/1906, 1/27/1916, 1/24/1967: 60.5
8. 1/7/1907, 1/8/1937, 1/24/1950, 1/14/1995: 60
9. 1/14/1932, 1/12/2005: 59.5
10. 1/13/1995, 1/3/2023: 59
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 60 or Above Highs
1. 1916, 1950: 7
2. 1890, 2017: 6
3. 1932, 2013: 5
4. 1880, 1949, 1952, 1967: 4
5. 1897, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1914, 1937, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2023: 3
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 50 or Above Lows
1. 1880, 1950: 3
2. 1890, 1906, 1916, 1967, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008: 2
3. 1907, 1909, 1913, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946, 1951, 1965, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2018, 2020, 2023: 1
4. All Other Years: 0
Top 5 Januaries with the Greatest Temperature Range (Warmest High to Coldest Low)
1. 1879: 76
2. 1897: 74
3. 1972, 1982, 1999: 73
4. 1964, 1965, 1994: 72
5. 1904, 2000, 2005: 70
Precipitation Records
Top 20 Januaries with the Most Precipitation
1. 1937: 10.71″
2. 2005: 8.95″
3. 1950: 8.29″
4. 1959: 7.44″
5. 1949: 7.23″
6. 1913: 6.63″
7. 1952: 5.99″
8. 1978: 5.89″
9. 1890, 1907: 5.73″
10. 1898: 5.29″
11. 1910: 5.11″
12. 2004: 5.08″
13. 1916: 5.02″
14. 1930: 4.86″
15. 1953: 4.83″
16. 2024: 4.81″
17. 1982: 4.77″
18. 1947: 4.73″
19. 1882: 4.69″
20. 1895: 4.67″
Top 20 Driest Januaries
1. 1944: 0.50″
2. 1961: 0.65″
3. 1981: 0.70″
4. 1946, 1967: 0.78″
5. 1931: 0.88″
6. 1945: 0.93″
7. 1984: 1.07″
8. 1938: 1.11″
9. 2016: 1.12″
10. 1987: 1.14″
11. 1934: 1.16″
12. 1983: 1.20″
13. 1942: 1.24″
14. 1905: 1.25″
15. 1936: 1.26″
16. 1919: 1.28″
17. 1985, 2001: 1.31″
18. 1933: 1.36″
19. 1963: 1.39″
20. 1908, 1972: 1.40″
Top 10 January Days with the Most Precipitation
1. 1/21/1959: 4.79″
2. 1/26/1952: 2.88″
3. 1/3/200: 2.41″
4. 1/5/2005: 2.21″
5. 1/14/1937, 1/11/2005: 2.10″
6. 1/4/2004: 2.09″
7. 1/5/1880: 1.97″
8. 1/3/2005: 1.89″
9. 1/10/1924 1.79″
10. 1/20/1900: 1.74″
Top 5 Januaries with the Most Precipitation Days
1. 2004: 29
2. 1953, 1978, 2007: 28
3. 1893, 1994: 27
4. 1887, 1985, 2018: 26
5. 1886, 1907, 1918, 1924, 1930, 1940, 1952, 1970, 1979, 2003, 2017: 25
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 0.25″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1950: 12
2. 1949: 11
3. 1907, 1913, 1932, 1937: 9
4. 1882, 1952, 1978: 8
5. 1883, 1890, 1910, 1916, 1930, 1953, 1975: 7
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 0.50″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1937, 1950: 9
2. 1978: 6
3. 1913, 1930, 1949, 2005, 2023: 5
4. 1885, 1889, 1898, 1907, 1959, 1962, 1982, 1993, 2007, 2020: 4
5. 1882, 1890, 1895, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1917, 1927, 1929, 1939, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1966, 1979, 1994, 1995, 2024: 3
Top 5 Januaries with the Most: 1.00″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1937: 5
2. 2005: 3
3. 1910, 1916, 1949, 1951, 1978, 2004, 2020: 2
4. 1880, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1907, 1913, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2022, 2024: 1
5. All Other Years: 0
Snow Records
Top 20 Januaries with the Most Snowfall
1. 1978: 34.4″
2. 1918: 25.4″
3. 1996: 24.5″
4. 1910: 24.3″
5. 1884: 23.7″
6. 1985: 21.9″
7. 1999: 20.6″
8. 2009: 20.0″
9. 1994: 19.5″
10. 1895: 18.9″
11. 1970: 18.4″
12. 1977: 18.1″
13. 1915: 17.8″
14. 2014: 17.7″
15. 1979: 17.3″
16. 1882: 14.9″
17. 1893: 14.7″
18. 2003: 14.4″
19. 1904: 14.1″
20. 2000: 13.8″
Top 20 Januaries with the Least Snowfall
1. 1932, 1944: Trace
2. 1933, 1950: 0.2″
3. 2020: 0.3″
4. 1919: 0.4″
5. 1900, 1960: 0.5″
6. 1989: 0.6″
7. 1880: 0.7″
8. 1923: 0.9″
9. 1898, 1946: 1.1″
10. 1894, 1998: 1.2″
11. 1921: 1.3″
12. 1931: 1.4″
13. 1993: 1.5″
14. 2017: 1.6″
15. 1928, 1947, 1997: 1.7″
16. 1916, 2006: 1.8″
17. 1934: 2.1″
18. 1885, 1958, 1974: 2.3″
19. 1969: 2.5″
20. 1935, 1983: 2.6″
Top 10 January Days with the Most Snow
1. 1/6/1910: 11.9″
2. 1/7/1996: 8.8″
3. 1/8/1884: 8.5″
4. 1/20/1978: 6.8″
5. 1/15/1965: 6.7″
6. 1/17/1994: 6.6″
7. 1/2/1999: 6.4″
8. 1/11/1893, 1/17/1978: 6.3″
9. 1/13/1917: 6.0″
10. 1/22/1966: 5.9″
Top 5 Januaries with the Most Snowfall Days
1. 1893, 1977, 1978, 1985: 24
2. 1940, 1948, 1970, 2003, 2004: 23
3. 1979, 1994: 22
4. 1929, 2009: 21
5. 1918, 1956, 1957, 1958: 20
Top 5 Januaries with the Fewest Snowfall Days
1. 1880: 1
2. 1894, 1932, 1937: 3
3. 1890: 5
4. 1933, 1989: 6
5. 1919, 1922, 1949, 1950: 7
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 1″+ Snow Days
1. 1918, 1977: 9
2. 1985, 1996: 8
3. 1895, 1970, 1978: 7
4. 1917, 1979, 2000: 6
5. 1882, 1884, 1887, 1892, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1940, 1976, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2014: 5
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 2.5″+ Snow Days
1. 1978: 5
2. 1918: 4
3. 1884, 1895, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1920, 1964, 1985, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2014: 3
4. 1881, 1882, 1883, 1902, 1904, 1915, 1917, 1925, 1926, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2018, 2019: 2
5. 1886, 1887, 1888, 1892, 1893, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1914, 1929, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2023: 1
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 5″+ Snow Days
1. 1910, 1978, 1994, 1999: 2
2. 1882, 1884, 1893, 1904, 1911, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1941, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1979, 1999, 2009, 2011: 1
3. All Other Years: 0
Top 10 Biggest January Snowstorms
1. 1/6-1/7/1910: 12.7″
2. 1/8-1/9/1884: 10.2″
3. 1/13-1/14/1917: 10.0″
4. 1/16-1/17/1978: 9.9″
5. 1/6-1/7/1996: 9.8″
6. 1/14-1/15/1918: 8.5″
7. 1/25-1/26/2014: 8.3″
8. 1/13-1/14/1968: 8.2″
9. 1/15-1/16/1965: 8.0″
10. 1/16-1/17/1994: 7.8″
Top 5 Januaries with the Deepest Average Snow Depth Since 1940
1. 1977: 7.7″
2. 1978: 6.3″
3. 1985: 4.6″
4. 1999: 4.0″
5. 1996: 3.9″
6. 1994: 3.7″
7. 1981: 3.0″
8. 2000: 2.7″
9. 1940, 1970: 2.6
10. 1979, 2009: 2.5″
Top 5 January Days with the Deepest Snow Depth
1. 1/21/1978, 1/22/1978, 1/23/1978: 17″
2. 1/20/1978: 15″
3. 1/24/1978: 14″
4. 1/8/1999: 13″
5. 1/29/1977, 1/30/1977, 1/31/1977, 1/18/1978, 1/8/1996, 1/9/1999, 1/11/1999, 1/12/1999: 12″
Top 5 Januaries with the Most 1″+ Snow Depth Days
1. 1977: 31
2. 1940: 28
3. 1970: 26
4. 1985, 1994: 25
5. 1961, 1968, 1978, 1981: 24
Other Records
These records are incomplete at this time.
Top 5 Januaries with the Most Cloudy Days Since 1914*
1. 1953: 30
2. 1947: 27
3. 1992: 26
4. 1941, 1951, 1985, 1994, 2010: 25
5. 1949, 1950, 1957, 1974, 1993, 1995, 2017, 2024: 24
Top 5 Januaries with the Most Clear Days Since 1914*
1. 1917: 12
2. 1922, 1935: 11
3. 1914, 1924, 1928, 1934: 10
4. 1942, 1964, 1989: 9
5. 1919, 1933, 1944, 1961, 1963: 8
*Not all years during the period are available. 1921, 1937, 1938 and 1997-2002 are all missing data.
Top 5 Januaries with the Highest Average Wind Speed in MPH since 1914*
1. 1914: 14.0
2. 1916, 1954: 13.4
3. 1918: 13.3
4. 1923: 13.0
5. 1920: 12.9
Top 5 Januaries with the Highest Wind Gust in MPH Since 1940
1. 1/21/1956: 56
2. 1/24/2006, 1/9/2008: 55
3. 1/17/2012, 1/19/2023: 54
4. 1/26/1978: 53
5. 1/10/2000: 52
January Records by Day
January Warm High Daily Records
January Warm Low Daily Records
January Cold High Records
January Cold Low Records
January Daily Precipitation Records
January Daily Snowfall Records
January Daily Snow Depth Records
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