Aberdeen, SD: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 14.6°F in Aberdeen, SD, the warmest January since 2024, 42nd warmest of 121.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 14.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 42nd warmest of 121
Precipitation: 0.19 in; Driest since 2024; 28th driest of 129

A normal January in Aberdeen, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 11.6°F, between 5.6°F and 19.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.59 in of precipitation, between 0.11 in and 1.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Aberdeen, SD since 1897: 14.6°F in 2026; the highest is 27.1°F, in 2006.

Normal range, 5.6 to 19.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Aberdeen, SD from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	14.6	42	25.1	41	4.1	42	0.19	102	0
2025	14.3	43	26.8	33	1.7	58	0.22	97	0
2024	15.3	36	22.4	60	8.2	18	0.13	110	0
2023	13.8	45	22.5	58	5.2	38	0.34	82	0
2022	11.6	59	24.9	43	-1.7	77	0.44	67	0
2021	25.1	4	33.1	11	17	2	0.52	55	0
2020	15	40	23.9	49	6.1	30	0.44	67	0
2019	9.9	69	20.1	78	-0.3	71	1.00	24	0
2018	15.3	36	27.4	29	3.3	47	0.04	122	0
2017	12.8	52	21	68	4.6	40	0.51	58	0
2016	17.6	23	26.4	36	8.8	17	0.14	109	0
2015	18.2	22	28.6	22	7.8	20	0.68	40	0
2014	8.8	75	22.5	58	-4.9	93	0.28	89	0
2013	13.4	49	24	48	2.8	51	0.78	33	0
2012	21.3	12	33.1	11	9.4	15	0.70	37	0
2011	5.8	92	15.8	100	-4.1	88	1.17	17	0
2010	9	74	17.4	91	0.5	64	0.91	28	0
2009	6.2	88	18.5	87	-6	101	0.68	40	0
2008	7.2	85	20.2	76	-5.7	100	0.07	120	0
2007	11.6	59	23.5	52	-0.4	72	0.09	116	0
2006	27.1	1	33.4	10	20.9	1	0.33	85	0
2005	11.4	62	21.5	66	1.3	62	0.41	71	0
2004	9.3	73	18.8	85	-0.1	70	0.56	50	0
2003	15.1	38	24.8	45	5.4	36	0.24	93	0
2002	19.5	16	28.3	24	10.6	11	0.27	91	0
2001	15.6	34	25.2	39	6.1	30	0.28	89	0
2000	13.6	48	25.1	41	2.2	54	0.27	91	0
1999	8.8	75	19.4	83	-1.8	78	0.62	45	0
1998	13.8	45	22.2	61	5.4	36	0.63	44	0
1997	3.5	104	13.8	111	-6.9	109	1.34	11	0
1996	4.1	102	14.3	108	-6.1	103	1.32	12	0
1995	11.7	58	20.6	72	2.8	51	0.62	45	0
1994	0.4	113	9.8	120	-9.1	116	0.80	32	0
1993	9.7	71	21	68	-1.6	76	0.61	48	0
1992	21.5	11	32.3	15	10.8	9	0.66	42	0
1991	11.3	63	22.1	63	0.5	64	0.11	113	0
1990	25.3	3	35.1	3	15.5	3	0.13	110	0
1989	15.6	34	27.5	27	3.6	44	0.52	55	0
1988	9.9	69	21.2	67	-1.4	74	0.35	78	0
1987	22.7	8	34.5	6	10.9	8	0.09	116	0
1986	17.2	26	27	32	7.5	22	0.43	69	0
1985	8.5	79	19.8	81	-2.8	84	0.23	94	0
1984	15.7	33	24.8	45	6.6	27	0.47	62	0
1983	23.1	7	32.5	13	13.7	5	0.16	104	0
1982			8.8	122	-13.9	128			4
1981	19.4	18	32.4	14	6.4	29	0.12	112	0
1980	13	51	22.6	56	3.4	45	0.51	58	0
1979	-1.2	116	8.1	123	-10.5	119	1.01	22	0
1978	-1.7	117	7.3	125	-10.7	121	0.15	106	0
1977	1.4	111	11.7	116	-8.9	115	0.34	82	0
1976	12	55	21.9	65	2	55	0.81	31	0
1975	17.1	27	28.3	24	5.9	32	0.82	30	0
1974	6.3	87	16.9	93	-4.3	89	0.05	121	0
1973	17	28	26.7	35	7.2	24	0.21	99	0
1972	6.2	88	17.4	91	-4.9	93	0.39	75	0
1971	5.4	94	15.3	103	-4.6	90	0.35	78	0
1970	2	109	12.5	115	-8.5	113	0.21	99	0
1969	4.3	100	14.8	105	-6.1	103	1.11	19	0
1968	10.4	68	20.6	72	0.2	69	0.15	106	0
1967	15.1	38	27.8	26	2.4	53	0.50	60	0
1966	0	114	10.4	119	-10.5	119	0.16	104	0
1965	2	109	14.2	109	-10.1	117	0.15	106	0
1964	16.2	29	28.4	23	4.1	42	0.36	77	0
1963	2.9	106	14.1	110	-8.2	112	0.46	63	0
1962	8.8	75	20.2	76	-2.5	80	0.50	60	0
1961	11.6	59	22.6	56	0.5	64	0.01	125	0
1960	10.6	67	19.6	82	1.6	59	1.01	22	0
1959	6.5	86	16.8	94	-3.7	86	0.22	97	0
1958	18.7	21	29.5	20	7.9	19	0.23	94	0
1957	5	97	16.1	97	-6.2	105	0.23	94	0
1956	8.3	80	19.2	84	-2.6	81	1.22	15	0
1955	13.9	44	24.9	43	2.9	49	0.30	87	0
1954	4.2	101	14.7	106	-6.3	107	0.29	88	0
1953	13.4	49	23.9	49	2.9	49	0.95	27	0
1952	4.8	98	15.5	102	-6	101	1.65	5	0
1951	4.5	99	16	98	-7.1	110	0.34	82	0
1950	-3	118	7.5	124	-13.6	127	0.96	25	0
1949	6.1	90	15.9	99	-3.7	86	0.55	51	0
1948	7.8	82	20.3	75	-4.7	92	0.18	103	0
1947	22.5	9	34.7	4	10.3	13	0.39	75	0
1946	13.8	45	27.2	31	0.5	64	0.08	119	0
1945	16	31	25.6	38	6.5	28	0.54	53	0
1944	25	5	38.2	2	11.8	7	1.04	21	0
1943	2.6	107	13.1	112	-7.8	111	1.25	13	0
1942	20.2	13	33.6	9	6.8	25	0.02	124	0
1941	12	55	22	64	2	55	0.73	35	0
1940	2.1	108	14.9	104	-10.1	117	0.01	125	1
1939	16.2	29	27.3	30	5	39	1.38	9	0
1938	9.5	72	21	68	-2.1	79	0.71	36	0
1937	-3.2	120	5.2	128	-11.6	122	2.23	2	0
1936	-3	118	5.5	127	-11.6	122	1.14	18	0
1935	10.8	66	18.5	87	3.3	47	0.33	85	1
1934	19.9	14	29.7	19	10.5	12	0.20	101	1
1933	19.8	15	30.1	18	9.5	14	0.96	25	0
1932	12.3	53	22.7	54	1.1	63	0.70	37	1
1931	26.2	2	38.5	1	13.9	4	0.04	122	0
1930	5.3	95	14.4	107	-4.9	93	0.45	64	2
1929	3.7	103	10.8	117	-4.6	90	2.04	3	3
1928			26.8	33	7.6	21	0.41	71	5
1927	14.8	41	23.7	51	5.9	32	0.45	64	0
1926	19.4	18	31.4	17	7.4	23	0.09	116	0
1925	11.8	57	22.7	54	0.4	68	1.05	20	1
1924			20.8	71	-3.3	85	0.45	64	4
1923	17.5	24	25.8	37	8.9	16	1.65	5	1
1922			20.5	74			1.55	7	4
1921	22.2	10	33.8	8	10.8	9	0.10	114	1
1920	11	65	20	79	2	55	0.70	37	0
1919	24.1	6	34.7	4	12.5	6	0.10	114	2
1918	3.4	105	12.7	114	-6.2	105	0.62	45	3
1917	5.3	95	16.3	96	-6.4	108	1.23	14	3
1916	0.9	112	12.8	113	-12.2	124			3
1915	7.4	84	20	79	-5.3	98	1.20	16	0
1914	17.4	25	28.9	21	5.8	34	0.90	29	2
1913	8.2	81	22.2	61	-5.1	96	0.55	51	1
1912	-6	121	5.9	126	-17.4	129			2
1911			15.8	100	-8.7	114	0.65	43	4
1910	8.8	75	18.5	87	-0.9	73	0.52	55	0
1909	7.6	83	17.8	90	-2.7	82	1.35	10	0
1908	19.5	16	34.4	7	4.6	40	0.60	49	0
1907	-1	115	10.6	118	-12.6	125	1.55	7	0
1906			25.2	39	5.5	35	0.54	53	5
1905	6.1	90	18.7	86	-5.6	99	0.35	78	2
1904							0.43	69	8
1903					1.5	61	0.40	73	6
1902	15.8	32	27.5	27	3.4	45			2
1901	12.1	54	23.4	53	1.6	59	trace	127	2
1900							trace	127	7
1899	11.3	63	24.1	47	-1.5	75	0.35	78	2
1898	19.1	20	31.5	16	6.8	25	0.00	129	0
1897	5.8	92	16.7	95	-5.1	96	3.45	1	0
1896					-2.7	82	0.77	34	7
1895			9.6	121	-13.4	126	1.92	4	4
1894							0.40	73	31
1893									8

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	27.1
1931	26.2
1990	25.3
2021	25.1
1944	25
1919	24.1
1983	23.1
1987	22.7
1947	22.5
1921	22.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	-6
1937	-3.2
1950	-3
1936	-3
1978	-1.7
1979	-1.2
1907	-1
1966	0
1994	0.4
1916	0.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1897	3.45
1937	2.23
1929	2.04
1895	1.92
1952	1.65
1923	1.65
1922	1.55
1907	1.55
1939	1.38
1909	1.35

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1898	0.00
1901	trace
1900	trace
1961	0.01
1940	0.01
1942	0.02
2018	0.04
1931	0.04
1974	0.05
2008	0.07

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 49°F; 13 January 2026, 12 January 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.09 in; 31 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.19 in of precipitation in Aberdeen, SD, the driest January since 2024, 28th driest of 129.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: 49°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026 and Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: a low of -20°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: 0.09 in on Saturday 31 January 2026.