Akron, OH: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 20.6°F in Akron, OH, the coldest January since 2025, tied 21st coldest of 137 (with 2025).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 20.6°F; Coldest since 2025; 21st coldest of 137
Precipitation: 1.69 in; Driest since 2025; 39th driest of 130

A normal January in Akron, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27°F, between 20.4°F and 33.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.67 in of precipitation, between 1.62 in and 4.39 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Akron, OH since 1888: 20.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 11.3°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 20.4 to 33.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Akron, OH from 1888 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	20.6	116	28.2	119	13	120	1.69	92	0
2025	20.6	116	27.2	125	13.9	113	1.58	99	0
2024	29.1	46	34.5	64	23.7	33	3.59	27	0
2023	36.8	3	42	9	31.7	1	4.82	11	0
2022	23.6	97	31.4	103	15.8	99	2.90	42	0
2021	30.8	30	35.6	49	26	14	1.97	77	0
2020	35.4	7	41.9	10	28.9	4	3.28	33	0
2019	26.8	64	34.4	65	19.1	71	2.63	48	0
2018	25.1	86	33.4	77	16.9	91	2.19	62	0
2017	33.7	14	40.4	16	27	10	6.14	3	0
2016	27.2	59	35.2	58	19.1	71	1.21	117	0
2015	23.6	97	31.4	103	15.8	99	3.49	30	0
2014	20.7	115	29.2	112	12.2	125	1.92	82	0
2013	29.8	39	37.3	38	22.4	42	2.16	66	0
2012	31.6	24	39.2	22	23.9	31	3.38	31	0
2011	22.1	108	28.2	119	16	98	1.63	97	0
2010	24.4	93	29.9	108	18.9	75	1.74	89	0
2009	18.4	132	26.5	128	10.3	134	2.76	46	0
2008	28.5	51	36.1	47	21	54	2.03	74	0
2007	29.8	39	37	41	22.6	40	4.34	18	0
2006	37.9	2	44.7	3	31.1	3	3.15	36	0
2005	26.3	75	33.9	69	18.8	78	5.63	6	0
2004	20.5	118	27.9	122	13.1	118	2.71	47	0
2003	19.1	127	25.3	135	13	120	1.80	85	0
2002	32.9	17	40	18	25.7	17	1.96	78	0
2001	26.4	71	32.1	93	20.7	58	1.44	107	0
2000	25.3	83	33	80	17.7	85	2.51	55	0
1999	27.2	59	35.5	50	18.9	75	3.53	28	0
1998	33.6	15	40.1	17	27.1	9	3.73	24	0
1997	25.1	86	33.7	73	16.5	94	1.53	102	0
1996	23.9	95	31.7	98	16.1	97	3.80	21	0
1995	28.3	53	35.3	55	21.3	51	4.87	10	0
1994	18.4	132	26	134	10.8	130	3.53	28	0
1993	31.4	27	37.9	32	24.9	24	4.03	20	0
1992	28.9	47	35.5	50	22.4	42	1.94	80	0
1991	27.8	55	35	59	20.6	59	2.44	60	0
1990	34.9	8	41.6	13	28.1	5	2.18	65	0
1989	34.2	10	42.5	7	25.8	16	2.23	61	0
1988	24.6	91	32.6	83	16.6	93	1.15	121	0
1987	26.7	67	32.5	85	21	54	2.05	70	0
1986	26.3	75	33.2	79	19.3	68	1.38	109	0
1985	19.7	122	26.3	131	13.1	118	1.33	111	0
1984	22.2	107	28.9	113	15.5	102	1.15	121	0
1983	28.8	48	35.4	53	22.2	44	1.58	99	0
1982	20.1	121	29.6	110	10.5	132	4.71	12	0
1981	21.2	113	28.5	116	14	112	0.80	129	0
1980	26.7	67	33.3	78	20.2	60	1.58	99	0
1979	19.7	122	27	126	12.5	123	3.17	34	0
1978	19.1	127	26.5	128	11.7	127	3.69	25	0
1977	11.3	137	20.2	139	2.5	139	1.24	114	0
1976	23	102	31.6	99	14.4	107	3.16	35	0
1975	32	20	38.7	24	25.2	20	3.79	22	0
1974	30.6	34	39.1	23	22.2	44	2.93	41	0
1973	29.8	39	38	31	21.5	48	1.67	93	0
1972	25.7	79	34.9	60	16.5	94	1.33	111	0
1971	22.6	104	31.5	100	13.6	115	1.75	88	0
1970	19.6	124	28.2	119	11	129	1.48	104	0
1969	27.5	58	35.3	55	19.6	64	2.57	52	0
1968	22.9	103	31.8	97	14.1	111	2.88	43	0
1967	32.3	18	39.9	19	24.7	25	1.14	123	0
1966	21.9	109	29.5	111	14.4	107	2.03	74	0
1965	25.2	84	33.6	74	16.7	92	5.25	9	0
1964	28.7	49	36.7	42	20.8	57	2.19	62	0
1963	19.2	126	27.7	123	10.7	131	1.08	125	0
1962	23.9	95	32.3	90	15.5	102	2.57	52	0
1961	21.5	111	28.6	114	14.4	107	0.71	130	0
1960	30.1	37	36.5	45	23.8	32	2.63	48	0
1959	22.6	104	31.9	95	13.2	117	5.46	8	0
1958	25.2	84	32.5	85	17.8	84	2.19	62	0
1957	21.5	111	28.3	117	14.7	106	1.87	84	0
1956	25.5	82	32.1	93	18.8	78	1.44	107	0
1955	24.7	90	31.9	95	17.5	86	1.80	85	0
1954	27.7	56	35.7	48	19.6	64	2.87	44	0
1953	32.1	19	39.5	20	24.7	25	3.68	26	0
1952	30.8	30	38.6	25	23	39	5.55	7	0
1951	28.2	54	34.9	60	21.5	48	3.09	38	0
1950	36.1	5	44.6	4	27.5	8	8.70	1	0
1949	34.2	10	41.8	11	26.6	12	4.29	19	0
1948	18.5	130	26.8	127	10.2	135	1.93	81	0
1947	31.8	22	39.3	21	24.3	28	4.58	13	0
1946	28.4	52	37.3	38	19.5	66	1.08	125	0
1945	18.5	130	26.5	128	10.5	132	1.20	118	0
1944	30.8	30	37.2	40	24.4	27	1.06	127	0
1943	26.4	71	33.8	71	19.1	71	1.66	95	0
1942	26.4	71	33.8	71	19	74	1.77	87	0
1941	26.8	64	32.2	91	21.3	51	1.71	91	0
1940	16.3	134	23	136	9.7	136	1.46	106	0
1939	29.8	39	37.9	32	21.7	47	2.50	56	0
1938	27	61	34.7	62	19.4	67	1.50	103	0
1937	34	13	42.7	6	25.3	19	8.44	2	0
1936	21	114	28.3	117	13.6	115	1.17	120	0
1935	27	61	35.3	55	18.7	80	2.53	54	0
1934	30.6	34	37.5	37	23.7	33	1.35	110	0
1933	35.6	6	43.2	5	28.1	5	1.23	115	0
1932	38.6	1	45.6	1	31.5	2	3.79	22	0
1931	29.9	38	36.4	46	23.3	37	1.31	113	0
1930	26.6	70	33.9	69	19.2	69	4.50	15	1
1929	23.3	100	31.4	103	15.1	105	5.75	5	0
1928	26.7	67	33.6	74	19.8	63	2.04	71	0
1927	25.6	81	32.2	91	18.9	75	2.04	71	0
1926	25.9	77	32.8	82	19.2	69	2.11	67	3
1925	24.8	89	32.5	85	17.1	90	1.48	104	1
1924	23.2	101	30.9	106	15.4	104	3.11	37	0
1923	29.3	45	35.5	50	23.2	38	2.45	58	0
1922	24.4	93	32.5	85	16.2	96	1.23	115	0
1921	31.4	27	38.6	25	24.3	28	1.98	76	0
1920	19	129	26.3	131	11.4	128	2.07	69	1
1919	31.7	23	38.4	29	25	23	1.20	118	0
1918	14.3	136	21.4	138	7.3	138	1.73	90	0
1917			34.4	65	17.3	89	2.82	45	4
1916	31.6	24	40.6	14	23.4	36	2.48	57	2
1915	24.9	88	32.5	85	17.4	87	2.45	58	0
1914	30.5	36	36.7	42	24.3	28	3.35	32	0
1913	34.1	12	41.8	11	26.5	13	5.86	4	0
1912	15.7	135	22.7	137	8.8	137	2.11	67	0
1911			38.5	27	21.1	53	1.64	96	4
1910	26.4	71	32.9	81	19.9	61	2.97	40	1
1909	30.7	33	37.7	35	23.6	35	2.58	51	0
1908	26.9	63	34	68	19.9	61	1.63	97	1
1907	29.6	44	37.9	32	21.4	50	4.43	16	0
1906	34.7	9	42.4	8	27	10	0.96	128	1
1905	20.2	120	27.7	123	12.8	122	2.04	71	0
1904	20.4	119	28.6	114	12.1	126	4.40	17	0
1903	25.8	78	33.5	76	18	83	2.59	50	0
1902	25.7	79	32.6	83	18.7	80	1.10	124	0
1901	27.7	56	34.3	67	21	54	1.67	93	0
1900	29.8	39	37.6	36	22	46	1.95	79	0
1899	26.8	64	35.4	53	18.2	82	2.98	39	0
1898	32	20	38.5	27	25.5	18	4.51	14	0
1897	24.5	92	31.5	100	17.4	87	1.92	82	0
1896	28.6	50	34.7	62	22.5	41			0
1895	22.4	106	30.6	107	14.2	110			0
1894	33.2	16	40.5	15	26	14			0
1893	19.3	125	26.1	133	12.4	124			0
1892	23.6	97	31.5	100	15.7	101			0
1891	30.9	29	36.7	42	25.2	20			0
1890	36.7	4	45.4	2	28.1	5			0
1889	31.6	24	38.2	30	25.1	22			0
1888	21.8	110	29.7	109	13.9	113			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	38.6
2006	37.9
2023	36.8
1890	36.7
1950	36.1
1933	35.6
2020	35.4
1990	34.9
1906	34.7
1989	34.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	11.3
1918	14.3
1912	15.7
1940	16.3
2009	18.4
1994	18.4
1948	18.5
1945	18.5
1920	19
2003	19.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	8.70
1937	8.44
2017	6.14
1913	5.86
1929	5.75
2005	5.63
1952	5.55
1959	5.46
1965	5.25
1995	4.87

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	0.71
1981	0.80
1906	0.96
1944	1.06
1963	1.08
1946	1.08
1902	1.10
1967	1.14
1988	1.15
1984	1.15

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.87 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.69 in of precipitation in Akron, OH, the driest January since 2025, 39th driest of 130.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Akron, OH: 62°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Akron, OH: a low of -9°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Akron, OH: 0.87 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.