Albuquerque, NM: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 41.6°F in Albuquerque, NM, the warmest January since 2005, 5th warmest of 135.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 41.6°F; Warmest since 2005; 5th warmest of 135
Precipitation: 0.98 in; Wettest since 2017; 12th wettest of 135

A normal January in Albuquerque, NM (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38°F, between 33.4°F and 40.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.30 in of precipitation, between 0.02 in and 0.72 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Albuquerque, NM since 1892: 41.6°F in 2026; the highest is 43.5°F, in 2003.

Normal range, 33.4 to 40.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Albuquerque, NM from 1892 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
2026	41.6	5	52.5	10	30.6	4	0.98	12
2025	33.7	90	45.4	95	21.9	88	0.07	105
2024	38.3	30	48.5	58	28	16	0.33	58
2023	37.4	42	47.3	74	27.5	20	0.31	63
2022	38.2	32	50.3	38	26.2	34	0.03	114
2021	37.3	46	48.9	54	25.7	45	0.18	84
2020	37.9	36	48.8	56	26.9	27	0.30	65
2019	35.9	65	46	89	25.8	41	0.52	38
2018	38.9	25	51.8	19	26	39	0.03	114
2017	39.1	22	48.9	54	29.4	8	1.04	9
2016	36.8	52	47.5	71	26.1	38	0.37	51
2015	37.4	42	47.9	67	26.8	30	0.70	22
2014	38.9	25	51.9	18	25.8	41	0.00	133
2013	33.4	96	45.4	95	21.3	95	0.11	99
2012	40	13	52.1	16	28	16	0.40	49
2011	36.3	59	48.1	65	24.4	53	0.07	105
2010	36.4	58	46.9	79	25.9	40	0.64	28
2009	40.5	11	53.1	6	27.9	18	trace	127
2008	33.4	96	44.2	103	22.7	78	0.39	50
2007	32	112	41.3	129	22.6	79	0.18	84
2006	39.5	17	51.6	24	27.3	22	0.04	112
2005	41.7	4	51.6	24	31.8	1	1.38	2
2004	38.3	30	48.4	60	28.2	14	0.10	100
2003	43.5	1	55.8	1	31.2	2	trace	127
2002	37	48	47.3	74	26.7	31	0.34	55
2001	33.8	88	43.5	110	24.1	59	0.28	70
2000	40.9	8	53.1	6	28.7	13	0.30	65
1999	40.7	9	53.2	5	28.2	14	0.12	95
1998	37.9	36	49.9	41	25.8	41	0.14	91
1997	33.3	98	43.5	110	23.2	66	0.55	35
1996	39.3	18	51.7	22	26.9	27	0.17	87
1995	39.2	19	49	51	29.4	8	0.55	35
1994	38	33	52.1	16	24	61	0.02	119
1993	39.6	16	50	40	29.3	10	0.94	13
1992	32.7	105	42.8	120	22.5	80	0.60	30
1991	35.6	68	46	89	25.3	47	0.60	30
1990	34.6	75	47.2	76	22	85	0.21	77
1989	35.4	69	47.9	67	23	71	0.57	33
1988	34.5	76	46.1	87	23	71	0.15	89
1987	32.3	109	43.8	107	20.8	99	0.66	26
1986	41.3	6	54.6	2	27.9	18	0.22	76
1985	33.8	88	43.1	113	24.5	50	0.49	41
1984	34.1	85	46.2	84	22	85	0.33	58
1983	35	74	46.7	80	23.2	66	1.10	6
1982	35.9	65	49	51	22.8	76	0.32	61
1981	38	33	52.9	8	23.1	68	0.05	110
1980	40.2	12	51.5	26	28.8	12	0.87	17
1979	32.9	104	43.2	112	22.5	80	1.07	8
1978	36.7	55	46.4	82	27.1	24	1.32	3
1977	29.8	128	41.6	126	18	123	0.88	15
1976	33.2	99	47.5	71	18.9	117	0.00	133
1975	30.8	121	42.9	117	18.7	120	0.26	72
1974	33.6	92	45.6	92	21.6	90	0.88	15
1973	31.8	113	42.1	123	21.5	91	0.85	18
1972	36.1	61	51.2	27	21	98	0.12	95
1971	33.5	94	48.2	62	18.9	117	0.27	71
1970	34.5	76	48.4	60	20.6	105	trace	127
1969	38	33	51	30	24.9	48	0.08	102
1968	36.8	52	49	51	24.5	50	0.01	124
1967	33.2	99	48.1	65	18.3	122	0.01	124
1966	30.1	126	41.6	126	18.6	121	0.42	46
1965	38.8	27	50.4	36	27.1	24	0.47	42
1964	30	127	43.1	113	16.9	128	0.07	105
1963	29.4	130	42.1	123	16.6	130	0.29	67
1962	31.5	116	42.9	117	20.2	109	1.01	10
1961	33.9	86	46.4	82	21.4	94	0.23	75
1960	33	102	43.9	106	22	85	0.34	55
1959	34.3	81	45.4	95	23.1	68	0.17	87
1958	35.3	70	46.1	87	24.5	50	0.21	77
1957	39.9	14	49.4	48	30.3	5	0.78	20
1956	41.1	7	52.5	10	29.6	7	0.46	43
1955	33.6	92	44.2	103	23	71	0.29	67
1954	38.4	29	50.3	38	26.5	33	0.20	80
1953	42.2	3	54.3	4	30.1	6	trace	127
1952	39	23	50.5	35	27.5	20	0.20	80
1951	36.5	56	48.5	58	24.6	49	0.41	48
1950	37.5	41	50.6	33	24.4	53	0.02	119
1949	30.3	125	39.5	135	21.1	97	0.61	29
1948	33.7	90	45.5	94	21.9	88	0.18	84
1947	33	102	45.4	95	20.7	102	0.02	119
1946	33.5	94	44.5	101	22.5	80	0.25	73
1945	36.8	52	47.4	73	26.2	34	0.34	55
1944	29.2	132	40.7	132	17.6	127	0.46	43
1943	38.5	28	49.8	42	27.3	22	0.25	73
1942	37	48	49.6	44	24.4	53	0.13	94
1941	36	63	45.2	99	26.9	27	1.17	5
1940	35.2	73	46.2	84	24.1	59	0.52	38
1939	34.5	76	45.9	91	23	71	0.70	22
1938	36	63	49.8	42	22.1	84	0.12	95
1937	26.4	135	40.5	133	12.3	133	0.21	77
1936	32.6	107	46.2	84	19.1	116	0.55	35
1935	37.4	42	50.6	33	24.2	57	0.91	14
1934	35.3	70	51	30	19.7	111	0.06	108
1933	32.5	108	45.2	99	19.7	111	0.08	102
1932	29.3	131	40.8	131	17.9	124	0.45	45
1931	32.1	110	43.8	107	20.5	107	0.20	80
1930	31.7	115	42.9	117	20.6	105	0.01	124
1929	34.3	81	47.1	78	21.5	91	0.05	110
1928	37	48	51.2	27	22.8	76	0.00	133
1927	39.7	15	52.4	12	27	26	0.03	114
1926	30.9	120	41.5	128	20.4	108	0.15	89
1925	29.7	129	41.8	125	17.7	125	0.52	38
1924	31.8	113	44.1	105	19.6	113	trace	127
1923	39.2	19	51.7	22	26.7	31	0.14	91
1922	33.2	99	45.6	92	20.8	99	0.03	114
1921	36.5	56	47.2	76	25.8	41	0.12	95
1920	37.7	39	49.3	49	26.2	34	0.04	112
1919	26.9	133	43.1	113	10.7	135	trace	127
1918	30.8	121	47.6	70	13.9	131	0.29	67
1917	34.4	80	49.5	46	19.3	114	0.35	53
1916	37.8	38	51.8	19	23.8	64	2.52	1
1915	30.5	124	42.2	122	18.8	119	0.68	25
1914	37.3	46	52.3	14	22.3	83	0.02	119
1913	26.7	134	42.4	121	11	134	0.78	20
1912	32.1	110	50.4	36	13.8	132	0.02	119
1911	39.2	19	52.8	9	25.6	46	0.33	58
1910	34.5	76	48.2	62	20.8	99	0.14	91
1909	42.7	2	54.5	3	30.8	3	0.37	51
1908	34.2	83	49.1	50	19.2	115	0.42	46
1907	37.7	39	52.3	14	23.1	68	1.10	6
1906	35.8	67	50.8	32	20.7	102	0.10	100
1905	34.2	83	47.7	69	20.7	102	1.00	11
1904	32.7	105	48.6	57	16.9	128	0.20	80
1903	36.3	59	49.6	44	23	71	0.08	102
1902	37.4	42	51.2	27	23.5	65	0.32	61
1901	35.3	70	46.5	81	24.2	57	0.65	27
1900	39	23	51.8	19	26.2	34	0.70	22
1899	31.5	116	43.1	113	20	110	0.35	53
1898	30.6	123	40.1	134	21.2	96	0.58	32
1897	31.4	118	41.3	129	21.5	91	0.57	33
1896	36.1	61	48.2	62	24	61	0.06	108
1895	33.9	86	43.7	109	24	61	1.29	4
1894	31	119	44.3	102	17.7	125	0.03	114
1893	37	48	49.5	46	24.4	53	0.31	63
1892	40.7	9	52.4	12	29.1	11	0.81	19

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2003	43.5
1909	42.7
1953	42.2
2005	41.7
2026	41.6
1986	41.3
1956	41.1
2000	40.9
1999	40.7
1892	40.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	26.4
1913	26.7
1919	26.9
1944	29.2
1932	29.3
1963	29.4
1925	29.7
1977	29.8
1964	30
1966	30.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1916	2.52
2005	1.38
1978	1.32
1895	1.29
1941	1.17
1983	1.10
1907	1.10
1979	1.07
2017	1.04
1962	1.01

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	0.00
1976	0.00
1928	0.00
2009	trace
2003	trace
1970	trace
1953	trace
1924	trace
1919	trace
1968	0.01
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 2 January 2026
Coldest night: 22°F; 10 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.34 in; 8 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 0.98 in of precipitation in Albuquerque, NM, the wettest January since 2017, 12th wettest of 135.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Albuquerque, NM: 60°F on Friday 2 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Albuquerque, NM: a low of 22°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Albuquerque, NM: 0.34 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.