Alpena, MI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 17.1°F in Alpena, MI, the coldest January since 2022, 40th coldest of 108.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 17.1°F; Coldest since 2022; 40th coldest of 108
Precipitation: 1.76 in; Wettest since 2024; 51st wettest of 109

A normal January in Alpena, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 20.7°F, between 12.4°F and 25.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.73 in of precipitation, between 0.70 in and 2.91 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Alpena, MI since 1917: 17.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 7.5°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 12.4 to 25.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Alpena, MI from 1917 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	17.1	69	23.8	88	10.5	59	1.76	51	0
2025	19	55	26.9	63	11	53	0.63	102	0
2024	25.3	11	29.8	35	20.9	4	2.29	27	0
2023	27.6	3	32.5	12	22.7	2	2.22	32	0
2022	13.9	93	23.2	92	4.6	93	0.77	96	0
2021	25.3	11	31.2	21	19.5	7	0.66	101	0
2020	27.4	5	33.1	9	21.8	3	1.90	43	0
2019	14.6	87	24.1	82	5	90	2.23	30	0
2018	20	51	28.3	48	11.7	51	2.15	34	0
2017	25.2	13	31.7	17	18.7	9	2.64	16	0
2016	22.4	30	29.8	35	15	28	1.90	43	0
2015	14.3	90	24.5	77	4.1	95	1.19	79	0
2014	12	101	20.3	105	3.8	96	1.45	64	0
2013	23.1	25	30.7	28	15.5	26	2.77	13	0
2012	23.9	18	32.1	14	15.8	23	1.77	48	0
2011	14.3	90	22.4	98	6.2	85	1.41	67	0
2010	21.8	36	27.6	55	16	21	0.42	106	0
2009	11.9	102	21.5	101	2.4	102	1.39	68	0
2008	22.5	29	30.1	33	14.9	29	3.30	6	0
2007	23.3	23	30.2	31	16.3	20	1.08	85	0
2006	27.5	4	34.5	5	20.6	5	2.87	11	0
2005	16.9	70	24.4	78	9.4	66	2.44	19	0
2004	12.4	100	21.1	103	3.8	96	0.73	99	0
2003	16.3	75	23.2	92	9.3	67	0.19	108	0
2002	26.3	8	33.7	7	18.8	8	0.39	107	0
2001	23.6	21	30.3	30	16.9	18	0.78	95	0
2000	19.5	53	27	62	11.9	50	1.69	58	0
1999	18.1	63	25.4	71	10.8	55	2.32	26	0
1998	24.3	16	31.1	22	17.4	16	3.73	3	0
1997	17.4	67	25.1	73	9.7	62	4.12	1	0
1996	15.8	81	26.1	68	5.5	87	1.42	65	0
1995	24	17	30.2	31	17.8	12	1.77	48	0
1994	8	107	18.2	108	-2.1	109	1.95	42	0
1993	21.4	40	29.7	37	13.2	38	1.33	71	0
1992	22.2	32	29.1	41	15.4	27	1.70	56	0
1991	18.5	58	26.4	64	10.7	56	0.96	89	0
1990	26.9	7	35.1	4	18.7	9	2.44	19	0
1989	25.7	9	33.8	6	17.5	13	1.42	65	0
1988	18.6	57	27.9	50	9.3	67	1.51	62	0
1987	23.2	24	30.6	29	15.7	24	0.94	92	0
1986	18.3	61	27.4	58	9.2	69	1.04	86	0
1985	16.3	75	23.7	89	8.9	70	1.71	54	0
1984	13.1	97	22.6	95	3.5	99	0.89	93	0
1983	22.1	33	28.7	44	15.6	25	1.80	46	0
1982	11.2	103	20.7	104	1.6	105	2.06	38	0
1981	14.7	86	24.4	78	5	90	0.46	105	0
1980	19.8	52	27.5	56	12	47	0.95	91	0
1979	13.9	93	21.5	101	6.3	84	1.79	47	0
1978	16.2	77	23.9	87	8.4	73	3.31	5	0
1977	10.1	106	18.1	109	2.2	103	0.72	100	0
1976	12.5	99	22.4	98	2.7	101	1.73	53	0
1975	22.4	30	31	25	13.8	36	2.14	36	0
1974	20.7	45	28.5	46	13	40	3.04	10	0
1973	22.7	27	31.5	18	13.9	34	1.02	87	0
1972	18.5	58	28.6	45	8.4	73	0.47	104	0
1971	15	84	25	74	5.1	89	2.42	21	0
1970	13.5	95	23.6	90	3.5	99	1.81	45	0
1969	20.3	47	27.5	56	13.1	39	2.23	30	0
1968	18.3	61	26.3	65	10.2	61	1.19	79	0
1967	21.3	42	31.1	22	11.5	52	3.15	8	0
1966	14.9	85	24	86	5.7	86	1.50	63	0
1965	16.2	77	26.1	68	6.4	83	2.79	12	0
1964	21.9	35	31.8	16	12	47	1.28	73	0
1963	10.2	105	19.6	107	0.7	106	0.96	89	0
1962	15.9	80	23.6	90	8.2	76	2.33	25	0
1961	13	98	24.2	81	1.7	104	0.16	109	0
1960	20.7	45	29	42	12.3	45	1.68	59	0
1959	15.3	83	22.5	97	8.1	77	1.21	78	3
1958	21	44	29.7	37	12	47	0.76	97	2
1957			22.1	100			1.11	83	6
1956	21.1	43	28.3	48	14.1	32	0.86	94	1
1955	20.3	47	28.5	46	12.2	46	1.27	74	0
1954			27.7	53	9.5	63	1.17	81	4
1953	25.1	14	32.9	10	17.4	16	1.56	61	0
1952	23.1	25	31.5	18	14.8	30	2.27	28	0
1951	20.2	49	29.3	40	11	53	2.06	38	1
1950	23.7	20	32.8	11	14.6	31	2.67	15	0
1949	25.6	10	33.7	7	17.5	13	2.40	22	0
1948	14.5	88	24.1	82	4.9	92	0.98	88	0
1947	21.8	36	31.3	20	12.4	43	2.24	29	0
1946	21.4	40	28.9	43	13.9	34	3.11	9	0
1945	13.5	95	22.6	95	4.3	94	1.35	70	0
1944	27.9	2	35.3	3	20.5	6	1.09	84	0
1943	15.4	82	24.1	82	6.7	82	2.46	18	0
1942	20.1	50	27.9	50	12.4	43	1.97	41	0
1941	18.8	56	27.3	60	10.3	60	3.92	2	0
1940	16.5	73	24.3	80	8.7	71	2.52	17	0
1939	21.7	38	30.9	27	12.5	42	3.65	4	0
1938	17.9	64	27.4	58	8.4	73	2.73	14	0
1937	22.7	27	32.5	12	12.9	41	1.61	60	0
1936	17.7	66	24.8	75	10.6	57	2.36	23	0
1935	17.8	65	26.2	66	9.5	63	1.70	56	0
1934	23.5	22	31	25	15.9	22	2.06	38	0
1933	27.1	6	36.4	1	17.9	11	1.24	77	0
1932	30.8	1	36.2	2	25.4	1	3.21	7	0
1931	21.6	39	29.5	39	13.7	37	1.37	69	0
1930	16.6	72	24.6	76	8.5	72	1.32	72	0
1929	14.4	89	23	94	5.5	87	2.15	34	1
1928	22	34	29.9	34	14	33	1.77	48	0
1927	16.7	71	25.5	70	7.8	78	1.14	82	0
1926	19.2	54	27.7	53	10.6	57	0.52	103	0
1925	16.5	73	26.2	66	6.9	80	1.26	75	0
1924	14	92	24.1	82	3.8	96	2.21	33	0
1923	18.4	60	27.3	60	9.5	63	2.11	37	0
1922	17.4	67	27.9	50	6.9	80	1.75	52	0
1921	23.8	19	31.1	22	16.5	19	0.74	98	0
1920	10.3	104	20	106	0.7	106	2.34	24	0
1919	24.7	15	31.9	15	17.5	13			0
1918	7.5	108	16	110	-1.1	108	1.71	54	0
1917	16.2	77	25.2	72	7.1	79	1.26	75	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	30.8
1944	27.9
2023	27.6
2006	27.5
2020	27.4
1933	27.1
1990	26.9
2002	26.3
1989	25.7
1949	25.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	7.5
1994	8
1977	10.1
1963	10.2
1920	10.3
1982	11.2
2009	11.9
2014	12
2004	12.4
1976	12.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	4.12
1941	3.92
1998	3.73
1939	3.65
1978	3.31
2008	3.30
1932	3.21
1967	3.15
1946	3.11
1974	3.04

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	0.16
2003	0.19
2002	0.39
2010	0.42
1981	0.46
1972	0.47
1926	0.52
2025	0.63
2021	0.66
1977	0.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 53°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -18°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.46 in; 5 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.76 in of precipitation in Alpena, MI, the wettest January since 2024, 51st wettest of 109.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Alpena, MI: 53°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Alpena, MI: a low of -18°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Alpena, MI: 0.46 in on Monday 5 January 2026.