Alturas, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 35.6°F in Alturas, CA, the warmest January since 2018, tied 10th warmest of 79 (with 1998).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 35.6°F; Warmest since 2018; 10th warmest of 79
Precipitation: 0.72 in; Driest since 2025; 26th driest of 87

A normal January in Alturas, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.8°F, between 27.5°F and 37.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.05 in of precipitation, between 0.25 in and 2.89 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Alturas, CA since 1936: 35.6°F in 2026; the highest is 40.5°F, in 2003.

Normal range, 27.5 to 37.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Alturas, CA from 1936 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	35.6	10	50.4	5	20.8	30	0.72	61	0
2025	32	34	46.1	17	17.9	48	0.59	69	0
2024	35.1	14	43.8	34	26.3	7	1.64	29	0
2023	27.5	59	38.3	69	16.7	52	1.45	34	0
2022	33.3	23	48.5	10	18.1	46	0.11	85	0
2021	32.7	29	44	31	21.6	26	0.91	51	1
2020	34.3	17	44.4	28	24.2	13	1.79	24	0
2019	34.1	18	45.9	20	22.4	23	1.99	18	0
2018	37.2	5	48.5	10	25.9	9	1.33	38	0
2017	26.2	64	36.4	80	16	56	3.26	6	0
2016	32.2	32	40.7	60	23.7	15	2.00	17	0
2015	37.7	3	52.1	4	23.4	16	0.11	85	0
2014	33.5	21	52.3	3	14.6	63	0.12	83	0
2013					7.9	78	0.48	74	6
2012	32	34	47.5	13	16.4	54	0.81	58	0
2011	31.1	43	44.5	26	17.8	49	0.43	76	0
2010	37.4	4	46.1	17	28.8	1	0.88	54	0
2009	31.2	41	44	31	18.5	40	0.76	60	0
2008	24	73	34	84	13.9	65	1.83	22	0
2007	25.6	67	40.3	62	10.9	75	0.44	75	0
2006	32.9	26	41.8	51	24	14	1.45	34	0
2005	29.7	51	41.6	54	17.8	49	0.67	64	0
2004	32.3	31	41.8	51	22.8	20	1.10	42	0
2003	40.5	1	52.5	2	28.5	2	0.99	46	0
2002	28.4	56	40.3	62	16.5	53	0.86	56	0
2001	30.3	48	44.4	28	16.2	55	0.41	77	0
2000	33.1	25	42.7	43	23.4	16	2.17	15	0
1999	31.4	40	43	40	19.8	34	1.51	31	0
1998	35.6	10	44.5	26	26.8	6	2.84	12	0
1997	31.5	39	42.5	45	20.5	32	3.20	7	0
1996	32.8	28	42.8	42	22.8	20	2.89	11	0
1995	34.8	15	42.4	46	27	4	2.19	14	2
1994	33.2	24	47	15	19.4	36	0.26	81	0
1993			36.8	78			2.90	10	5
1992	32.9	26	47.1	14	18.4	44	0.12	83	3
1991			43.1	38			0.53	72	4
1990			43.2	37			0.91	51	5
1989			35	81			1.28	39	5
1988			38.7	68			1.65	28	4
1987	28.6	55	41.9	50	15.1	59	0.89	53	3
1986	38.8	2	49.6	7	27.8	3	0.98	47	2
1985			43.1	38			0.52	73	5
1984	31.6	38	45.1	22	18.2	45	0.19	82	0
1983	33.8	19	45	23	22.5	22	0.61	67	2
1982	25.3	69	37.9	75	12.5	70	0.80	59	1
1981	35.5	12	49.8	6	21.3	28	0.92	50	0
1980			44.6	25	21.9	25	3.65	3	4
1979	24.6	72	37.5	77	11.8	73	0.87	55	0
1978	35.7	8	44.3	30	27	4	0.70	63	0
1977	14.6	78	32.7	85	-3.5	81	1.06	44	0
1976	32.1	33	44.8	24	19.4	36	0.39	78	0
1975	26.9	61	38.9	67	13.6	66	0.59	69	2
1974	25.5	68	38.2	70	12.9	67	1.72	26	1
1973	26.5	63	38.2	70	14.8	61	1.49	32	0
1972	25.3	69	38.1	73	12.5	70	1.53	30	0
1971	30	49	41.8	51	18.6	38	0.27	80	1
1970	31.8	37	40.8	56	22.9	19	3.65	3	1
1969	29.8	50	40.7	60	18.5	40	4.17	1	1
1968	26	65	40.8	56	10.8	76	1.88	20	1
1967	30.6	46	43.3	36	18	47	3.05	8	3
1966	29.5	52	42.3	47	16.8	51	0.93	49	0
1965	30.9	44	42.1	48	19.6	35	2.95	9	0
1964	28.4	56	42.6	44	14.8	61	1.89	19	1
1963	29.5	52	49	8	10	77	0.60	68	0
1962	23.6	76	40.8	56	6.5	79	1.12	40	0
1961	36.1	7	56.7	1	15.5	57	0.10	87	0
1960	26.7	62	38.2	70	15.3	58	1.74	25	0
1959	35.4	13	46.2	16	25	11	1.11	41	2
1958	34.7	16	46.1	17	23.3	18	1.85	21	0
1957									4
1956	32	34	41.6	54	22.4	23			0
1955	21.4	77	36.7	79	6.1	80	0.67	64	2
1954					20.8	30	1.48	33	4
1953									9
1952	23.8	75	34.8	83	12.8	69	1.80	23	0
1951	30.5	47	40.8	56	20.2	33	1.40	36	0
1950	23.9	74	34.9	82	12.9	67	2.32	13	2
1949	8.6	79	25.9	86	-8.7	82	0.63	66	0
1948	33.6	20	48.7	9	18.5	40	0.84	57	0
1947	25.7	66	40.1	65	11.3	74	0.31	79	0
1946	29	54	42.9	41	15	60	0.72	61	0
1945	32.7	29	43.9	33	21.5	27	0.54	71	0
1944	25	71	37.8	76	12.3	72	0.96	48	0
1943	28.1	58	38.1	73	18.6	38	3.68	2	2
1942	27.4	60	40	66	14.6	63	2.16	16	3
1941	33.4	22	42	49	24.7	12	1.35	37	0
1940	35.7	8	45.4	21	26	8	1.70	27	0
1939	31.2	41	43.8	34	18.5	40	1.07	43	0
1938	36.5	6	47.7	12	25.3	10	1.01	45	1
1937									13
1936	30.7	45	40.3	62	21	29	3.48	5	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2003	40.5
1986	38.8
2015	37.7
2010	37.4
2018	37.2
1938	36.5
1961	36.1
1978	35.7
1940	35.7
2026	35.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	8.6
1977	14.6
1955	21.4
1962	23.6
1952	23.8
1950	23.9
2008	24
1979	24.6
1944	25
1982	25.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	4.17
1943	3.68
1980	3.65
1970	3.65
1936	3.48
2017	3.26
1997	3.20
1967	3.05
1965	2.95
1993	2.90

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	0.10
2022	0.11
2015	0.11
2014	0.12
1992	0.12
1984	0.19
1994	0.26
1971	0.27
1947	0.31
1976	0.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 31 January 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 9 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.28 in; 1 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.72 in of precipitation in Alturas, CA, the driest January since 2025, tied 26th driest of 87 (with 1946).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Alturas, CA: 62°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Alturas, CA: a low of 4°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Alturas, CA: 0.28 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.