Ashland, WI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 10.6°F in Ashland, WI, the coldest January since 2022, tied 40th coldest of 108 (with 2005).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 10.6°F; Coldest since 2022; 40th coldest of 108
Precipitation: 0.22 in; Driest since 2022; 16th driest of 113

The mean temperature of every January in Ashland, WI since 1908: 10.6°F in 2026; the lowest is -3.7°F, in 1912.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Ashland, WI from 1894 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	10.6	68	17.7	94	3.6	51	0.22	97	0
2025	13.1	53	22.2	58	4	49	0.27	94	0
2024	21.5	6	26.9	26	16.1	3	0.71	57	0
2023	20.3	10	26.2	29	14.3	5	1.39	18	0
2022	8.3	82	18.1	90	-1.5	83	0.06	110	0
2021	18.6	21	26.9	26	10.4	16	0.44	78	0
2020	19.6	16	26.6	28	12.6	7	0.60	62	0
2019	10	73	18	91	2	68	0.17	102	1
2018	14.5	42	23.5	52	5.6	45	0.28	93	0
2017	18.4	23	25.8	32	10.9	14	0.81	52	0
2016	16.4	30	23.9	45	8.9	24	0.67	59	0
2015	14.8	38	21.8	63	7.7	26	0.18	100	0
2014	4.6	101	15.1	104	-5.6	100	0.30	90	2
2013	15.1	37	23.8	48	6.4	36	0.14	105	0
2012	20.6	9	28.9	17	12.4	9	0.51	75	0
2011	11.4	65	18.3	89	4.5	46	0.02	111	0
2010	14.5	42	22.3	57	6.7	34	0.89	41	0
2009	5.1	98	15.5	103	-5.2	97	0.29	92	0
2008	13.8	46	21.9	62	5.7	44	0.17	102	0
2007	18.2	25	25.6	33	10.7	15	0.13	107	0
2006	25.9	1	32.7	3	19.1	1	0.77	54	0
2005	10.6	68	19.8	79	1.5	70	0.92	39	0
2004	7.9	83	16.4	100	-0.6	80	0.52	74	0
2003	12.5	54	21.4	65	3.6	51	trace	112	0
2002	22	5	29.2	10	14.7	4	0.07	109	0
2001	20.1	11	27.8	20	12.4	9	1.01	35	0
2000	13.2	50	23.9	45	2.9	58	0.42	80	1
1999	11.1	67	19.3	83	2.9	58	1.12	31	0
1998									11
1997									11
1996									10
1995									9
1994	3	103	13.1	108	-7.5	110	1.37	23	1
1993	15.2	36	24.5	43	6	42	1.37	23	0
1992	20	12	29.2	10	10	19	0.89	41	2
1991	11.6	62	20.8	70	2.4	65	0.38	83	0
1990	22.6	4	34	1	11.3	12	0.56	68	0
1989					6.2	38	1.40	16	4
1988	9.5	75	20.8	70	-1.2	82	1.33	27	1
1987	20.9	8	30.6	8	10.3	17	0.55	70	2
1986	16.9	28	27.3	25	5.8	43	0.54	71	2
1985	11.7	61	21.3	66	2	68	0.36	86	0
1984	7.1	87	19.4	82	-3.9	93	0.30	90	2
1983					7.1	30	1.40	16	4
1982	1.2	106	14.1	105	-11.1	116	1.88	7	2
1981	14.8	38	25.4	36	4.1	48	trace	112	0
1980	13.2	50	23.9	45	2.5	64	1.58	12	0
1979	1	107	11.8	110	-9.9	113	0.90	40	0
1978	8.8	79	19.3	83	-1.6	84	0.79	53	0
1977	2.2	105	12.9	109	-8.5	112	0.39	82	0
1976	9.8	74	21.8	63	-2.2	90	1.52	15	0
1975	14	45	24.6	42	3.4	56	2.42	3	0
1974	12	59	22	61	2.1	67	0.82	51	0
1973	16.8	29	27.4	24	6.2	38	1.29	29	0
1972	6.4	91	18.6	88	-5.9	102	1.59	11	0
1971	6.5	90	16.9	97	-4	94	1.39	18	0
1970	6.1	94	18	91	-5.7	101	0.48	77	1
1969	12.4	57	22.1	60	2.7	62	2.93	2	0
1968	12.1	58	23.4	53	0.8	73	0.58	66	0
1967	14.4	44	25.4	36	3.5	53	3.20	1	0
1966	5.1	98	16.7	99	-6.5	105	1.00	36	0
1965	7.8	84	21.1	69	-5.5	99	0.38	83	0
1964	19.3	17	30.8	5	7.8	25	0.87	45	0
1963	4.7	100	13.7	107	-4.4	95	0.69	58	0
1962	8.7	80	19.3	83	-1.8	85	0.60	62	0
1961	11.6	62	22.5	56	0.8	73	0.15	104	0
1960	13.8	46	24.1	44	3.5	53	1.20	30	0
1959	5.5	96	17.5	95	-6.6	106	0.26	96	0
1958	18.8	20	27.6	22	10	19	1.03	33	0
1957	6.9	88	17.3	96	-3.4	91	0.10	108	0
1956	13.6	48	26.1	30	1.4	71	0.31	89	1
1955	13.5	49	23.6	50	3.5	53	0.85	49	0
1954	10.4	70	20.7	72	0.1	75	1.03	33	0
1953	16	33	26	31	6.1	40	1.39	18	0
1952	11.6	62	23.8	48	-0.6	80	1.31	28	0
1951	10.1	71	20.7	72	-0.4	77	0.32	88	2
1950	6	95	20.3	76	-7.8	111	2.20	6	3
1949	16.2	31	25.3	38	7.1	30	0.99	38	0
1948	7.3	86	20.5	74	-6	103	0.87	45	0
1947	17.6	26	27.7	21	6.3	37	0.14	105	1
1946	13.2	50	23.4	53	2.9	58	1.57	14	0
1945	11.2	66	20	78	2.3	66	0.73	55	1
1944	25.2	2	33.4	2	17	2	0.57	67	0
1943	8.5	81	19.2	87	-2.1	87	0.84	50	0
1942	18.3	24	29	16	7.6	27	0.35	87	0
1941	15.9	34	25.6	33	6.1	40	1.00	36	0
1940	9.4	77	19.3	83	-0.5	78	0.18	100	0
1939	17.5	27	27.6	22	7.3	29	1.85	9	1
1938	11.8	60	20.5	74	3.3	57	1.38	21	2
1937	6.4	91	19.5	81	-6.6	106			3
1936	7.5	85	16.8	98	-1.8	85	1.38	21	0
1935					-4.7	96			4
1934	20	12	29.1	12	11	13	0.49	76	2
1933			29.1	12	7.1	30	0.44	78	4
1932	22.7	3	30.7	6	13.5	6	1.58	12	1
1931	21.3	7	30.7	6	12	11	0.38	83	0
1930	6.2	93	17.8	93	-5.4	98	1.80	10	1
1929	2.3	104	13.8	106	-9.9	113	2.39	4	1
1928	15.9	34	24.8	41	7.1	30	0.65	61	0
1927	9.4	77	21.2	67	-2.1	87			2
1926	14.6	41	25.3	38	3.8	50	0.73	55	0
1925					2.7	62	0.19	99	6
1924	5.2	97	16.4	100	-6	103	0.60	62	0
1923	14.7	40	25.1	40	4.3	47	1.87	8	0
1922	9.5	75	21.2	67	-2.1	87	0.89	41	1
1921	18.9	18	28.3	18	9.5	22	0.60	62	1
1920	6.6	89	20.2	77	-7.4	109			1
1919	20	12	30.9	4	9.2	23	0.67	59	1
1918	4.5	102	15.8	102	-6.7	108	0.53	72	0
1917					-10.1	115	0.27	94	7
1916	10.1	71	23.4	53	-3.6	92	2.25	5	1
1915	12.5	54	22.2	58	2.8	61	1.06	32	0
1914	18.9	18	28	19	9.8	21	0.87	45	0
1913					-0.3	76	0.53	72	16
1912	-3.7	108	6	111	-13.5	117			0
1911	12.5	54	23.6	50	1.4	71			0
1910	16.1	32	25.6	33	6.7	34			0
1909	18.5	22	29.1	12	7.4	28	0.56	68	1
1908	19.8	15	29.4	9	10.1	18			0
1907			19.6	80	-0.5	78	0.88	44	4
1906			29.1	12	12.6	7	1.37	23	4
1905							1.34	26	31
1904							0.22	97	31
1903							0.41	81	31
1902							0.87	45	31
1894									8

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	25.9
1944	25.2
1932	22.7
1990	22.6
2002	22
2024	21.5
1931	21.3
1987	20.9
2012	20.6
2023	20.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	-3.7
1979	1
1982	1.2
1977	2.2
1929	2.3
1994	3
1918	4.5
2014	4.6
1963	4.7
2009	5.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	3.20
1969	2.93
1975	2.42
1929	2.39
1916	2.25
1950	2.20
1982	1.88
1923	1.87
1939	1.85
1930	1.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	trace
1981	trace
2011	0.02
2022	0.06
2002	0.07
1957	0.10
2007	0.13
2013	0.14
1947	0.14
1961	0.15

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 40°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: -25°F; 25 January 2026, 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.15 in; 16 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.22 in of precipitation in Ashland, WI, the driest January since 2022, tied 16th driest of 113 (with 1904).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Ashland, WI: 40°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Ashland, WI: a low of -25°F on Sunday 25 January 2026 and Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Ashland, WI: 0.15 in on Friday 16 January 2026.