Atlanta, GA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 45.2°F in Atlanta, GA, the warmest January since 2023, tied 47th warmest of 148 (with 1939 and 1929).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 45.2°F; Warmest since 2023; 47th warmest of 148
Precipitation: 3.13 in; Driest since 2011; 40th driest of 148

A normal January in Atlanta, GA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.7°F, between 40.2°F and 49.2°F in eight years of ten and 4.78 in of precipitation, between 2.76 in and 6.41 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Atlanta, GA since 1879: 45.2°F in 2026; the highest is 55.4°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 40.2 to 49.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Atlanta, GA from 1879 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	45.2	47	54.2	44	36.2	58	3.13	109	0
2025	40.7	107	50.5	94	31	116	3.20	108	0
2024	44.3	60	53.5	55	35.1	70	6.43	25	0
2023	51.7	8	60.4	5	43	8	7.23	20	0
2022	44.5	56	54.1	46	34.9	74	3.37	103	0
2021	46.2	37	54.3	42	38	30	3.62	91	0
2020	49.2	18	57.1	20	41.3	13	8.01	16	0
2019	45.9	41	54.6	39	37.2	41	6.23	28	0
2018	40.4	110	50.1	99	30.7	121	3.26	107	0
2017	52	6	61.2	3	42.9	9	8.18	14	0
2016	42.4	91	51.1	85	33.7	91	5.14	53	0
2015	43.1	76	52.5	66	33.8	90	4.36	76	0
2014	37	137	48.1	124	25.9	145	3.35	105	0
2013	49.9	12	58.6	15	41.3	13	4.90	63	0
2012	49.1	19	59.3	10	38.8	26	5.14	53	0
2011	40.2	113	48.5	118	31.8	109	2.63	125	0
2010	38.5	127	47.3	130	29.7	127	5.38	44	0
2009	43.9	67	53.6	53	34.2	84	2.88	117	0
2008	42.2	93	51.4	79	33.1	95	2.85	119	0
2007	46.1	38	55.1	35	37.2	41	3.95	82	0
2006	49.4	16	58.7	14	40.1	20	5.10	57	0
2005	46.8	30	56.6	25	37.1	45	2.57	127	0
2004	42.8	84	52.7	61	33	96	2.84	121	0
2003	40	116	49.2	110	30.9	117	2.00	135	0
2002	46.9	29	56.5	26	37.2	41	5.35	46	0
2001	41.7	98	51.3	81	32.1	105	2.77	123	0
2000	43.1	76	51.3	81	34.8	77	4.89	64	0
1999	48	23	58.2	17	37.8	31	5.33	48	0
1998	46	40	54.2	44	37.8	31	5.83	35	0
1997	46.7	32	55.7	31	37.7	35	5.65	38	0
1996	41	104	51	87	31.1	114	8.26	13	0
1995	46.3	35	55.9	30	36.7	50	3.36	104	0
1994	40.5	109	49.5	106	31.4	111	5.11	55	0
1993	47	27	54.9	37	39.1	24	3.94	83	0
1992	45	51	53.8	50	36.3	55	3.58	93	0
1991	44.3	60	51.3	81	37.3	39	4.66	68	0
1990	49.8	13	59.2	11	40.4	17	8.47	10	0
1989	49.7	14	60.1	7	39.2	23	2.57	127	0
1988	39.2	121	47.7	125	30.7	121	4.64	70	0
1987	41.9	96	50.2	98	33.6	93	5.63	39	0
1986	43.4	72	54.5	40	32.2	103	0.88	147	0
1985	36.2	140	45.3	138	27.2	140	4.11	79	0
1984	39.6	119	48.6	116	30.6	123	4.66	68	0
1983	40.3	111	48.6	116	32.1	105	3.09	111	0
1982	38.4	130	49.5	106	27.4	138	4.75	67	0
1981	39.4	120	50.1	99	28.8	130	0.84	148	0
1980	44.9	53	52.4	68	37.4	38	5.69	37	0
1979	37.3	135	47.7	125	26.8	142	5.03	60	0
1978	33.6	146	42.1	145	25.2	146	7.03	22	0
1977	29.3	148	38.5	147	20	148	3.49	96	0
1976	38.5	127	49.5	106	27.5	137	5.15	52	0
1975	47.1	26	57.1	20	37.2	41	6.19	29	0
1974	53.2	3	60.8	4	45.6	4	5.36	45	0
1973	41.4	103	50.6	92	32.1	105	8.89	8	0
1972	46.7	32	56.5	26	37	47	9.26	6	0
1971	42.9	83	52.2	71	33.5	94	4.40	75	0
1970	35.9	143	45.5	137	26.3	144	2.95	115	0
1969	40.2	113	49.8	103	30.6	123	2.85	119	0
1968	39.2	121	48.3	122	30.1	125	4.07	80	0
1967	43.9	67	53.7	52	34.1	86	4.85	66	0
1966	36.6	139	44.6	141	28.6	132	5.94	34	0
1965	43.2	74	53.4	57	33	96	3.74	88	0
1964	40.8	106	50.3	96	31.3	112	6.01	32	0
1963	37.2	136	47.5	128	26.9	141	5.10	57	0
1962	41	104	49.9	102	32	108	5.24	50	0
1961	38.5	127	48.4	120	28.6	132	1.74	143	0
1960	44.2	63	51.5	77	36.9	49	10.16	4	0
1959	42.2	93	52.2	71	32.2	103	3.38	102	0
1958	38.9	124	47	132	30.8	119	3.88	86	0
1957	45.9	41	54.3	42	37.5	37	5.35	46	0
1956	41.5	102	50.7	91	32.3	100	1.88	139	0
1955	43.6	71	52.1	74	35.1	70	4.93	62	0
1954	45.1	50	55.4	32	34.9	74	3.73	89	0
1953	47	27	57	22	37.1	45	5.39	43	0
1952	49.3	17	58.5	16	40.2	19	3.46	101	0
1951	45.3	45	54.7	38	35.9	61	2.25	132	0
1950	55.4	1	64.4	1	46.5	2	2.06	134	0
1949	51.8	7	60.4	5	43.2	7	4.57	73	0
1948	37.4	134	46.3	135	28.5	134	3.47	99	0
1947	45.9	41	54.1	46	37.6	36	8.09	15	0
1946	44.7	55	52.7	61	36.7	50	7.20	21	0
1945	43.2	74	52.2	71	34.2	84	2.98	114	0
1944	44.4	59	52.3	70	36.5	53	3.87	87	0
1943	46.3	35	55.3	34	37.3	39	6.09	31	0
1942	42.6	87	53	58	32.3	100	3.47	99	0
1941	44.2	63	53.5	55	35	73	1.42	144	0
1940	29.6	147	38	148	21.2	147	5.62	40	0
1939	45.2	47	55.1	35	35.3	69	4.05	81	0
1938	43	79	51.5	77	34.6	80	1.86	140	0
1937	53	4	59.5	9	46.5	2	8.88	9	0
1936	39	123	48.8	114	29.3	128	10.82	3	0
1935	44	66	52.5	66	35.5	67	1.93	138	0
1934	45.3	45	52.7	61	37.8	31	2.72	124	0
1933	50.2	11	57.7	19	42.8	11	2.43	130	0
1932	51.2	9	58.9	13	43.5	6	4.58	72	0
1931	43.4	72	50.5	94	36.3	55	2.61	126	0
1930	42.8	84	50.9	90	34.7	79	5.32	49	0
1929	45.2	47	54	48	36.4	54	4.22	78	0
1928	42.6	87	51.3	81	33.9	88	2.83	122	0
1927	44.5	56	52.9	59	36.2	58	1.11	146	0
1926	42.6	87	49.5	106	35.7	64	7.31	19	0
1925	43.1	76	50	101	36.2	58	11.08	2	0
1924	38.2	132	47.5	128	28.9	129	4.54	74	0
1923	48.4	22	56.7	24	40	21	1.94	137	0
1922	43	79	50.3	96	35.6	65	5.03	60	0
1921	45.9	41	53.6	53	38.1	29	3.53	94	0
1920	42.8	84	51.1	85	34.5	83	7.69	17	0
1919	43.8	69	51.9	76	35.6	65	5.40	42	0
1918	34.7	145	42	146	27.4	138	9.42	5	0
1917	47.9	24	55.4	32	40.4	17	5.11	55	0
1916	48.8	20	56.9	23	40.7	16	2.53	129	0
1915	41.6	99	49.2	110	34	87	6.19	29	0
1914	44.9	53	52.8	60	37	47	1.35	145	0
1913	49.5	15	58.1	18	40.9	15	5.76	36	0
1912	37.6	133	45.2	139	30	126	4.87	65	0
1911	47.3	25	56.3	28	38.7	27	2.09	133	1
1910	42.4	91	51	87	33.7	91	3.49	96	0
1909	46.1	38	53.9	49	38.3	28	1.82	141	0
1908	41.6	99	48.9	113	33.9	88	4.64	70	1
1907	52.2	5	60.1	7	43.7	5	1.76	142	2
1906	45	51	52.1	74	37.8	31	6.78	23	1
1905	36.7	138	44.5	142	28.8	130	3.93	84	0
1904	38.9	124	46.9	133	30.8	119	3.62	91	0
1903	41.6	99	48.3	122	34.9	74	1.96	136	0
1902	40.7	107	49	112	32.3	100	3.30	106	0
1901	44.1	65	52.4	68	35.9	61	5.95	33	0
1900	43	79	51.4	79	34.6	80	2.32	131	0
1899	42.2	93	49.8	103	34.6	80	3.69	90	0
1898	46.8	30	53.8	50	39.7	22	2.99	113	0
1897	38.8	126	46.5	134	31.2	113	3.48	98	0
1896	41.8	97	48.8	114	34.8	77	3.12	110	0
1895	40.3	111	47.7	125	33	96	5.47	41	0
1894	46.7	32	54.5	40	38.9	25	5.09	59	0
1893	36	142	43.6	144	28.4	135	3.02	112	0
1892	38.3	131	45.7	136	30.9	117	8.93	7	0
1891	42.5	90	49.8	103	35.1	70	6.73	24	0
1890	51	10	59	12	42.9	9	2.95	115	0
1889	43.8	69	51	87	36.7	50	6.39	27	0
1888	44.5	56	52.7	61	36.3	55	3.89	85	0
1887	39.8	118	48.5	118	31.1	114	3.52	95	0
1886	36.2	140	44.2	143	28.2	136	7.33	18	0
1885	40	116	48.4	120	31.6	110	8.44	11	0
1884	35.9	143	44.9	140	26.8	142	5.20	51	0
1883	43	79	50.6	92	35.4	68	15.82	1	0
1882	48.8	20	56	29	41.6	12	6.40	26	0
1881	40.1	115	47.3	130	32.9	99	8.35	12	0
1880	54.3	2	61.7	2	46.9	1	2.86	118	0
1879	44.3	60	52.6	65	35.9	61	4.29	77	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	55.4
1880	54.3
1974	53.2
1937	53
1907	52.2
2017	52
1949	51.8
2023	51.7
1932	51.2
1890	51

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	29.3
1940	29.6
1978	33.6
1918	34.7
1970	35.9
1884	35.9
1893	36
1985	36.2
1886	36.2
1966	36.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1883	15.82
1925	11.08
1936	10.82
1960	10.16
1918	9.42
1972	9.26
1892	8.93
1973	8.89
1937	8.88
1990	8.47

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.84
1986	0.88
1927	1.11
1914	1.35
1941	1.42
1961	1.74
1907	1.76
1909	1.82
1938	1.86
1956	1.88

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 14°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.84 in; 2 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.13 in of precipitation in Atlanta, GA, the driest January since 2011, 40th driest of 148.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Atlanta, GA: 72°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Atlanta, GA: a low of 14°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Atlanta, GA: 0.84 in on Friday 2 January 2026.