Austin, TX: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 52.8°F in Austin, TX, the warmest January since 2023, 41st warmest of 126.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 52.8°F; Warmest since 2023; 41st warmest of 126
Precipitation: 1.44 in; Driest since 2023; 56th driest of 123

A normal January in Austin, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.8°F, between 48.7°F and 56.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.53 in of precipitation, between 0.33 in and 4.85 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Austin, TX since 1898: 52.8°F in 2026; the highest is 59.9°F, in 1923.

Normal range, 48.7 to 56.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Austin, TX from 1898 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	52.8	41	64.6	27	41.1	53	1.44	68	0
2025	46.9	103	56.5	106	37.4	99	2.01	49	0
2024	47.7	94	58	92	37.4	99	6.07	5	0
2023	56.6	10	67.6	9	45.5	15	1.26	73	0
2022	50	71	61.7	57	38.4	89	2.21	45	0
2021	53.6	28	65.3	21	41.9	46	1.63	61	0
2020	57.5	7	67.4	11	47.5	5	2.38	41	0
2019	51.6	48	61.5	62	41.6	48	3.39	28	0
2018	49.8	73	60.8	68	38.7	84	0.28	110	0
2017	56.7	9	67.9	7	45.5	15	4.13	18	0
2016	51.9	44	63	44	40.8	58	0.34	109	0
2015	48.7	87	58.3	90	39	82	5.02	10	0
2014	50.6	64	63.6	34	37.6	96	0.45	102	0
2013	53.6	28	64.4	28	42.9	33	2.88	33	0
2012	55.1	19	66.8	16	43.4	29	4.70	12	0
2011	49.7	75	60	76	39.4	74	2.92	32	0
2010	48.8	84	59	84	38.6	86	3.29	30	0
2009	53.5	33	66.9	15	40.2	64	0.74	92	0
2008	50.4	69	60.9	67	39.8	68	0.82	87	0
2007	47.5	97	55.7	108	39.3	76	6.92	4	0
2006	58.6	4	71.5	1	45.6	13	1.80	55	0
2005	54.4	23	63.2	40	45.6	13	2.25	42	0
2004	54.5	22	63.5	37	45.5	15	4.15	17	0
2003	49.6	76	59.5	80	39.8	68	1.70	57	0
2002	53.5	33	64.4	28	42.6	40	1.69	58	0
2001	48.4	91	57.5	100	39.3	76	2.72	37	0
2000	55.3	17	65.6	19	45.1	19	2.85	34	0
1999	55.5	16	67.3	12	43.8	25	0.20	116	0
1998	56.5	11	66.1	18	46.8	9	2.68	38	0
1997	48.8	84	58.4	88	39.3	76	1.07	77	0
1996	50.5	67	63.2	40	37.8	93	0.06	120	0
1995	53.6	28	63.7	33	43.5	27	0.81	88	0
1994	52.2	42	61.6	59	42.8	36	1.43	69	0
1993	49.9	72	58.9	85	40.8	58	3.39	28	0
1992	50.6	64	58.4	88	42.8	36	4.83	11	0
1991	47.3	100	55.5	110	39.1	81	9.21	1	0
1990	57.9	6	68.6	5	47.2	7	1.28	71	0
1989	55.3	17	64.7	25	45.9	12	3.79	23	0
1988	47.3	100	57.5	100	37.1	103	0.27	111	0
1987	50.9	57	60.8	68	41	56	0.92	82	0
1986	54	26	65	23	42.9	33	0.45	102	0
1985	44	115	53.7	121	34.4	113	1.34	70	0
1984	46.3	105	55.6	109	36.9	104	1.66	59	0
1983	47.4	99	56.8	103	37.9	92	1.88	51	0
1982	51.9	44	63.2	40	40.6	61	0.85	85	0
1981	50.6	64	60.4	74	40.8	58	1.61	62	0
1980	51.2	55	60.3	75	42.1	43	0.85	85	0
1979	40.4	125	48.1	127	32.7	117	2.11	47	0
1978	40.7	123	48.8	125	32.6	118	0.88	84	0
1977	41.5	122	50.8	124	32.3	121	2.25	42	0
1976	49.5	78	62.3	49	36.6	106	1.16	75	0
1975	53.3	36	64.7	25	42	45	1.11	76	0
1974	49	83	58.7	87	39.2	79	2.74	36	0
1973	45.9	107	54.9	115	36.8	105	3.42	27	0
1972	50.9	57	61.8	55	40.1	65	1.48	67	0
1971	54.6	21	67.3	12	41.9	46	0.04	122	0
1970	43.9	116	53.4	122	34.5	112	1.83	54	0
1969	53.6	28	63.6	34	43.6	26	0.40	106	0
1968	47.6	96	55.5	110	39.7	71	7.94	3	0
1967	50.9	57	62	54	39.7	71	0.25	114	0
1966	45.2	112	54.5	118	36	108	1.58	65	0
1965	53.4	35	64.1	31	42.7	38	4.09	19	0
1964	50.3	70	61.8	55	38.7	84	2.57	39	0
1963	43.5	119	54.6	116	32.5	119	0.59	96	0
1962	45.5	111	57.3	102	33.7	115	0.56	97	0
1961	46	106	55.8	107	36.2	107	1.27	72	0
1960	49.3	82	57.6	99	41	56	1.03	79	0
1959	47.7	94	57.9	94	37.5	97	0.42	104	0
1958	48.6	88	59.5	80	37.8	93	3.09	31	0
1957	50.5	67	58.9	85	42.1	43	0.55	98	0
1956	50.8	60	61.1	65	40.5	62	1.65	60	0
1955	51.5	50	61.6	59	41.5	49	1.87	52	0
1954	51.9	44	62.4	48	41.5	49	1.01	81	0
1953	56.2	13	69.8	4	42.6	40	0.63	94	0
1952	59.1	3	70	3	48.2	4	0.25	114	0
1951	50.8	60	64.1	31	37.5	97	0.51	100	0
1950	55.7	15	64.4	28	47	8	0.74	92	0
1949	45.1	113	54.6	116	35.6	109	3.97	20	0
1948	43.2	120	53.9	120	32.5	119	0.92	82	0
1947	48	93	56.8	103	39.2	79	3.62	26	0
1946	48.6	88	57.9	94	39.4	74	3.76	24	0
1945	50.8	60	60.5	72	41.1	53	2.83	35	0
1944	48.4	91	57.7	96	39	82	5.40	8	0
1943	49.4	80	60.8	68	38	91	0.80	89	0
1942	48.6	88	60	76	37.2	101	0.07	119	0
1941	53.6	28	62.6	45	44.6	20	1.52	66	0
1940	40.5	124	51	123	30.1	125	0.63	94	0
1939	53.1	37	63.1	43	43.1	30	2.23	44	0
1938	52.1	43	61.4	63	42.9	33	3.93	21	0
1937	47.5	97	55.3	112	39.8	68	2.43	40	0
1936	49.4	80	61.6	59	37.2	101	0.39	107	0
1935	54.7	20	65.1	22	44.3	21	1.61	62	0
1934	53	39	62.2	52	43.9	24	9.13	2	0
1933	58.1	5	67.6	9	48.6	3	5.10	9	0
1932	52.9	40	62.3	49	43.5	27	6.00	6	0
1931	51.4	51	59.7	78	43.1	30	4.30	14	0
1930	39.3	126	48.4	126	30.3	123	2.02	48	0
1929	51.2	55	62.2	52	40.3	63	1.85	53	0
1928	51.9	44	62.3	49	41.5	49	0.36	108	0
1927	53.1	37	63.5	37	42.7	38	1.60	64	0
1926	42.6	121	55	114	31.3	122	4.25	16	3
1925	44.7	114	60.5	72	28.9	127	0.77	91	0
1924	43.6	118	57.7	96	29.4	126	1.76	56	0
1923	59.9	1	70.8	2	48.8	2	0.47	101	1
1922	45.8	108	54.4	119	37.8	93	4.32	13	2
1921	57.1	8	67.3	12	46.8	9	2.20	46	0
1920	46.9	103	55.2	113	38.5	87	5.59	7	0
1919	48.8	84	57.7	96	39.9	67	3.71	25	0
1918	43.7	117	58	92	30.2	124	1.02	80	1
1917	53.8	27	65	23	43.1	30	0.55	98	1
1916	54.1	25	62.6	45	45.5	15	3.93	21	0
1915	49.8	73	61.2	64	38.4	89	2.01	49	0
1914	55.9	14	67.8	8	44.1	22	0.27	111	0
1913	50.8	60	59.7	78	42.3	42	1.26	73	1
1912	45.6	109	58.1	91	32.9	116	0.27	111	1
1911	56.5	11	65.5	20	47.5	5	0.15	118	0
1910	51.4	51	62.6	45	41.1	53	0.16	117	2
1909	54.2	24	61.7	57	46.7	11	0.06	120	0
1908	51.3	53	59.2	83	44.1	22	1.06	78	3
1907	59.5	2	66.3	17	52.5	1	0.41	105	1
1906	51.3	53	61	66	41.5	49	0.80	89	0
1905									8
1904	49.6	76	63.6	34	35.6	109	0.00	123	0
1903									8
1902	47.3	100	59.5	80	35.4	111			2
1901			68.1	6	39.6	73			4
1900	49.5	78	60.6	71	38.5	87	4.30	14	0
1899	45.6	109	56.7	105	34.4	113			0
1898	51.6	48	63.5	37	40.1	65			1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1923	59.9
1907	59.5
1952	59.1
2006	58.6
1933	58.1
1990	57.9
2020	57.5
1921	57.1
2017	56.7
2023	56.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1930	39.3
1979	40.4
1940	40.5
1978	40.7
1977	41.5
1926	42.6
1948	43.2
1963	43.5
1924	43.6
1918	43.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	9.21
1934	9.13
1968	7.94
2007	6.92
2024	6.07
1932	6.00
1920	5.59
1944	5.40
1933	5.10
2015	5.02

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1904	0.00
1971	0.04
1996	0.06
1909	0.06
1942	0.07
1911	0.15
1910	0.16
1999	0.20
1967	0.25
1952	0.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 2 January 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.73 in; 24 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.44 in of precipitation in Austin, TX, the driest January since 2023, 56th driest of 123.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Austin, TX: 88°F on Friday 2 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Austin, TX: a low of 18°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Austin, TX: 0.73 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.