Baltimore Downtown, MD: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 32.3°F in Baltimore Downtown, MD, the coldest January since 2014 (2019 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing; 2021 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 2022 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), tied 15th coldest of 73 (with 1968).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 32.3°F; Coldest since 2014; 15th coldest of 73
Precipitation: 3.20 in; Wettest since 2024; 26th wettest of 71

A normal January in Baltimore Downtown, MD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.8°F, between 30.2°F and 42.3°F in eight years of ten and 2.64 in of precipitation, between 1.42 in and 3.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Baltimore Downtown, MD since 1951: 32.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 26.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 30.2 to 42.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Baltimore Downtown, MD from 1951 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	32.3	58	39	57	25.6	58	3.20	26	0
2025	33.6	50	39.9	52	27.2	49	1.37	64	0
2024	41.4	12	47.5	14	35.2	8	7.26	3	0
2023	45.6	3	51.9	3	39.2	2	1.92	54	0
2020	42	6	48.5	9	35.4	7	3.09	31	0
2019									4
2018	35.3	42	42.9	32	27.7	45	0.94	67	0
2017	41.4	12	47	18	35.8	6	2.59	39	0
2016	34.7	46	41.9	41	27.4	47	3.28	22	0
2015	32.8	55	39.2	56	26.5	53	3.70	16	0
2014	30	69	37.5	65	22.6	70	2.53	41	0
2013	41.5	10	48	11	35	10	3.90	13	0
2012	42	6	49.9	6	34.2	13	1.75	58	0
2011	33.1	53	38.4	61	27.8	44	2.06	52	0
2010	35.5	39	41.8	42	29.1	37	2.05	53	0
2009	31.4	63	37.4	67	25.4	59	2.65	37	0
2008	38.4	24	44.9	27	31.9	22	1.44	61	0
2007	43.9	4	50.6	4	37.1	4	2.18	48	0
2006	43.3	5	50.5	5	36.1	5	3.29	21	0
2005	35.8	35	42.5	37	29.2	36	4.13	11	0
2004	29	70	34.8	71	23.1	69	1.38	63	0
2003	30.3	68	35.8	69	24.9	61	2.79	34	0
2002	41.8	8	49	7	34.7	11	2.28	45	0
2001	35.4	40	40.9	48	29.9	33	2.33	43	1
2000	35.4	40	42.2	39	28.6	39	3.40	18	0
1999	37.3	28	44.3	28	30.3	31	5.40	5	3
1998	46.8	1	53.2	2	40.4	1			0
1997	38.3	25	45.8	24	30.7	29			0
1996	33.9	49	40	50	27.7	45	0.00	71	0
1995	39.3	19	45.7	25	32.8	18	3.22	24	1
1994	28.7	71	35.6	70	21.8	71	4.08	12	0
1993	40.2	17	47.1	17	33.4	16	2.64	38	0
1992	40.7	15	47.5	14	33.9	15	1.60	59	0
1991	35.7	36	42.8	34	28.5	41	3.20	26	0
1990	46	2	53.8	1	38.1	3	4.18	10	0
1989	40	18	47.7	12	32.3	19	3.22	24	0
1988	30.5	66	37.5	65	23.4	67	3.38	19	0
1987	36.7	32	42.6	35	30.8	28	5.71	4	0
1986	37.2	29	45.9	22	28.4	42	2.40	42	0
1985	31.7	60	39.5	54	23.9	66	2.16	50	0
1984	30.7	65	36.8	68	24.6	64	1.56	60	0
1983	37.1	30	42.6	35	31.5	24	2.73	36	0
1982	28	72	34.8	71	21.2	72	3.17	28	0
1981	33.3	52	40	50	26.5	53	0.41	69	0
1980	36	34	41.5	45	30.5	30	2.26	46	0
1979	35.6	37	41.8	42	29.5	35	8.64	1	0
1978	32.4	57	38.7	59	26.1	56	8.12	2	0
1977	26.8	73	33.1	73	20.4	73	1.42	62	0
1976	33.5	51	39.6	53	27.4	47	4.34	8	0
1975	38.8	21	45.9	22	31.7	23	3.60	17	0
1974	41	14	47.7	12	34.3	12	2.78	35	0
1973	38.6	23	46.3	20	31	25	3.23	23	0
1972	39.2	20	46.2	21	32.3	19	2.94	32	0
1971	31.5	62	38.1	62	24.9	61	2.32	44	0
1970	30.4	67	37.6	64	23.3	68	0.80	68	0
1969	34.8	45	41	47	28.6	39	1.06	66	0
1968	32.3	58	39.4	55	25.3	60	3.34	20	0
1967	41.5	10	48.7	8	34.2	13	1.22	65	0
1966	32.7	56	38.8	58	26.6	52	3.82	15	0
1965	34.6	47	42.4	38	26.8	51	3.16	29	0
1964	37.6	27	45	26	30.2	32	5.24	6	0
1963	31.7	60	38.6	60	24.8	63	1.78	57	0
1962	34.5	48	42	40	27	50	2.12	51	0
1961	31.1	64	37.8	63	24.5	65	3.15	30	0
1960	37.7	26	43.3	31	32.1	21	2.18	48	0
1959	34.9	43	43.5	30	26.3	55	2.59	39	0
1958	36.9	31	42.9	32	30.9	27	3.89	14	0
1957	33	54	40.2	49	25.8	57	1.92	54	0
1956	35.6	37	41.5	45	29.8	34	2.21	47	0
1955	34.9	43	41.6	44	28.1	43	0.33	70	0
1954	36.6	33	44.3	28	29	38	1.84	56	0
1953	41.7	9	48.2	10	35.2	8	4.78	7	0
1952	40.4	16	47.5	14	33.3	17	4.30	9	0
1951	38.8	21	46.6	19	31	25	2.85	33	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	46.8
1990	46
2023	45.6
2007	43.9
2006	43.3
2020	42
2012	42
2002	41.8
1953	41.7
2013	41.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	26.8
1982	28
1994	28.7
2004	29
2014	30
2003	30.3
1970	30.4
1988	30.5
1984	30.7
1961	31.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	8.64
1978	8.12
2024	7.26
1987	5.71
1999	5.40
1964	5.24
1953	4.78
1976	4.34
1952	4.30
1990	4.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	0.00
1955	0.33
1981	0.41
1970	0.80
2018	0.94
1969	1.06
1967	1.22
2025	1.37
2004	1.38
1977	1.42

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 10°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.03 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.20 in of precipitation in Baltimore Downtown, MD, the wettest January since 2024, tied 26th wettest of 71 (with 1991).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Baltimore Downtown, MD: 62°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Baltimore Downtown, MD: a low of 10°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Baltimore Downtown, MD: 2.03 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.