Bangor, ME: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 16.9°F in Bangor, ME, the coldest January since 2022, 32nd coldest of 93.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 16.9°F; Coldest since 2022; 32nd coldest of 93
Precipitation: 1.75 in; Driest since 2025; 19th driest of 91

A normal January in Bangor, ME (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 18.6°F, between 10.5°F and 23.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.12 in of precipitation, between 1.41 in and 5.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Bangor, ME since 1926: 16.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 8.4°F, in 1994.

Normal range, 10.5 to 23.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Bangor, ME from 1926 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	16.9	62	25.5	69	8.2	52	1.75	73	0
2025	18.4	48	28.1	58	8.6	50	1.40	80	1
2024	23.3	15	31.3	22	15.3	16	3.05	43	0
2023	27.4	3	35.3	6	19.5	5	5.82	5	0
2022	14.5	71	25.2	70	3.8	77	2.99	45	0
2021	24.1	12	31.5	20	16.6	11	1.39	81	0
2020	23.4	14	32.5	13	14.3	19	2.42	63	0
2019	18.5	46	28.3	55	8.7	49	5.15	11	0
2018	18.9	42	28.4	49	9.4	45	5.53	8	0
2017	25.1	9	33	11	17.2	8	3.63	29	0
2016	22.4	21	32	16	12.8	25	2.38	65	0
2015	14.5	71	25.6	68	3.4	79	2.69	55	0
2014	18.6	45	28	59	9.1	46	3.18	39	0
2013	18.9	42	28.7	44	9.1	46	0.87	87	0
2012	22.9	18	31.6	19	14.2	21	1.95	70	0
2011	17.3	60	26.8	64	7.7	57	1.66	74	0
2010	23.3	15	31.8	18	14.9	17	3.47	31	0
2009	10.1	89	22.9	81	-2.6	97	1.77	72	0
2008	20.7	32	31.3	22	10.2	38	2.51	61	0
2007	18.5	46	29.4	36	7.9	56	3.06	42	2
2006	25.8	8	34.5	8	17.1	9	4.81	14	0
2005	13.9	73	24.6	73	3.1	83	2.53	60	0
2004	10	90	17.7	95	2.4	86	0.93	85	0
2003	10.6	87	21.2	89	0.1	89	0.94	84	0
2002	22.4	21	31.5	20	13.4	23	3.35	36	0
2001	14.9	70	26.3	65	3.4	79	1.46	78	0
2000	18.2	51	28.4	49	8	54	3.82	26	0
1999			29.8	33	6.1	68	5.56	7	5
1998	21.8	26	29.3	38	14.3	19	7.60	2	0
1997	19	41	28.8	43	9.6	43	3.33	37	2
1996	19.1	39	31	27	7.1	60	3.43	34	0
1995	22.9	18	29.1	39	16.6	11	3.87	23	0
1994	8.4	93	19.2	94	-2.4	95	3.51	30	0
1993	18.1	54	28.5	46	7.7	57	1.82	71	0
1992	18.4	48	28.4	49	8.4	51	4.82	13	0
1991	16.4	64	26	67	6.9	63	2.92	48	0
1990	26.4	5	34.9	7	17.9	7	3.31	38	0
1989	22.5	20	32.7	12	12.3	27	1.61	76	0
1988	17.8	59	28.3	55	7.3	59	2.55	59	0
1987	18.1	54	27.3	62	8.9	48	2.96	46	0
1986	22	23	32	16	12	29	5.17	10	0
1985	13.5	75	22.5	83	4.6	74	0.52	91	0
1984	15.5	67	24.1	75	6.8	64	2.51	61	0
1983	20.5	33	28.9	41	12.1	28	2.82	49	0
1982	9.8	91	21	91	-1.3	94	3.46	32	0
1981	11.7	83	21.8	87	1.6	88	0.97	83	0
1980	20.8	29	29	40	12.7	26	0.89	86	0
1979	23.5	13	30.5	30	16.4	13	7.64	1	0
1978	15.3	69	22.5	83	8.2	52	7.42	4	0
1977	13.5	75	23.9	76	3.1	83	2.68	57	0
1976	13.5	75	24.7	71	2.2	87	4.81	14	0
1975	20.8	29	30.7	29	10.8	33	2.76	52	0
1974	19.4	37	28.3	55	10.5	35	2.05	69	0
1973	19.6	36	28.5	46	10.6	34	2.71	54	0
1971	8.7	92	19.9	93	-2.5	96	1.66	74	0
1970	12.5	81	20.6	92	4.4	75	0.53	90	0
1969	19.1	39	28.4	49	9.8	41	2.93	47	0
1968	12.4	82	22.2	85	2.6	85	3.40	35	0
1967	21.9	25	30.3	31	13.5	22	2.17	66	0
1966	20.8	29	28.4	49	13.2	24	4.73	16	0
1965	13.1	78	21.3	88	5	73	2.07	68	0
1964	23.1	17	31.3	22	14.8	18	4.46	18	0
1963	19.4	37	28.7	44	10.1	39	3.44	33	0
1962	17.9	58	27.7	60	8	54	3.73	27	0
1961	12.6	80	22	86	3.3	82	1.60	77	0
1960	20.2	35	28.5	46	11.9	30	4.92	12	0
1959	18.9	42	28.4	49	9.5	44	4.40	19	0
1958	24.6	11	31.2	25	18.1	6	5.46	9	0
1957	10.5	88	21.2	89	-0.3	90	3.11	40	0
1956	26.1	6	32.1	15	20	4	3.85	24	2
1955	17.2	61	24.6	73	9.7	42	2.78	51	0
1954	15.5	67	24.7	71	6.3	67	4.30	20	0
1953	24.7	10	33.1	10	16.4	13	4.49	17	0
1952							4.14	21	31
1951	26	7	36.4	5	15.7	15	2.80	50	0
1950	26.9	4	36.9	4	17	10	3.70	28	1
1949							3.84	25	31
1948	11.6	84	23.8	77	-0.6	92	1.42	79	0
1947	16.5	63	27.3	62	5.6	70			0
1946	15.7	66	26.2	66	5.1	72	2.64	58	0
1945	11.3	86	23.7	78	-1.1	93			0
1944	18	57	29.5	34	6.5	66	0.58	89	0
1943	13	79	22.6	82	3.4	79	0.80	88	0
1942	15.8	65	27.4	61	4.1	76	2.75	53	0
1941	13.6	74	23.7	78	3.5	78			0
1940	11.4	85	23.1	80	-0.3	90	1.15	82	0
1939	22	23	33.6	9	10.4	36	2.12	67	0
1938					10.9	32	3.00	44	5
1937	29.7	2	39.2	3	20.2	2	3.10	41	0
1936	21.3	27	31	27	11.5	31	5.62	6	0
1935					5.8	69	7.59	3	9
1934	18.2	51	29.4	36	7.1	60			0
1933	30.2	1	39.9	2	20.1	3	2.41	64	1
1932			40.1	1	21.8	1	4.00	22	4
1931									8
1930	18.2	51	29.5	34	6.8	64	2.69	55	0
1929	18.1	54	28.9	41	7	62			3
1928	20.4	34	30.3	31	10.4	36			1
1927	21.2	28	32.5	13	9.9	40			0
1926	18.3	50	31.1	26	5.5	71			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	30.2
1937	29.7
2023	27.4
1950	26.9
1990	26.4
1956	26.1
1951	26
2006	25.8
2017	25.1
1953	24.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1994	8.4
1971	8.7
1982	9.8
2004	10
2009	10.1
1957	10.5
2003	10.6
1945	11.3
1940	11.4
1948	11.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	7.64
1998	7.60
1935	7.59
1978	7.42
2023	5.82
1936	5.62
1999	5.56
2018	5.53
1958	5.46
1986	5.17

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.52
1970	0.53
1944	0.58
1943	0.80
2013	0.87
1980	0.89
2004	0.93
2003	0.94
1981	0.97
1940	1.15

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 46°F; 14 January 2026
Coldest night: -18°F; 28 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.34 in; 26 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.75 in of precipitation in Bangor, ME, the driest January since 2025, 19th driest of 91.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Bangor, ME: 46°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Bangor, ME: a low of -18°F on Wednesday 28 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Bangor, ME: 0.34 in on Monday 26 January 2026.