Beckley, WV: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 28.9°F in Beckley, WV, the coldest January since 2025, tied 36th coldest of 110 (with 2009).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 28.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 36th coldest of 110
Precipitation: 2.41 in; Driest since 2018; 38th driest of 114

A normal January in Beckley, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31°F, between 26°F and 36.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.72 in of precipitation, between 1.88 in and 4.77 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Beckley, WV since 1900: 28.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 16.5°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 26 to 36.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Beckley, WV 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	28.9	74	37.9	76	19.8	75	2.41	76	0
2025	25	98	32.9	105	17.1	95	4.29	36	0
2024	32	51	39.4	62	24.6	44	4.38	34	0
2023	39.4	10	47	22	31.8	6	2.45	72	0
2022	28	84	36.2	93	19.8	75	5.13	18	0
2021	31.9	52	37.9	76	26	32	3.48	48	0
2020	37.3	20	44.8	32	29.7	10	2.42	74	0
2019	30.9	59	38.4	69	23.4	50	3.19	55	0
2018	28.6	76	37.6	80	19.6	82	2.32	79	0
2017	38.3	17	45.3	29	31.4	7	4.71	23	0
2016	29	73	37.8	78	20.3	71	2.42	74	0
2015	30	68	38.4	69	21.6	65	2.23	84	0
2014	24.4	102	35.2	98	13.6	109	1.94	92	0
2013	35.9	27	43.8	39	27.9	21	4.77	22	0
2012	36.6	25	45.7	27	27.6	22	3.35	51	0
2011	27.5	89	35	100	20	74	1.89	97	0
2010	26	93	32.2	109	19.7	80	3.06	59	0
2009	28.9	74	38	75	19.8	75	4.54	29	0
2008	31	58	39.6	61	22.5	56	3.12	56	0
2007	34.3	37	42.1	48	26.5	29	2.92	62	0
2006	39.2	11	48.7	13	29.8	9	2.41	76	0
2005	34.1	40	41.5	51	26.6	28	2.70	66	0
2004	26.8	91	35.4	96	18.2	91	2.73	64	0
2003	24.2	103	31.5	111	17	96	1.47	104	0
2002	35.8	29	44.2	36	27.4	23	2.26	82	0
2001	29.7	70	38.1	73	21.4	66	2.14	86	0
2000	28.6	76	37.3	84	19.8	75	1.80	100	0
1999	35.9	27	44.8	32	27	25	4.57	28	0
1998	36.2	26	43.1	41	29.2	12	4.79	21	0
1997	30.6	61	39.9	58	21.3	67	2.58	70	0
1996	30.2	65	38.7	66	21.8	64	5.53	13	0
1995	33.3	47	40.8	54	25.8	34	5.82	9	0
1994	25.7	95	33.2	103	18.3	90	4.60	27	0
1993	36.8	23	44.8	32	28.7	17	1.56	102	0
1992	34.6	36	43.3	40	26	32	1.94	92	0
1991	33.9	43	41.6	50	26.1	31	4.20	38	0
1990	38.6	14	47.7	19	29.5	11	2.94	61	0
1989	38.6	14	48	17	29.2	12	2.97	60	0
1988	27.7	86	36.2	93	19.3	84	2.11	87	0
1987	29.6	71	36.7	88	22.5	56	3.24	53	0
1986	29.3	72	38.8	65	19.8	75	1.44	106	0
1985	24.1	105	32.3	107	16	101	2.25	83	0
1984	28.1	83	36.5	91	19.7	80	1.50	103	0
1983	30.2	65	37.7	79	22.7	55	0.53	114	0
1982	25.7	95	35.4	96	16.1	99	2.07	89	0
1981	24.2	103	32.3	107	16	101	0.57	113	0
1980	30.8	60	37.5	82	24.1	48	3.35	51	0
1979	25.6	97	34.2	102	16.9	97	5.31	15	0
1978	22.2	108	30.5	112	13.8	108	4.40	33	0
1977	16.5	110	25.8	114	7.2	113	2.02	90	0
1976	27.8	85	36.6	89	19	88	3.08	58	0
1975	34.2	39	42.9	42	25.6	38	4.54	29	0
1974	41.4	6	49.3	11	33.5	3	6.36	4	0
1973	31.3	55	40.1	56	22.5	56	1.75	101	0
1972	35.2	33	45.1	31	25.4	40	5.45	14	0
1971	27.7	86	36.1	95	19.3	84	3.74	44	0
1970	23.9	107	32.5	106	15.4	104	2.11	87	0
1969	28.5	78	37.6	80	19.5	83	1.91	96	0
1968	28.3	80	37.3	84	19.2	86	2.64	68	0
1967	35.5	30	44.2	36	26.8	27	1.40	108	0
1966	24.6	100	33	104	16.2	98	3.54	47	0
1965	31.2	56	39.9	58	22.5	56	5.31	15	0
1964	33.2	49	42.8	43	23.5	49	3.44	49	0
1963	26.9	90	39.2	63	14.6	106	2.20	85	0
1962	31.1	57	41.1	53	21.1	69	3.60	45	0
1961	25.9	94	36.3	92	15.6	103	1.85	99	0
1960	34.1	40	42.5	46	25.8	34	1.93	94	0
1959	30.4	63	41.5	51	19.2	86	2.28	81	0
1958	28.4	79	38.1	73	18.6	89	2.34	78	0
1957	31.5	53	41.8	49	21.2	68	6.54	3	0
1956	27.6	88	37.1	87	18	92	1.88	98	0
1955	28.2	82	38.4	69	18	92	2.44	73	0
1954	34.1	40	45.4	28	22.9	54	4.52	31	0
1953	38.2	18	47.9	18	28.4	19	5.86	8	0
1952	37.8	19	48.6	15	26.9	26	4.15	40	0
1951	35	34	47	22	23	53	1.95	91	0
1950	46.5	1	57.5	3	35.5	1	6.32	5	0
1949	41.7	5	51.1	8	32.9	5	4.00	41	3
1948					18	92	1.43	107	7
1947	39.2	11	48.9	12	29.2	12	6.21	6	3
1946									6
1943	37.3	20	50.3	9	24.3	47	3.83	42	0
1942	30.1	67	40.1	56	20.1	73	2.29	80	0
1941	31.4	54	38.4	69	24.5	45	3.11	57	0
1940	17.7	109	27.4	113	8	112	1.46	105	0
1939	34.8	35	46.3	24	23.3	51	3.58	46	0
1938	32.5	50	42.7	45	22	62	3.43	50	1
1937	43.1	3	52.6	4	33.6	2	8.07	1	0
1936	26.8	91	38.5	68	15	105	5.26	17	0
1935	33.3	47	44	38	22.5	56	4.48	32	0
1934	38.7	13	47.4	20	29.1	15	1.93	94	3
1933	39.5	9	50.2	10	28.7	17	4.69	24	0
1932	46.5	1	59.5	1	33.5	3	4.22	37	0
1931	35.5	30	45.9	26	25.1	41	0.96	111	0
1926	30.3	64	38.6	67	21.9	63	5.00	19	0
1925	30.5	62	36.6	89	24.5	45			0
1924	24.1	105	32.1	110	16.1	99	2.90	63	1
1923	36.7	24	42.8	43	30.5	8	4.18	39	0
1922	28.3	80	35.1	99	20.6	70	2.66	67	3
1918	24.6	100	37.4	83	11.8	111	1.35	109	0
1917							2.61	69	14
1916	42.7	4	58.1	2	27.2	24	5.67	11	0
1915	33.7	44	47.1	21	20.3	71	5.60	12	0
1914			48.7	13			5.00	19	12
1913	38.6	14	52.2	6	24.9	42	4.61	26	0
1912	24.7	99	34.9	101	14.4	107	2.72	65	0
1911	35.5	30	46.3	24	24.7	43	5.89	7	0
1910	34.3	37	45.3	29	23.2	52	4.63	25	0
1909	40.4	8	52.5	5	28.3	20	3.21	54	2
1908			42.4	47			5.81	10	8
1907	40.7	7	52.2	6	29.1	15	7.01	2	0
1906	37.1	22	48.5	16	25.8	34	4.33	35	0
1902	29.9	69	37.3	84	22.5	56			0
1901	33.5	46	40.7	55	26.4	30	2.51	71	2
1900	33.6	45	39.9	58	25.6	38	1.08	110	3
1899									6
1898			39	64	25.7	37	3.79	43	5
1897			44.5	35	13.1	110			5
1894							0.83	112	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	46.5
1932	46.5
1937	43.1
1916	42.7
1949	41.7
1974	41.4
1907	40.7
1909	40.4
1933	39.5
2023	39.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	16.5
1940	17.7
1978	22.2
1970	23.9
1985	24.1
1924	24.1
2003	24.2
1981	24.2
2014	24.4
1966	24.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	8.07
1907	7.01
1957	6.54
1974	6.36
1950	6.32
1947	6.21
1911	5.89
1953	5.86
1995	5.82
1908	5.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	0.53
1981	0.57
1894	0.83
1931	0.96
1900	1.08
1918	1.35
1967	1.40
1948	1.43
1986	1.44
1940	1.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 9 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 0°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.96 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.41 in of precipitation in Beckley, WV, the driest January since 2018, tied 38th driest of 114 (with 2006).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Beckley, WV: 58°F on Friday 9 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Beckley, WV: a low of 0°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Beckley, WV: 0.96 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.