Billings, MT: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 35.4°F in Billings, MT, the warmest January since 2006, 5th warmest of 92.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 35.4°F; Warmest since 2006; 5th warmest of 92
Precipitation: 0.07 in; Driest since 2006; 4th driest of 92

A normal January in Billings, MT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28°F, between 19°F and 31.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.48 in of precipitation, between 0.24 in and 1.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Billings, MT since 1935: 35.4°F in 2026; the highest is 37.9°F, in 2006.

Normal range, 19 to 31.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Billings, MT from 1935 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
2026	35.4	5	45	7	25.9	5	0.07	87
2025	24.8	51	32.2	59	17.4	44	0.84	24
2024	23.9	54	33.8	51	13.9	61	0.38	61
2023	30.1	23	38.5	30	21.8	17	0.50	46
2022	29.6	30	40.3	16	18.9	34	0.41	55
2021	33	10	41.9	11	24	10	0.23	77
2020	29.8	26	39.3	22	20.4	28	0.22	78
2019	28.8	34	37.5	33	20.2	29	0.95	21
2018	26.8	43	35.8	43	17.7	41	0.60	40
2017	19	72	26.3	77	11.8	65	0.63	37
2016	29.9	25	37.2	36	22.5	13	0.44	52
2015	29.8	26	39	25	20.6	26	1.09	15
2014	30.5	18	39.2	23	21.7	18	1.02	18
2013	28	37	37.2	36	18.8	35	0.59	41
2012	30.5	18	40.7	14	20.2	29	0.61	39
2011	25.7	47	34.2	49	17.2	46	0.24	76
2010	25.3	48	33.2	54	17.5	42	1.09	15
2009	29.7	28	39.2	23	20.1	31	0.43	53
2008	24.9	50	35.3	46	14.6	57	0.35	66
2007	25.3	48	34.2	49	16.5	50	0.34	67
2006	37.9	1	47.3	1	28.6	1	0.05	91
2005	22.4	64	31.4	62	13.5	62	0.25	74
2004	23.6	56	32.9	57	14.3	59	0.25	74
2003	31.1	15	41.6	12	20.5	27	0.40	56
2002	27.9	38	35.8	43	20.1	31	0.37	62
2001	30.2	21	38.8	28	21.7	18	0.30	71
2000	27.6	39	36.9	39	18.3	38	0.55	44
1999	30	24	38.9	26	21.2	23	0.48	47
1998	24.5	52	33.2	54	15.8	52	1.03	17
1997	18.8	73	26.8	75	10.7	70	0.95	21
1996	16.5	79	26.6	76	6.4	78	0.82	25
1995	31.8	12	41.2	13	22.5	13	0.53	45
1994	28.2	35	38.8	28	17.5	42	0.34	67
1993	17.9	76	26.1	79	9.7	75	0.47	49
1992	35.2	8	45.4	6	25	8	0.09	86
1991	20.7	66	30.1	65	11.4	67	0.82	25
1990	31.2	14	39.4	21	23	12	0.29	72
1989	27.1	42	36.5	40	17.8	40	1.27	11
1988	23.6	56	33.1	56	14.1	60	0.45	51
1987	30.3	20	39.6	19	20.9	24	0.07	87
1986	37.2	2	46.9	2	27.5	2	0.37	62
1985	20.3	68	29.2	69	11.3	68	0.31	69
1984	29.3	31	37.2	36	21.4	22	0.65	34
1983	35.3	6	43.7	8	26.9	3	0.11	84
1982	13.1	85	24.7	80	1.5	86	0.71	30
1981	36	4	46.8	3	25.2	7	0.21	79
1980	17	78	26.2	78	7.7	77	1.11	14
1979	7.6	89	15.3	90	0	88	0.72	29
1978	11	87	18.5	88	3.5	83	2.03	4
1977	18	75	27.4	73	8.5	76	1.44	8
1976	26.5	44	35.1	47	17.9	39	0.58	42
1975	23.5	58	32	60	15.1	54	2.05	3
1974	22.5	63	29.2	69	15.9	51	0.78	28
1973	23	61	30.4	64	15.7	53	1.30	9
1972	13.2	84	22.9	85	3.5	83	2.35	1
1971	18.7	74	27	74	10.4	72	1.30	9
1970	20.2	69	29.9	66	10.5	71	0.87	23
1969	6.3	90	15.1	92	-2.5	90	0.99	20
1968	23.4	59	32.4	58	14.4	58	1.22	13
1967	30.2	21	38.3	31	22.1	16	0.36	64
1966	15.1	80	24.5	82	5.6	80	0.43	53
1965	28.1	36	38.9	26	17.3	45	0.66	32
1964	29	32	37.3	35	20.8	25	0.11	84
1963	13.8	82	24.7	80	3	85	2.23	2
1962	19.5	71	28.7	72	10.4	72	1.90	5
1961	32.2	11	42.1	10	22.3	15	0.15	81
1960	23.1	60	31.5	61	14.8	55	0.66	32
1959	23	61	33.6	53	12.4	64	1.02	18
1958	35.3	6	46.1	4	24.5	9	0.48	47
1957	11.2	86	20.9	86	1.5	86	0.82	25
1956	21.9	65	30.8	63	13	63	0.56	43
1955	27.3	40	37.4	34	17.2	46	0.07	87
1954	17.5	77	29.3	68	5.7	79	1.24	12
1953	36.2	3	45.6	5	26.7	4	0.62	38
1952	19.7	70	29.1	71	10.3	74	0.36	64
1951	20.5	67	29.6	67	11.3	68	0.64	36
1950	5	92	15.3	90	-5.2	92	0.65	34
1949	9.3	88	18.8	87	-0.3	89	1.55	6
1948	28.9	33	38	32	19.8	33	0.46	50
1947	26.5	44	35.8	43	17.2	46	0.15	81
1946	30.7	17	40	18	21.5	20	0.14	83
1945	27.3	40	35.9	42	18.7	37	0.26	73
1944	30.8	16	40.1	17	21.5	20	0.31	69
1943	13.7	83	23.5	84	3.9	82	1.54	7
1942	25.8	46	34.6	48	17.1	49	0.40	56
1941	29.7	28	40.7	14	18.8	35	0.04	92
1940	14.3	81	23.9	83	4.7	81	0.68	31
1939	34.5	9	43.4	9	25.5	6	0.39	60
1938	31.6	13	39.6	19	23.5	11	0.06	90
1937	6.1	91	16.4	89	-4.2	91	0.40	56
1936	24.3	53	33.8	51	14.7	56	0.40	56
1935	23.9	54	36.3	41	11.6	66	0.16	80

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	37.9
1986	37.2
1953	36.2
1981	36
2026	35.4
1983	35.3
1958	35.3
1992	35.2
1939	34.5
2021	33

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	5
1937	6.1
1969	6.3
1979	7.6
1949	9.3
1978	11
1957	11.2
1982	13.1
1972	13.2
1943	13.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1972	2.35
1963	2.23
1975	2.05
1978	2.03
1962	1.90
1949	1.55
1943	1.54
1977	1.44
1973	1.30
1971	1.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.04
2006	0.05
1938	0.06
2026	0.07
1987	0.07
1955	0.07
1992	0.09
1983	0.11
1964	0.11
1946	0.14

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 14 January 2026
Coldest night: -6°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.02 in; 25 January 2026, 23 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.07 in of precipitation in Billings, MT, the driest January since 2006, tied 4th driest of 92 (with 1987 and 1955).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Billings, MT: 66°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Billings, MT: a low of -6°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Billings, MT: 0.02 in on Sunday 25 January 2026 and Friday 23 January 2026.