Birmingham, AL: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 43.4°F in Birmingham, AL, the coldest January since 2025, tied 50th coldest of 130 (with 2022 and 1992).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 43.4°F; Coldest since 2025; 50th coldest of 130
Precipitation: 6.78 in; Wettest since 2023; 25th wettest of 131

A normal January in Birmingham, AL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.6°F, between 39.5°F and 49.7°F in eight years of ten and 5.17 in of precipitation, between 2.19 in and 8.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Birmingham, AL since 1897: 43.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 30.6°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 39.5 to 49.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Birmingham, AL from 1896 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	43.4	79	54.1	67	32.7	88	6.78	25	0
2025	39.7	109	51.5	98	28	118	2.33	116	0
2024	42.9	85	52.5	91	33.3	80	6.28	32	0
2023	50.9	14	60.4	12	41.4	15	8.11	13	0
2022	43.4	79	54.5	59	32.2	92	4.35	75	0
2021	45.8	54	55.3	48	36.4	57	3.05	107	0
2020	49.9	17	59.4	21	40.4	18	7.82	15	0
2019	45	61	54.5	59	35.5	63	6.02	38	0
2018	40.2	104	50.6	105	29.8	108	1.35	127	0
2017	52.5	5	61.7	4	43.4	7	6.71	26	0
2016	42.5	91	52	94	33	86	3.28	101	0
2015	42.2	94	53.1	84	31.4	98	4.38	74	0
2014	36.1	126	48.2	121	24.1	128	1.56	125	0
2013	48.3	30	57.1	36	39.5	24	8.38	11	0
2012	49.7	18	60.7	10	38.8	28	5.90	43	0
2011	40.2	104	50	111	30.5	103	3.71	95	0
2010	38.9	116	48.4	119	29.4	110	4.01	83	0
2009	44.7	65	55.3	48	34.1	76	6.28	32	0
2008	43.1	84	52.9	86	33.3	80	4.47	73	0
2007	45.9	51	55	50	36.7	53	3.00	108	0
2006	50.7	15	61.2	6	40.2	21	5.97	41	0
2005	48.1	32	58.9	23	37.3	45	1.93	120	0
2004	43.3	82	53.9	70	32.6	90	2.77	111	0
2003	38.4	117	48.3	120	28.5	116	2.22	117	0
2002	46.9	40	57.9	29	35.8	60	6.02	38	0
2001	40	106	50.9	103	29.2	112	5.23	57	0
2000	44.4	69	53.6	74	35.3	64	5.72	45	0
1999	49.3	22	59.9	17	38.7	29	8.63	10	0
1998	46.6	43	56	43	37.3	45	8.06	14	0
1997	44.7	65	54.7	55	34.6	70	6.31	31	0
1996	42.6	89	53.7	73	31.5	95	9.59	4	0
1995	44.3	70	54.3	65	34.4	74	3.85	87	0
1994	39.6	111	48.7	116	30.4	104	5.10	62	0
1993	47	38	56.6	42	37.4	43	6.11	37	0
1992	43.4	79	53.5	78	33.2	84	3.22	103	0
1991	44.8	63	53.4	82	36.2	59	3.19	105	0
1990	49	26	59.7	19	38.2	35	7.38	19	0
1989	48.9	27	60.4	12	37.4	43	4.76	67	0
1988	39.7	109	48.7	116	30.7	101	5.55	49	0
1987	42	95	52.6	88	31.5	95	5.89	44	0
1986	41.8	97	54.8	53	28.9	113	1.21	128	0
1985	35.5	127	46.3	126	24.7	127	5.22	58	0
1984	38.4	117	49.6	113	27.3	123	3.96	85	0
1983	40.5	103	50.1	109	31	100	3.26	102	0
1982	41.9	96	53.5	78	30.3	105	5.19	60	0
1981	39.1	113	51.2	100	27.1	124	1.09	131	0
1980	45.2	60	53.1	84	37.3	45	6.63	27	0
1979	37.7	121	46.5	125	28.9	113	5.94	42	0
1978	33.5	128	40.3	130	26.7	125	4.54	71	0
1977	31.6	129	41.1	129	22.1	129	5.08	63	0
1976	39.1	113	50.1	109	28	118	4.12	82	0
1975	49.1	25	58.6	24	39.6	23	7.23	21	0
1974	52.8	4	60.8	9	44.8	4	6.85	22	0
1973	40.6	102	50.2	107	31.1	99	6.85	22	0
1972	47.2	37	57.9	29	36.5	55	9.30	5	0
1971	43.5	77	53.6	74	33.5	78	3.58	98	0
1970	37.9	120	47.8	122	28	118	2.47	115	0
1969	42.6	89	51.6	97	33.6	77	7.78	17	0
1968	42.5	91	52.2	93	32.7	88	5.56	48	0
1967	44	72	54.9	51	33.1	85	2.84	110	0
1966	37.7	121	46.7	124	28.6	115	4.74	68	0
1965	45.8	54	57.1	36	34.5	73	3.21	104	0
1964	42.8	86	53.8	72	31.8	94	5.40	51	0
1963	38.2	119	48.8	115	27.6	122	7.32	20	0
1962	41.6	99	51.1	101	32.2	92	8.64	9	0
1961	39	115	49.7	112	28.3	117	1.49	126	0
1960	44.7	65	52.6	88	36.8	51	5.05	64	0
1959	42.3	93	54.4	62	30.2	106	4.16	79	0
1958	39.3	112	48.5	118	30	107	3.42	99	0
1957	47.8	34	57	38	38.6	33	6.00	40	0
1956	41.6	99	51.7	95	31.5	95	1.85	123	0
1955	43.5	77	53.6	74	33.3	80	4.70	69	0
1954	46.2	47	57.5	32	34.8	69	6.35	30	0
1953	49.3	22	59.8	18	38.7	29	7.82	15	0
1952	51.4	11	61	8	41.7	14	4.35	75	0
1951	46.8	41	58	27	35.6	61	3.68	97	0
1950	58.9	1	66.6	1	51.1	1	4.51	72	0
1949	52.5	5	61.7	4	43.3	8	11.00	2	0
1948	36.7	124	46.9	123	26.6	126	3.73	93	0
1947	48.2	31	57.2	35	39.3	25	9.04	6	0
1946	45	61	54.4	62	35.6	61	8.68	8	0
1945	44.6	68	53.9	70	35.2	66	4.15	80	0
1944	46	50	54	69	38.1	37	2.74	112	0
1943	47.7	36	56.7	41	38.7	29	1.16	130	0
1942	42.8	86	52.9	86	32.8	87	1.89	122	0
1941	46.7	42	55.9	45	37.5	42	2.48	114	0
1940	30.6	130	39.7	131	21.5	130	5.39	53	0
1939	49.4	19	59.1	22	39.8	22	4.57	70	0
1938	45.9	51	54.9	51	37	49	3.69	96	0
1937	56.4	2	63.4	2	49.4	2	13.37	1	0
1936	41.6	99	51	102	32.3	91	10.07	3	0
1935	46.4	46	55.9	45	37	49	1.98	119	0
1934	48.6	28	56.8	39	40.4	18	3.98	84	0
1933	51.8	9	60	16	43.5	6	3.09	106	0
1932	51.9	8	60.2	14	43.6	5	6.20	35	0
1931	45.4	59	54.1	67	36.6	54	2.15	118	0
1930	44.2	71	53.2	83	35.2	66	4.25	78	0
1929	47.8	34	57.7	31	37.9	40	5.69	46	0
1928	44.8	63	54.7	55	34.9	68	1.91	121	0
1927	47.9	33	56.8	39	39.1	27	1.21	128	0
1926	43.9	74	51.5	98	36.3	58	6.60	28	0
1925	46.6	43	54.6	58	38.6	33	7.58	18	0
1924	40	106	50.2	107	29.8	108	5.42	50	0
1923	51.7	10	60.7	10	42.8	10	3.82	89	0
1922	45.9	51	53.6	74	38.2	35	6.20	35	0
1921	49.3	22	58.3	26	40.3	20	3.72	94	0
1920	46.2	47	54.3	65	38	38	5.37	54	0
1919	43.9	74	53.5	78	34.3	75	6.21	34	0
1918	36.5	125	45.2	128	27.9	121	8.94	7	0
1917	49.4	19	57.5	32	41.2	17	6.79	24	0
1916	51.2	13	60.1	15	42.3	12	5.40	51	0
1915	42.7	88	50.9	103	34.6	70	6.44	29	0
1914	47	38	56	43	38	38	1.85	123	1
1913	52	7	61.2	6	42.8	10	8.25	12	0
1912	39.8	108	48.9	114	30.7	101	5.03	65	0
1911	50.4	16	58.6	24	42.1	13	5.26	55	0
1910	45.6	57	54.8	53	36.5	55	3.75	91	0
1909	49.4	19	57.5	32	41.4	15	2.58	113	0
1908	43.8	76	52.3	92	35.3	64	4.15	80	0
1907	54.2	3	61.9	3	46.4	3	3.96	85	0
1906	46.6	43	54.5	59	38.7	29	3.75	91	0
1905	37.6	123	45.9	127	29.3	111	5.59	47	0
1904	41.8	97	50.3	106	33.3	80	3.84	88	0
1903	45.5	58	53.5	78	37.6	41	2.90	109	0
1902	44	72	54.7	55	33.4	79	3.79	90	0
1901	48.6	28	58	27	39.2	26	5.00	66	0
1900	46.1	49	55.4	47	36.8	51	5.20	59	0
1899	45.8	54	54.4	62	37.3	45	5.26	55	0
1898	51.3	12	59.6	20	42.9	9	5.18	61	0
1897	43.2	83	51.7	95	34.6	70	4.35	75	0
1896			52.6	88			3.40	100	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	58.9
1937	56.4
1907	54.2
1974	52.8
2017	52.5
1949	52.5
1913	52
1932	51.9
1933	51.8
1923	51.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	30.6
1977	31.6
1978	33.5
1985	35.5
2014	36.1
1918	36.5
1948	36.7
1905	37.6
1979	37.7
1966	37.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	13.37
1949	11.00
1936	10.07
1996	9.59
1972	9.30
1947	9.04
1918	8.94
1946	8.68
1962	8.64
1999	8.63

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	1.09
1943	1.16
1986	1.21
1927	1.21
2018	1.35
1961	1.49
2014	1.56
1956	1.85
1914	1.85
1942	1.89

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 13°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.90 in; 9 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 6.78 in of precipitation in Birmingham, AL, the wettest January since 2023, 25th wettest of 131.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Birmingham, AL: 69°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Birmingham, AL: a low of 13°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Birmingham, AL: 1.90 in on Friday 9 January 2026.