Blacksburg, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 29.4°F in Blacksburg, VA, the coldest January since 2025, tied 32nd coldest of 123 (with 1987).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 29.4°F; Coldest since 2025; 32nd coldest of 123
Precipitation: 2.75 in; Driest since 2025; 54th driest of 119

A normal January in Blacksburg, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.5°F, between 27.6°F and 36.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.83 in of precipitation, between 1.40 in and 4.91 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Blacksburg, VA since 1893: 29.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 19°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 27.6 to 36.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Blacksburg, VA from 1893 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	29.4	91	40.4	84	18.3	102	2.75	66	0
2025	26.3	114	36	122	16.7	113	2.52	75	0
2024	33	59	42.6	65	23.5	54	3.98	29	0
2023	39.7	10	49.1	16	30.3	9	2.73	67	0
2022	28.7	96	39.2	97	18.2	104	3.27	49	0
2021	32.9	60	41.3	78	24.5	43	3.50	37	0
2020	36.9	22	45.3	41	28.4	15	3.02	55	0
2019	31.5	71	39.5	94	23.4	57	2.80	65	0
2018	27.6	106	38.3	104	17	111	1.64	105	0
2017	36.8	24	44.7	46	28.9	13	4.50	16	0
2016	28.6	99	38.9	101	18.4	99	2.44	77	0
2015	30.8	78	40.6	82	21	76	1.30	112	0
2014	24.8	117	36.6	118	12.9	121	1.65	104	0
2013	34.5	48	44.4	52	24.6	41	7.74	1	0
2012	34.5	48	44.7	46	24.2	46	2.08	87	0
2011	28.7	96	37.6	110	19.9	85	0.82	116	0
2010	27.5	108	35.5	124	19.5	89	3.94	30	0
2009	30	85	40.1	87	19.8	86	3.60	34	0
2008	31.7	69	42.5	66	20.9	78	1.42	108	0
2007	36.2	28	46.3	32	26.1	32	2.42	79	0
2006	39.2	13	50.5	9	27.9	18	3.48	38	0
2005	34.7	46	44.8	44	24.6	41	2.71	68	0
2004	29.6	88	39.9	89	19.2	93	2.83	64	0
2003	27.6	106	36.9	115	18.4	99	1.21	113	0
2002	35	41	46.1	33	23.9	50	2.11	86	0
2001	30.4	83	41.1	79	19.6	87	2.07	89	0
2000	30.7	79	41.7	75	19.5	89	2.40	82	1
1999	35	41	46	34	24.1	48	3.47	39	0
1998	35.7	32	44.9	42	26.5	28	7.41	2	0
1997	30.9	76	40.8	81	20.9	78	3.15	50	0
1996	28.7	96	38.9	101	19.2	93	6.57	5	1
1994	28.2	103	37.2	114	19.2	93	4.42	20	0
1993	36.8	24	45.4	40	28.1	16	3.32	45	0
1992	35.5	34	44.8	44	26.1	32	2.94	59	1
1991	34.3	51	44.5	49	24.2	46	2.96	58	0
1990	39.3	11	49.9	12	28.6	14	3.29	48	1
1989	37.4	18	49.8	14	25.1	39	2.46	76	2
1988	25.9	115	37.7	109	14.5	118	1.98	97	1
1987	29.4	91	38	108	20.5	81	3.01	56	1
1986	25.1	116	36.9	115	12.7	123	0.75	117	2
1985			35.8	123			2.41	81	4
1984	30.4	83	40.1	87	21.2	72	1.95	101	3
1983	29.5	89	39.5	94	19.4	91	2.07	89	1
1982			36.7	117			4.44	19	5
1981	28.4	101	38.8	103	17.4	107	0.45	119	1
1980	33.6	55	41.9	72	25.4	36	3.73	32	0
1979	26.9	112	36.4	120	17.3	108	4.62	14	0
1978	21.6	122	30.5	130	12.8	122	4.35	22	2
1977	19	123	28.4	131	9.2	125	1.99	94	1
1976	29.9	86	42	71	17.9	106	3.15	50	0
1975	35.1	38	47.6	22	22.6	63	4.47	18	2
1974	41.3	5	51.9	5	30.9	5	4.57	15	2
1973	30.6	80	42.8	62	18.3	102	2.93	60	0
1972	34.1	52	45.5	37	22.5	64	3.57	36	1
1971	28.1	104	39	99	17.3	108	1.87	102	1
1970	24.5	118	35.5	124	13.5	120	1.40	109	0
1969	28.4	101	38.2	105	18.4	99	2.08	87	1
1968	27	111	37.5	112	16.4	115	2.14	85	0
1967	33.6	55	46	34	21.2	72	2.01	93	0
1966	26.8	113	36.5	119	17	111	3.06	54	0
1965	33.6	55	44.2	55	23	60	3.42	40	0
1964	32.4	65	43.5	60	21	76	3.39	41	1
1963	27.1	110	39.5	94	14.7	117	1.45	107	3
1962	31.4	72	40.5	83	22.2	66	3.63	33	1
1961	27.5	108	37.5	112	17.3	108	1.96	99	1
1960	34.5	48	42.1	70	26.8	25	1.73	103	1
1959	29.2	93	39.9	89	18.5	98	2.42	79	0
1958	28.1	104	36.3	121	20	84	2.70	70	0
1957	32.4	65	41.8	73	23.6	53	5.53	10	1
1956	29.9	86	39	99	21.2	72	1.09	114	2
1955	31	75	40.3	86	21.6	70	1.51	106	1
1954	35.1	38	46.5	28	23.7	52	4.98	12	0
1953	39.1	14	48.6	19	29.6	11	2.87	62	0
1952	40.3	9	50.2	11	30.5	8	5.02	11	0
1951	35.5	34	46.9	26	24.1	48	0.57	118	0
1950	45.3	1	56.8	1	33.7	3	2.98	57	0
1949	42.6	4	51.9	5	33.8	2	4.50	16	2
1948					19.2	93			4
1947	39.3	11	48.7	18	29.9	10	6.06	7	0
1946	35	41	44.4	52	25.7	34	3.58	35	0
1945	32.6	63	42.2	69	23	60	2.60	73	0
1944	35.9	31	47.8	21	24.3	45	1.99	94	3
1943	37.1	19	49	17	25.2	37	2.89	61	0
1942	33.1	58	42.7	63	23.5	54	1.99	94	0
1941	34.9	45	44.5	49	25.2	37	2.20	83	0
1940	23.5	119	31	129	16.1	116	1.96	99	0
1939	37	20	47.1	25	27	22	3.30	47	0
1938	36	30	44.7	46	27.3	20	2.19	84	0
1937	43.1	2	51.5	7	34.7	1	7.39	3	0
1936	29.5	89	38.2	105	20.7	80	6.31	6	0
1935	35.1	38	43.9	57	26.4	30	5.56	9	0
1934	38.1	15	47.3	24	29	12	1.09	114	0
1933	40.8	6	50.9	8	30.7	6	2.67	72	0
1932	42.9	3	52.4	4	33.5	4	4.39	21	0
1931	34.6	47	44.2	55	25	40	1.39	110	0
1930			46.4	30					5
1929	32.9	60	42.7	63	23.1	59	2.43	78	0
1928	34.1	52	44.9	42	23.5	54	2.02	92	3
1927	35	41	44.4	52	25.6	35	1.32	111	0
1926	31.6	70	41.5	77	21.8	69	4.26	23	0
1925	31.1	73	39.1	98	23.2	58			0
1924							4.23	24	14
1923	36.1	29	45.5	37	26.7	26	3.39	41	0
1922	31.9	68	41.7	75	22.4	65	2.71	68	1
1921			43.1	61			5.62	8	7
1920	30.9	76	39.6	92	22.2	66	2.59	74	0
1919	35.2	37	46.9	26	23.8	51	4.85	13	2
1918	22.1	121	32.1	127	12.1	124	7.31	4	1
1917	36.9	22	46.4	30	27.3	20	4.09	28	0
1916	40.5	8	50.4	10	30.6	7	3.12	52	0
1915	32.6	63	40.9	80	24.4	44	4.22	25	0
1914	35.3	36	44.5	49	26.4	30	3.11	53	2
1913			53.5	3			2.69	71	4
1912			35.5	124	16.6	114			4
1911	37.6	17	48.3	20	27	22	4.13	27	1
1910	31.1	73	42.5	66	20.1	83	3.33	44	3
1909	38.1	15	49.2	15	26.9	24	3.32	45	1
1908	30.5	82	40.4	84	20.5	81			1
1907	40.8	6	53.6	2	28	17	1.97	98	0
1906	37	20	47.5	23	26.5	28	4.17	26	0
1905			38.2	105					6
1904	29.1	95	39.9	89	18.2	104			0
1903			43.6	59					4
1902	30.6	80	41.8	73	19.6	87	3.35	43	3
1901	32.3	67	43.9	57	21.2	72	2.85	63	1
1900	35.7	32	49.9	12	21.5	71	2.04	91	0
1899	34.1	52	45.9	36	21.9	68	3.75	31	1
1898	36.5	27	45.5	37	27.5	19			0
1897	29.2	93	39.6	92	18.9	97			0
1896	32.7	62	42.3	68	22.7	62			2
1895	28.5	100	37.6	110	19.4	91			0
1894	36.6	26	46.5	28	26.6	27			0
1893	23.1	120	31.8	128	14.5	118			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	45.3
1937	43.1
1932	42.9
1949	42.6
1974	41.3
1933	40.8
1907	40.8
1916	40.5
1952	40.3
2023	39.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	19
1978	21.6
1918	22.1
1893	23.1
1940	23.5
1970	24.5
2014	24.8
1986	25.1
1988	25.9
2025	26.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	7.74
1998	7.41
1937	7.39
1918	7.31
1996	6.57
1936	6.31
1947	6.06
1921	5.62
1935	5.56
1957	5.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.45
1951	0.57
1986	0.75
2011	0.82
1956	1.09
1934	1.09
2003	1.21
2015	1.30
1927	1.32
1931	1.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: 0°F; 28 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.12 in; 11 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.75 in of precipitation in Blacksburg, VA, the driest January since 2025, 54th driest of 119.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Blacksburg, VA: 62°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Blacksburg, VA: a low of 0°F on Wednesday 28 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Blacksburg, VA: 1.12 in on Sunday 11 January 2026.