Boston, MA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 28°F in Boston, MA, the coldest January since 2022, tied 57th coldest of 152 (with 1938).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 28°F; Coldest since 2022; 57th coldest of 152
Precipitation: 2.21 in; Driest since 2025; 30th driest of 155

A normal January in Boston, MA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 30.1°F, between 24.7°F and 35.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.24 in of precipitation, between 1.56 in and 4.95 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Boston, MA since 1873: 28°F in 2026; the lowest is 19.7°F, in 1893.

Normal range, 24.7 to 35.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Boston, MA from 1872 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	95	34.7	105	21.3	83	2.21	126	0
2025	28.8	80	35	100	22.7	66	2.17	128	0
2024	33.1	26	38.5	50	27.6	18	7.64	4	0
2023	37.8	5	43.6	9	32.1	2	5.23	23	0
2022	27.4	103	35.5	94	19.3	110	2.33	118	0
2021	31	51	36.9	70	25.1	34	2.02	133	0
2020	38	3	44.9	5	31.1	3	1.39	145	0
2019	30.7	57	38.5	50	23	63	3.62	68	0
2018	28.6	86	35.9	84	21.3	83	4.92	27	0
2017	35.1	13	41	22	29.2	11	4.25	43	0
2016	32.5	34	39.5	39	25.5	30	3.27	77	0
2015	26.1	113	33.1	120	19	113	3.57	71	0
2014	27.4	103	35	100	19.8	104	3.24	81	0
2013	31.5	46	38.7	48	24.3	46	1.08	149	0
2012	34.1	21	41.7	16	26.6	21	2.67	104	0
2011	27.6	100	33.6	117	21.5	78	4.57	35	0
2010	29.6	69	35.9	84	23.3	58	2.91	96	0
2009	24.8	126	31.2	134	18.5	116	3.35	75	0
2008	33.4	24	40.3	30	26.5	23	2.69	103	0
2007	32.7	31	39.6	36	25.9	26	2.57	108	0
2006	36.5	8	43.4	10	29.6	7	4.60	34	0
2005	26.7	111	33.8	116	19.7	105	4.45	37	0
2004	20.7	149	27.2	154	14.1	144	1.01	150	0
2003	24.1	131	30.4	141	17.7	124	1.81	137	0
2002	36.7	7	42.4	13	31	4	3.14	86	0
2001	30	68	36.2	81	23.7	52	1.58	142	0
2000	27.5	102	35.7	89	19.3	110	2.62	106	0
1999	29.5	71	37.5	63	21.5	78	5.69	19	0
1998	33.9	23	39.7	35	28.1	15	4.76	31	0
1997	29.2	76	36.7	72	21.7	77	2.34	117	0
1996	30.1	65	37.5	63	22.7	66	7.44	6	0
1995	34.6	18	41	22	28.1	15	4.33	40	0
1994	22.2	142	31	136	13.4	149	5.22	24	0
1993	32.4	36	39.4	42	25.4	33	2.17	128	0
1992	31	51	38.2	53	23.8	51	3.11	89	0
1991	29.4	73	36.6	75	22.2	73	3.24	81	0
1990	36.4	9	43.3	11	29.5	8	3.78	61	0
1989	34.5	20	42.6	12	26.4	24	0.61	155	0
1988	27.8	99	35.1	99	20.5	99	2.50	112	0
1987	28.9	79	35.6	91	22.2	73	7.28	7	0
1986	31.4	47	39.6	36	23.1	61	3.42	74	0
1985	24.3	128	31.2	134	17.5	127	1.12	148	0
1984	26.6	112	32.4	126	20.9	89	2.31	119	0
1983	31.2	49	37.6	60	24.8	37	5.03	26	0
1982	22.9	141	30.5	140	15.2	140	4.69	32	0
1981	21.4	145	28.5	150	14.3	143	0.95	151	0
1980	29.4	73	35.6	91	23.2	60	0.74	154	0
1979	32.5	34	39.1	44	25.8	28	10.55	1	0
1978	28.4	91	35.6	91	21.3	83	8.12	3	0
1977	23.2	137	29.8	143	16.7	129	4.41	38	0
1976	26.1	113	34.1	113	18.1	121	5.29	21	0
1975	34.9	15	41.4	19	28.4	13	5.70	18	0
1974	31.7	44	38.8	47	24.6	43	3.22	83	0
1973	31.4	47	39.1	44	23.7	52	3.12	88	0
1972	33	29	40.9	25	25	35	2.05	131	0
1971	23.7	133	30.9	138	16.6	131	1.88	135	0
1970	23	139	29.4	146	16.6	131	0.89	153	0
1969	29.3	75	35.2	97	23.4	56	2.26	122	0
1968	25.5	118	32.9	121	18.2	119	3.85	58	0
1967	35.1	13	41.4	19	28.7	12	2.28	120	0
1966	28.8	80	35	100	22.5	70	5.29	21	0
1965	25.4	120	32.7	123	18	122	2.64	105	0
1964	31.7	44	38.6	49	24.7	40	4.56	36	0
1963	29.5	71	36.5	77	22.4	72	3.13	87	0
1962	28.7	82	36.7	72	20.6	97	3.11	89	0
1961	25	125	32.2	127	17.7	124	2.92	95	0
1960	30.9	55	37.1	68	24.7	40	3.04	92	0
1959	28.7	82	36.6	75	20.8	91	2.72	101	0
1958	31	51	37.2	66	24.7	40	9.54	2	0
1957	23.4	135	31.6	129	15.1	141	2.47	113	0
1956	30.6	60	35.7	89	25.5	30	6.99	10	0
1955	28.5	88	34.7	105	22.2	73	0.92	152	0
1954	25.9	116	33.4	118	18.5	116	3.26	79	0
1953	34.7	16	41.4	19	28	17	6.28	13	0
1952	32.6	32	40.3	30	24.8	37	4.31	42	0
1951	34	22	41.9	15	26	25	4.04	53	0
1950	36.2	11	44.7	6	27.6	18	3.86	57	0
1949	34.7	16	41.7	16	27.6	18	3.21	84	0
1948	23.3	136	30.3	142	16.4	133	5.11	25	0
1947	32.6	32	40.9	25	24.3	46	2.45	115	0
1946	28.3	92	36.2	81	20.5	99	4.18	49	0
1945	23.7	133	31.4	133	16.1	136	3.67	67	0
1944	30.9	55	37.1	68	24.8	37	2.03	132	0
1943	25.5	118	31.6	129	19.4	107	3.74	62	0
1942	28.5	88	36.4	80	20.7	95	3.69	64	0
1941	25.3	121	31.6	129	18.9	114	4.21	46	0
1940	23	139	29.6	144	16.4	133	1.67	139	0
1939	27.9	97	35	100	20.7	95	2.18	127	0
1938	28	95	35.2	97	20.8	91	4.91	28	0
1937	37.4	6	45.3	2	29.5	8	3.93	56	0
1936	28.2	94	35.3	96	21	88	6.46	11	0
1935	23.2	137	31.5	132	14.8	142	6.13	15	0
1934	29.6	69	37.2	66	22.1	76	1.77	138	0
1933	37.9	4	45	4	30.7	5	1.14	147	0
1932	38.8	2	45.2	3	32.4	1	4.24	45	0
1931	30.5	61	38	57	23.1	61	4.09	51	0
1930	31.8	42	39.3	43	24.3	46	2.77	100	0
1929	29	77	36.9	70	21.2	87	3.82	59	0
1928	32.9	30	39.9	33	25.9	26	1.66	140	0
1927	30.7	57	38	57	23.4	56	2.61	107	0
1926	31	51	38.3	52	23.7	52	2.53	111	0
1925	27.1	107	34.9	104	19.4	107	3.97	54	0
1924	31.9	41	40.5	28	23.3	58	3.27	77	0
1923	26.9	109	34.4	109	19.5	106	6.07	16	0
1922	27.2	106	34.1	113	20.3	102	1.41	144	0
1921	32.1	38	40	32	24.2	49	2.24	125	0
1920	21	147	29.5	145	12.5	151	2.72	101	0
1919	33.3	25	40.9	25	25.6	29	3.62	68	0
1918	21	147	27.8	152	14.1	144	3.11	89	0
1917	30.2	64	37.6	60	22.8	64	2.82	98	0
1916	33.1	26	41.7	16	24.4	45	1.23	146	0
1915	33.1	26	39.5	39	26.6	21	6.33	12	0
1914	28.7	82	36.5	77	20.9	89	3.26	79	0
1913	39.3	1	47.9	1	30.6	6	2.38	116	0
1912	21.4	145	28.7	149	14.1	144	2.87	97	0
1911	31.8	42	39.6	36	24	50	2.28	120	0
1910	32	39	39.1	44	24.9	36	4.25	43	0
1909	30.3	63	38.1	55	22.5	70	3.94	55	0
1908	32	39	40.5	28	22.6	69	2.47	113	2
1907	27	108	34.6	107	19.4	107	2.54	110	0
1906	36.4	9	43.8	7	28.2	14	2.96	94	2
1905	25.1	122	32.5	125	17.7	124	4.09	51	0
1904	21.5	144	29	147	14.1	144	4.80	30	0
1903	28.6	86	35.9	84	21.3	83	3.43	73	0
1902	26.9	109	34.4	109	19.2	112	1.65	141	3
1901	27.6	100	34.6	107	20.5	99	1.56	143	0
1900	30.1	65	39.5	39	20.6	97	4.20	47	0
1899	29	77	38.1	55	20	103	4.19	48	0
1898	28.7	82	35.9	84	21.5	78	3.50	72	0
1897	28.5	88	36.1	83	20.8	91	3.16	85	0
1896			31	136	18.5	116	2.25	124	4
1895			36.5	77	21.4	82	3.79	60	4
1894	30.1	65	37.5	63	22.7	66	3.01	93	2
1893	19.7	152	27.9	151	12.5	151	2.56	109	2
1892	28.3	92	35.8	88	20.8	91	4.62	33	0
1891	31.1	50	37.6	60	24.6	43	4.39	39	0
1890	32.3	37	41	22	23.6	55	2.00	134	0
1889	35.7	12	42	14	29.5	8	4.11	50	0
1888	20.1	150	28.8	148	11.4	154	2.26	122	0
1887	25.1	122	34.4	109	15.7	137	4.86	29	0
1886	25.7	117	32.7	123	18.7	115	7.08	9	0
1885	27.4	103	36.7	72	18	122	5.33	20	0
1884	24.1	131	32	128	16.2	135	6.27	14	0
1883	24.3	128	33.3	119	15.4	139	3.59	70	0
1882	26	115	35.4	95	16.7	129	3.68	65	0
1881	22	143	30.8	139	13.1	150	7.21	8	0
1880	34.6	18	43.8	7	25.5	30	3.72	63	0
1879	24.2	130	34.2	112	14.1	144	2.79	99	0
1878	27.9	97	37.7	59	18.2	119	7.60	5	0
1877	24.8	126	33.9	115	15.6	138	3.33	76	0
1876	30.7	57	39.9	33	21.5	78	1.87	136	0
1875	20.1	150	27.7	153	12.5	151	3.68	65	0
1874	30.5	61	38.2	53	22.8	64	4.32	41	0
1873	25.1	122	32.9	121	17.3	128	5.76	17	0
1872							2.11	130	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1913	39.3
1932	38.8
2020	38
1933	37.9
2023	37.8
1937	37.4
2002	36.7
2006	36.5
1990	36.4
1906	36.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1893	19.7
1888	20.1
1875	20.1
2004	20.7
1920	21
1918	21
1981	21.4
1912	21.4
1904	21.5
1881	22

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	10.55
1958	9.54
1978	8.12
2024	7.64
1878	7.60
1996	7.44
1987	7.28
1881	7.21
1886	7.08
1956	6.99

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	0.61
1980	0.74
1970	0.89
1955	0.92
1981	0.95
2004	1.01
2013	1.08
1985	1.12
1933	1.14
1916	1.23

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 53°F; 15 January 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.79 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.21 in of precipitation in Boston, MA, the driest January since 2025, 30th driest of 155.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Boston, MA: 53°F on Thursday 15 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Boston, MA: a low of 5°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Boston, MA: 0.79 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.