Bristol-Johnson City, TN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 34.8°F in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the coldest January since 2025, 41st coldest of 89.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 34.8°F; Coldest since 2025; 41st coldest of 89
Precipitation: 3.42 in; Wettest since 2024; 41st wettest of 89

A normal January in Bristol-Johnson City, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.9°F, between 31.2°F and 41.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.53 in of precipitation, between 1.87 in and 5.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Bristol-Johnson City, TN since 1938: 34.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 22.1°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 31.2 to 41.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Bristol-Johnson City, TN from 1938 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	34.8	49	46.3	38	23.3	63	3.42	41	0
2025	30.2	80	39.9	77	20.5	78	2.49	64	0
2024	35.7	42	45.8	43	25.6	47	3.72	32	0
2023	43.1	5	53.6	5	32.6	8	4.45	17	0
2022	34.6	50	44.5	51	24.6	52	4.08	25	0
2021	37.9	36	46.1	40	29.6	24	3.57	38	0
2020	42.5	9	51.2	14	33.8	5	4.36	19	0
2019	38.2	30	46.9	34	29.5	25	3.69	33	0
2018	31.8	71	43.5	60	20.1	81	1.57	86	0
2017	44.4	4	53	6	35.8	4	2.55	63	0
2016	32.4	68	42.7	67	22.2	71	2.92	52	0
2015	35.1	47	45.5	44	24.7	51	2.28	69	0
2014	28.5	84	40.8	73	16.2	88	1.80	81	0
2013	39.9	18	49.5	22	30.3	16	9.99	1	0
2012	40.1	17	51.3	12	28.9	29	4.60	15	0
2011	32.8	65	41.8	68	23.8	55	1.88	78	0
2010	31.1	75	39.4	79	22.8	67	3.61	36	0
2009	34.3	54	43.5	60	25	50	5.67	7	0
2008	34.5	53	45.3	46	23.7	59	3.45	40	0
2007	38.3	28	48.9	26	27.6	36	1.60	85	0
2006	43	6	53.7	4	32.2	10	3.90	30	0
2005	39.5	21	49	25	29.9	20	2.91	53	0
2004	33.2	62	43.5	60	23	65	2.88	57	0
2003	30.5	77	38.5	84	22.6	70	2.47	65	0
2002	38.2	30	50.1	19	26.4	44	4.32	20	0
2001	33.2	62	43.6	59	22.7	69	2.56	62	0
2000	33.8	59	43.9	57	23.8	55	3.62	35	0
1999	39.8	19	50.7	17	29	28	4.40	18	0
1998	40.3	16	49.1	24	31.4	13	5.12	11	0
1997	35.7	42	45.9	42	25.6	47	3.91	28	0
1996	33.9	58	44.3	53	23.5	62	6.52	6	0
1995	38	33	46.7	35	29.4	27	4.63	14	0
1994	31.2	74	39.5	78	23	65	4.52	16	0
1993	41.7	11	51.1	15	32.3	9	3.21	47	0
1992	38.6	25	49.3	23	27.9	33	2.42	66	0
1991	38.8	24	47.7	31	29.8	21	2.01	74	0
1990	41.6	13	52.5	8	30.7	14	3.23	45	0
1989	42.2	10	53	6	31.5	12	3.69	33	0
1988	31.5	72	40.9	72	22.1	72	2.74	58	0
1987	34.6	50	43.2	65	26.1	45	4.11	23	0
1986	32	70	44.2	54	19.7	82	1.55	87	0
1985	27.6	85	35.9	86	19.3	84	3.21	47	0
1984	32.7	66	41.6	69	23.8	55	1.79	83	0
1983	35	48	44.2	54	25.9	46	1.67	84	0
1982	31.1	75	40.8	73	21.5	74	4.07	26	0
1981	29.2	83	39	82	19.5	83	1.37	88	0
1980	37.9	36	45.4	45	30.3	16	3.91	28	0
1979	30.4	79	39.4	79	21.4	76	5.29	9	0
1978	25.8	88	34.5	87	17.1	87	4.22	21	0
1977	22.1	89	30.2	89	13.9	89	1.90	77	0
1976	33.5	61	43.3	63	23.7	59	2.60	61	0
1975	40.4	15	50.8	16	30	19	4.19	22	0
1974	47	2	55.2	3	38.7	2	5.33	8	0
1973	35.8	41	44.7	48	26.9	40	1.80	81	0
1972	40.8	14	51.5	11	30.1	18	4.87	13	0
1971	35.6	44	44.6	50	26.6	42	3.83	31	0
1970	27.6	85	37.6	85	17.5	86	2.89	56	0
1969	34.2	56	44.2	54	24.3	53	2.72	60	0
1968	33.1	64	43	66	23.3	63	3.58	37	0
1967	38.2	30	48.6	28	27.8	34	2.00	75	0
1966	29.4	82	38.7	83	20.2	80	3.30	42	0
1965	36.5	40	46.2	39	26.8	41	3.23	45	0
1964	34.1	57	46.5	36	21.7	73	3.25	43	0
1963	30.5	77	40.8	73	20.3	79	3.20	49	0
1962	35.5	46	44.5	51	26.5	43	5.15	10	0
1961	31.5	72	41.6	69	21.5	74	2.27	70	0
1960	38.3	28	46.1	40	30.5	15	2.24	71	0
1959	33.8	59	44.7	48	22.8	67	2.93	51	0
1958	32.5	67	41.3	71	23.6	61	2.17	73	0
1957	38	33	46.5	36	29.5	25	9.18	2	0
1956	32.2	69	40.6	76	23.8	55	2.36	67	0
1955	34.3	54	43.3	63	25.3	49	1.85	79	0
1954	37.8	38	48.5	29	27.2	38	6.60	5	0
1953	41.7	11	51.3	12	32.1	11	2.73	59	0
1952	43	6	52.2	10	33.7	6	4.09	24	0
1951	38.6	25	49.6	21	27.7	35	3.24	44	0
1950	50	1	60.1	1	40	1	8.38	3	0
1949	46.3	3	55.5	2	37.1	3	3.56	39	0
1948	29.8	81	39.1	81	20.6	77	3.06	50	0
1947	42.7	8	52.4	9	32.9	7	8.22	4	0
1946	38	33	47.1	32	28.9	29	5.09	12	0
1945	35.6	44	43.9	57	27.3	37	2.23	72	0
1944	38.4	27	47.9	30	28.9	29	1.94	76	0
1943	39.8	19	49.7	20	29.8	21	2.91	53	0
1942	34.6	50	45	47	24.1	54	2.34	68	0
1941	37	39	47	33	27	39	1.84	80	0
1940	26.4	87	33.9	88	18.5	85	1.06	89	3
1939	39.1	23	50.3	18	28	32	2.91	53	0
1938	39.4	22	48.9	26	29.8	21	3.96	27	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	50
1974	47
1949	46.3
2017	44.4
2023	43.1
2006	43
1952	43
1947	42.7
2020	42.5
1989	42.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	22.1
1978	25.8
1940	26.4
1985	27.6
1970	27.6
2014	28.5
1981	29.2
1966	29.4
1948	29.8
2025	30.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	9.99
1957	9.18
1950	8.38
1947	8.22
1954	6.60
1996	6.52
2009	5.67
1974	5.33
1979	5.29
1962	5.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1940	1.06
1981	1.37
1986	1.55
2018	1.57
2007	1.60
1983	1.67
1984	1.79
2014	1.80
1973	1.80
1941	1.84

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 9 January 2026, 8 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 6°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.25 in; 10 January 2026

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Bristol-Johnson City, TN the day's answers

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 3.42 in of precipitation in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the wettest January since 2024, 41st wettest of 89.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 66°F on Friday 9 January 2026, Thursday 8 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: a low of 6°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 1.25 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.