Burlington, IA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 22.6°F in Burlington, IA, the coldest January since 2025, tied 46th coldest of 125 (with 1961 and 1910).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 22.6°F; Coldest since 2025; 46th coldest of 125
Precipitation: 0.87 in; Driest since 2025; 39th driest of 125

A normal January in Burlington, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 23.7°F, between 18.9°F and 30.7°F in eight years of ten and 1.34 in of precipitation, between 0.53 in and 2.54 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Burlington, IA since 1898: 22.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 9.2°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 18.9 to 30.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Burlington, IA from 1898 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	22.6	78	31	78	14.1	76	0.87	86	0
2025	22.1	83	31.5	74	12.8	88	0.64	102	0
2024	23.4	71	29	94	17.8	43	2.50	20	0
2023	30.5	16	36.8	25	24.2	11	1.77	45	0
2022	18.2	104	28.5	96	7.9	112	0.96	83	0
2021	27	32	32.7	65	21.3	18	2.11	30	0
2020	28.2	25	35	40	21.3	18	2.10	31	0
2019	21.8	86	30.3	85	13.2	85	2.40	25	0
2018	23.6	69	32.9	60	14.4	73	0.61	104	0
2017	29.2	22	35.7	33	22.6	15	1.46	57	0
2016	25.2	53	32.9	60	17.5	44	0.54	110	0
2015	25	54	33.7	54	16.4	56	1.54	54	0
2014	17.7	107	27.7	101	7.7	113	1.08	75	0
2013	27.1	31	36.9	22	17.4	48	2.10	31	0
2012	30.6	15	39.9	13	21.3	18	0.29	120	0
2011	19.9	95	27	107	12.7	89			0
2010	19.1	99	25.4	114	12.9	87	1.30	63	0
2009	19.2	98	28.3	98	10.1	102	0.49	113	0
2008	24.8	57	34.2	47	15.4	66	1.07	76	0
2007	28.4	23	36.7	26	20	28	1.07	76	0
2006	37.7	1	44.5	2	31	1	2.51	19	0
2005	26.2	45	32.7	65	19.6	32	2.69	15	0
2004	22.1	83	30.5	83	13.8	79	0.87	86	0
2003	21.2	90	30.2	86	12.3	93	0.44	114	0
2002	32.4	9	40.8	9	24.1	12	1.46	57	0
2001	23.5	70	31	78	15.9	60	2.15	28	0
2000	24.7	59	33	59	16.4	56	0.77	93	0
1999	23.7	67	30.7	82	16.7	54	2.60	17	0
1998									9
1997	18	106	27.9	100	8	109	1.49	55	0
1996	21.7	88	31.1	77	12.2	94	2.43	24	0
1995	22.9	76	29.7	92	16.1	58	2.61	16	0
1994	17	111	24.6	115	9.4	104	0.82	90	0
1993	25.4	52	32.5	68	18.3	38	1.38	61	0
1992	31.2	14	39.1	17	23.3	13	0.76	95	0
1991	20.2	93	28.5	96	11.8	95	1.10	74	0
1990	34.8	3	44.2	4	25.5	6	1.18	72	0
1989	34.7	4	43.4	5	26.1	4	0.86	88	0
1988	23	73	31.9	72	14.1	76	1.46	57	0
1987			34.2	47	20.5	25	0.73	96	5
1986	26.9	34	36.3	29	18.2	40	trace	125	1
1985	15.7	116	25.5	113	6	118	0.65	99	0
1984	22.3	82	30	90	14.6	71	0.40	115	0
1983	27.8	26	34	52	21.5	17	0.25	122	1
1982	13.8	118	22.8	119	4.9	119	1.90	36	0
1981	26.5	36	36.4	28	16.6	55	0.27	121	0
1979	10.2	123	18.1	125	2.3	123	1.82	44	0
1978	13	119	21.7	120	4.4	120	0.24	123	0
1977	9.2	125	18.6	124	-0.2	126	0.56	108	0
1976	21	91	31	78	11	97	0.93	84	0
1975	26.2	45	34.3	45	18.2	40	1.66	48	0
1974	23	73	30.1	87	15.8	61	3.18	10	0
1973	26.4	40	34.3	45	18.4	35	2.46	21	0
1972	19.5	97	28.8	95	10.2	100	0.71	97	0
1971	16.9	113	26.2	112	7.7	113	1.04	78	0
1970	15.3	117	23.7	117	6.9	116	0.30	119	0
1969	19.8	96	27.2	105	12.4	91	3.21	9	0
1968	23.2	72	32.1	71	14.2	75	0.40	115	0
1967	27	32	36.5	27	17.5	44	2.12	29	0
1966	18.2	104	27.3	104	9.1	105	1.30	63	0
1965	23	73	32.9	60	13.1	86	3.95	4	0
1964	30.1	19	40.3	11	19.9	30	1.29	65	0
1963	12.9	120	21.4	121	4.4	120	0.99	82	0
1962	17.3	109	26.3	111	8.2	108	1.99	33	0
1961	22.6	78	32.8	64	12.4	91	0.51	112	0
1960	25.9	49	33.5	57	18.4	35	2.56	18	0
1959	17.3	109	26.6	108	8	109	1.03	80	0
1958	24.3	63	31.5	74	17.2	49	1.28	67	0
1957	17.7	107	27.4	102	8	109	1.88	39	0
1956	22.9	76	32.4	69	13.5	83	0.17	124	0
1955	23.8	65	32.4	69	15.2	69	3.08	12	0
1954	24.5	61	33.7	54	15.4	66	0.66	98	0
1953	27.3	29	34.8	42	19.8	31	1.28	67	0
1952	26.5	36	36	31	17	50	1.04	78	0
1951	22.4	81	30.9	81	13.8	79	0.80	92	0
1950	26.5	36	36.9	22	16.1	58	2.76	14	0
1949	23.7	67	31.6	73	15.8	61	2.46	21	0
1948	18.6	102	26.6	108	10.6	99	1.90	36	0
1947	27.3	29	36.3	29	18.4	35	1.86	40	0
1946	26	48	34.5	43	17.5	44	2.45	23	0
1945	18.4	103	26.6	108	10.2	100	0.77	93	0
1944	30.5	16	41	8	20.1	26	0.63	103	0
1943	22	85	30.4	84	13.7	81	1.25	69	0
1942	24.5	61	33.3	58	15.7	63	0.57	107	0
1941	26.9	34	32.9	60	20.9	24	2.95	13	1
1940	12	121	19.7	122	4.4	120	1.45	60	0
1939	33.3	5	40.5	10	26.2	3	1.16	73	0
1938	25.9	49	33.8	53	17.9	42	3.79	5	0
1937	21.8	86	30.1	87	13.5	83	3.25	7	0
1936	16	114	23.7	117	8.4	107	1.99	33	0
1935	26.2	45	34.1	51	18.3	38	1.99	33	0
1934	32.8	8	41.1	6	24.5	9	0.65	99	0
1933	37.6	2	46.7	1	28.6	2	1.65	49	0
1932	31.7	12	38.5	19	24.9	8	1.22	71	0
1931	32.3	10	40.2	12	24.4	10	0.56	108	0
1930	16	114	24.3	116	7.7	113	2.20	27	0
1929	17	111	27.2	105	6.8	117	4.10	3	0
1928	27.8	26	35.5	38	20.1	26	0.53	111	0
1927	24.7	59	32.6	67	16.8	53	0.90	85	0
1926	27.5	28	35.7	33	19.4	33	1.49	55	0
1925	24.3	63	33.6	56	15	70	1.23	70	0
1924	20.2	93	29.2	93	11.1	96	1.86	40	0
1923	32.2	11	38.7	18	25.6	5	1.29	65	0
1922	25	54	35.8	32	14.3	74	1.33	62	0
1921	33.2	6	41.1	6	25.2	7	1.89	38	0
1920	21.7	88	29.8	91	13.7	81	0.38	118	0
1919	29.7	20	39.5	15	20	28	0.40	115	0
1918	10.3	122	19.2	123	1.5	125	1.63	50	0
1917	23.8	65	34.9	41	12.7	89	0.61	104	0
1916	25	54	35.5	38	14.6	71	4.48	2	0
1915	20.5	92	30.1	87	10.9	98	2.21	26	0
1914	31.6	13	39.9	13	22.7	14	1.61	52	1
1913	26.3	42	35.6	35	17	50	1.70	46	3
1912	9.3	124	16.8	126	1.7	124	0.65	99	1
1911	24.8	57	34.2	47	15.4	66	3.73	6	0
1910	22.6	78	31.2	76	13.9	78	1.61	52	0
1909	26.3	42	36.9	22	15.7	63	1.62	51	0
1908	26.4	40	37.3	21	15.5	65	0.86	88	0
1907	25.8	51	34.2	47	17.5	44	5.30	1	0
1906	30.2	18	39.3	16	21.2	22	3.23	8	0
1905	18.9	100	28.1	99	8.9	106	1.00	81	1
1904	18.7	101	27.4	102	10	103	3.10	11	0
1903	26.5	36	34.5	43	18.5	34	0.58	106	0
1902	26.3	42	35.6	35	17	50	0.81	91	0
1901	29.6	21	37.9	20	21.3	18	1.84	43	0
1900	33.2	6	44.3	3	22.2	16	1.68	47	0
1899									15
1898	28.3	24	35.6	35	21	23	1.86	40	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	37.7
1933	37.6
1990	34.8
1989	34.7
1939	33.3
1921	33.2
1900	33.2
1934	32.8
2002	32.4
1931	32.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	9.2
1912	9.3
1979	10.2
1918	10.3
1940	12
1963	12.9
1978	13
1982	13.8
1970	15.3
1985	15.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	5.30
1916	4.48
1929	4.10
1965	3.95
1938	3.79
1911	3.73
1937	3.25
1906	3.23
1969	3.21
1974	3.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	trace
1956	0.17
1978	0.24
1983	0.25
1981	0.27
2012	0.29
1970	0.30
1920	0.38
1984	0.40
1968	0.40
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.73 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.87 in of precipitation in Burlington, IA, the driest January since 2025, tied 39th driest of 125 (with 2004).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Burlington, IA: 60°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Burlington, IA: a low of -9°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Burlington, IA: 0.73 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.