Carbondale, IL: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 30.3°F in Carbondale, IL, the coldest January since 2025, 29th coldest of 111.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 30.3°F; Coldest since 2025; 29th coldest of 111

A normal January in Carbondale, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.7°F, between 28.4°F and 37.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.87 in of precipitation, between 1.00 in and 4.46 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Carbondale, IL since 1899: 30.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 14.2°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 28.4 to 37.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Carbondale, IL from 1899 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	30.3	83	40	84	20.7	85	1.42	91	0
2025	28.6	96	37.2	103	20	91	2.20	69	1
2024	32	69	39.2	88	24.9	53	4.78	17	0
2023	40.5	7	48.5	15	32.6	3	4.04	27	0
2022	29.8	85	40.1	79	19.5	94	1.97	76	0
2021	35.6	38	43	52	28.2	25	2.45	59	0
2020	37.4	25	44.8	40	29.9	18	6.01	10	0
2019	33.3	56	40.4	74	26.1	39	3.86	31	0
2018	28.9	91	38.5	92	19.3	96	1.53	86	0
2017	38.5	18	46.5	28	30.5	15	1.18	100	0
2016	33	58	42	59	24	63	1.06	101	0
2015	31.8	73	41.5	65	22.1	77	2.37	64	0
2014	28.1	100	38.8	90	17.5	104	1.61	82	0
2013	35.9	35	45.1	35	26.6	34	5.40	11	0
2012	37.8	20	47.8	20	27.8	28	2.48	57	0
2011	29	90	37.5	97	20.5	88	0.30	116	0
2010	29.1	89	37.4	100	20.7	85	1.34	96	1
2009	30.1	84	40.1	79	20.1	90	2.04	72	0
2008	33.4	54	43.1	51	23.7	66	1.36	95	0
2007	35.2	44	42.6	56	27.7	29	3.39	43	0
2006	42.4	3	52.7	1	32.1	6	3.46	40	0
2005	37.3	27	44.1	47	30.6	13	4.23	24	0
2004	32	69	40.1	79	23.8	65	2.87	55	0
2003	27.7	101	36.8	105	18.6	99	0.40	115	0
2002	37.5	23	47.3	23	27.7	29	3.71	33	0
2001	29.2	88	37.4	100	21	84	0.77	107	2
2000	34	50	43.3	50	24.6	57	2.22	68	0
1999									9
1998	37.7	22	44.8	40	30.7	12	3.16	49	0
1997	28.5	97	37.1	104	19.8	92	3.71	33	0
1996	30.7	79	40.3	77	21.3	82	4.09	26	2
1995	32.4	63	39.6	87	25.2	47	4.02	28	0
1994	26.3	103	34.3	111	18.4	101	3.74	32	0
1993	32.7	60	40.4	74	24.9	53	6.76	8	2
1992	34.7	48	42.7	55	26.6	34	1.89	78	0
1991	28.9	91	36.5	106	21.4	81	3.35	45	0
1990			51.3	5			4.11	25	5
1989			49.8	10			3.04	52	6
1988	29.3	87	38	94	20.2	89	2.11	70	1
1987	31.2	77	39.9	86	22.8	74	0.97	103	1
1984	25.1	104	36.3	108	13.2	107	0.72	108	1
1983	32.7	60	40.4	74	25	51	0.56	110	0
1982	24.1	106	35.4	109	12.8	108	8.70	5	0
1981	29.6	86	41.5	65	17.8	102	0.55	112	0
1980	32.5	62	41.4	68	23.5	67	1.42	91	1
1979	19.1	110	28.5	115	9.8	110	3.92	29	0
1978	21.6	107	31.3	112	11.8	109	1.98	75	0
1977	14.2	111	25.9	116	2.5	113	1.69	80	0
1976	28.9	91	40	84	17.8	102	1.47	88	0
1975	35.8	36	45.9	32	25.6	46	3.52	39	0
1974	33.7	53	41.4	68	25.9	41	3.71	33	0
1973	32.3	65	41.3	70	23.4	68	2.47	58	2
1972					23.4	68	1.91	77	6
1971	31.3	75	40.1	79	22.4	76	2.37	64	1
1970	26.9	102	37.6	95	16.1	105	0.72	108	0
1969	33.4	54	41.8	62	25	51	6.47	9	1
1968	31.9	72	40.8	73	22.9	72	2.45	59	0
1967	38.6	15	48.5	15	28.8	23	1.61	82	0
1966	28.4	99	37.3	102	19.5	94	3.44	41	0
1965	36.2	33	46.6	27	25.9	41	3.88	30	0
1964	36.7	30	47.6	21	25.8	43	1.55	85	0
1963			37.5	97			1.00	102	14
1962	30.7	79	40.2	78	21.2	83	4.93	15	0
1961	30.7	79	42.5	58	18.9	98	1.40	93	0
1960	36.7	30	44	48	29.4	19	2.37	64	0
1959	31.7	74	41.8	62	21.6	79	3.38	44	0
1958	33.2	57	41.5	65	24.9	53	2.32	67	0
1957	30.6	82	38.7	91	22.5	75	3.54	38	0
1956	31.2	77	41.7	64	20.6	87	1.49	87	0
1955	35.1	45	45.1	35	25.2	47	0.49	114	0
1954	35	46	46	31	24	63	4.41	20	0
1953	38.8	13	46.7	24	30.9	11	3.42	42	0
1952	40.5	7	50.4	8	30.6	13	2.00	73	0
1951	35.5	40	44.9	38	26	40	4.90	16	0
1950	42.1	4	51.8	3	32.4	5	17.13	1	0
1949	38.6	15	46.7	24	30.5	15	10.15	3	0
1948			36.5	106			1.34	96	6
1947	38.5	18	45.8	34	31.3	9	2.43	62	0
1946	35.8	36	44.4	44	27.2	32	3.35	45	0
1945	31.3	75	38.5	92	24.2	61	2.07	71	0
1944	37.3	27	46.2	29	28.5	24	0.56	110	0
1943	34.8	47	44.4	44	25.1	50	0.10	117	0
1942	32.4	63	41.9	60	23	71	2.97	54	0
1941	36.5	32	43.7	49	29.4	19	2.45	59	0
1940	19.6	108	30.1	113	9.2	111	1.45	90	0
1939	41	5	50.5	6	31.4	8	5.01	14	0
1938	35.4	42	44.3	46	26.6	34	3.20	48	0
1937	36.1	34	44.9	38	27.2	32	13.02	2	0
1936	28.7	95	37.6	95	19.8	92	0.96	104	0
1935	37.4	25	46.7	24	28.1	26	3.12	51	0
1934	38.6	15	48	19	29.4	19	1.66	81	1
1933	43.4	1	52.6	2	34.2	1	4.40	21	0
1932	43.2	2	51.7	4	34	2	5.30	12	1
1931	39	12	49.1	12	29	22	0.78	106	0
1930	28.5	97	37.5	97	19.3	96	8.02	7	1
1929	32.1	67	42.6	56	21.6	79	5.26	13	0
1928	35.6	38	44.6	42	26.6	34	1.86	79	0
1927	34	50	42.9	54	25.2	47	4.42	19	0
1926	35.4	42	45	37	25.8	43	2.54	56	0
1925	34.7	48	44.5	43	24.9	53	1.56	84	0
1924	28.9	91	38.9	89	18.5	100	1.99	74	1
1923	40.7	6	50.4	8	31	10	3.25	47	0
1922	32	69	41.9	60	22.1	77	1.46	89	0
1921	40.4	10	49.1	12	31.7	7	2.98	53	0
1920	32.1	67	41.3	70	22.9	72	3.62	36	0
1919	38.7	14	49.7	11	27.6	31	0.87	105	0
1918	19.3	109	29.6	114	9	112	4.32	22	0
1917	37.2	29	48.7	14	25.8	43	4.24	23	0
1916	37.5	23	48.4	17	26.6	34	9.69	4	0
1915	32.3	65	40.1	79	24.5	58	4.53	18	0
1914	40.5	7	48.4	17	32.6	3	2.41	63	0
1913	37.8	20	47.5	22	28.1	26	8.70	5	0
1912	24.5	105	35.1	110	13.9	106	3.16	49	0
1911	40.3	11	50.5	6	30.1	17	0.55	112	0
1903	33.8	52	43	52	24.1	62	1.22	99	1
1902			45.9	32	23.4	68			4
1901							1.25	98	16
1900	35.5	40	46.2	29	24.5	58	1.38	94	2
1899	32.9	59	41.2	72	24.5	58	3.58	37	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	43.4
1932	43.2
2006	42.4
1950	42.1
1939	41
1923	40.7
2023	40.5
1952	40.5
1914	40.5
1921	40.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	14.2
1979	19.1
1918	19.3
1940	19.6
1978	21.6
1982	24.1
1912	24.5
1984	25.1
1994	26.3
1970	26.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	17.13
1937	13.02
1949	10.15
1916	9.69
1982	8.70
1913	8.70
1930	8.02
1993	6.76
1969	6.47
2020	6.01

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	0.10
2011	0.30
2003	0.40
1955	0.49
1981	0.55
1911	0.55
1983	0.56
1944	0.56
1984	0.72
1970	0.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: -2°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.71 in; 25 January 2026

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The hottest day of January 2026 in Carbondale, IL: 69°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Carbondale, IL: a low of -2°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Carbondale, IL: 0.71 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.