Caribou, ME: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 11.8°F in Caribou, ME, the warmest January since 2025, tied 38th warmest of 86 (with 1986).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 11.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 38th warmest of 86
Precipitation: 2.35 in; Driest since 2025; 43rd driest of 86

A normal January in Caribou, ME (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 11.4°F, between 5.2°F and 17.7°F in eight years of ten and 3.09 in of precipitation, between 1.44 in and 4.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Caribou, ME since 1941: 11.8°F in 2026; the highest is 21.3°F, in 1956.

Normal range, 5.2 to 17.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Caribou, ME from 1939 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	11.8	38	19.1	53	4.5	25	2.35	44	0
2025	14.8	19	22.7	23	7	16	1.74	64	0
2024	16.6	11	25.5	9	7.7	13	2.25	49	0
2023	19	4	26.3	5	11.8	5	5.33	3	0
2022	6.7	66	17.8	60	-4.4	77	2.40	41	0
2021	19.6	2	25.7	8	13.6	2	1.26	76	0
2020	16.5	12	25.1	12	8	11	3.18	23	0
2019	10.5	47	20.9	42	0.2	51	5.64	1	0
2018	12.1	35	21.4	38	2.8	36	5.30	4	0
2017	18	7	26.4	4	9.6	7	3.45	18	0
2016	17.7	8	26	7	9.5	8	1.42	74	0
2015	8.5	59	18.7	55	-1.8	61	2.90	31	0
2014	12.2	33	20.7	44	3.6	32	3.99	11	0
2013	11.7	40	22	32	1.4	43	1.86	61	0
2012	13.4	26	22.4	29	4.3	28	3.37	20	0
2011	14	21	21.3	39	6.6	18	1.47	71	0
2010	19.2	3	26.3	5	12.2	3	1.78	63	0
2009	2.5	84	13.9	81	-8.9	85	3.07	25	0
2008	13.2	30	22.6	26	3.8	31	3.10	24	0
2007	12.2	33	21.8	34	2.7	37	2.31	45	0
2006	18.5	6	26.8	1	10.2	6	3.56	16	0
2005	6.7	66	16.2	71	-2.7	65	1.92	58	0
2004	3.2	83	11.1	85	-4.7	79	1.44	72	0
2003	5.4	77	14.2	79	-3.5	69	0.69	84	0
2002	15.4	15	23.3	19	7.5	14	1.73	65	0
2001	10.8	45	19.7	49	1.8	41	0.81	83	0
2000	11.1	43	20.3	48	1.9	40	2.94	29	0
1999	10.5	47	21.6	36	-0.6	53	3.59	15	0
1998	13.8	24	22	32	5.6	21	4.08	9	0
1997	10.6	46	20.5	46	0.6	47	3.60	14	0
1996	11.1	43	21.3	39	1	45	4.05	10	0
1995	15.5	14	22.4	29	8.6	10	5.60	2	0
1994	-0.7	86	10.3	86	-11.7	86	3.68	13	0
1993	8.6	58	18.4	57	-1.3	58	2.18	53	0
1992	10.4	50	19.6	52	1.2	44	3.76	12	0
1991	7	65	16.9	66	-2.8	66	2.06	55	0
1990	17.3	9	26.8	1	7.8	12	3.36	21	0
1989	12.3	32	24	15	0.6	47	1.88	60	0
1988	12.1	35	21.6	36	2.5	39	2.79	33	0
1987	9.9	51	18.7	55	1	45	2.29	47	0
1986	11.8	38	23	22	0.6	47	4.86	6	0
1985	6	73	14.5	78	-2.5	64	0.99	80	0
1984	6.7	66	16.6	67	-3.2	67	2.10	54	0
1983	14.9	18	23.6	17	6.2	20	2.95	28	0
1982	4	81	14.6	77	-6.7	83	2.46	40	0
1981	5.6	76	15	75	-3.8	71	1.68	67	0
1980	13.4	26	22.5	27	4.2	29	1.55	69	0
1979	15.4	15	23.5	18	7.2	15	4.49	7	0
1978	9.9	51	17.2	62	2.6	38	5.10	5	0
1977	6	73	16.4	68	-4.5	78	3.42	19	0
1976	5.3	78	16.3	70	-5.8	81	3.51	17	0
1975	9.5	55	19.7	49	-0.6	53	2.71	34	0
1974	6.6	69	17.1	63	-3.8	71	1.89	59	0
1973	9.7	53	19.7	49	-0.3	52	2.60	36	0
1972	8.2	61	20.4	47	-4.1	75	1.32	75	0
1971	5.8	75	15.5	74	-4	74	1.71	66	0
1970	4.9	79	14.1	80	-4.3	76	0.31	85	0
1969	15.3	17	23.8	16	6.7	17	3.00	27	0
1968	6.1	72	16.1	72	-3.9	73	2.31	45	0
1967	14.2	20	23.3	19	5.2	23	2.23	52	0
1966	16.7	10	24.5	13	8.9	9	2.06	55	0
1965	8.7	57	17.1	63	0.3	50	1.21	77	0
1964	13.3	29	22.7	23	4	30	2.64	35	0
1963	13.4	26	22.3	31	4.5	25	2.40	41	0
1962	9.6	54	20.8	43	-1.5	59	1.84	62	0
1961	3.7	82	13.3	83	-5.8	81	1.08	79	0
1960	12	37	20.6	45	3.3	34	2.24	51	0
1959	11.5	41	21.3	39	1.8	41	2.40	41	0
1958	18.8	5	25.5	9	12.1	4	3.36	21	0
1957	1.3	85	11.3	84	-8.7	84	0.98	81	0
1956	21.3	1	26.5	3	16.2	1	2.49	38	0
1955	11.2	42	18.1	59	4.4	27	2.25	49	0
1954	6.5	70	16.4	68	-3.5	69	1.59	68	0
1953	15.7	13	25.2	11	6.3	19	3.02	26	0
1952	10.5	47	21.8	34	-0.8	56	2.27	48	0
1951	13.6	25	22.5	27	4.6	24	2.90	31	0
1950	14	21	24.3	14	3.6	32	2.94	29	0
1949	13	31	23.1	21	2.9	35	2.50	37	0
1948	7.4	64	16	73	-1.2	57	1.19	78	0
1947	8.5	59	19	54	-2	63	2.48	39	0
1946	8.8	56	17.7	61	-0.7	55	1.53	70	1
1945	7.8	62	17	65	-1.5	59	4.37	8	0
1944	14	21	22.7	23	5.4	22	0.12	86	0
1943	4.3	80	13.5	82	-4.9	80	0.82	82	0
1942	7.6	63	18.3	58	-3.2	67	1.44	72	0
1941	6.5	70	14.8	76	-1.8	61	2.04	57	0
1940									17
1939									15

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1956	21.3
2021	19.6
2010	19.2
2023	19
1958	18.8
2006	18.5
2017	18
2016	17.7
1990	17.3
1966	16.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1994	-0.7
1957	1.3
2009	2.5
2004	3.2
1961	3.7
1982	4
1943	4.3
1970	4.9
1976	5.3
2003	5.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	5.64
1995	5.60
2023	5.33
2018	5.30
1978	5.10
1986	4.86
1979	4.49
1945	4.37
1998	4.08
1996	4.05

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	0.12
1970	0.31
2003	0.69
2001	0.81
1943	0.82
1957	0.98
1985	0.99
1961	1.08
1948	1.19
1965	1.21

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 40°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.46 in; 11 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.35 in of precipitation in Caribou, ME, the driest January since 2025, 43rd driest of 86.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Caribou, ME: 40°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Caribou, ME: a low of -19°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Caribou, ME: 0.46 in on Sunday 11 January 2026.