Challis, ID: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 26.8°F in Challis, ID, the warmest January since 2018 (2022 excluded: 10 of 31 days missing), tied 12th warmest of 108 (with 1970).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 26.8°F; Warmest since 2018; 12th warmest of 108
Precipitation: 0.18 in; Driest since 2015; 19th driest of 112

A normal January in Challis, ID (1991 to 2020): 0.25 in of precipitation, between 0.13 in and 0.89 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Challis, ID since 1895: 26.8°F in 2026; the highest is 33.9°F, in 1953.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Challis, ID from 1895 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	26.8	12	37.5	7	16.1	15	0.18	92	0
2025	18.4	65	29.6	66	7.2	70	0.19	91	0
2024	20.5	47	31.2	49	9.9	52	0.33	60	0
2023	13.4	95	23.5	99	3.2	99	0.57	30	0
2022					7.1	72	0.34	57	10
2021	19.5	61	30.7	52	8.3	65	0.26	79	0
2020	19.6	59	30.2	58	9.1	60	0.89	12	0
2019	20.9	41	32.4	38	9.4	56	0.23	83	0
2018	28.8	3	38.4	5	19.1	6	0.20	89	0
2017	2.7	107	13.6	108	-8.3	116	1.50	4	0
2016	15	89	24.9	94	5.1	88	0.56	33	0
2015	25.1	17	33	36	17.2	13	0.12	102	0
2014	25.6	15	37.3	8	13.9	25	0.23	83	0
2013	14.4	91	27.5	80	1.2	106	0.21	87	0
2012	24	24	35.5	21	12.5	31	0.18	92	0
2011	18.7	64	28.2	76	9.1	60	0.14	100	0
2010	20.8	42	29.9	62	11.6	33	0.33	60	0
2009	24	24	33.6	34	14.4	22	0.27	75	0
2008	13	96	24.6	95	2.9	101	0.25	80	3
2007	17.4	75	27.7	78	7.2	70	0.17	95	0
2006	21.3	38	31.6	46	11	38	0.53	35	3
2005	19.6	59	30.7	52	8.5	64	0.17	95	0
2004	15.4	85	25.5	92	5.3	85	0.18	92	0
2003	28	6	36.5	14	19.5	4	0.47	41	0
2002	16.5	79	25.9	90	7.1	72	0.28	71	0
2001	9.7	101	20.5	102	-1.2	109	0.32	64	0
2000					11.5	34	0.89	12	16
1999	24.4	22	33.9	31	14.9	20	0.45	44	0
1996					14.2	24			8
1995					11.5	34	0.98	10	8
1994	28.4	4	38.9	3	17.9	11	0.11	103	1
1993					4.4	95	0.60	27	7
1992					14.9	20	0.03	110	6
1991	19.1	63	29.9	62	8.2	66	0.17	95	0
1990	27.9	7	36.3	17	19.4	5	0.52	36	0
1989	19.4	62	31.8	44	7.3	69	0.30	67	1
1988	17.9	70	27.7	78	7.5	68	0.28	71	2
1987	20.8	42	31.8	44	10	50	0.32	64	1
1986	16.8	77	27.5	80	6.1	82	0.51	38	0
1985	15.6	84	26.2	88	5.1	88	0.20	89	0
1984	14.1	93	23.6	97	4.8	91	0.08	104	2
1983	26.9	11	35.9	19	18.8	7	0.04	108	3
1982	17.6	72	28.3	75	6.5	80	0.44	46	1
1981	26.7	14	36.4	15	16.9	14	0.05	106	0
1980					9.3	58	1.43	5	4
1979	5.7	104	17.1	105	-5.6	113	0.45	44	0
1978	23.9	26	31.9	40	15.9	16	0.60	27	0
1977	18.3	67	29.8	64	6.8	77	0.22	85	0
1976	20.2	51	31	50	10	50	0.39	52	1
1975	19.8	57	28.9	70	10.7	42	0.61	24	0
1974	17.5	74	27.3	84	7.7	67	0.57	30	0
1973	20	54	30.2	58	9.7	54	0.14	100	0
1972	20.6	45	30.5	55	10.6	45	0.47	41	0
1971	25.2	16	34.5	28	15.8	17	0.85	14	0
1970	26.8	12	34.9	25	18.7	9	0.57	30	0
1969	27.6	8	36.4	15	18.8	7	1.68	3	0
1968	20.1	52	30.4	56	9.8	53	0.50	39	0
1967	28.4	4	36.8	10	20.1	2	0.78	18	0
1966	25	18	34.1	30	15.8	17	0.33	60	0
1965	22.8	32	30.2	58	15.4	19	1.04	8	0
1964	17.9	70	28.4	73	7.1	72			3
1963	18.4	65	29	69	7.1	72	0.32	64	1
1962	16	82	27.4	82	4.5	92	0.40	51	0
1961	23.6	29	36.7	12	10.5	47	0.00	112	1
1960	15.2	87	25.3	93	5.1	88	0.34	57	0
1959	23.9	26	34.2	29	13.5	26	0.03	110	1
1958	16.4	80	26.9	86	5.7	83	0.52	36	1
1957	10.7	99	21.9	100	-0.5	107	0.30	67	0
1956	19.9	56	29.8	64	10.6	45	0.77	20	2
1955	14.2	92	23.8	96	4.5	92	0.47	41	0
1954	27.3	10	37	9	17.6	12	0.33	60	0
1953	33.9	1	42.5	1	25.3	1	0.83	15	0
1952	16	82	27.4	82	4.5	92	0.61	24	0
1951	18	69	29.4	67	6.6	79	0.78	18	0
1950	20.6	45	30.2	58	10.9	39	0.75	21	0
1949	0.6	108	12.7	109	-11.5	117	0.43	48	0
1948	22.6	34	33.9	31	11.3	36	0.38	54	0
1947	14.6	90	26.1	89	3	100	0.39	52	0
1946	23	31	33.2	35	12.9	29	0.28	71	0
1945	22.7	33	34.8	26	10.7	42	0.17	95	0
1944	15.3	86	27.9	77	2.6	102	0.25	80	0
1943	17.3	76	28.4	73	6.2	81	2.13	1	0
1942	9.8	100	20.9	101	-1.3	110	0.64	22	0
1941	20.3	50	32.1	39	8.6	63	0.21	87	0
1940	21.3	38	31.9	40	10.8	41	0.64	22	0
1939	24.9	19	36.6	13	13.1	28	0.35	56	0
1938	20.7	44	31.9	40	9.5	55	0.24	82	0
1937	3.1	106	14	107	-7.8	115	0.08	104	0
1936	17.6	72	28.6	72	6.7	78	1.00	9	0
1935	23.7	28	35.3	23	12.1	32	0.15	99	0
1934	29.9	2	40	2	20.1	2	0.44	46	1
1933	20.4	48	31.6	46	9.2	59	0.27	75	1
1932					2.5	103	0.27	75	24
1931	18.2	68	29.4	67	7	76	0.28	71	0
1930	5.1	105	15.9	106	-5.7	114	0.60	27	0
1929	12.6	97	23.6	97	1.6	105	0.54	34	0
1928			31.4	48	10.3	49	0.34	57	4
1927	21.9	37	33	36	10.7	42	0.37	55	0
1926	15.2	87	27.1	85	3.3	98			0
1925	21.1	40	31	50	11.3	36			0
1924	14	94	25.8	91	2.4	104	0.04	108	3
1923	23.1	30	33.7	33	12.6	30	0.41	50	0
1922	7.6	103	18.7	104	-3.5	111	0.61	24	0
1921	22.5	35	31.9	40	13.2	27	0.27	75	1
1920	20.1	52	30.7	52	9.4	56			0
1919	22.4	36	36.1	18	8.7	62	0.05	106	0
1918	24.6	21	34.8	26	14.4	22	0.43	48	0
1917	16.1	81	26.8	87	5.4	84	0.22	85	0
1916	9.3	102	20.1	103	-0.7	108	1.27	6	1
1915	12	98	28.7	71	-4.7	112	1.91	2	0
1914	20	54	35.5	21	5.2	86	0.79	17	3
1902	20.4	48	35	24	5.2	86	0.50	39	1
1901	24.7	20	38.9	3	10.5	47	1.18	7	0
1900	24.3	23	37.8	6	10.9	39	0.30	67	0
1898	19.7	58	35.7	20	3.7	97	0.90	11	0
1896	27.5	9	36.8	10	18.1	10	0.81	16	1
1895	16.8	77	30.4	56	4.2	96	0.30	67	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	33.9
1934	29.9
2018	28.8
1994	28.4
1967	28.4
2003	28
1990	27.9
1969	27.6
1896	27.5
1954	27.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	0.6
2017	2.7
1937	3.1
1930	5.1
1979	5.7
1922	7.6
1916	9.3
2001	9.7
1942	9.8
1957	10.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	2.13
1915	1.91
1969	1.68
2017	1.50
1980	1.43
1916	1.27
1901	1.18
1965	1.04
1936	1.00
1995	0.98

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	0.00
1992	0.03
1959	0.03
1983	0.04
1924	0.04
1981	0.05
1919	0.05
1984	0.08
1937	0.08
1994	0.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 44°F; 4 January 2026
Coldest night: 1°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.11 in; 1 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.18 in of precipitation in Challis, ID, the driest January since 2015, tied 19th driest of 112 (with 2012 and 2004).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Challis, ID: 44°F on Sunday 4 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Challis, ID: a low of 1°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Challis, ID: 0.11 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.