Charleston, WV: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 30.3°F in Charleston, WV, the coldest January since 2025, 23rd coldest of 118.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 30.3°F; Coldest since 2025; 23rd coldest of 118
Precipitation: 2.85 in; Driest since 2021; 50th driest of 124

A normal January in Charleston, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 34.9°F, between 29.9°F and 40.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.00 in of precipitation, between 1.86 in and 5.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Charleston, WV since 1905: 30.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 18.5°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 29.9 to 40.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Charleston, WV from 1900 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	96	39.4	95	21.3	97	2.85	74	0
2025	27.6	109	35.8	110	19.4	106	3.78	43	0
2024	35	57	42.6	71	27.3	42	4.13	39	0
2023	41.5	17	50.1	26	32.9	12	3.76	44	0
2022	30.8	94	39.5	93	22.1	88	5.85	11	0
2021	34.8	59	41.5	79	28	36	2.62	84	0
2020	40.5	24	49.3	28	31.7	19	3.56	51	0
2019	35.1	56	43.1	68	27	45	3.45	53	0
2018	31.3	84	42.3	74	20.3	102	3.37	56	0
2017	41.2	18	48.9	32	33.6	10	4.77	30	0
2016	31	90	40.7	84	21.3	97	2.54	89	0
2015	32.4	80	40.7	84	24.2	65	2.23	99	0
2014	27.6	109	39.3	97	15.8	117	2.50	91	0
2013	37.2	43	45.4	53	29	28	4.21	37	0
2012	38.7	29	49	31	28.5	32	2.11	103	0
2011	30.9	91	38.2	104	23.5	71	2.95	69	0
2010	30.1	97	36.7	107	23.5	71	2.59	85	0
2009	31.2	86	39.5	93	22.9	79	5.20	21	0
2008	34.7	62	44.6	59	24.8	61	2.43	92	0
2007	38.7	29	47	43	30.5	21	2.66	83	0
2006	43.2	11	53.8	10	32.6	15	3.85	41	0
2005	38.3	33	46.2	49	30.5	21	3.04	67	0
2004	30.9	91	39.4	95	22.4	85	3.74	46	0
2003	28.2	104	34.9	114	21.5	94	1.79	111	0
2002	38.3	33	47.8	42	28.9	29	3.15	63	0
2001	33.2	71	41.9	76	24.4	64	2.43	92	0
2000	32.1	82	41.9	76	22.3	87	1.41	118	0
1999	38.2	35	48.1	39	28.4	34	4.81	29	0
1998	41	20	48.5	35	33.5	11	3.43	54	0
1997	35.5	55	45.6	51	25.5	57	1.76	112	0
1996	32.2	81	41	82	23.3	75	5.17	23	0
1995	34.7	62	42.1	75	27.3	42	6.02	9	0
1994	28.1	105	36.1	109	20.1	103	6.42	7	0
1993	40.2	26	48.4	37	32	18	1.87	109	0
1992	35.6	53	44.6	59	26.6	47	1.94	107	0
1991	36.5	47	45.1	55	27.9	38	2.68	81	0
1990	42.3	12	51.9	17	32.7	14	2.86	73	0
1989	41.1	19	51.7	21	30.5	21	2.92	70	0
1988	31.1	89	40.3	88	21.9	90	1.62	115	0
1987	32.9	72	39.7	92	26.2	51	3.23	61	0
1986	34.1	66	44.9	57	23.3	75	2.12	102	0
1985	27.2	112	34.6	115	19.8	104	3.07	65	0
1984	30.6	95	39.8	90	21.3	97	1.67	114	0
1983	33.9	68	42.4	73	25.5	57	1.24	119	0
1982	29.7	99	40.2	89	19.3	108	3.74	46	0
1981	28	107	36.6	108	19.4	106	1.09	123	0
1980	34.1	66	40.4	87	27.7	39	2.85	74	0
1979	28.1	105	35.7	111	20.5	101	6.48	6	0
1978	24.4	116	32.8	117	16	116	5.59	14	0
1977	18.5	118	26.5	119	10.6	120	1.90	108	0
1976	31.6	83	40.9	83	22.4	85	2.89	72	0
1975	35.7	51	45.5	52	25.9	54	4.84	27	0
1974	43.5	9	51.9	17	35	6	4.67	32	0
1973	34.3	65	44.4	62	24.2	65	1.52	116	0
1972	38.6	31	48	40	29.3	27	5.47	16	0
1971	29.4	100	37.5	106	21.2	100	2.35	96	0
1970	28.4	103	38.1	105	18.8	111	1.15	122	0
1969	32.7	75	42.5	72	22.9	79	1.50	117	0
1968	29.1	102	39.2	99	19	110	2.01	105	0
1967	38.5	32	48.6	34	28.4	34	1.21	121	0
1966	27.1	113	35.4	112	18.8	111	3.57	50	0
1965	33.3	70	42.9	70	23.7	70	4.65	33	0
1964	35.7	51	45.9	50	25.6	56	2.58	86	0
1963	27.9	108	38.9	101	16.9	115	1.85	110	0
1962	33.6	69	43.1	68	24.1	67	2.81	77	0
1961	27.5	111	35.2	113	19.7	105	3.79	42	0
1960	37.5	39	45.2	54	29.9	24	3.29	58	0
1959	32.9	72	43.2	67	22.5	84	3.27	59	0
1958	31.2	86	39.8	90	22.6	83	3.49	52	0
1957	32.5	78	41.5	79	23.5	71	5.78	12	0
1956	30.9	91	39.1	100	22.7	81	2.72	78	0
1955	32.9	72	41.1	81	24.7	62	2.05	104	0
1954	38	36	46.5	47	29.4	26	3.63	49	0
1953	41.9	14	51.5	22	32.4	17	5.58	15	0
1952	41.6	16	50.6	25	32.5	16	5.68	13	0
1951	38.8	28	49.1	30	28.5	32	5.18	22	0
1950	46.4	4	56.7	5	36	1	9.11	1	0
1949	43.9	7	52.5	15	35.3	5	5.43	17	0
1948	25.7	115	33.8	116	17.6	114	2.83	76	0
1947	40.8	21	51.9	17	29.7	25	5.86	10	0
1946	37.3	40	48	40	26.4	49	2.72	78	2
1945	29.9	98	38.4	103	21.5	94	2.69	80	0
1944	34.8	59	46.5	47	23.1	77	2.23	99	0
1943	37.7	38	48.5	35	26.9	46	2.67	82	0
1942	31.2	86	44.3	63	18.2	113	2.34	97	0
1941	34.8	59	44	64	25.5	57	2.14	101	0
1940	23.7	117	31.7	118	15.8	117	1.04	124	0
1939			53	12	28.6	30	3.27	59	4
1938	36.6	46	46.9	44	26.3	50	2.57	87	0
1937	46.7	2	57.8	3	35.4	3	8.46	2	1
1936	32.7	75	41.8	78	23.5	71	3.88	40	0
1935	37.1	45	46.9	44	27.3	42	4.82	28	0
1933							6.41	8	6
1932	46.7	2	57.8	3	35.5	2	4.74	31	0
1931	37.3	40	48.8	33	25.8	55	1.24	119	0
1930	37.8	37	49.3	28	26.2	51	1.68	113	0
1929	36.1	50	48.2	38	24.1	67	2.90	71	0
1928	32.7	75	43.8	65	21.6	92	2.28	98	0
1927	35.6	53	44.6	59	26.5	48	4.19	38	0
1926	32.5	78	43.4	66	21.5	94	4.32	35	0
1925	35	57	45.1	55	25.2	60	3.75	45	1
1924	37.3	40	51.9	17	22.7	81	3.68	48	0
1923	40.6	23	53.6	11	27.5	41	7.02	4	0
1922	34.5	64	46.8	46	22.1	88	2.96	68	0
1921	40.8	21	55.5	8	26	53	2.36	95	0
1920	36.4	48	51.2	24	21.6	92	7.19	3	0
1919	38.9	27	54.8	9	23	78	5.35	18	0
1918	26.4	114	38.6	102	14.2	119	4.44	34	0
1917	40.4	25	56.6	7	24.1	67			0
1916	45.1	6	61.7	1	28	36	5.16	24	2
1915	36.4	48	44.7	58	27.6	40	5.28	20	1
1914	43.5	9	52.8	14	34.2	9	3.19	62	0
1913	47.2	1	60.1	2	34.4	8	6.74	5	0
1912	29.3	101	39.3	97	19.3	108	2.56	88	0
1911	43.6	8	52.3	16	35.4	3	4.96	26	2
1910					28.6	30	5.35	18	6
1909	41.9	14	52.9	13	31.5	20	3.14	64	2
1908	37.2	43	50	27	24.6	63	2.41	94	2
1907	46.1	5	56.7	5	34.7	7	5.12	25	1
1906	42.2	13	51.5	22	32.9	12	3.31	57	0
1905	31.3	84	40.6	86	21.9	90	3.43	54	0
1904									23
1903							2.52	90	14
1902							4.29	36	31
1901							1.95	106	31
1900							3.07	65	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1913	47.2
1937	46.7
1932	46.7
1950	46.4
1907	46.1
1916	45.1
1949	43.9
1911	43.6
1974	43.5
1914	43.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	18.5
1940	23.7
1978	24.4
1948	25.7
1918	26.4
1966	27.1
1985	27.2
1961	27.5
2025	27.6
2014	27.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	9.11
1937	8.46
1920	7.19
1923	7.02
1913	6.74
1979	6.48
1994	6.42
1933	6.41
1995	6.02
1947	5.86

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1940	1.04
1981	1.09
1970	1.15
1967	1.21
1983	1.24
1931	1.24
2000	1.41
1969	1.50
1973	1.52
1988	1.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 67°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.82 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.85 in of precipitation in Charleston, WV, the driest January since 2021, tied 50th driest of 124 (with 1980).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Charleston, WV: 67°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Charleston, WV: a low of 3°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Charleston, WV: 1.82 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.