Charlotte, NC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 42°F in Charlotte, NC, the warmest January since 2024, tied 69th warmest of 148 (with 1945).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 42°F; Warmest since 2024; 69th warmest of 148
Precipitation: 1.51 in; Driest since 2011; 14th driest of 148

A normal January in Charlotte, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.4°F, between 37.5°F and 46.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.33 in of precipitation, between 1.82 in and 5.72 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Charlotte, NC since 1879: 42°F in 2026; the highest is 52.5°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 37.5 to 46.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Charlotte, NC from 1879 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
2026	42	69	52.6	52	31.5	85	1.51	135
2025	38.3	115	48.4	106	28.2	126	1.59	134
2024	43.8	47	53.9	36	33.7	55	7.28	8
2023	48.7	11	58.3	7	39.2	12	5.67	27
2022	41.1	82	51.8	63	30.5	93	4.16	52
2021	42.3	64	52	60	32.6	70	4.03	58
2020	46.9	18	55.9	18	37.9	18	4.66	44
2019	43.9	45	53.5	39	34.2	50	4.68	42
2018	37.8	122	50	87	25.6	140	2.56	98
2017	47.6	14	57.4	13	37.7	19	5.72	25
2016	39.4	104	49.9	90	28.9	116	2.28	109
2015	40.3	91	51.3	70	29.4	108	2.80	91
2014	35.5	141	47.2	121	23.8	145	2.91	89
2013	45.1	27	55.4	24	34.7	44	4.29	49
2012	44.7	35	55.6	20	33.8	53	2.28	109
2011	37.3	125	48.2	111	26.5	136	1.37	138
2010	37.5	124	48.8	103	26.3	138	4.88	38
2009	40	95	49.7	92	30.2	101	2.52	101
2008	40.5	88	50.4	81	30.7	92	1.84	126
2007	44	43	54.6	29	33.5	59	3.38	78
2006	47	17	58	10	36	32	3.23	82
2005	44.1	39	54.2	31	34.1	52	1.66	130
2004	39.7	102	50.8	77	28.5	121	0.92	146
2003	37.3	125	47.3	118	27.3	128	1.96	119
2002	43.1	53	54.8	28	31.4	88	4.69	40
2001	40.7	86	52.3	56	29.1	113	1.87	124
2000	39.8	99	49	100	30.5	93	4.07	57
1999	45.7	24	57.1	15	34.2	50	3.87	63
1998	47.1	16	55.6	20	38.5	14	5.74	23
1997	42.7	59	52.1	58	33.4	61	2.96	88
1996	39.3	107	48.7	104	29.9	105	4.13	54
1995	42.1	68	51	73	33.3	63	4.25	51
1994	38.4	113	47.8	114	28.9	116	3.54	74
1993	45	30	53.3	40	36.7	25	6.17	17
1992	45	30	54.9	27	35.2	39	3.28	81
1991	43.1	53	50.9	76	35.3	36	6.02	21
1990	48.5	12	58.5	5	38.5	14	3.81	65
1989	46.8	19	56.4	17	37.2	22	1.61	133
1988	35.8	139	44.3	140	27.3	128	3.43	75
1987	40	95	49	100	31	91	4.78	39
1986	38.8	110	50.7	79	26.9	133	1.02	144
1985	35.6	140	45.9	132	25.2	141	5.20	35
1984	38.3	115	48.1	112	28.4	125	4.09	55
1983	38.8	110	47.1	124	30.4	96	2.53	99
1982	36	137	45.2	135	26.8	134	4.30	48
1981	36.1	136	47.9	113	24.3	142	0.45	148
1980	41.4	78	49.1	98	33.7	55	4.67	43
1979	36.6	135	47.6	115	25.7	139	5.31	31
1978	36.9	133	45.3	134	28.5	121	6.80	12
1977	30.1	148	39.1	148	21.1	148	2.73	94
1976	39.3	107	50	87	28.6	120	1.89	123
1975	45.1	27	55.1	25	35.2	39	6.14	20
1974	49.8	6	58.3	7	41.3	7	5.22	33
1973	39.6	103	49.5	93	29.6	107	4.14	53
1972	44.6	36	54	32	35.2	39	4.47	45
1971	39.9	98	48.4	106	31.3	90	3.40	76
1970	34.7	143	45	138	24.3	142	1.70	128
1969	38	120	47.3	118	28.8	118	1.93	121
1968	37.9	121	47.2	121	28.5	121	4.95	36
1967	43.3	50	54	32	32.5	75	2.76	93
1966	36	137	44.2	142	27.8	127	3.79	67
1965	41.5	74	52.6	52	30.3	99	2.17	114
1964	41.5	74	52.9	45	30	103	5.68	26
1963	37.3	125	47.5	116	27.1	131	2.71	96
1962	39.4	104	48.4	106	30.4	96	7.44	7
1961	38.1	119	49.3	96	27	132	2.21	113
1960	42.5	60	51.7	65	33.2	64	5.74	23
1959	40.8	85	52.7	48	29	114	3.02	87
1958	37.3	125	47.3	118	27.3	128	4.27	50
1957	44.1	39	53	43	35.3	36	2.73	94
1956	41	83	52.1	58	29.8	106	1.24	141
1955	41.2	80	50.7	79	31.7	82	2.38	106
1954	43.2	52	53.8	37	32.6	70	6.28	15
1953	46.7	21	57.3	14	36.1	29	3.61	73
1952	47.7	13	57.5	12	38	17	3.11	84
1951	42.3	64	53.2	41	31.4	88	1.47	136
1950	52.5	1	62.1	1	42.9	3	2.26	111
1949	50.5	4	59.8	3	41.2	8	3.69	70
1948	37	131	45.1	137	28.8	118	4.69	40
1947	46.8	19	54.5	30	39	13	6.69	13
1946	43.4	49	51.2	71	35.6	34	3.40	76
1945	42	69	50.2	84	33.8	53	2.08	117
1944	43.1	53	51.7	65	34.5	46	3.78	68
1943	44.1	39	52.7	48	35.5	35	6.15	18
1942	42.3	64	52	60	32.6	70	1.86	125
1941	42.5	60	51.6	67	33.4	61	1.36	140
1940	31.3	147	39.6	147	23.1	147	4.00	59
1939	45.9	23	55.6	20	36.1	29	3.30	80
1938	42.4	62	50.3	82	34.5	46	1.94	120
1937	49.4	8	55.7	19	43	2	7.74	4
1936	37.7	123	46.4	129	29	114	10.39	1
1935	41.9	71	50.3	82	33.5	59	1.68	129
1934	45.1	27	52.5	54	37.6	20	1.18	142
1933	49.2	9	56.5	16	41.9	6	1.37	138
1932	51.9	2	60.3	2	43.5	1	4.09	55
1931	42.4	62	51.5	68	33.2	64	2.37	108
1930	44	43	52.7	48	35.3	36	3.90	62
1929	43.3	50	52.2	57	34.4	49	2.58	97
1928	41.8	72	52	60	31.6	83	1.77	127
1927	42.8	57	51	73	34.5	46	1.05	143
1926	41	83	49.2	97	32.8	69	5.47	29
1925	40.5	88	48.4	106	32.6	70	6.91	10
1924	40	95	50.1	86	30	103	3.98	60
1923	44.5	37	53	43	36.1	29	3.67	71
1922	40.2	93	47.5	116	33	67	5.24	32
1921	42.2	67	50.8	77	33.6	57	5.22	33
1920	39.8	99	49.4	95	30.3	99	3.81	65
1919	45	30	55	26	35.1	42	5.45	30
1918	32.4	146	40.6	146	24.2	144	3.82	64
1917	46.1	22	54	32	38.2	16	3.08	86
1916	47.5	15	55.6	20	39.5	11	1.66	130
1915	41.5	74	49.5	93	33.6	57	5.67	27
1914	43.9	45	52.8	47	34.9	43	2.78	92
1913	48.9	10	57.6	11	40.1	10	3.70	69
1912	34.7	143	42.9	144	26.5	136	2.81	90
1911	45.2	25	53.8	37	36.6	27	1.93	121
1910	41.6	73	51	73	32.3	78	3.36	79
1909	45.2	25	54	32	36.4	28	1.64	132
1908	40.5	88	48.5	105	32.5	75	6.18	16
1907	49.6	7	58.5	5	40.6	9	0.51	147
1906	44.3	38	51.8	63	36.7	25	6.34	14
1905	37	131	45.4	133	28.5	121	2.11	116
1904	37.3	125	45.2	135	29.4	108	1.38	137
1903	39.8	99	47.1	124	32.5	75	3.10	85
1902	38.4	113	46.4	129	30.4	96	2.42	104
1901	41.5	74	50	87	33.1	66	2.38	106
1900	41.4	78	51.2	71	31.6	83	2.15	115
1899	40.3	91	49.1	98	31.5	85	4.31	47
1898	45	30	53.1	42	36.9	23	2.08	117
1897	37.1	130	44.9	139	29.3	110	2.53	99
1896	40.2	93	48.3	110	32.1	80	2.26	111
1895	39.1	109	46.8	126	31.5	85	5.84	22
1894	44.9	34	52.9	45	36.9	23	3.23	82
1893	32.7	145	41.9	145	23.6	146	2.43	102
1892	38.2	118	46.1	131	30.2	101	7.66	5
1891	43.1	53	51.5	68	34.6	45	3.92	61
1890	50.7	3	59.5	4	42	5	0.94	145
1889	44.1	39	52.5	54	35.7	33	6.15	18
1888	42.8	57	52.7	48	32.9	68	4.38	46
1887	38.3	115	47.2	121	29.3	110	2.39	105
1886	35.4	142	44.1	143	26.7	135	4.94	37
1885	40.6	87	49	100	32.1	80	8.90	2
1884	38.6	112	46.8	126	30.5	93	7.60	6
1883	39.4	104	46.5	128	32.3	78	8.87	3
1882	43.8	47	50.2	84	37.4	21	7.24	9
1881	36.8	134	44.3	140	29.3	110	6.81	11
1880	50.4	5	58.3	7	42.5	4	2.43	102
1879	41.2	80	49.8	91	32.6	70	3.62	72

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	52.5
1932	51.9
1890	50.7
1949	50.5
1880	50.4
1974	49.8
1907	49.6
1937	49.4
1933	49.2
1913	48.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	30.1
1940	31.3
1918	32.4
1893	32.7
1970	34.7
1912	34.7
1886	35.4
2014	35.5
1985	35.6
1988	35.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	10.39
1885	8.90
1883	8.87
1937	7.74
1892	7.66
1884	7.60
1962	7.44
2024	7.28
1882	7.24
1925	6.91

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.45
1907	0.51
2004	0.92
1890	0.94
1986	1.02
1927	1.05
1934	1.18
1956	1.24
1941	1.36
2011	1.37
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 10 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 14°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.58 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.51 in of precipitation in Charlotte, NC, the driest January since 2011, 14th driest of 148.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Charlotte, NC: 74°F on Saturday 10 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Charlotte, NC: a low of 14°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Charlotte, NC: 0.58 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.