Charlottesville, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 33.1°F in Charlottesville, VA, the coldest January since 2025, 19th coldest of 102.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 33.1°F; Coldest since 2025; 19th coldest of 102
Precipitation: 3.31 in; Wettest since 2024; 38th wettest of 112

A normal January in Charlottesville, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.4°F, between 31.1°F and 42°F in eight years of ten and 2.60 in of precipitation, between 1.50 in and 5.21 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Charlottesville, VA since 1893: 33.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 25.2°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 31.1 to 42°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Charlottesville, VA from 1893 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	33.1	84	42.6	80	23.6	102	3.31	38	0
2025	32.2	87	40.6	92	23.8	101	1.47	90	0
2024	39.7	25	48.5	33	30.9	25	5.88	6	0
2023	45.4	3	54.1	4	36.6	3	1.64	86	0
2022	34.1	74	43.3	74	24.9	91	3.79	27	0
2021	38.9	36	46.9	44	30.8	27	2.04	75	0
2020	42.3	9	51.5	9	33.2	11	3.57	34	0
2019	37.4	49	45.5	56	29.3	44	2.74	55	0
2018	36.1	57	46.2	50	25.9	75	1.51	89	0
2017	42	10	49.6	22	34.3	9	2.82	51	0
2016	34.3	71	43.7	71	24.9	91	4.03	22	0
2015	34.3	71	43.2	75	25.5	80	1.91	78	0
2014	30.1	97	40.2	96	20.1	115	2.43	62	0
2013	39	33	48.2	38	29.8	38	5.32	7	0
2012	40	22	50.4	15	29.6	40	2.21	72	0
2011	34.2	73	43	76	25.5	80	0.94	106	0
2010	34.5	67	42.9	77	26.1	72	4.32	20	0
2009	31.1	92	40.5	95	21.8	110	1.73	85	0
2008	36	58	45.9	53	26	73	0.71	109	0
2007	39.6	26	48.8	29	30.5	32	2.29	68	0
2006	42.7	8	52.5	6	32.8	13	2.58	59	0
2005	37.4	49	46.7	45	28.2	56	3.99	23	0
2004	32.1	89	40.7	90	23.5	103	1.56	88	0
2003	31	94	38.9	100	23.2	105	2.62	57	0
2002	41.6	11	51.7	8	31.5	21	1.43	93	0
2001	35.2	63	45	58	25.5	80	1.92	77	0
2000	34	75	43.5	72	24.5	97	2.35	66	0
1999	38.5	41	48.3	35	28.7	49	5.21	9	0
1998	43.2	6	51.2	12	35.2	6	7.85	3	0
1997	37.5	48	46.5	46	28.5	52	2.09	74	0
1996	33.7	79	42.7	79	24.8	94	5.21	9	0
1995	39.3	28	47.5	42	31.1	24	3.77	28	0
1994	30.4	96	38.2	101	22.5	107	3.74	29	0
1993	39.9	23	48.9	28	30.8	27	3.63	33	0
1992	38.4	42	48.3	35	28.6	51	1.76	83	0
1991	38	47	47.7	40	28.2	56	3.13	42	0
1990	43.8	5	54.4	3	33.2	11	2.25	70	0
1989	41.2	14	51	14	31.5	21	1.11	100	0
1988	30.9	95	40.7	90	21.1	113	1.02	103	0
1987	33.9	76	42.9	77	24.9	91	2.43	62	0
1986	35.3	62	45.5	56	25	88	0.70	110	0
1985	32.5	85	40.9	88	24.1	99	1.41	94	3
1984	33.7	79	42.4	82	25	88	1.00	104	0
1983	38.6	40	45.9	53	31.4	23	1.00	104	0
1982	27.7	100	36	104	19.4	116	2.50	61	0
1981	31.7	91	41.2	86	22.2	109	0.08	112	0
1980	38.9	36	46.2	50	31.7	19	2.87	48	2
1979	33.3	83	40.6	92	26	73	5.89	5	0
1978	32.5	85	40.6	92	24.3	98	9.01	1	0
1977	25.2	102	34	105	16.4	119	0.85	107	0
1976	34.8	65	44.1	67	25.6	78	3.08	43	0
1975	39.1	32	48.5	33	29.7	39	2.95	45	0
1974	45.8	2	54.7	2	36.9	2	2.82	51	0
1973	38.4	42	48.3	35	28.5	52	3.33	37	0
1972	39	33	48.6	32	29.4	42	1.28	98	0
1971	33.4	82	41.6	85	25.1	86	0.85	107	0
1970	29.7	98	39	99	20.4	114	1.33	96	1
1969	34.8	65	43.8	70	25.7	77	1.75	84	0
1968	31.1	92	40.8	89	21.4	111	2.53	60	0
1967	39.4	27	49.3	24	29.5	41	1.44	92	0
1966	32.2	87	39.8	98	24.6	96	3.50	35	0
1965	34.5	67	43.9	69	25	88	3.14	41	0
1964	39.8	24	49.4	23	30.3	34	3.15	40	0
1963	33.7	79	44	68	23.4	104	1.06	101	0
1962	35.4	61	44.5	63	26.4	69			0
1961	32.1	89	41.1	87	23.1	106	2.29	68	0
1960	38.3	44	46.5	46	30.1	36	2.18	73	0
1959	34.9	64	44.4	65	25.4	83	1.88	79	0
1958	33.8	77	42.4	82	25.2	85	4.27	21	0
1957	34.5	67	43.5	72	25.6	78	2.43	62	0
1956	36.3	55	44.5	63	28.2	56	1.20	99	0
1955	36.3	55	45	58	27.6	61	0.57	111	0
1954	36.7	52	47	43	26.5	67	2.79	54	0
1953	40.9	17	49.8	18	32	16	4.50	17	0
1952	40.8	19	49.7	20	31.9	17	5.03	13	0
1951	38.7	39	49.1	25	28.4	55	1.64	86	0
1950	45.9	1	55.8	1	35.9	4	1.31	97	0
1949	43.2	6	52.1	7	34.2	10	5.22	8	1
1948					21.3	112	3.65	31	7
1947	41.5	12	50.3	16	32.5	15	4.92	15	1
1946	36.7	52	46.1	52	27.4	62	2.40	65	0
1945			40.1	97			2.80	53	8
1944	38.1	46	47.6	41	28.2	56	2.24	71	3
1942					24	100	2.86	50	7
1941	34.4	70	42.5	81	26.3	70			3
1939	39.3	28	48.1	39	30.6	30	2.94	46	3
1938					26.7	65	2.89	47	5
1937					34.9	7	8.54	2	8
1934	41.4	13	51.1	13	30.7	29	1.45	91	3
1933					34.7	8	3.90	25	5
1932					38.1	1	4.94	14	4
1931	39.3	28	49.8	18	28.9	48	1.81	80	3
1930					29.2	45	2.62	57	7
1929					25.8	76	3.00	44	5
1927			45.6	55	26.2	71	1.05	102	4
1926					26.7	65	4.39	19	8
1924					25.1	86	5.20	11	5
1923	38.8	38	48.7	31	29	46	3.74	29	2
1922					24.8	94			5
1921					29	46	3.65	31	7
1920					22.3	108	1.97	76	7
1919					30.9	25	3.99	23	6
1917	39.3	28	50	17	28.2	56			3
1916					30.6	30	1.34	95	5
1915			44.6	62	28.7	49	5.90	4	4
1914	39	33	48.8	29	30	37			1
1913	44.8	4	53.6	5	35.8	5	2.32	67	2
1912	27.8	99	36.4	102	19.2	117	1.78	81	0
1911	41	15	51.5	9	30.5	32	3.80	26	0
1909	40.5	20	49.1	25	31.8	18	2.87	48	0
1907	40.9	17	51.5	9	30.3	34	1.77	82	0
1906	41	15	49.1	25	32.8	13	3.47	36	0
1903	35.7	59	44.9	60	26.5	67	5.12	12	0
1902	33.8	77	42.3	84	25.3	84	3.24	39	0
1901	38.2	45	46.4	49	29.4	42	2.74	55	2
1900	36.6	54	44.7	61	28.5	52	4.85	16	0
1899	36.9	51	46.5	46	27.2	64	4.46	18	0
1896	35.7	59	44.2	66	27.3	63			0
1894	40.4	21	49.7	20	31.7	19			3
1893	26.6	101	36.1	103	17.4	118			1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	45.9
1974	45.8
2023	45.4
1913	44.8
1990	43.8
1998	43.2
1949	43.2
2006	42.7
2020	42.3
2017	42

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	25.2
1893	26.6
1982	27.7
1912	27.8
1970	29.7
2014	30.1
1994	30.4
1988	30.9
2003	31
2009	31.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	9.01
1937	8.54
1998	7.85
1915	5.90
1979	5.89
2024	5.88
2013	5.32
1949	5.22
1999	5.21
1996	5.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.08
1955	0.57
1986	0.70
2008	0.71
1977	0.85
1971	0.85
2011	0.94
1984	1.00
1983	1.00
1988	1.02

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.32 in; 25 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 3.31 in of precipitation in Charlottesville, VA, the wettest January since 2024, 38th wettest of 112.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Charlottesville, VA: 68°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Charlottesville, VA: a low of 5°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Charlottesville, VA: 2.32 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.