Chattanooga, TN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 41°F in Chattanooga, TN, the warmest January since 2023, tied 71st warmest of 143 (with 1967 and 1941).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 41°F; Warmest since 2023; 71st warmest of 143
Precipitation: 3.64 in; Driest since 2025; 46th driest of 148

A normal January in Chattanooga, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.8°F, between 36.4°F and 45.9°F in eight years of ten and 5.14 in of precipitation, between 2.68 in and 7.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Chattanooga, TN since 1880: 41°F in 2026; the highest is 53.7°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 36.4 to 45.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Chattanooga, TN 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	Days missing
2026	41	71	51.6	52	30.4	86	3.64	102	0
2025	37.1	113	47.5	104	26.6	121	3.34	111	0
2024	39.1	95	48.3	93	30	93	6.47	34	0
2023	48.2	11	57.2	10	39.2	14	5.57	55	0
2022	40.3	81	50	78	30.7	83	4.52	85	0
2021	44.3	34	52.7	37	35.9	32	3.08	118	0
2020	47.1	14	55.5	18	38.7	15	5.97	46	0
2019	42.6	48	51.3	56	34	50	7.00	27	0
2018	36.7	115	47.4	107	25.9	123	1.17	146	0
2017	49.1	8	57.6	7	40.7	10	4.99	70	0
2016	38.6	100	47.8	99	29.4	103	3.67	100	0
2015	39.8	87	49.2	89	30.4	86	3.49	106	0
2014	33.7	133	45.3	126	22.1	143	2.40	136	0
2013	45.4	26	53.6	31	37.2	24	9.74	8	0
2012	45	32	55.1	21	34.8	42	7.10	25	0
2011	37.4	112	46.4	114	28.5	110	4.27	93	0
2010	36.4	117	44.7	128	28.1	112	5.78	49	0
2009	40	84	49.8	80	30.2	90	5.11	67	0
2008	40.1	82	50.2	75	30	93	3.18	116	0
2007	43.6	40	53	34	34.2	47	2.91	121	0
2006	47	15	56.8	12	37.2	24	5.19	64	0
2005	45.5	25	55.4	19	35.6	35	2.80	124	0
2004	39.8	87	49.8	80	29.7	98	3.60	104	0
2003	36.4	117	45.9	119	26.9	119	1.83	143	0
2002	44.3	34	55.2	20	33.4	56	5.42	58	0
2001	37.7	107	47.8	99	27.6	115	5.40	59	0
2000	41.2	69	50.7	64	31.7	78	5.08	69	0
1999	45.1	30	55.1	21	35.1	40	9.80	7	0
1998	44.5	33	52.7	37	36.3	28	6.64	31	0
1997	41.5	65	50.9	61	32	73	6.14	42	0
1996	38.7	96	48.2	95	29.2	105	7.99	18	0
1995	42.1	56	51.5	54	32.7	66	5.27	63	0
1994	36.2	119	44.7	128	27.6	115	6.36	35	0
1993	45.8	20	54.1	27	37.5	21	5.16	66	0
1992	42.1	56	52.1	44	32.1	72	4.33	91	0
1991	42.6	48	50.5	67	34.6	44	2.71	128	0
1990	46.7	16	56.8	12	36.7	27	7.46	20	0
1989	45.2	28	56.8	12	33.7	52	5.30	61	0
1988	35.1	126	44.5	130	25.7	125	7.10	25	0
1987	39.3	93	48.2	95	30.4	86	6.29	38	0
1986	38.4	103	51.5	54	25.2	133	0.90	148	0
1985	32.8	138	41.8	141	23.7	141	3.45	108	0
1984	35.4	125	45.6	120	25.3	132	3.25	115	0
1983	38.7	96	47.6	103	29.9	97	2.65	130	0
1982	36	120	46.4	114	25.6	128	8.29	15	0
1981	35.5	123	46.5	113	24.5	136	1.91	142	0
1980	40.7	76	47.7	102	33.7	52	4.69	80	0
1979	33.7	133	41.7	142	25.7	125	5.44	56	0
1978	30.2	141	37.3	146	23.2	142	5.79	48	0
1977	28.5	143	38.1	145	18.9	147	3.14	117	0
1976	34.6	129	44.4	131	24.8	134	4.32	92	0
1975	42.6	48	53	34	32.3	69	5.63	53	0
1974	49.3	7	57.4	9	41.2	7	8.00	17	0
1973	36	120	45.3	126	26.6	121	5.09	68	0
1972	43.4	42	53.8	30	32.9	64	8.64	12	0
1971	38.7	96	48	97	29.5	102	5.19	64	0
1970	31.9	140	42.2	138	21.7	144	2.45	134	0
1969	38.3	104	46.6	112	30	93	6.84	28	0
1968	37.1	113	46.3	116	27.9	114	4.98	71	0
1967	41	71	51.3	56	30.7	83	3.02	120	0
1966	33.1	136	41.9	139	24.3	138	3.67	100	0
1965	40.9	74	51.7	49	30	93	3.51	105	0
1964	39.9	86	51.7	49	28.1	112	5.98	45	0
1963	32.5	139	43.6	135	21.5	145	4.81	76	0
1962	38.5	101	47.4	107	29.6	100	7.79	19	0
1961	34.8	127	45.5	122	24.1	140	1.13	147	0
1960	41.8	60	49.7	85	34	50	4.96	72	0
1959	38	105	49.3	88	26.7	120	6.11	44	0
1958	36.5	116	45.6	120	27.3	117	4.07	98	0
1957	42.6	48	51	60	34.2	47	9.12	11	0
1956	38	105	47.5	104	28.6	109	2.60	131	0
1955	40	84	49.4	87	30.6	85	2.72	126	0
1954	42	58	52.5	41	31.4	79	10.47	5	0
1953	45.8	20	56.2	15	35.5	37	4.89	74	0
1952	47.3	12	56	16	38.6	16	6.35	36	0
1951	42.4	54	52.5	41	32.2	70	4.59	84	0
1950	53.7	1	60.9	1	46.4	2	8.21	16	0
1949	49.7	5	58	6	41.3	6	11.00	3	0
1948	33.8	131	43.1	137	24.4	137	4.44	89	0
1947	43.6	40	51.7	49	35.6	35	12.28	2	0
1946	41.7	62	50.4	72	33	62	10.23	6	0
1945	39.2	94	49.2	89	29.1	106	2.44	135	1
1944	40.1	82	50.9	61	29.4	103	3.27	114	0
1943	43.1	43	53.4	32	32.9	64	2.03	141	0
1942	37.6	108	49.8	80	25.4	131	3.45	108	0
1941	41	71	51.8	48	30.1	91	4.11	96	0
1940	28.7	142	36.6	147	20.7	146	2.84	123	0
1939	45.4	26	54.9	24	35.8	33	4.95	73	0
1938	42.8	47	50.8	63	34.9	41	4.11	96	0
1937	53.3	2	59.5	4	47.1	1	11.00	3	0
1936	37.6	108	46.1	118	29.1	106	9.62	9	0
1935	44.1	36	52.1	44	36.1	29	2.54	133	0
1934	45.2	28	53	34	37.5	21	4.20	94	0
1933	48.5	10	55.9	17	41.1	8	2.80	124	0
1932	49.4	6	57	11	41.8	5	6.29	38	0
1931	41.8	60	50.3	74	33.4	56	2.72	126	0
1930	41.7	62	50.1	76	33.4	56	2.30	139	0
1929	42.4	54	51.3	56	33.5	55	5.72	51	0
1928	41.1	70	50.5	67	31.8	76	2.38	138	0
1927	43	45	50.7	64	35.2	39	1.63	144	0
1926	40.5	79	48	97	33	62	5.71	52	0
1925	43.1	43	50.5	67	35.7	34	4.74	79	0
1924	35.5	123	45.4	123	25.6	128	6.24	41	0
1923	46.5	17	54.8	25	38.3	18	4.81	76	0
1922	41.5	65	48.3	93	34.7	43	6.29	38	0
1921	44	37	52	46	36.1	29	4.46	88	0
1920	42.5	52	50.5	67	34.5	45	4.37	90	0
1919	41.4	67	50.5	67	32.2	70	6.13	43	0
1918	32.9	137	40.1	144	24.8	134	7.37	23	1
1917	45.1	30	52.6	39	37.5	21	7.42	21	0
1916	47.2	13	55.1	21	39.4	12	4.75	78	0
1915	40.5	79	48.4	92	32.7	66	5.73	50	0
1914	43.8	39	51.6	52	36	31	4.52	85	0
1913	48.8	9	57.5	8	40.2	11	7.13	24	0
1912	35.8	122	44.3	132	27.3	117	3.94	99	0
1911	46	19	54	29	38	19	6.52	33	0
1910	40.8	75	49.8	80	31.8	76	3.28	113	0
1909	46.1	18	54.1	27	38	19	3.44	110	0
1908	39.7	89	47.5	104	32	73	3.64	102	0
1907	50.6	4	59	5	42.3	4	1.33	145	0
1906	44	37	52.5	41	35.5	37	3.32	112	0
1905	33.8	131	41.9	139	25.6	128	2.69	129	0
1904	37.6	108	46.2	117	29	108	2.58	132	0
1903	39.5	91	47	109	32	73	2.16	140	0
1902	39.4	92	47.8	99	31	80	3.48	107	0
1901	41.6	64	50.1	76	33.2	60	5.30	61	0
1900	40.7	76	50.4	72	31	80	4.12	95	0
1899	40.7	76	49	91	32.5	68	4.82	75	0
1898	45.8	20	53.1	33	38.5	17	5.38	60	0
1897	38.5	101	47	109	30.1	91	3.06	119	0
1896	41.4	67	49.6	86	33.4	56	2.90	122	2
1895			45.4	123	29.6	100	6.58	32	6
1894	45.6	24	54.3	26	36.9	26	4.63	83	0
1893	34.7	128	44	134	24.3	138	2.39	137	2
1892			45.4	123	28.5	110	7.39	22	6
1891			51.1	59	33.6	54	6.31	37	4
1890			60	2	40.9	9	4.68	82	6
1889	42.9	46	52.6	39	33.1	61	5.44	56	2
1888	42.5	52	50.6	66	34.4	46	6.79	29	0
1887	39.7	89	49.8	80	29.7	98	5.60	54	0
1886	33.6	135	41.4	143	25.8	124	6.78	30	0
1885	38.7	96	47	109	30.3	89	8.49	13	2
1884	34.6	129	43.5	136	25.7	125	5.81	47	0
1883	42	58	49.9	79	34.1	49	9.31	10	0
1882	45.7	23	51.9	47	39.4	12	12.67	1	0
1881	37.5	111	44.1	133	30.8	82	4.69	80	0
1880	52	3	59.8	3	44.2	3	4.48	87	0
1879							8.48	14	8

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	53.7
1937	53.3
1880	52
1907	50.6
1949	49.7
1932	49.4
1974	49.3
2017	49.1
1913	48.8
1933	48.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	28.5
1940	28.7
1978	30.2
1970	31.9
1963	32.5
1985	32.8
1918	32.9
1966	33.1
1886	33.6
2014	33.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1882	12.67
1947	12.28
1949	11.00
1937	11.00
1954	10.47
1946	10.23
1999	9.80
2013	9.74
1936	9.62
1883	9.31

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.90
1961	1.13
2018	1.17
1907	1.33
1927	1.63
2003	1.83
1981	1.91
1943	2.03
1903	2.16
1930	2.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.21 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.64 in of precipitation in Chattanooga, TN, the driest January since 2025, tied 46th driest of 148 (with 1908).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Chattanooga, TN: 71°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Chattanooga, TN: a low of 11°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Chattanooga, TN: 1.21 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.