Cincinnati, OH: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 26.5°F in Cincinnati, OH, the coldest January since 2025, 31st coldest of 154.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 26.5°F; Coldest since 2025; 31st coldest of 154
Precipitation: 1.38 in; Driest since 2001; 16th driest of 156

A normal January in Cincinnati, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 30.5°F, between 25.8°F and 38.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.25 in of precipitation, between 1.65 in and 4.57 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Cincinnati, OH since 1873: 26.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 12°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 25.8 to 38.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Cincinnati, OH from 1871 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	26.5	124	35.1	120	17.9	133	1.38	141	0
2025	25.1	135	33.1	133	17	136	2.00	118	0
2024	31.4	73	37.7	96	25.2	58	6.39	12	0
2023	38.4	15	45.4	19	31.4	11	3.93	45	0
2022	28.2	110	36.6	110	19.7	111	2.34	101	0
2021	33.3	57	39.1	76	27.5	45	3.19	65	0
2020	38	19	45.1	21	31	13	4.14	38	0
2019	30.4	88	37.7	96	23.1	80	4.11	39	0
2018	28.8	107	37.1	103	20.5	103	2.21	107	0
2017	37.5	25	44.5	28	30.4	19	3.67	54	0
2016	30.5	86	39.4	69	21.7	93	1.39	140	0
2015	30.2	90	38.6	82	21.7	93	2.35	100	0
2014	23.7	142	34.3	124	13.1	149	2.80	78	0
2013	33.7	52	41.9	51	25.6	56	3.39	58	0
2012	35.3	43	44.1	33	26.5	48	5.39	17	0
2011	26.1	126	33.2	132	19	121	1.58	134	0
2010	26.8	120	33.3	130	20.4	104	2.01	117	0
2009	26	129	34.2	125	17.7	134	2.96	71	0
2008	29.9	94	38.4	86	21.5	96	2.33	103	0
2007	35	46	42.4	46	27.7	43	3.84	47	0
2006	41.6	3	49.8	4	33.4	5	4.21	37	0
2005	33.4	55	39.9	63	26.9	47	6.60	11	0
2004	27.7	116	35.9	114	19.5	116	4.55	27	0
2003	24	138	31	144	17	136	1.66	129	0
2002	36.8	30	45.9	17	27.8	39	2.33	103	0
2001	29.7	97	37.5	101	21.8	92	1.33	142	0
2000	28.6	108	37.7	96	19.5	116	4.45	30	0
1999	32.3	64	41.4	56	23.3	78	4.76	21	0
1998	38.6	11	45.3	20	31.9	8	3.27	61	0
1997	28.1	112	36.8	106	19.5	116	2.79	79	0
1996	27.9	113	35.9	114	19.9	108	4.36	32	0
1995	31.3	75	38.5	83	24.1	68	3.51	56	0
1994	23.2	144	30.7	145	15.8	141	3.22	63	0
1993	39.6	10	51.5	2	27.1	46	3.83	49	1
1992	32.9	59	40.6	60	25.2	58	2.99	70	0
1991	31	79	38.2	90	23.8	73	2.84	75	0
1990	39.9	9	48.9	8	31	13	2.59	88	0
1989	38.6	11	47.5	11	29.6	27	3.21	64	0
1988	27.5	117	36.5	111	18.5	124	2.75	81	0
1987	30.6	84	37.8	94	23.5	76	0.92	151	0
1986	30.8	80	40.4	61	21.3	98	1.01	148	0
1985	22.7	145	29.3	148	16.1	140	1.68	127	0
1984	23.7	142	30.5	146	16.9	138	0.75	153	0
1983	31.6	70	38.2	90	24.9	63	1.56	136	0
1982	23.9	140	33.9	126	13.8	147	7.17	9	0
1981	24.1	137	32.3	141	15.8	141	0.57	156	0
1980	29.8	96	36.7	108	23	82	2.26	106	0
1979	21.3	149	28.9	149	13.7	148	3.68	53	0
1978	18.3	152	26.4	151	10.3	152	4.52	29	0
1977	12	154	21.8	154	2.1	154	1.90	121	0
1976	27.1	118	36.1	112	18.1	130	3.00	69	0
1975	34	51	41.9	51	26	53	4.05	41	0
1974	35.6	40	43.3	39	28	37	3.65	55	0
1973	31.7	69	39.8	65	23.6	74	1.79	124	0
1972	30.2	90	39.6	67	20.7	101	1.96	119	0
1971	28.3	109	37.3	102	19.3	120	2.47	95	0
1970	24	138	33.1	133	14.8	143	1.27	144	0
1969	30.2	90	38	92	22.4	89	4.64	24	0
1968	26.7	123	35	122	18.5	124	1.79	124	0
1967	35.4	41	44.6	26	26.2	52	0.75	153	0
1966	23.8	141	31.1	143	16.4	139	3.84	47	0
1965	30.6	84	41.5	55	19.7	111	3.11	67	0
1964	32	67	41.9	51	22.2	91	2.88	72	0
1963	22.2	147	32.8	137	11.6	151	2.04	115	0
1962	28.2	110	36.7	108	19.6	115	3.98	44	0
1961	27.8	114	35.6	117	19.9	108	1.87	122	0
1960	34.5	47	41.4	56	27.6	44	2.48	93	0
1959	29.3	100	39.2	74	19.4	119	7.61	8	0
1958	29.3	100	35.9	114	22.6	88	2.34	101	0
1957	27.8	114	35.2	118	20.4	104	3.08	68	0
1956	29.2	103	37.1	103	21.4	97	2.50	92	0
1955	30.3	89	37.7	96	22.8	85	2.61	87	0
1954	34.2	50	42.1	48	26.3	50	2.54	90	0
1953	36.4	33	43.5	36	29.3	30	4.55	27	0
1952	36.6	31	44.5	28	28.7	34	3.99	43	0
1951	32.6	61	39.9	63	25.3	57	6.65	10	0
1950	41.3	6	50	3	32.7	6	9.43	3	0
1949	38.5	13	46	15	31	13	8.95	5	0
1948	22.6	146	31.2	142	14.1	145	2.63	86	0
1947	38.2	17	46	15	30.4	19	4.90	20	0
1946	34.4	48	43.7	34	25.1	60	1.18	147	0
1945	26.1	126	32.5	139	19.7	111	1.58	134	0
1944	36.2	34	43.6	35	28.8	31	0.99	149	0
1943	34.3	49	42.9	42	25.8	55	1.23	146	0
1942	31.3	75	39.2	74	23.4	77	2.02	116	0
1941	32.8	60	39	78	26.5	48	2.06	113	0
1940	19.1	151	26.2	152	11.9	150	1.27	144	0
1939	37.7	21	45.1	21	30.3	22	3.77	50	0
1938	32.4	62	39.8	65	25	62	1.68	127	0
1937	38.5	13	46.8	13	30.3	22	13.68	1	0
1936	25.1	135	33	136	17.3	135	1.28	143	0
1935	33.4	55	42.1	48	24.7	65	2.86	74	0
1934	36.1	36	44.3	30	27.8	39	1.61	132	0
1933	40.6	7	48.6	10	32.7	6	3.18	66	0
1932	41.4	5	49.2	7	33.6	4	4.73	23	0
1931	35.3	43	42.1	48	28.5	36	0.97	150	0
1930	30.8	80	38.9	81	22.7	86	4.25	36	0
1929	29.2	103	38.4	86	20	107	4.60	26	0
1928	31.2	77	39.3	70	23.1	80	1.65	130	0
1927	31.5	71	39.1	76	23.9	70	4.44	31	0
1926	30.2	90	37.6	100	22.7	86	2.65	85	0
1925	30.7	83	38.5	83	23	82	1.91	120	0
1924	26.8	120	35.2	118	18.4	127	4.09	40	0
1923	36.5	32	44.2	31	28.8	31	4.64	24	0
1922	29.3	100	37.8	94	20.7	101	2.07	112	0
1921	35.9	38	43	41	28.8	31	1.72	126	0
1920	25.5	134	32.7	138	18.2	128	3.48	57	0
1919	35.2	45	44.2	31	26.3	50	1.44	138	0
1918	16.3	153	24.3	153	8.3	153	4.30	34	0
1917	32.4	62	41.6	54	23.2	79	4.74	22	0
1916	37.6	23	47.5	11	27.8	39	5.84	15	0
1915	31.4	73	39	78	23.9	70	3.85	46	0
1914	37.8	20	44.6	26	31	13	2.37	98	0
1913	40.6	7	49.6	6	31.6	9	9.02	4	0
1912	21.9	148	29.9	147	14	146	2.21	107	0
1911	37.3	27	45.1	21	29.5	28	4.28	35	0
1910	32	67	39.3	70	24.7	65	3.71	52	0
1909	35.7	39	42.8	44	28.6	35	2.57	89	0
1908	33.6	54	41.4	56	25.9	54	1.40	139	0
1907	38.4	15	46.6	14	30.1	26	8.40	6	0
1906	38.2	17	45.7	18	30.8	18	3.25	62	0
1905	25.8	132	33.5	129	18.1	130	1.80	123	0
1904	26.8	120	35.1	120	18.5	124	2.66	83	0
1903	31.1	78	38.3	89	23.9	70	2.05	114	0
1902	31.5	71	39	78	24	69	2.10	111	0
1901	33.2	58	41.3	59	25.1	60	0.87	152	0
1900	35.4	41	42.9	42	27.8	39	2.54	90	0
1899	32.3	64	40.1	62	24.5	67	3.32	59	0
1898	37.2	28	43.3	39	31.2	12	7.76	7	0
1897	28.9	106	36.1	112	21.7	93	2.48	93	0
1896	33.7	52	39.3	70	28	37	1.49	137	0
1895	27.1	118	34.4	123	19.8	110	6.13	13	0
1894	37.7	21	45	24	30.4	19	2.75	81	0
1893	21.1	150	28.1	150	14.2	144	2.87	73	0
1892	26.1	126	32.4	140	19.7	111	1.62	131	0
1891	36.2	34	42.2	47	30.2	25	3.31	60	0
1890	41.5	4	48.9	8	34.1	3	5.28	18	0
1889	37.2	28	43.4	38	30.9	17	2.38	97	0
1888	29.2	103	37.1	103	21.2	99	2.78	80	0
1887	29.7	97	39.3	70	20.2	106	2.37	98	0
1886	25.7	133	33.3	130	18	132	2.83	76	0
1885	26	129	33.7	128	18.2	128	5.80	16	0
1884	26.4	125	33.9	126	18.8	123	2.21	107	0
1883	32.2	66	39.6	67	24.8	64	2.82	77	0
1882	37.6	23	43.5	36	31.6	9	6.02	14	0
1881	29.9	94	36.8	106	22.9	84	3.76	51	0
1880	48.7	1	55.5	1	41.9	1	5.14	19	0
1879	30.5	86	38.5	83	22.4	89	2.20	110	0
1878	36	37	42.5	45	29.4	29	4.33	33	0
1877	30.8	80	38	92	23.6	74	2.33	103	0
1876	42.3	2	49.8	4	34.8	2	9.49	2	0
1875	26	129	33.1	133	19	121	1.59	133	0
1874	37.5	25	44.8	25	30.3	22	4.01	42	0
1873	29.7	97	38.4	86	21	100	2.66	83	0
1872							0.60	155	31
1871							2.39	96	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	48.7
1876	42.3
2006	41.6
1890	41.5
1932	41.4
1950	41.3
1933	40.6
1913	40.6
1990	39.9
1993	39.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	12
1918	16.3
1978	18.3
1940	19.1
1893	21.1
1979	21.3
1912	21.9
1963	22.2
1948	22.6
1985	22.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	13.68
1876	9.49
1950	9.43
1913	9.02
1949	8.95
1907	8.40
1898	7.76
1959	7.61
1982	7.17
1951	6.65

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.57
1872	0.60
1984	0.75
1967	0.75
1901	0.87
1987	0.92
1931	0.97
1944	0.99
1986	1.01
1946	1.18

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 67°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -3°F; 31 January 2026, 28 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.86 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.38 in of precipitation in Cincinnati, OH, the driest January since 2001, 16th driest of 156.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Cincinnati, OH: 67°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Cincinnati, OH: a low of -3°F on Saturday 31 January 2026 and Wednesday 28 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Cincinnati, OH: 0.86 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.