Cleveland, OH: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 21.6°F in Cleveland, OH, the coldest January since 2009, tied 24th coldest of 147 (with 2004, 1976 and 1961).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 21.6°F; Coldest since 2009; 24th coldest of 147
Precipitation: 1.64 in; Driest since 2016; 41st driest of 156

A normal January in Cleveland, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.5°F, between 21.6°F and 34.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.68 in of precipitation, between 1.76 in and 4.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Cleveland, OH since 1873: 21.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 11°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 21.6 to 34.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Cleveland, 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	21.6	121	28.6	128	14.6	124	1.64	116	0
2025	23.5	106	29.6	115	17.3	102	1.98	95	0
2024	30.8	39	35.8	56	25.9	25	3.66	28	0
2023	36.4	6	41.7	15	31.1	4	5.54	8	0
2022	23.6	105	31.3	105	16	113	2.46	69	0
2021	30.8	39	35.3	62	26.3	21	1.66	114	0
2020	36.3	7	42.5	14	30.2	6	3.00	46	0
2019	27.9	65	34.9	65	20.8	71	3.18	40	0
2018	26.9	80	34.9	65	18.9	90	2.27	77	0
2017	34.8	16	41.3	17	28.2	11	4.78	13	0
2016	28	63	35.5	59	20.5	75	1.37	136	0
2015	23	110	30.4	109	15.5	116	2.94	48	0
2014	21.7	120	29.7	114	13.7	131	2.00	93	0
2013	30.4	43	37.2	44	23.6	47	2.17	85	0
2012	32.5	24	39.4	27	25.6	33	3.21	39	0
2011	23.1	108	28.8	122	17.5	99	1.91	103	0
2010	27.1	78	32	100	22.2	58	1.69	113	0
2009	19.4	137	26.7	138	12.1	140	2.66	57	0
2008	30.1	46	37.5	40	22.8	56	3.31	37	0
2007	31.1	38	37.7	37	24.5	45	5.84	4	0
2006	38.6	3	44.8	6	32.3	3	1.92	101	0
2005	27.4	70	34.1	78	20.6	73	5.89	3	0
2004	21.6	121	28.9	120	14.3	127	2.69	54	0
2003	21.2	126	27	134	15.4	118	1.98	95	0
2002	34.6	18	41.1	18	28.1	12	2.21	81	0
2001	27.6	67	32.9	90	22.4	57	1.59	120	0
2000	26.6	84	34.3	74	18.8	91	2.63	59	0
1999	27	79	35	64	19.1	89	3.64	29	0
1998	35.2	13	41	19	29.4	7	3.92	24	0
1997	25.6	92	34.2	76	17.1	103	1.77	112	0
1996	25.9	91	33.2	85	18.6	95	2.69	54	0
1995	30	50	36.8	46	23.3	52	5.81	5	0
1994	19.2	138	27	134	11.5	142	2.66	57	0
1993	32.2	27	38.5	30	26	23	4.44	17	0
1992	30.1	46	36.5	49	23.8	46	3.32	36	0
1991	27.3	72	34.4	72	20.1	80	2.18	84	0
1990	35.8	8	43	11	28.6	10	2.35	74	0
1989	35	14	43.5	10	26.5	20	2.07	89	0
1988	25.6	92	33.8	82	17.4	100	1.03	150	0
1987	27.4	70	33.7	83	21.1	69	1.98	95	0
1986	26.6	84	33.3	84	20	81	2.23	78	0
1985	20.7	128	26.5	140	15	121	1.78	110	0
1984	20.7	128	27.1	132	14.2	129	1.25	142	0
1983	30.7	41	36.7	47	24.7	41	1.08	147	0
1982	19.8	134	28.8	122	10.8	144	4.00	23	0
1981	20.1	130	27	134	13.2	135	0.76	153	0
1980	25.5	96	32.3	98	18.6	95	1.18	145	0
1979	21.9	117	28.7	125	15.2	119	2.61	61	0
1978	20.1	130	28.3	130	11.9	141	3.67	27	0
1977	11	147	19.5	150	2.5	151	1.29	140	0
1976	21.6	121	28.8	122	14.4	125	3.38	33	0
1975	31.8	33	38.3	31	25.4	35	3.06	45	0
1974	32	30	40.4	21	23.5	48	2.56	64	0
1973	30.3	44	37.5	40	23.2	53	1.62	117	0
1972	27.3	72	35.8	56	18.8	91	1.95	100	0
1971	21.4	125	29.3	119	13.5	132	1.35	137	0
1970	18.8	140	25.4	144	12.3	136	1.28	141	0
1969	25.4	97	32.3	98	18.5	97	2.84	49	0
1968	23	110	30.4	109	15.6	115	3.27	38	0
1967	32.4	26	39.6	26	25.2	37	0.97	151	0
1966	21.9	117	28.7	125	15.1	120	1.53	126	0
1965	27.2	76	34.4	72	20	81	4.45	16	0
1964	29.8	52	36.5	49	23	54	1.45	133	0
1963	18	143	25.9	142	10	147	1.06	149	0
1962	23.9	103	31.7	102	16	113	2.83	50	0
1961	21.6	121	28.4	129	14.8	123	0.36	155	0
1960	31.3	36	37.7	37	24.8	40	2.33	75	0
1959	24	99	32.5	95	15.5	116	4.61	15	0
1958	28.1	61	34.2	76	22.1	59	1.49	130	0
1957	23	110	29.5	116	16.4	108	2.03	91	0
1956	27.5	69	33.2	85	21.8	63	2.75	53	2
1955	26.9	80	33.2	85	20.6	73	2.22	80	0
1954	28.4	59	36.4	51	20.5	75	3.12	44	0
1953	33.5	19	40.5	20	26.6	17	4.04	21	0
1952	32.1	28	39.7	24	24.6	43	5.02	11	0
1951	29.9	51	36.3	52	23.5	48	3.72	25	0
1950	36.8	5	45.9	3	27.7	14	7.01	1	0
1949	34.9	15	42.6	12	27.3	15	3.58	30	0
1948	20	132	27.8	131	12.3	136	1.66	114	0
1947	32.7	23	39.7	24	25.7	31	4.44	17	0
1946	29.4	55	37.9	34	20.9	70	0.79	152	0
1945	18.8	140	26.7	138	11	143	1.21	144	0
1944	32	30	38.2	32	25.7	31	1.30	139	0
1943	26.8	82	33.9	81	19.7	86	1.88	104	0
1942	27.3	72	34.8	67	19.8	84	1.79	109	0
1941	29.6	53	34.5	71	24.6	43	1.85	106	0
1940	19.5	136	25.2	145	13.9	130	1.35	137	0
1939							2.43	71	8
1938	29	56	35.9	55	22	60	1.07	148	0
1937	35.8	8	44.4	7	27.2	16	6.58	2	0
1936	23.8	104	30.7	106	16.8	105	1.41	134	0
1935	28.9	57	36.3	52	21.5	66	2.15	87	0
1934	33.1	20	40.4	21	25.8	28	1.58	122	0
1933	38.1	4	45.4	5	30.7	5	1.40	135	0
1932	40.1	1	46.6	1	33.7	1	3.46	32	0
1931	31.6	34	37.8	35	25.4	35	1.47	132	0
1930	27.6	67	35.5	59	19.8	84	5.01	12	0
1929	25	98	33.1	88	16.9	104	5.23	9	0
1928	28.5	58	35.1	63	21.8	63	2.03	91	0
1927	26.7	83	32.8	91	20.5	75	1.51	129	0
1926	27.2	76	34.1	78	20.4	79	1.78	110	0
1925	25.6	92	32.8	91	18.4	98	1.49	130	0
1924	24	99	31.4	104	16.6	107	3.38	33	0
1923	30.1	46	35.6	58	24.7	41	2.61	61	0
1922	25.6	92	32.6	93	18.7	94	1.52	128	0
1921	32	30	37.8	35	26.2	22	1.53	126	0
1920	19	139	25.6	143	12.3	136	1.96	98	0
1919	32.5	24	39.2	28	25.9	25	0.63	154	0
1918	15	146	21.8	149	8.3	150	2.60	63	0
1917	27.3	72	34.6	70	20	81	2.55	65	0
1916	34.8	16	43.8	9	25.8	28	2.40	73	0
1915	26.1	89	32.6	93	19.5	88	2.52	66	0
1914	32.1	28	38.1	33	26	23	1.61	118	0
1913	35.3	11	42.6	12	28	13	5.66	7	0
1912	15.9	145	22.4	148	9.4	148	3.13	42	0
1911	30.6	42	37.6	39	23.5	48	2.80	51	0
1910	26.6	84	32	100	21.3	68	4.29	20	0
1909	31.2	37	37.5	40	24.9	39	2.96	47	0
1908	28	63	34.3	74	21.8	63	2.78	52	0
1907	29.5	54	37	45	22	60	5.72	6	0
1906	35.5	10	41.7	15	29.2	8	1.59	120	0
1905	22.5	115	28.7	125	16.2	111	2.05	90	0
1904	19.7	135	27.1	132	12.3	136	4.68	14	0
1903	26	90	32.5	95	19.6	87	1.88	104	0
1902	26.2	88	31.6	103	20.8	71	1.25	142	0
1901	28.3	60	34.7	68	21.9	62	1.18	145	0
1900	30.1	46	36.7	47	23.5	48	2.23	78	0
1899	26.4	87	34	80	18.8	91	2.45	70	0
1898	31.5	35	37.5	40	25.6	33	3.51	31	0
1897	24	99	30.6	107	17.4	100	1.85	106	0
1896	27.7	66	32.4	97	22.9	55	1.58	122	0
1895							2.32	76	7
1894							2.21	81	8
1893			24.6	147	10.1	146	1.81	108	5
1892							2.52	66	11
1891			36	54	25.9	25	2.19	83	4
1890			45.6	4	28.7	9	4.03	22	6
1889	32.9	21	38.9	29	26.6	17	3.13	42	2
1888	21.8	119	29.4	118	14.3	127	3.15	41	0
1887	24	99	33	89	15	121	1.92	101	0
1886	23.5	106	30.5	108	16.4	108	3.35	35	0
1885	21.1	127	28.9	120	13.4	133	2.63	59	0
1884	18.7	142	27	134	10.5	145	1.55	124	0
1883	22.1	116	29.9	111	14.4	125	1.55	124	0
1882	28.1	61	34.7	68	21.5	66	2.47	68	0
1881	19.9	133	26.4	141	13.4	133	1.96	98	0
1880	39.5	2	46.4	2	32.6	2	2.67	56	0
1879	22.9	114	29.8	112	16.2	111	2.16	86	2
1878	30.2	45	35.4	61	25.1	38	4.43	19	0
1877	23	110	29.5	116	16.4	108	2.08	88	0
1876	35.3	11	44	8	26.6	17	3.72	25	0
1875	16.4	144	25	146	8.4	149	1.60	119	2
1874	32.9	21	39.8	23	25.8	28	5.16	10	2
1873	23.1	108	29.8	112	16.8	105	2.41	72	2
1872					20.5	75	2.00	93	7
1871							0.31	156	9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	40.1
1880	39.5
2006	38.6
1933	38.1
1950	36.8
2023	36.4
2020	36.3
1990	35.8
1937	35.8
1906	35.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	11
1918	15
1912	15.9
1875	16.4
1963	18
1884	18.7
1970	18.8
1945	18.8
1920	19
1994	19.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	7.01
1937	6.58
2005	5.89
2007	5.84
1995	5.81
1907	5.72
1913	5.66
2023	5.54
1929	5.23
1874	5.16

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1871	0.31
1961	0.36
1919	0.63
1981	0.76
1946	0.79
1967	0.97
1988	1.03
1963	1.06
1938	1.07
1983	1.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -10°F; 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.63 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.64 in of precipitation in Cleveland, OH, the driest January since 2016, 41st driest of 156.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Cleveland, OH: 64°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Cleveland, OH: a low of -10°F on Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Cleveland, OH: 0.63 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.