Cold Bay, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 27.8°F in Cold Bay, AK, the coldest January since 2023, 37th coldest of 83.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 27.8°F; Coldest since 2023; 37th coldest of 83
Precipitation: 1.00 in; Driest since 2010; 7th driest of 81

A normal January in Cold Bay, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28.8°F, between 22.8°F and 33°F in eight years of ten and 3.55 in of precipitation, between 1.37 in and 5.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Cold Bay, AK since 1943: 27.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 17.8°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 22.8 to 33°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Cold Bay, AK from 1943 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	27.8	47	32.2	52	23.5	46	1.00	75	0
2025	34.9	5	39.5	3	30.3	7	7.07	1	0
2024	29.4	38	34.5	34	24.3	43	6.82	2	2
2023	27	53	33.7	40	20.3	62	2.42	46	2
2022	28.1	45	33.4	42	22.8	48	1.80	60	0
2021	29.4	38	33.8	37	25	37	5.39	10	0
2020	22.8	74	28.8	73	16.8	80	1.63	64	0
2019	33	13	37.5	10	28.5	15	4.91	14	0
2018	30.8	27	34.6	33	27.1	23	3.02	39	0
2017	26.4	58	32.9	45	19.9	64	5.13	12	0
2016	32.8	15	36.5	15	29.1	13	4.49	17	0
2015	31	24	35.5	24	26.6	24	1.41	70	0
2014	37.5	1	41.5	1	33.5	1	4.33	18	0
2013	32.9	14	36.9	13	28.8	14	3.59	31	0
2012	17.8	83	24	82	11.9	84	3.61	30	1
2011	30.5	29	35.6	20	25.4	35	3.91	23	0
2010	28	46	32.8	47	23.1	47	0.68	78	0
2009	24.5	67	29.1	68	19.9	64	1.84	58	0
2008	26.3	59	30.5	63	22.1	50	3.52	32	0
2007	26.9	55	31.9	54	21.9	55	5.65	6	0
2006	22.3	78	26.6	79	17.9	74	0.99	76	0
2005	34.2	8	38.7	6	29.7	12	3.64	29	0
2004	25.6	64	32.2	52	18.9	70	3.51	33	0
2003	33.2	12	37.9	9	28.5	15	2.47	45	0
2002	31	24	35.6	20	26.3	27	6.25	4	0
2001	29.5	37	34.5	34	24.5	41	5.09	13	0
2000	19.4	81	24.6	81	14.1	82	4.23	19	0
1999	27.2	50	33.3	43	21.2	59	5.50	8	0
1998	24.5	67	29.5	67	19.5	68	0.60	80	0
1997	28.4	43	32.3	50	24.5	41	2.23	50	0
1996	30	32	34.7	32	25.3	36	3.88	24	0
1995	26.3	59	31.2	58	21.5	57	2.31	48	0
1994	31.8	19	35.6	20	28	17	3.01	40	0
1993	27	53	31.9	54	22.1	50	5.32	11	0
1992	29.1	41	33.6	41	24.6	38	1.57	67	0
1991	31.1	22	34.8	30	27.4	22	2.74	43	0
1990	30.4	30	35.2	29	25.5	32	3.99	22	0
1989	22.3	78	28.6	74	15.9	81	1.68	63	0
1988	31.2	21	35.8	18	26.6	24	3.70	27	0
1987	30.4	30	35.4	25	25.5	32	3.17	37	0
1986	24.4	69	29	69	19.7	67	2.05	53	0
1985	36.1	2	39.8	2	32.4	2	3.29	35	0
1984	31.1	22	34.8	30	27.5	21	2.30	49	0
1983	24.6	66	28.9	70	20.3	62	1.58	66	0
1982	29.8	35	33.8	37	25.8	30	5.41	9	0
1981	30.8	27	35.3	28	26.4	26	2.34	47	0
1980	23.5	71	28.9	70	18.1	72	3.51	33	0
1979	35.1	4	39	4	31.2	4	4.10	20	0
1978	33.4	11	36.8	14	30	9	3.70	27	0
1977	35.3	3	39	4	31.6	3	4.82	16	0
1976	25.5	65	31.1	60	19.9	64	1.88	57	0
1975	24.4	69	30.8	62	18	73	3.12	38	0
1974	29.6	36	33.8	37	25.5	32	2.96	41	0
1973	22.9	73	28.1	75	17.7	75	1.97	55	0
1972	27.2	50	32.3	50	22	54	4.08	21	0
1971	22.8	74	27.5	77	17.5	77	1.34	71	1
1970	22.4	77	26.5	80	18.3	71	2.11	52	0
1969	31.8	19	35.8	18	27.8	18	3.75	25	0
1968	28.3	44	32.5	48	24.1	44	2.77	42	0
1967	26.5	56	31.2	58	21.8	56	1.60	65	0
1966	32.7	16	35.4	25	30.1	8	2.21	51	0
1965	27.3	49	32.5	48	22.1	50	1.21	74	0
1964	30	32	34	36	25.9	29	1.33	72	0
1963	34.1	9	37.5	10	30.7	5	4.91	14	0
1962	22.7	76	27.7	76	17.7	75	2.53	44	0
1961	30.9	26	35.6	20	26.1	28	1.93	56	0
1960	32	17	36.2	17	27.8	18	3.75	25	0
1959	28.7	42	32.9	45	24.6	38	1.50	68	0
1958	25.8	62	30.5	63	21.2	59	1.30	73	0
1957	34.4	6	38.2	8	30.5	6	6.45	3	0
1956	18.2	82	23.5	83	12.9	83	0.60	80	0
1955	30	32	35.4	25	24.6	38	5.53	7	0
1954					19.5	68	0.62	79	10
1953	25.7	63	30.5	63	20.9	61	1.77	61	0
1952	32	17	36.4	16	27.7	20	1.74	62	0
1951	26.5	56	30.9	61	22.1	50	1.84	58	0
1950	34.3	7	38.7	6	29.9	10	2.02	54	0
1949	27.6	48	31.6	57	23.6	45	1.48	69	0
1948	27.2	50	31.8	56	22.5	49	5.97	5	2
1947	23.3	72	28.9	70	17.4	78			2
1946	29.4	38	33.1	44	25.6	31	3.25	36	2
1945	33.7	10	37.5	10	29.9	10			2
1944	25.9	61	30.3	66	21.4	58	0.69	77	0
1943	22	80	26.7	78	17.3	79			2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	37.5
1985	36.1
1977	35.3
1979	35.1
2025	34.9
1957	34.4
1950	34.3
2005	34.2
1963	34.1
1945	33.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	17.8
1956	18.2
2000	19.4
1943	22
2006	22.3
1989	22.3
1970	22.4
1962	22.7
2020	22.8
1971	22.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	7.07
2024	6.82
1957	6.45
2002	6.25
1948	5.97
2007	5.65
1955	5.53
1999	5.50
1982	5.41
2021	5.39

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	0.60
1956	0.60
1954	0.62
2010	0.68
1944	0.69
2006	0.99
2026	1.00
1965	1.21
1958	1.30
1964	1.33

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 4 January 2026
Coldest night: 10°F; 14 January 2026, 13 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.40 in; 15 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.00 in of precipitation in Cold Bay, AK, the driest January since 2010, 7th driest of 81.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: 54°F on Sunday 4 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: a low of 10°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026 and Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: 0.40 in on Thursday 15 January 2026.