Columbia, MO: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 28.2°F in Columbia, MO, the coldest January since 2025, tied 46th coldest of 137 (with 1945).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 28.2°F; Coldest since 2025; 46th coldest of 137
Precipitation: 0.92 in; Driest since 2016; 34th driest of 137

A normal January in Columbia, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.9°F, between 25.1°F and 35.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.21 in of precipitation, between 0.77 in and 3.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Columbia, MO since 1890: 28.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 13.6°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 25.1 to 35.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Columbia, MO from 1890 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	28.2	91	37.9	79	18.5	97	0.92	104	0
2025	26.1	105	34.9	106	17.4	106	1.21	81	0
2024	27	99	34.4	112	19.6	84	2.74	23	0
2023	37.9	7	46.3	9	29.5	5	1.01	90	0
2022	29.4	74	40.2	58	18.5	97	1.15	82	0
2021	34	29	40.1	59	27.9	10	3.24	17	0
2020	33.9	31	40.7	49	27.1	16	4.85	6	0
2019	30.3	64	37.9	79	22.6	47	2.20	45	0
2018	29.5	72	39.7	63	19.4	88	2.22	44	0
2017	35.5	16	43.5	28	27.4	14	1.01	90	0
2016	30.3	64	40.3	54	21	69	0.90	105	1
2015	32.2	46	42.1	38	22.4	50	0.94	97	0
2014	25.1	112	36.3	95	13.9	122	0.90	105	0
2013	33.7	33	43.8	25	23.7	40	2.38	34	0
2012	35.4	17	46	11	24.7	30	0.74	116	0
2011	24.6	116	32.4	120	16.9	108	1.03	88	0
2010	24.6	116	31.3	125	18	103	2.28	41	0
2009	27	99	37.3	87	16.7	110	0.26	131	0
2008	31.3	55	42.1	38	20.6	74	2.57	27	0
2007	30.8	59	39.2	65	22.4	50	2.73	24	0
2006	41	2	50.3	3	31.8	2	1.91	56	0
2005	31.6	51	38.8	68	24.4	33	5.94	4	0
2004	27.6	94	36.9	92	18.3	102	2.37	35	0
2003	25.5	109	34.5	110	16.5	112	0.88	107	0
2002	34.4	22	44.6	15	24.2	38	2.58	26	0
2001	29.3	77	37.2	89	21.3	66	2.69	25	0
2000	31.7	50	40.9	47	22.5	48	0.77	114	0
1999	28.3	89	35.8	99	20.8	71	3.00	20	0
1998	34.8	20	42	40	27.5	13	1.42	75	0
1997	25.1	112	34.7	107	15.6	115	2.35	38	0
1996	26.4	104	35.8	99	16.9	108	2.90	21	0
1995	26.9	101	34.6	109	19.2	92	4.78	7	0
1994	24.6	116	32.1	123	17	107	0.82	112	0
1993	29.4	74	37.5	83	21.4	63	2.37	35	0
1992	35.2	18	44.4	17	26	19	0.52	122	0
1991	25.9	106	33.1	119	18.7	95	1.56	68	0
1990	39.5	3	51.2	2	27.8	11	1.97	52	0
1989	38.1	6	48.1	4	28	9	1.32	78	0
1988	27.6	94	37.4	84	17.9	104	1.57	67	0
1987	29.5	72	37.2	89	21.9	57	2.04	50	0
1986	33.6	35	45.5	12	21.7	60	0.05	137	0
1985	19.9	131	29	130	10.8	130	1.13	83	0
1984	27.5	96	36.5	93	18.6	96	0.30	128	0
1983	31.9	48	38.4	72	25.4	22	0.28	129	0
1982	22.4	127	30.8	127	14	120	3.16	18	0
1981	29	82	38	76	19.9	80	0.88	107	0
1980	29.3	77	36.5	93	22	54	0.63	120	0
1979	15.9	134	24.3	134	7.5	134	2.43	32	0
1978	20.4	129	28.5	132	12.3	127	0.67	119	0
1977	13.6	137	22.6	136	4.6	137	1.44	73	0
1976	28.5	86	37.6	82	19.5	87	0.94	97	0
1975	31.4	53	40.3	54	22.5	48	3.38	14	0
1974	26.5	103	34.3	113	18.8	93	3.58	13	0
1973	29.9	71	37.8	81	22	54	3.11	19	0
1972	28.3	89	37.3	87	19.4	88	0.88	107	0
1971	27.2	97	36	97	18.4	101	1.62	65	0
1970	22.8	125	31.6	124	14	120	0.23	134	0
1969	27.7	93	35.6	102	19.8	83	3.87	12	0
1968	29.1	80	38.1	74	20.1	79	1.79	59	0
1967	33.1	37	43.2	32	23	46	1.92	55	0
1966	25.4	110	34.3	113	16.5	112	0.21	135	0
1965	31.8	49	42.2	36	21.4	63	2.52	29	0
1964	36	13	47.2	8	24.8	28	0.75	115	0
1963	19.9	131	29.2	129	10.6	132	0.40	125	0
1962	23.2	122	32.2	122	14.3	118	1.66	63	0
1961	29.4	74	40	61	18.8	93	0.24	133	0
1960	31.4	53	39.3	64	23.5	43	1.55	69	0
1959	24.5	119	34	115	15.1	116	2.01	51	0
1958	30.3	64	38.8	68	21.9	57	2.15	46	0
1957	25.3	111	33.9	116	16.7	110	1.07	85	0
1956	28.6	85	38	76	19.3	90	0.42	124	0
1955	31.6	51	40.1	59	23.2	45	1.95	54	0
1954	30.3	64	40	61	20.5	75	1.01	90	0
1953	34.3	24	42.6	34	25.9	20	1.36	77	0
1952	34	29	43.9	23	24.1	39	0.83	111	0
1951	30.7	60	40.4	53	21.1	67	2.30	40	0
1950	33	39	44.4	17	21.5	62	2.27	42	0
1949	28.4	87	36.1	96	20.7	73	5.96	3	0
1948	23.2	122	32.3	121	14.2	119	0.94	97	0
1947	34.4	22	43.6	27	25.1	26	0.96	95	0
1946	32.8	40	41.2	45	24.4	33	2.43	32	0
1945	28.2	91	35.3	103	21.1	67	0.94	97	0
1944	34.9	19	44.1	21	25.7	21	0.47	123	0
1943	29.3	77	38.7	70	19.9	80	0.88	107	0
1942	31.1	56	41.3	43	20.9	70	0.38	127	0
1941	33.8	32	40.5	52	27.1	16	2.85	22	0
1940	14	136	22.5	137	5.4	136	1.62	65	0
1939	39.3	4	47.4	7	31.3	3	1.66	63	0
1938	32.4	44	41.3	43	23.4	44	3.34	16	0
1937	25.9	106	33.9	116	17.8	105	4.03	9	0
1936	22.9	124	30.9	126	14.8	117	0.93	102	0
1935	32.3	45	40.3	54	24.3	36	1.74	62	0
1934	35.6	15	44.1	21	27.2	15	0.93	102	0
1933	42.1	1	52.3	1	31.9	1	1.87	58	0
1932	36.2	11	43.4	30	29.1	7	1.79	59	0
1931	36.1	12	44.5	16	27.7	12	0.28	129	0
1930	20.4	129	29	130	11.7	129	4.41	8	0
1929	23.5	121	33.5	118	13.5	124	2.09	48	0
1928	32.8	40	41.2	45	24.4	33	0.94	97	0
1927	30	70	38	76	22	54	1.75	61	0
1926	32.6	42	40.3	54	24.8	28	1.43	74	0
1925	29	82	37.4	84	20.5	75	0.82	112	0
1924	24	120	34.5	110	13.6	123	1.22	80	0
1923	38.9	5	47.8	6	30	4	1.40	76	0
1922	28.4	87	37.4	84	19.3	90	1.53	71	0
1921	36.8	9	45.2	14	28.5	8	1.54	70	0
1920	26.9	101	35.3	103	18.5	97	0.71	117	0
1919	34.2	26	43.1	33	25.2	24	0.07	136	0
1918	15.3	135	23.8	135	6.9	135	1.00	93	0
1917	30.9	58	41.4	42	20.5	75	1.05	86	0
1916	30.5	63	40.6	50	20.5	75	6.80	2	0
1915	27.2	97	35.9	98	18.5	97	2.10	47	0
1914	37.7	8	46.3	9	29.2	6	0.55	121	0
1913	31.1	56	40.8	48	21.4	63	2.57	27	0
1912	17.5	133	25.3	133	9.6	133	0.25	132	0
1911	33.5	36	43.3	31	23.7	40	0.96	95	0
1910	30.2	68	38.6	71	21.8	59	2.36	37	0
1909	30.6	62	39.1	66	22.1	53	2.48	30	0
1908	32	47	42.2	36	21.7	60	1.13	83	0
1907	33.7	33	42	40	25.3	23	5.65	5	0
1906	34.2	26	43.8	25	24.5	32	3.94	11	0
1905	20.8	128	29.4	128	12.3	127	1.97	52	0
1904	25.8	108	35.1	105	16.5	112	2.09	48	0
1903	30.7	60	38.9	67	22.4	50	1.90	57	0
1902	29.1	80	38.4	72	19.9	80	1.04	87	0
1901	34.7	21	44.2	19	25.2	24	2.32	39	0
1900	34.1	28	43.9	23	24.3	36	1.46	72	0
1899	30.1	69	40.6	50	19.6	84	0.71	117	0
1898	34.3	24	43.5	28	25	27	3.37	15	0
1897	28.9	84	38.1	74	19.6	84	6.87	1	0
1896	33.1	37	42.5	35	23.6	42	1.03	88	0
1895	24.7	115	35.8	99	13.5	124	1.23	79	0
1894	32.5	43	44.2	19	20.8	71	2.46	31	0
1893	22.7	126	34.7	107	10.7	131	0.39	126	0
1892	24.9	114	37	91	12.8	126	2.27	42	0
1891	35.7	14	45.4	13	26.1	18	0.97	94	0
1890	36.3	10	47.9	5	24.6	31	4.02	10	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	42.1
2006	41
1990	39.5
1939	39.3
1923	38.9
1989	38.1
2023	37.9
1914	37.7
1921	36.8
1890	36.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	13.6
1940	14
1918	15.3
1979	15.9
1912	17.5
1985	19.9
1963	19.9
1978	20.4
1930	20.4
1905	20.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1897	6.87
1916	6.80
1949	5.96
2005	5.94
1907	5.65
2020	4.85
1995	4.78
1930	4.41
1937	4.03
1890	4.02

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.05
1919	0.07
1966	0.21
1970	0.23
1961	0.24
1912	0.25
2009	0.26
1983	0.28
1931	0.28
1984	0.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: -6°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.36 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.92 in of precipitation in Columbia, MO, the driest January since 2016, 34th driest of 137.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Columbia, MO: 68°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Columbia, MO: a low of -6°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Columbia, MO: 0.36 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.