Columbia, SC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 44.8°F in Columbia, SC, the coldest January since 2025, tied 59th coldest of 139 (with 1891).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 44.8°F; Coldest since 2025; 59th coldest of 139
Precipitation: 1.95 in; Driest since 2025; 39th driest of 139

A normal January in Columbia, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45.9°F, between 42.1°F and 50.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.04 in of precipitation, between 1.41 in and 6.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Columbia, SC since 1888: 44.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 35.3°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 42.1 to 50.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Columbia, SC from 1888 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
2026	44.8	80	56.4	63	33.3	95	1.95	101
2025	40.9	123	53.4	105	28.4	131	1.78	108
2024	46.5	56	58	40	35	72	2.65	82
2023	51.3	16	62.1	17	40.5	18	5.79	22
2022	44	92	55.3	79	32.7	99	4.04	43
2021	45.6	68	55.5	74	35.8	65	5.32	26
2020	51.1	18	60.8	23	41.4	14	5.84	21
2019	47	48	57.7	46	36.3	61	3.01	69
2018	43	105	55.5	74	30.5	115	2.42	91
2017	53.7	8	64.5	6	43	11	7.04	11
2016	44.3	89	55.1	84	33.6	89	1.94	102
2015	44.7	82	55.7	71	33.7	87	2.60	85
2014	40.3	126	52.4	117	28.1	132	3.40	54
2013	52.5	12	64	7	41.1	15	1.21	126
2012	49.4	28	61.8	20	36.9	52	1.76	110
2011	41.7	114	52.7	112	30.7	112	1.70	114
2010	41	121	52.4	117	29.6	124	3.18	63
2009	44.5	87	54.6	95	34.3	78	1.07	131
2008	44.6	84	55	87	34.2	80	3.19	62
2007	48	39	58.8	35	37.2	48	3.06	67
2006	50.8	20	62.5	13	39	29	2.79	78
2005	48.4	33	59.6	29	37.1	50	1.94	102
2004	43.4	102	55.3	79	31.5	110	1.19	127
2003	42.1	112	52.7	112	31.6	108	1.43	122
2002	47.6	44	59.5	31	35.7	66	2.47	89
2001	44	92	55.9	67	32.1	105	1.85	106
2000	43	105	53	111	33.1	97	8.88	3
1999	49.2	29	61.8	20	36.7	56	3.94	46
1998	48.4	33	58.8	35	38.1	37	6.92	12
1997	46.4	58	57.2	52	35.6	68	4.25	36
1996	43.6	98	54.9	89	32.4	102	2.90	74
1995	45.5	70	57	54	34	84	4.49	34
1994	42.5	111	54.3	96	30.8	111	4.16	38
1993	48.4	33	57.9	43	39	29	7.49	7
1992	46.2	63	58.1	39	34.4	77	3.14	66
1991	46.3	60	55.2	82	37.3	47	5.48	23
1990	52.1	14	65.6	4	38.5	34	2.44	90
1989	49.6	25	61.7	22	37.5	43	1.90	105
1988	39.6	131	49.7	132	29.5	125	4.10	40
1987	43.5	100	53.4	105	33.5	92	8.36	4
1986	41.2	120	55.3	79	27.1	134	1.05	133
1985	39.5	132	51.4	124	27.5	133	3.27	59
1984	41.6	116	52.6	115	30.7	112	3.99	45
1983	40.8	124	51.2	125	30.5	115	3.66	51
1982	40.7	125	51.5	123	29.8	122	3.74	49
1981	38.7	133	52.7	112	24.7	139	0.84	136
1980	44.1	91	53.1	110	35.2	71	4.72	31
1979	43.4	102	56.6	60	30.1	120	5.19	28
1978	37.3	137	47.7	135	26.9	135	9.26	2
1977	35.7	138	45.4	138	26.1	138	4.20	37
1976	43.5	100	57	54	29.9	121	3.58	52
1975	51.6	15	63.5	10	39.6	23	4.26	35
1974	59.2	1	69.3	1	49.1	2	6.16	16
1973	44.9	78	56.3	64	33.5	92	5.25	27
1972	50.9	19	61.9	19	39.9	21	7.62	6
1971	45.3	72	56.5	61	34.2	80	4.55	33
1970	38.3	134	50.1	130	26.5	136	3.28	58
1969	42.7	109	54.8	91	30.5	115	2.64	83
1968	41	121	51.9	121	30.2	119	5.94	20
1967	46.9	51	59.6	29	34.1	83	2.79	78
1966	40.3	126	49.9	131	30.6	114	7.22	9
1965	45.7	65	59	33	32.3	103	1.43	122
1964	44	92	55.4	77	32.7	99	6.34	14
1963	41.3	118	53.4	105	29.1	128	5.38	25
1962	44.7	82	55.5	74	34	84	6.49	13
1961	41.3	118	53.8	103	28.7	129	2.93	72
1960	45.3	72	55.6	72	35	72	7.15	10
1959	44.5	87	57.5	48	31.6	108	2.94	71
1958	40	130	50.5	129	29.4	127	4.09	42
1957	47.9	42	58.3	38	37.5	43	2.48	88
1956	42.7	109	55.1	84	30.3	118	1.73	111
1955	43.9	96	55.4	77	32.3	103	4.90	30
1954	47.3	46	59.7	28	34.8	76	1.91	104
1953	49.6	25	62.4	14	36.9	52	1.98	99
1952	52.3	13	63.6	8	41	16	3.46	53
1951	45.8	64	57.8	44	33.8	86	1.50	121
1950	57.5	2	68.5	2	46.4	4	2.77	80
1949	55.1	5	66.5	3	43.7	8	0.97	134
1948	40.3	126	50.8	127	29.7	123	4.58	32
1947	51.2	17	59.5	31	42.9	12	3.87	47
1946	48	39	56.9	56	39	29	1.96	100
1945	46.3	60	54.8	91	37.8	40	1.63	116
1944	46.6	55	55.8	69	37.5	43	2.68	81
1943	48.4	33	57.6	47	39.3	26	3.01	69
1942	46.4	58	56.7	59	36.2	64	2.20	96
1941	47	48	56.3	64	37.6	41	1.16	129
1940	35.3	139	44.4	139	26.2	137	2.49	87
1939	49.8	24	60.4	24	39.2	27	1.64	115
1938	46.7	54	55.1	84	38.3	36	1.17	128
1937	56	3	62.7	12	49.2	1	4.10	40
1936	42.9	107	52.3	119	33.6	89	5.96	19
1935	46.9	51	55.8	69	38.1	37	0.77	139
1934	49.1	31	58	40	40.2	20	1.10	130
1933	52.6	11	62	18	43.2	10	2.01	98
1932	56	3	64.8	5	47.2	3	3.73	50
1931	46.3	60	55.6	72	36.9	52	2.41	92
1930	48	39	57.2	52	38.9	32	3.35	56
1929	48.1	38	57.4	50	38.9	32	2.82	76
1928	46.5	56	57.4	50	35.7	66	0.83	137
1927	47.2	47	56.8	57	37.6	41	0.97	134
1926	45.6	68	54.1	100	37.1	50	6.11	17
1925	44.9	78	53.3	109	36.5	58	10.03	1
1924	43.7	97	54.2	98	33.2	96	3.37	55
1923	50.5	21	60.2	25	40.9	17	2.54	86
1922	44.2	90	52.1	120	36.3	61	2.22	95
1921	47	48	56.5	61	37.4	46	3.26	60
1920	45.7	65	54.7	94	36.7	56	3.18	63
1919	47.6	44	58	40	37.2	48	3.81	48
1918	38.2	135	47.7	135	28.6	130	2.16	97
1917	50.5	21	59	33	41.9	13	2.90	74
1916	52.9	10	62.3	16	43.5	9	1.32	125
1915	45.4	71	54.3	96	36.4	59	6.02	18
1914	47.7	43	57.5	48	37.9	39	2.92	73
1913	54.4	7	63.4	11	45.4	6	1.56	118
1912	40.1	129	48.5	134	31.8	106	4.02	44
1911	49.5	27	59.9	27	39.1	28	1.52	120
1910	45.3	72	55	87	35.6	68	2.81	77
1909	49.2	29	58.7	37	39.6	23	1.54	119
1908	44.6	84	54.2	98	35	72	6.27	15
1907	53.1	9	62.4	14	43.9	7	0.80	138
1906	48.3	37	56.8	57	39.8	22	4.12	39
1905	41.7	114	50.8	127	32.7	99	1.71	113
1904	41.5	117	49.3	133	33.7	87	2.62	84
1903	44	92	51.8	122	36.3	61	3.06	67
1902	43.1	104	52.6	115	33.6	89	1.85	106
1901	45.7	65	55.9	67	35.6	68	3.34	57
1900	45.2	75	56.3	64	34.2	80	1.57	117
1899	44.6	84	54.9	89	34.3	78	5.41	24
1898	49.9	23	60.2	25	39.5	25	1.78	108
1897	42	113	51.1	126	32.9	98	2.28	94
1896	43.6	98	53.6	104	33.5	92	3.16	65
1895	45.1	77	53.4	105	36.9	52	7.27	8
1894	49.1	31	57.8	44	40.4	19	1.73	111
1893	38.1	136	46.6	137	29.5	125	1.36	124
1892	42.9	107	54.1	100	31.8	106	7.63	5
1891	44.8	80	54.8	91	34.9	75	3.21	61
1890	54.8	6	63.6	8	46	5	1.07	131
1889	45.2	75	54	102	36.4	59	5.18	29
1888	46.8	53	55.2	82	38.4	35	2.30	93

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	59.2
1950	57.5
1937	56
1932	56
1949	55.1
1890	54.8
1913	54.4
2017	53.7
1907	53.1
1916	52.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	35.3
1977	35.7
1978	37.3
1893	38.1
1918	38.2
1970	38.3
1981	38.7
1985	39.5
1988	39.6
1958	40

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1925	10.03
1978	9.26
2000	8.88
1987	8.36
1892	7.63
1972	7.62
1993	7.49
1895	7.27
1966	7.22
1960	7.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1935	0.77
1907	0.80
1928	0.83
1981	0.84
1949	0.97
1927	0.97
1986	1.05
2009	1.07
1890	1.07
1934	1.10

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 17°F; 27 January 2026, 16 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.68 in; 18 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.95 in of precipitation in Columbia, SC, the driest January since 2025, 39th driest of 139.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Columbia, SC: 81°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Columbia, SC: a low of 17°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026 and Friday 16 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Columbia, SC: 0.68 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.