Columbus, GA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 47.2°F in Columbus, GA, the coldest January since 2025, tied 49th coldest of 115 (with 2024).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 47.2°F; Coldest since 2025; 49th coldest of 115
Precipitation: 2.63 in; Driest since 2018; 34th driest of 133

A normal January in Columbus, GA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.8°F, between 43.6°F and 52.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.84 in of precipitation, between 2.46 in and 6.73 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Columbus, GA since 1899: 47.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 36.2°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 43.6 to 52.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Columbus, GA from 1893 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	47.2	66	57.4	66	36.9	61	2.63	100	0
2025	43	99	54.1	100	31.8	104	4.09	59	0
2024	47.2	66	58	63	36.4	65	6.59	21	0
2023	52.7	17	63.5	17	42	17	7.88	7	0
2022	47	68	58.5	58	35.5	74	3.01	92	0
2021	49	46	58.2	61	39.8	37	4.63	49	0
2020	52.4	20	61.9	28	42.9	13	7.53	9	0
2019	49.7	41	59.7	47	39.7	39	5.65	32	0
2018	44.7	87	55.7	84	33.6	94	1.60	121	0
2017	53.7	10	64.4	14	42.9	13	11.48	3	0
2016	45.5	78	55.5	85	35.5	74	3.20	85	0
2015	45.8	76	56.7	75	34.9	82	3.15	88	0
2014	39.7	111	51.3	114	28.1	118	2.91	95	0
2013	55.5	5	65.2	10	45.8	5	3.22	83	0
2012	51.9	23	63.3	19	40.5	31	5.46	35	0
2011	43.6	95	53.3	106	34	92	3.15	88	0
2010	41.6	107	51.6	112	31.7	105	5.34	36	0
2009	47.8	61	58.5	58	37.2	59	2.49	103	0
2008	45.2	82	55.3	87	35.1	79	5.09	43	0
2007	50.1	39	59.7	47	40.6	30	3.76	71	0
2006	54.1	9	64.3	15	43.9	9	2.97	93	0
2005	50.6	33	61.2	33	40	35	2.51	102	0
2004	46.1	75	57	73	35.1	79	2.82	97	0
2003	43.6	95	54.1	100	33	98	2.11	112	0
2002	50.1	39	60.8	37	39.4	44	3.16	87	0
2001	44.8	86	55.5	85	34	92	2.21	109	0
2000	47.7	62	57.2	69	38.1	51	4.01	62	0
1999	51.3	28	63	21	39.5	42	4.07	60	0
1998	50.5	35	59.7	47	41.3	24	3.21	84	0
1997	48.5	54	58.8	56	38.4	49	4.16	56	2
1996	46.4	71	58	63	34.8	83	5.28	39	0
1995	47.9	60	58.4	60	37.3	57	3.91	66	0
1994	44.4	90	54.3	99	34.5	87	4.36	54	0
1993	51.7	24	60.4	42	43	12	4.12	58	0
1992	47.6	64	57.3	67	38	53	6.65	19	0
1991	48.6	52	55.9	81	41.3	24	7.46	11	0
1990	51.1	31	62.6	24	39.6	40	4.45	53	0
1989	52.7	17	64.2	16	41.3	24	0.72	132	0
1988	43.4	98	52.5	109	34.4	88	6.72	17	0
1987	45.5	78	55.2	89	35.8	70	5.47	34	0
1986	47.3	65	59.5	51	35.2	78	1.45	125	0
1985	40.7	110	51.9	110	29.5	116	3.84	68	0
1984	43.9	94	55	94	32.8	101	3.60	75	0
1983	44.9	85	54	102	35.7	71	3.95	64	0
1982	44.6	88	54.5	98	34.7	84	4.22	55	0
1981	41.8	105	53.9	103	29.7	115	1.27	128	0
1980	50.5	35	59.5	51	41.6	20	3.98	63	0
1979	42.4	101	53.5	105	31.3	108	6.91	15	0
1978	39.5	112	48.6	117	30.4	111	8.35	5	0
1977	36.6	114	46.7	118	26.4	120	4.15	57	0
1976	43	99	55.1	92	31	109	3.64	74	0
1975	51.2	30	62.4	25	39.9	36	6.64	20	0
1974	59.6	3	68.4	2	50.7	2	7.50	10	0
1973	46.3	72	56.3	78	36.4	65	6.03	27	0
1972	52.9	16	63.1	20	42.7	15	6.10	25	0
1971	48.2	59	58.2	61	38.1	51	5.33	38	0
1970	39.3	113	49.4	116	29.2	117	4.59	50	0
1969	45.4	80	55.3	87	35.5	74	1.22	129	0
1968	44.2	91	54.9	96	33.5	96	1.78	117	0
1967	49	46	60.5	41	37.4	56	3.48	80	0
1966	42	102	50.7	115	33.2	97	7.87	8	0
1965	47.7	62	60.7	38	34.7	84	2.79	98	0
1964	44.1	93	55.2	89	33	98	7.01	13	0
1963	42	102	53.8	104	30.3	112	6.24	24	0
1962	45	84	55	94	35	81	5.94	28	0
1961	41.4	108	52.6	108	30.3	112	2.34	106	0
1960	47	68	56.7	75	37.2	59	6.37	22	0
1959	45.3	81	57.7	65	32.9	100	3.87	67	0
1958	41.7	106	51.6	112	31.7	105	2.75	99	0
1957	50.3	38	60.2	43	40.5	31	3.05	91	0
1956	44.2	91	56.1	79	32.2	102	1.43	126	0
1955	45.2	82	56.1	79	34.2	91	4.93	46	0
1954	49.1	44	61.4	31	36.9	61	0.87	131	0
1953	49.6	43	61.9	28	37.3	57	4.75	48	0
1952	53.6	12	65.3	9	41.9	19	3.75	72	0
1951	48.7	51	61.1	34	36.4	65	2.06	114	0
1950	60.4	1	70.3	1	50.5	3	2.09	113	0
1949	55.3	6	66.2	5	44.5	6	2.87	96	0
1948	42	102	53	107	31	109	3.72	73	1
1947	52.3	21	60.6	39	44	8	10.97	4	0
1946	50.7	32	59.4	53	42.1	16	5.55	33	0
1945	48.5	54	58.6	57	38.5	48	2.92	94	0
1944	49	46	59.2	55	38.8	45	3.93	65	0
1943	53.3	14	64.5	13	42	17	5.92	29	0
1942			57.2	69	34.3	90	3.17	86	4
1941	48.9	49	60.1	45	37.8	54	1.47	124	2
1940	36.2	115	45.7	119	26.6	119	4.50	51	0
1939	51.5	26	62.1	26	40.8	29	3.54	78	0
1938	48.6	52	57	73	40.3	34	2.19	110	0
1937	59.9	2	67.1	3	52.8	1	5.16	41	0
1936			57.1	71	34.6	86	13.37	2	4
1935	49.1	44	59.4	53	38.8	45	1.83	116	0
1934	51.6	25	61	35	41.5	22	3.27	82	1
1933	53.7	10	63	21	44.5	6	3.50	79	0
1932	55.8	4	65.7	6	45.9	4	5.26	40	0
1931	45.8	76	55.9	81	35.6	73	3.79	70	0
1930	48.9	49	59.6	50	38.2	50	4.06	61	0
1929	51.3	28	61.5	30	41	28	4.91	47	2
1928	46.3	72	57.3	67	35.3	77	0.93	130	0
1927					36	69	0.65	133	31
1926			55.2	89	37.6	55	8.02	6	4
1925	50.6	33	60.6	39	40.5	31	13.76	1	0
1924			55.8	83	31.6	107	7.01	13	5
1923	52.5	19	65.6	7	39.5	42	3.55	76	0
1922	48.5	54	57.1	71	39.8	37	5.34	36	2
1921	52.3	21	64.9	11	39.6	40	2.45	104	0
1920	51.4	27	61.4	31	41.5	22	5.69	31	0
1919	48.3	57	60.9	36	35.7	71	6.31	23	0
1918	40.9	109	51.7	111	30.2	114	6.05	26	0
1917	53.4	13	63.4	18	43.4	11	5.04	44	0
1916	54.4	7	67.1	3	41.6	20	1.53	122	0
1915	46.3	72	56.4	77	36.2	68	4.98	45	0
1914	48.3	57	60	46	36.6	63	1.52	123	0
1913	54.2	8	64.9	11	43.5	10	1.65	118	0
1912	43.6	95	55.1	92	32.1	103	6.66	18	0
1911	50.4	37	62.1	26	38.7	47	3.37	81	0
1910	46.8	70	60.2	43	33.6	94	3.08	90	1
1909	53.3	14	65.6	7	41.1	27	1.29	127	2
1908									14
1907							2.18	111	11
1906							5.86	30	6
1905							2.27	107	5
1904							5.10	42	6
1903							3.55	76	6
1902	44.5	89	54.6	97	34.4	88	2.25	108	0
1901							3.84	68	13
1900							1.95	115	31
1899	49.7	41	62.8	23	36.6	63	6.90	16	0
1898							2.54	101	31
1897							1.63	119	31
1896							4.47	52	31
1895							7.45	12	31
1894							2.40	105	31
1893							1.62	120	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	60.4
1937	59.9
1974	59.6
1932	55.8
2013	55.5
1949	55.3
1916	54.4
1913	54.2
2006	54.1
2017	53.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	36.2
1977	36.6
1970	39.3
1978	39.5
2014	39.7
1985	40.7
1918	40.9
1961	41.4
2010	41.6
1958	41.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1925	13.76
1936	13.37
2017	11.48
1947	10.97
1978	8.35
1926	8.02
2023	7.88
1966	7.87
2020	7.53
1974	7.50

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1927	0.65
1989	0.72
1954	0.87
1928	0.93
1969	1.22
1981	1.27
1909	1.29
1956	1.43
1986	1.45
1941	1.47

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 10 January 2026, 9 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.00 in; 25 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.63 in of precipitation in Columbus, GA, the driest January since 2018, 34th driest of 133.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Columbus, GA: 76°F on Saturday 10 January 2026, Friday 9 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Columbus, GA: a low of 18°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Columbus, GA: 1.00 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.