Danville, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 36.3°F in Danville, VA, the coldest January since 2025, tied 28th coldest of 101 (with 1996).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 36.3°F; Coldest since 2025; 28th coldest of 101
Precipitation: 2.86 in; Driest since 2025; 43rd driest of 105

A normal January in Danville, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39°F, between 34.7°F and 42.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.42 in of precipitation, between 1.23 in and 5.82 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Danville, VA since 1917: 36.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 27°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 34.7 to 42.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Danville, VA from 1917 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	36.3	73	48	66	24.6	87	2.86	63	0
2025	33.7	91	44.8	90	22.5	92	2.44	71	0
2024	39.6	41	50.1	42	29.1	49	6.15	7	0
2023	44.5	8	54.5	10	34.5	8	1.89	86	0
2022	35.9	77	46.8	75	25	82	3.39	54	0
2021	38.7	52	48.5	58	28.9	52	3.57	47	0
2020	42.6	14	52.5	23	32.7	14	3.82	36	0
2019	38.8	51	48.3	62	29.4	44	3.84	35	0
2018							2.83	64	7
2017	42	20	51.7	28	32.3	16	3.88	34	0
2016	36.2	75	46.4	78	26	72	2.54	68	0
2015	37.9	64	48.6	57	27.3	62	1.51	97	0
2014	33.1	93	44.6	93	21.6	96	3.29	55	0
2013	42.1	18	52.5	23	31.7	23	7.16	5	0
2012	41.1	26	53	18	29.2	47	1.99	83	0
2011	34.8	85	44.8	90	24.8	85	1.24	99	0
2010	35.8	78	46.9	74	24.8	85	3.55	49	0
2009	36.5	71	46.7	77	26.2	69	3.01	60	0
2008	39.5	44	50.4	38	28.6	55	0.79	103	0
2007	42.1	18	52.8	21	31.4	25	4.22	31	0
2006	45.2	7	56.3	4	34	9	2.29	75	0
2005	40.7	30	50.5	36	30.9	27	1.63	93	0
2004	35.3	81	45.5	83	25.2	79	1.18	101	0
2003	34.4	88	43.8	97	25.1	81	1.88	87	0
2002	41.4	24	53.1	17	29.7	35	3.27	56	0
2001	37.5	68	48.8	55	26.2	69	1.15	102	0
2000	36.7	70	47.8	67	25.7	77	4.51	26	0
1999	40.9	29	52.2	26	29.7	35	6.06	9	1
1998	42.6	14	51.7	28	33.1	11	8.19	3	1
1997	38.5	56	48.7	56	28.3	57	2.92	62	0
1996	36.3	73	46.8	75	25.9	74	5.02	18	0
1995	39	49	48.3	62	29.6	42	4.49	27	0
1994	32	95	41.8	103	22.4	93	3.75	39	1
1993	40.7	30	49.2	52	31.8	22	5.79	11	2
1992	40.4	34	50.6	34	30.4	31	4.54	25	1
1991	39.6	41	49.7	46	29.5	43	4.20	33	0
1990			55.9	6			5.59	13	11
1989			53.5	13			1.70	90	11
1988			42.8	99			3.15	58	9
1987			45.3	85			4.92	20	13
1986			49.1	54			1.22	100	14
1985			42.7	101			3.76	38	10
1984			45.5	83			4.21	32	7
1983	37.1	69	46.2	80	27.8	59	1.67	92	3
1982	30.2	98	39	106	21.3	97	4.57	24	3
1981	33	94	44.3	95	21.7	95	0.72	105	0
1980	39	49	48.2	65	29.7	35	3.41	53	0
1979	35.4	80	44.9	89	25.9	74	6.75	6	0
1978	31.3	96	39.8	105	22.7	90	8.73	2	0
1977	27	101	37	108	17	101	1.62	94	0
1976	34.2	89	45.8	81	22.6	91	3.52	51	0
1975	39.1	47	51.6	31	27.2	63	4.93	19	2
1974	46.1	5	55.7	7	36.8	5	3.79	37	1
1973	37.9	64	49.4	49	26.4	68	2.77	65	0
1972	42	20	53.2	16	30.8	28	2.18	79	0
1971	36	76	45.1	86	26.6	66	2.28	77	1
1970	31.2	97	42.5	102	20.5	99	1.87	88	3
1969	34.5	87	44	96	24.9	83	1.90	85	0
1968	33.5	92	44.4	94	22.3	94	3.46	52	1
1967	40.7	30	53	18	28.4	56	1.92	84	0
1966	35.5	79	46.3	79	24	89	5.05	17	2
1965	38	63	49.8	44	26.2	69	1.69	91	1
1964	38.6	53	50.6	34	26	72	4.39	28	1
1963	36.4	72	47	73	25.8	76	2.35	73	0
1962	35.3	81	43.5	98	27	64	5.65	12	0
1961	35	84	45.1	86	24.9	83	2.29	75	0
1960	39.5	44	47.1	71	31.9	21	4.68	22	0
1959	38.4	58	49.3	50	27.5	61	2.00	82	0
1958	35.1	83	45	88	25.2	79	3.55	49	0
1957	38.4	58	47.1	71	29.7	35	3.58	46	0
1956	38.1	62	47.5	68	28.7	53	0.76	104	0
1955	37.7	67	47.3	70	28.1	58	1.77	89	0
1954	39.7	39	50	43	29.4	44	5.51	14	0
1953	43.4	10	53.5	13	33.3	10	3.71	42	0
1952	44.5	8	53.8	12	35.2	6	4.33	30	0
1951	40.1	37	50.5	36	29.7	35	1.58	95	0
1950	49.2	1	59.4	1	39	3	2.47	70	0
1949	47.3	4	56	5	38.5	4	3.23	57	0
1948	34	90	42.8	99	25.3	78	4.65	23	0
1947									21
1946	40.3	36	48.5	58	32	19	3.60	44	0
1945	38.5	56	48.3	62	28.7	53	2.34	74	0
1944	41	27	53	18	29.2	47			1
1943	43	12	53.5	13	32.6	15	3.66	43	0
1942	38.6	53	50.4	38	26.6	66	2.19	78	2
1941	39.7	39	49.6	48	29.9	33	2.08	80	0
1940	29.7	99	40.1	104	19	100	3.00	61	1
1939	43.4	10	54.5	10	32.3	16	2.61	67	0
1938	39.6	41	49.2	52	29.9	33	3.11	59	0
1937	47.9	3	55.6	8	40	1	9.91	1	1
1936	34.6	86	44.7	92	24.4	88	7.81	4	0
1935	39.3	46	48.5	58	29.7	35	3.74	41	1
1934	42.9	13	52.7	22	33	12	2.03	81	0
1933	46.1	5	57	3	35.2	6	2.43	72	0
1932	48.8	2	58.4	2	39.2	2	4.78	21	2
1931	41.4	24	51.7	28	31	26	1.56	96	0
1930	41.5	23	51.5	32	32	19	3.56	48	2
1929	39.9	38	49.7	46	30.2	32			0
1928	41	27	52.3	25	29.3	46	2.51	69	1
1927	40.4	34	48.4	61	31.7	23	1.43	98	3
1926	39.1	47	49.8	44	29	50			2
1925	38.4	58	47.5	68	29	50	5.92	10	2
1924	38.6	53	50.3	40	26.9	65	3.75	39	0
1923	42.5	17	52	27	33	12	3.60	44	0
1922	37.9	64	45.8	81	29.7	35	5.25	16	1
1921	40.6	33	50.3	40	30.8	28			0
1920	38.2	61	49.3	50	27.7	60	2.76	66	3
1919	42.6	14	54.7	9	30.7	30	5.31	15	1
1918	29.6	100	37.6	107	21	98	6.08	8	2
1917	41.6	22	51.1	33	32.2	18	4.37	29	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	49.2
1932	48.8
1937	47.9
1949	47.3
1974	46.1
1933	46.1
2006	45.2
2023	44.5
1952	44.5
1953	43.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	27
1918	29.6
1940	29.7
1982	30.2
1970	31.2
1978	31.3
1994	32
1981	33
2014	33.1
1968	33.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	9.91
1978	8.73
1998	8.19
1936	7.81
2013	7.16
1979	6.75
2024	6.15
1918	6.08
1999	6.06
1925	5.92

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.72
1956	0.76
2008	0.79
2001	1.15
2004	1.18
1986	1.22
2011	1.24
1927	1.43
2015	1.51
1931	1.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.21 in; 10 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.86 in of precipitation in Danville, VA, the driest January since 2025, 43rd driest of 105.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Danville, VA: 72°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Danville, VA: a low of 9°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Danville, VA: 1.21 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.