Dubuque, IA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 17.3°F in Dubuque, IA, the coldest January since 2022, 62nd coldest of 151.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 17.3°F; Coldest since 2022; 62nd coldest of 151
Precipitation: 1.04 in; Driest since 2025; 63rd driest of 152

A normal January in Dubuque, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 19°F, between 13.7°F and 24.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.32 in of precipitation, between 0.45 in and 2.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Dubuque, IA since 1875: 17.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 3.4°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 13.7 to 24.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Dubuque, IA from 1874 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	17.3	90	25.3	94	9.4	88	1.04	90	0
2025	18.5	83	28.5	62	8.4	99	0.10	152	0
2024	21.3	58	26.6	81	16	33	3.30	4	0
2023	25.3	21	30.9	36	19.7	16	2.38	20	0
2022	13.1	120	22.5	113	3.8	125	0.50	132	0
2021	22	47	28.6	61	15.3	39	1.48	57	0
2020	24.1	28	30.4	42	17.7	23	1.79	43	0
2019	15.6	107	22.6	111	8.6	97	2.82	9	1
2018	19.2	76	27.6	68	10.8	81	1.19	78	0
2017	23.7	33	29.5	54	18	21	2.01	30	0
2016					12.3	66	0.46	136	4
2015	19.5	73	27.6	68	11.3	75	0.93	98	0
2014	9.3	141	19.8	131	-1.1	145			0
2013	20.6	61	29.9	50	11.4	74	1.72	46	0
2012	23.9	31	33.2	20	14.5	44	1.25	73	0
2011	15.7	105	22.2	116	9.2	92	0.99	94	0
2010	15.2	108	21.3	120	9.2	92	1.77	44	0
2009	10.7	134	19.8	131	1.5	134	1.06	88	0
2008	16.1	102	24.6	101	7.6	102	1.21	74	0
2007	22.3	44	30.1	45	14.5	44	0.85	103	0
2006	31.6	3	38	4	25.3	2	1.32	68	0
2005	19	78	25.4	93	12.5	61	2.01	30	0
2004	16.3	98	23.9	103	8.7	96	0.39	141	0
2003	17.9	86	26.1	85	9.7	84	0.39	141	0
2002	28.5	7	37.1	5	19.8	14	0.37	143	0
2001	19.6	72	27.2	75	12	70	1.35	67	0
2000	20.1	66	28.1	66	12.1	68	1.39	64	0
1999	16.2	100	23.1	108	9.2	92	2.18	25	0
1998	24.1	28	29.5	54	18.8	19	1.05	89	0
1997	15	109	23.4	106	6.7	110	1.53	55	0
1996	16.2	100	25.1	95	7.4	104	2.65	12	0
1995	18.7	81	25	96	12.4	63	1.00	92	0
1994	9.7	138	17.9	141	1.5	134	1.37	65	0
1993	20.8	60	27.6	68	14	50	1.37	65	0
1992	24.7	25	31.8	31	17.6	24	1.49	56	0
1991	14.5	112	23.6	105	5.4	115	1.16	80	0
1990	28.6	5	36.9	6	20.4	11	1.27	71	0
1989	27.4	13	34.6	14	20.1	12	0.90	100	0
1988	13.9	113	22.6	111	5.2	118	1.32	68	0
1987	23.1	38	30.2	44	16	33	0.79	112	0
1986	18.4	84	25.7	91	11	79	0.82	108	0
1985	11.9	127	21.1	122	2.7	131	1.17	79	0
1984	15.7	105	23	109	8.4	99	0.81	109	0
1983	23.1	38	29.4	58	16.7	27	0.70	119	0
1982	9.5	140	19.6	133	-0.6	143	0.41	140	0
1981	21.6	52	31.2	34	12.1	68	0.34	144	0
1980	20.1	66	27.3	73	12.9	59	1.80	40	0
1979	4.4	149	12.6	149	-3.7	150	2.61	13	0
1978	7.7	144	16.4	144	-1	144	0.81	109	0
1977	3.4	151	12.1	150	-5.4	152	0.78	114	0
1976	16.3	98	26.5	83	6.2	111	0.57	128	0
1975	20.3	64	28.2	65	12.5	61	0.90	100	0
1974	17.6	87	23.9	103	11.3	75	2.39	19	0
1973	22.5	42	29.1	59	15.9	36	1.66	49	0
1972	13.4	118	22.1	118	4.6	121	0.47	135	0
1971	11.1	133	19.6	133	2.7	131	1.98	33	0
1970	8.3	142	16.3	146	0.4	138	0.49	133	0
1969	13.9	113	20.8	127	7.1	109	2.56	14	0
1968	19.1	77	26.7	80	11.5	72	1.20	76	0
1967	21.5	55	30	47	12.9	59	1.80	40	0
1966	10.4	136	19.5	136	1.2	137	1.81	39	0
1965	16.1	102	24.8	100	7.4	104	2.70	11	0
1964	24.7	25	33.2	20	16.2	31	0.31	146	0
1963	7	146	15.2	147	-1.1	145	1.08	86	0
1962	12.8	122	20.7	130	5	119	1.46	58	0
1961	17.4	89	25.8	89	9	95	0.32	145	0
1960	20.4	63	27.3	73	13.6	53	6.04	1	0
1959	11.9	127	20.8	127	2.9	129	1.40	62	0
1958	20.5	62	26.9	78	14.1	48	0.84	106	0
1957	12.4	123	21.3	120	3.4	127	0.85	103	0
1956	19.5	73	28.3	63	10.6	82	0.58	126	0
1955	18.9	80	26.4	84	11.5	72	0.42	138	0
1954	18.7	81	28	67	9.3	90	0.68	121	0
1953	22.4	43	29.8	52	14.9	41	0.91	99	0
1952	19	78	28.3	63	9.6	87	2.02	29	0
1951	17	94	25.5	92	8.5	98	1.41	61	0
1950	21.6	52	32	28	11.2	78	1.76	45	0
1949	22	47	30.8	37	13.2	54	2.93	8	0
1948	16.1	102	25	96	7.2	108	1.15	82	0
1947	26.7	16	35	12	17.6	24	2.13	26	1
1946	23.5	36	31.9	29	15	40	2.27	23	0
1945	17.2	91	25	96	9.4	88	0.60	125	0
1944	29.7	4	38.9	3	20.5	10	1.31	70	0
1943	16.8	95	25.8	89	7.8	101	1.67	48	0
1942	21.9	49	29.5	54	14.2	47	1.01	91	0
1941	24.8	23	30.6	40	19.1	17	1.83	37	0
1940	11.8	131	19.1	139	4.5	122	1.56	53	0
1939	28.4	9	35	12	21.7	6	0.81	109	0
1938	20	68	26.9	78	13.1	55	2.05	27	0
1937	16.6	97	25.9	87	7.3	107	3.44	2	0
1936	11.9	127	19.4	138	4.4	124	1.46	58	0
1935	19.5	73	27.6	68	11.3	75	1.59	51	0
1934	28.3	10	35.7	8	21	8	0.90	100	0
1933	33	2	41.9	2	24.1	3	0.58	126	0
1932	26.5	17	33.1	22	19.9	13	1.21	74	0
1931	28.6	5	35.2	10	21.9	4	0.79	112	0
1930	11.9	127	20.9	125	2.8	130	2.05	27	0
1929	9.7	138	19	140	0.3	140	3.13	7	0
1928	23.8	32	31.7	32	15.9	36	0.20	147	0
1927	19.7	71	27	76	12.4	63	0.42	138	0
1926	22.2	46	30.3	43	14.1	48	1.40	62	0
1925	21.6	52	30.1	45	13	57	0.11	151	0
1924	13.6	115	22.5	113	4.7	120	0.63	122	0
1923	25.8	19	32.7	26	19	18	0.63	122	0
1922	19.9	69	28.8	60	11	79	1.16	80	1
1921	28.5	7	35.2	10	21.8	5	0.18	148	0
1920	13.4	118	21	124	5.8	112	0.63	122	0
1919	25.9	18	33.8	17	18	21	0.17	149	0
1918	8.1	143	16.6	143	-0.3	142	1.83	37	0
1917	16.7	96	25.9	87	7.4	104	0.85	103	0
1916	21.5	55	30.7	38	12.4	63	2.46	16	0
1915	17.2	91	25	96	9.3	90	2.01	30	0
1914	28.2	11	35.5	9	21	8	0.78	114	0
1913	22.7	41	32.3	27	13.1	55	1.11	84	0
1912	3.8	150	12	151	-4.5	151	0.55	129	0
1911	21.2	59	30.5	41	12	70	0.72	118	0
1910	18.3	85	27	76	9.7	84	2.45	17	0
1909	21.4	57	29.7	53	13	57	1.98	33	0
1908	24.8	23	33.3	19	16.3	28	0.70	119	0
1907	19.8	70	27.4	72	12.3	66	1.72	46	0
1906	25.2	22	34.1	15	16.3	28	2.72	10	0
1905	12	126	20.8	127	3.3	128	0.95	97	0
1904	13.5	117	21.6	119	5.3	116	0.51	130	0
1903	21.7	51	29.5	54	14.7	43	0.17	149	2
1902	22.8	40	30.7	38	14.9	41	0.74	117	0
1901	23.7	33	31	35	16.3	28	1.07	87	0
1900	25.6	20	32.8	24	18.4	20	1.15	82	0
1899	20.3	64	30	47	10.6	82	0.51	130	0
1898	24.1	28	31.9	29	16.1	32	2.19	24	2
1897	17.5	88	26.1	85	9.7	84	2.55	15	2
1896	24.5	27	33	23	16	33	0.75	116	0
1895	13	121	22.5	113	3.5	126	1.44	60	0
1894	21.8	50	29.9	50	13.7	52	1.11	84	0
1893	6.6	147	14.5	148	-1.3	147	1.60	50	0
1892	14.6	111	23.4	106	5.8	112	2.34	21	0
1891	26.8	14	33.7	18	19.8	14	1.27	71	0
1890	22.3	44	30	47	14.5	44	2.31	22	0
1889	23.7	33	31.5	33	15.8	38	1.55	54	0
1888	7.1	145	16.7	142	-2.5	148	1.20	76	0
1887	10.7	134	20.9	125	0.4	138	3.33	3	0
1886	12.4	123	19.5	136	5.3	116	3.17	6	0
1885	11.3	132	21.1	122	1.5	134	1.80	40	0
1884	13.6	115	22.8	110	4.5	122	0.99	94	0
1883	9.9	137	19.6	133	0.1	141	1.59	51	0
1882	23.3	37	32.8	24	13.8	51	0.84	106	0
1881	12.2	125	22.2	116	2.2	133	1.87	36	0
1880	34.1	1	42.6	1	25.5	1	1.95	35	0
1879	17.1	93	26.6	81	7.6	102	0.44	137	0
1878	27.8	12	33.9	16	21.7	6	0.49	133	0
1877	15	109	24.4	102	5.6	114	0.96	96	0
1876	26.8	14	36	7	17.5	26	3.20	5	0
1875	6.5	148	16.4	144	-3.3	149	1.00	92	0
1874							2.45	17	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	34.1
1933	33
2006	31.6
1944	29.7
1990	28.6
1931	28.6
2002	28.5
1921	28.5
1939	28.4
1934	28.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	3.4
1912	3.8
1979	4.4
1875	6.5
1893	6.6
1963	7
1888	7.1
1978	7.7
1918	8.1
1970	8.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1960	6.04
1937	3.44
1887	3.33
2024	3.30
1876	3.20
1886	3.17
1929	3.13
1949	2.93
2019	2.82
1906	2.72

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.10
1925	0.11
1919	0.17
1903	0.17
1921	0.18
1928	0.20
1964	0.31
1961	0.32
1981	0.34
2002	0.37

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 56°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.58 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.04 in of precipitation in Dubuque, IA, the driest January since 2025, 63rd driest of 152.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Dubuque, IA: 56°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Dubuque, IA: a low of -19°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Dubuque, IA: 0.58 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.