Duluth, MN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 6.4°F in Duluth, MN, the coldest January since 2022, 54th coldest of 152.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 6.4°F; Coldest since 2022; 54th coldest of 152
Precipitation: 0.63 in; Driest since 2025; 48th driest of 154

A normal January in Duluth, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 10.8°F, between 3.2°F and 17.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.84 in of precipitation, between 0.35 in and 1.80 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Duluth, MN since 1875: 6.4°F in 2026; the lowest is -7.2°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 3.2 to 17.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Duluth, MN from 1872 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	6.4	99	14.2	110	-1.4	94	0.63	106	0
2025	9	78	18	77	-0.1	85	0.50	123	0
2024	17.1	19	23.1	36	11.1	9	0.74	91	0
2023	17.7	15	23.5	31	11.9	8	1.56	26	0
2022	4.7	113	14.6	105	-5.2	115	0.56	114	0
2021	17.9	12	25	19	10.8	11	0.61	108	0
2020	16.1	27	23.2	35	9	21	1.37	38	0
2019	7.6	91	16.1	91	-0.9	89	0.80	78	0
2018	11	64	20.3	56	1.6	69	0.63	106	0
2017	16	28	23.3	32	8.8	22	1.16	47	0
2016	12.8	47	20.7	51	4.9	45	1.05	60	0
2015	12.7	48	19.9	62	5.4	42	0.46	130	0
2014	1.6	135	11.3	133	-8	135	0.73	94	0
2013	12.1	54	20.4	54	3.8	51	1.39	36	0
2012	18	11	26	13	9.9	16	0.37	136	0
2011	7.1	95	13.7	113	0.4	79	1.11	53	0
2010	10.6	66	18.3	74	3	54	1.10	54	0
2009	3.3	121	13.1	121	-6.6	126	0.53	117	0
2008	10	70	18.4	73	1.6	69	0.13	154	0
2007	13.7	39	21.4	40	6	37	0.20	149	0
2006	23.7	1	30.4	2	17.1	1	0.48	127	0
2005	7.7	90	16.6	87	-1.3	93	2.51	7	0
2004	3.9	119	12.8	123	-4.9	113	1.89	12	0
2003	9	78	17.7	79	0.3	80	0.23	148	0
2002	17.8	13	26.3	10	9.3	18	0.40	133	0
2001	17.4	18	25.3	17	9.5	17	1.25	44	0
2000	10.2	68	20.2	58	0.3	80	0.77	85	0
1999	9.2	75	16.8	83	1.7	67	0.87	73	0
1998	16.4	26	22.1	39	10.7	12	0.36	137	0
1997	7	97	14.9	103	-0.9	89	0.94	66	0
1996	2.2	131	13.7	113	-9.3	142	1.35	39	0
1995	13.7	39	21.2	43	6.2	36	1.38	37	0
1994	-2.1	148	7.4	150	-11.6	146	1.85	14	0
1993	11.9	55	20.7	51	3	54	1.79	17	0
1992	16.7	23	24	27	9.3	18	0.60	110	0
1991	5.9	102	15.1	102	-3.3	106	0.52	118	0
1990	18.7	9	28.7	4	8.6	23	0.51	120	0
1989	14.3	37	24.3	26	4.3	49	1.87	13	0
1988	4.8	112	14.9	103	-5.3	116	0.78	82	0
1987	15.3	32	23.3	32	7.2	32	0.69	99	0
1986	11.7	57	20.3	56	3	54	0.66	105	0
1985	6.5	98	15.6	98	-2.7	100	0.39	134	0
1984	7.1	95	15.7	95	-1.6	95	0.78	82	0
1983	13.2	44	20.8	49	5.6	40	1.34	40	0
1982	-3.2	151	7.5	149	-13.9	150	2.02	10	0
1981	11.8	56	21.4	40	2.3	63	0.32	141	0
1980	8.6	84	17.1	82	0.2	84	1.55	28	0
1979	0.5	142	9.4	143	-8.3	136	0.76	87	0
1978	5.1	106	13.4	119	-3.2	105	0.52	118	0
1977	-0.1	145	8.4	147	-8.7	140	0.36	137	0
1976	4.7	113	13.7	113	-4.3	110	1.57	25	0
1975	9.5	73	18.3	74	0.8	77	3.69	2	0
1974	5.6	103	13.8	112	-2.7	100	0.97	64	0
1973	11.5	58	20.2	58	2.9	58	0.67	101	0
1972	0.2	144	10.4	139	-10	145	2.28	8	0
1971	0.5	142	9.7	141	-8.6	137	1.56	26	0
1970	2.4	129	11.2	135	-6.5	124	0.51	120	0
1969	7.5	93	15.9	94	-0.9	89	4.70	1	0
1968	9	78	18.5	70	-0.4	87	0.77	85	0
1967	11.2	63	20.8	49	1.5	71	3.12	4	0
1966	-1.2	146	9.6	142	-12.1	147	0.98	63	0
1965	5.1	106	16	92	-5.7	119	0.89	69	0
1964	16.9	21	25.8	14	7.9	28	1.10	54	0
1963	0.9	139	9.2	144	-7.5	134	0.32	141	0
1962	3.3	121	12.3	124	-5.6	118	0.88	70	0
1961	7.9	88	18.5	70	-2.7	100	0.14	153	0
1960	10.5	67	19.2	67	1.8	66	0.88	70	0
1959	2.2	131	11.6	130	-7.3	133	0.46	130	0
1958	15.7	29	23.6	30	7.7	29	1.08	56	0
1957	1.2	136	11.4	132	-9	141	0.19	151	0
1956	12.3	52	21.4	40	3.3	52	0.93	68	0
1955	9.9	71	18.5	70	1.2	73	0.95	65	0
1954	3.9	119	13.9	111	-6.1	122	1.45	35	0
1953	11.4	60	20.9	46	1.9	65	1.24	45	0
1952	7.5	93	17.9	78	-2.9	103	0.88	70	0
1951	5.1	106	14.6	105	-4.5	112	0.49	124	0
1950	1.1	137	11.7	128	-9.5	144	3.12	4	0
1949	11.3	62	20.2	58	2.3	63	1.84	15	0
1948	3.3	121	13.5	118	-6.9	128	1.14	48	0
1947	15.1	34	24.6	21	5.7	38	0.49	124	0
1946	11.5	58	19.9	62	3	54	1.69	21	0
1945	9.2	75	15.7	95	2.7	59	0.67	101	0
1944	21.9	2	29.5	3	14.3	2	0.57	112	0
1943	5.6	103	14.5	108	-3.3	106	0.80	78	0
1942	17	20	25.5	16	8.4	25	0.31	143	0
1941	13.5	41	20.7	51	6.3	35	1.08	56	0
1940	8.1	86	16.5	88	-0.3	86	0.27	145	0
1939	15.3	32	22.8	37	7.7	29	1.75	19	0
1938	8.7	82	16	92	1.3	72	1.55	28	0
1937	3.3	121	13.7	113	-7.1	129	1.99	11	0
1936	2.6	127	10.9	138	-5.8	120	1.53	30	0
1935	5.1	106	14.3	109	-4	109	2.61	6	0
1934	15.4	30	23.7	29	7	33	1.03	61	0
1933	17.6	16	26.6	8	8.6	23	0.74	91	0
1932	17.5	17	24.5	22	10.5	14	1.31	42	0
1931	19.8	6	27.1	7	12.5	6	0.29	144	0
1930	2.1	133	11.2	135	-7.1	129	0.54	116	0
1929	-2.6	149	7	151	-12.3	149	1.51	32	0
1928	10.8	65	19.1	68	2.5	61	0.70	98	0
1927	7.6	91	16.2	90	-1	92	0.72	95	0
1926	11.4	60	20.2	58	2.6	60	0.49	124	0
1925	9.7	72	18.3	74	1	76	0.27	145	0
1924	0.9	139	10.3	140	-8.6	137	0.25	147	0
1923	13	45	20.9	46	5	44	1.60	24	0
1922	8.7	82	16.7	84	0.6	78	0.51	120	0
1921	16.6	25	23.9	28	9.3	18	0.18	152	0
1920	3	126	11	137	-5	114	1.13	49	0
1919	17.8	13	24.5	22	11	10	0.46	130	0
1918	0.7	141	8.7	146	-7.2	132	0.94	66	0
1917	3.2	125	13.2	120	-6.7	127	0.80	78	0
1916	5.1	106	15.6	98	-5.4	117	3.48	3	0
1915	9.2	75	16.7	84	1.7	67	1.84	15	0
1914	15.4	30	23.3	32	7.5	31	1.75	19	0
1913	6.3	100	16.3	89	-3.7	108	0.75	88	0
1912	-7.2	152	1	152	-15.4	152	0.47	129	0
1911	4.9	111	15.7	95	-5.9	121	1.12	50	0
1910	13.4	42	21.2	43	5.6	40	0.80	78	0
1909	10.1	69	18.9	69	1.2	73	1.02	62	0
1908	14.9	36	24.7	20	5.1	43	0.33	140	0
1907	2.5	128	11.6	130	-6.5	124	1.07	58	0
1906	16.8	22	25.7	15	8	27	1.78	18	0
1905	5.5	105	13.6	117	-2.6	99	0.78	82	0
1904	4.4	118	13.1	121	-4.4	111	0.20	149	0
1903	12.5	51	20.9	46	4.1	50	0.83	77	0
1902	16.7	23	25.1	18	8.4	25	0.74	91	0
1901	13	45	21.2	43	4.8	47	0.36	137	0
1900	18.4	10	26.4	9	10.4	15	0.71	97	0
1899	9.4	74	17.6	80	1.2	73	0.67	101	0
1898	19.2	8	26.2	12	12.3	7	0.38	135	0
1897	8.9	81	17.6	80	0.3	80	1.48	34	0
1896	13.4	42	19.8	64	7	33	1.30	43	0
1895	7.9	88	15.4	100	0.3	80	0.75	88	0
1894	12.6	50	20.4	54	4.8	47	1.51	32	0
1893	4.7	113	11.7	128	-2.2	97	1.06	59	0
1892	8.1	86	16.7	84	-0.5	88	0.48	127	0
1891	20.5	4	27.6	6	13.4	3	0.67	101	0
1890	12.3	52	19.6	65	4.9	45	0.87	73	0
1889	19.7	7	26.3	10	13	4	1.34	40	0
1888	2.3	130	11.8	127	-7.1	129	1.53	30	0
1887	1.8	134	12.2	126	-8.6	137	1.62	23	0
1886	6.2	101	14.6	105	-2.2	97	2.26	9	0
1885	-1.9	147	8.4	147	-12.2	148	0.61	108	0
1884	4.5	117	15.3	101	-6.3	123			0
1883	1	138	11.3	133	-9.3	142	1.12	50	0
1882	15.1	34	24.5	22	5.7	38	0.57	112	0
1881	4.6	116	12.3	124	-3.1	104	1.65	22	0
1880	21	3	31.3	1	10.6	13	1.21	46	0
1879	12.7	48	22.8	37	2.5	61	0.72	95	0
1878	20.5	4	28.2	5	12.8	5	0.55	115	0
1877	8.6	84	19.4	66	-2.1	96	1.12	50	0
1876	13.9	38	24.5	22	3.3	52	0.69	99	0
1875	-2.7	150	8.9	145	-14.3	151	0.87	73	0
1874							0.58	111	31
1873							0.75	88	31
1872							0.86	76	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	23.7
1944	21.9
1880	21
1891	20.5
1878	20.5
1931	19.8
1889	19.7
1898	19.2
1990	18.7
1900	18.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	-7.2
1982	-3.2
1875	-2.7
1929	-2.6
1994	-2.1
1885	-1.9
1966	-1.2
1977	-0.1
1972	0.2
1979	0.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	4.70
1975	3.69
1916	3.48
1967	3.12
1950	3.12
1935	2.61
2005	2.51
1972	2.28
1886	2.26
1982	2.02

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2008	0.13
1961	0.14
1921	0.18
1957	0.19
2007	0.20
1904	0.20
2003	0.23
1924	0.25
1940	0.27
1925	0.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 38°F; 12 January 2026
Coldest night: -29°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.20 in; 16 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.63 in of precipitation in Duluth, MN, the driest January since 2025, tied 48th driest of 154 (with 2018).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Duluth, MN: 38°F on Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Duluth, MN: a low of -29°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Duluth, MN: 0.20 in on Friday 16 January 2026.