Eau Claire, WI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 10.6°F in Eau Claire, WI, the coldest January since 2022, tied 45th coldest of 134 (with 1984).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 10.6°F; Coldest since 2022; 45th coldest of 134
Precipitation: 1.02 in; Wettest since 2023; 55th wettest of 132

A normal January in Eau Claire, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 14.4°F, between 8.2°F and 20.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.95 in of precipitation, between 0.42 in and 1.71 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Eau Claire, WI since 1893: 10.6°F in 2026; the lowest is -3.4°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 8.2 to 20.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Eau Claire, WI 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	10.6	89	18.6	104	2.6	80	1.02	55	0
2025	14.2	59	23.5	63	4.9	56	0.14	128	0
2024	21.6	11	27.1	28	16.1	4	0.41	109	0
2023	21.4	14	27	30	15.8	6	1.65	20	0
2022	9	98	19.7	92	-1.8	102	0.40	112	0
2021	20.8	16	27.8	25	13.7	12	0.82	68	0
2020	20.6	17	28.2	21	13.1	15	1.18	44	0
2019	12.5	75	20.5	85	4.4	61	0.63	86	0
2018	13.9	61	23.5	63	4.2	64	1.26	37	0
2017	17.8	34	24.9	47	10.7	23	2.35	5	0
2016	15.8	47	23.6	61	8.1	41	0.42	106	0
2015	15.9	46	23.4	66	8.5	39	0.37	114	0
2014	5.7	119	16.8	116	-5.4	121	1.58	24	0
2013	15.8	47	24.9	47	6.8	45	1.08	47	0
2012	20.5	19	29.5	16	11.6	21	0.54	97	0
2011	10.2	93	17.9	110	2.5	81	0.80	70	0
2010	13.1	69	21	81	5.2	54	0.89	66	0
2009	5.3	122	15.7	120	-5.2	120	0.42	106	0
2008	12.4	78	21.2	78	3.7	69	0.77	73	0
2007	19.2	26	26.7	31	11.6	21	0.41	109	0
2006	28.4	1	35.3	1	21.4	1	1.10	46	0
2005	15.8	47	23.8	59	7.8	42	1.00	57	0
2004	10.3	92	18.5	105	2.2	83	0.65	83	0
2003	13.8	62	22.9	74	4.6	59	0.32	116	0
2002	24	5	32.5	6	15.5	7	0.59	92	0
2001	18.6	30	27.6	26	9.6	31	1.04	52	0
2000	14.4	55	24.7	52	4	66	1.58	24	0
1999	11.6	84	20.1	88	3.1	75	1.68	19	0
1998	20	22	27.1	28	12.8	16	1.58	24	0
1997	11.1	87	19.4	97	2.8	79	2.00	12	0
1996	8.5	101	19.4	97	-2.5	106	2.07	11	0
1995	16.6	40	24.1	57	9.2	35	0.49	101	0
1994	2.5	129	11.6	131	-6.5	127	1.50	31	0
1993	14.4	55	23.4	66	5.3	52	0.99	59	0
1992	20.2	21	27.9	24	12.5	18	0.90	65	0
1991	11.5	85	20.1	88	2.9	77	0.56	94	0
1990	23.6	7	33.8	4	13.4	13	0.80	70	0
1989	19.5	24	29.8	12	9.3	34	0.61	91	0
1988	8.9	99	19.4	97	-1.6	101	0.85	67	0
1987	19.4	25	28.1	22	10.6	25	0.67	82	0
1986	15	52	24.5	53	5.5	51	0.51	99	0
1985	9.9	94	19.6	93	0.2	94	0.48	103	0
1984	10.6	89	19.5	95	1.7	87	0.56	94	0
1983	18.5	31	26.3	34	10.7	23	1.28	36	0
1982	1.6	130	11.8	130	-8.5	130	1.74	18	0
1981	15.4	51	26.2	35	4.7	58	0.10	131	0
1980	13.5	65	21.8	76	5.3	52	1.38	34	0
1979	1.2	131	10.2	132	-7.8	129	1.03	53	0
1978	6.2	116	16	119	-3.7	113	0.26	122	0
1977	-0.7	133	9.3	133	-10.7	133	0.48	103	0
1976	8.1	103	18.9	102	-2.7	107	0.96	63	0
1975	13.8	62	24.2	55	3.5	70	1.30	35	0
1974	12.9	72	21.9	75	3.8	68	0.51	99	0
1973	15.7	50	25.6	42	5.8	49	0.62	88	0
1972	5.5	121	16.3	117	-5.4	121	1.20	42	0
1971	5.3	122	15.1	121	-4.5	116	2.38	4	0
1970	5.3	122	14.8	123	-4.3	114	0.62	88	0
1969	8.9	99	17.7	111	0	95	3.37	2	0
1968	13.5	65	23.5	63	3.5	70	1.08	47	0
1967	14.4	55	24.5	53	4.4	61	3.47	1	0
1966	1.1	132	12	129	-9.8	132	1.05	50	0
1965	7.8	106	18.5	105	-2.9	108	0.39	113	0
1964	19.7	23	29.6	14	9.8	29	0.23	124	0
1963	3.6	127	12.6	128	-5.4	121	0.81	69	0
1962	8.1	103	17.3	113	-1.1	96	0.62	88	0
1961	12	80	23.6	61	0.4	93	0.10	131	0
1960	17.8	34	25.2	44	10.4	26	0.41	109	0
1959	6.5	115	18	108	-4.9	118	0.16	126	0
1958	18.3	32	26.5	32	10.1	28	0.11	130	0
1957	5.7	119	17	114	-5.6	125	0.14	128	0
1956	12.5	75	23.9	58	1.1	89	0.42	106	0
1955	11.3	86	21.2	78	1.3	88	0.37	114	0
1954	9.4	95	20.8	82	-2	104	0.29	120	0
1953	17.2	37	25.9	38	8.4	40	0.63	86	0
1952	12.6	74	23.1	71	2.1	84	1.62	21	0
1951	7.5	108	18.3	107	-3.2	109	0.45	105	0
1950	6.9	112	19.5	95	-5.8	126	1.75	17	0
1949	17.6	36	26.1	37	9.1	36	1.80	16	0
1948	9.3	96	20.1	88	-1.5	99	0.23	124	0
1947	20.5	19	30.5	10	10.4	26	1.05	50	0
1946	16.6	40	25.5	43	7.7	43	1.60	22	0
1945	12.4	78	20.6	84	4.3	63	0.70	80	0
1944	25.9	2	35.3	1	16.6	2	0.75	76	0
1943	9.3	96	19.6	93	-1.1	96	1.52	29	0
1942	18.8	29	28.1	22	9.5	32	0.25	123	0
1941	17.1	38	25.2	44	8.9	37	0.77	73	0
1940	6.7	113	14.7	125	-1.2	98	0.27	121	0
1939	21.9	10	30.7	8	12.4	19	1.20	42	1
1938	12.9	72	21.2	78	4.5	60	1.24	39	0
1937	7.2	110	19.1	100	-4.6	117	1.57	28	0
1936	6.7	113	14.8	123	-1.5	99	0.69	81	0
1935	12.5	75	23	72	2	85	2.24	8	0
1934	23.9	6	31.8	7	16	5	0.74	77	0
1933	24.7	4	34.6	3	14.8	9	1.58	24	0
1932	21.6	11	29	17	14.2	10	2.34	6	0
1931	24.8	3	33.1	5	16.5	3	0.15	127	0
1930	8.5	101	18.8	103	-1.8	102	1.45	32	0
1929	2.7	128	15	122	-9.5	131	2.97	3	0
1928	16.8	39	26.2	35	7.5	44	0.73	78	0
1927	13	71	23.2	68	2.9	77	0.65	83	0
1926	16	44	25.9	38	6	48	0.94	64	0
1925	14.9	53	24.9	47	4.9	56	0.98	60	0
1924	5.8	118	18	108	-6.5	127	1.01	56	0
1923	18.2	33	26.5	32	9.8	29	1.24	39	0
1922	12	80	23.2	68	0.7	92	1.26	37	0
1921	22.3	9	30.5	10	14.2	10	0.64	85	0
1920	7.5	108	17	114	-2	104	1.89	14	0
1919	21.6	11	30.6	9	12.6	17	0.80	70	0
1918	3.9	126	12.8	127	-5.1	119	1.24	39	0
1917	7.8	106	19.1	100	-3.5	112	2.21	10	0
1916	13.6	64	23.8	59	3.4	72	2.30	7	0
1915	13.1	69	23.2	68	3.1	75	1.52	29	0
1914	22.6	8	29.6	14	15.5	7	1.60	22	0
1913	14.6	54	25	46	4.2	64	0.49	101	0
1912	-3.4	134	6.3	134	-13.1	134	0.53	98	0
1911	13.3	68	24.2	55	2.4	82	1.11	45	0
1910	14.4	55	24.8	50	4	66	1.08	47	0
1909	16.2	43	25.9	38	6.5	46	1.03	53	0
1908	19.2	26	29.7	13	8.7	38	0.58	93	0
1907	10.5	91	20.1	88	0.9	91	1.85	15	0
1906	19.1	28	28.7	19	9.5	32	2.24	8	0
1905	5.9	117	16.2	118	-4.4	115	0.73	78	0
1904	7.1	111	17.5	112	-3.4	111	0.31	119	0
1903	14	60	23	72	5.1	55	0.32	116	0
1902	16.4	42	27.2	27	5.6	50	0.77	73	0
1901	16	44	25.7	41	6.3	47	0.56	94	0
1900	21	15	28.5	20	13.4	13	1.00	57	0
1899	10.7	88	20.4	87	1	90	0.98	60	0
1898	20.6	17	28.9	18	12.4	19	0.32	116	0
1897	12	80	20.5	85	3.4	72	2.00	12	0
1896	13.4	67	24.8	50	2	85	1.40	33	0
1895	7.9	105	21.3	77	-5.5	124	0.98	60	0
1894	12	80	20.8	82	3.2	74			0
1893	4.9	125	13	126	-3.3	110			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	28.4
1944	25.9
1931	24.8
1933	24.7
2002	24
1934	23.9
1990	23.6
1914	22.6
1921	22.3
1939	21.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	-3.4
1977	-0.7
1966	1.1
1979	1.2
1982	1.6
1994	2.5
1929	2.7
1963	3.6
1918	3.9
1893	4.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	3.47
1969	3.37
1929	2.97
1971	2.38
2017	2.35
1932	2.34
1916	2.30
1935	2.24
1906	2.24
1917	2.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.10
1961	0.10
1958	0.11
2025	0.14
1957	0.14
1931	0.15
1959	0.16
1964	0.23
1948	0.23
1942	0.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 41°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: -29°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.45 in; 6 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.02 in of precipitation in Eau Claire, WI, the wettest January since 2023, 55th wettest of 132.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Eau Claire, WI: 41°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Eau Claire, WI: a low of -29°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Eau Claire, WI: 0.45 in on Tuesday 6 January 2026.