El Centro, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 59.7°F in El Centro, CA, the warmest January since 2018 (2019 excluded: 8 of 31 days missing), tied 5th warmest of 97 (with 2014).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 59.7°F; Warmest since 2018; 5th warmest of 97
Precipitation: a trace; Driest since 2025; 11th driest of 96

A normal January in El Centro, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.6°F, between 53.3°F and 59.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.11 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in El Centro, CA since 1926: 59.7°F in 2026; the highest is 61.4°F, in 1986.

Normal range, 53.3 to 59.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in El Centro, CA from 1926 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	59.7	5	73.8	8	45.5	6	trace	75	0
2025	54.7	58	70.1	43	39.3	68	trace	75	0
2024	55.6	43	68.3	66	42.8	29	trace	75	0
2023	54.9	51	66.5	81	43.2	26	0.54	22	0
2022	56.4	31	71.4	30	41.4	43	trace	75	0
2021	56.1	36	70.4	40	41.9	39			0
2020	57	22	71.7	28	42.2	36	trace	75	0
2019							0.38	30	8
2018	60.7	2	75.7	5	45.7	4	0.02	67	0
2017	56.1	36	67.2	75	45	9	0.78	13	0
2016	56.6	29	69.7	49	43.6	19	0.59	19	1
2015	57.5	18	71.8	26	43.2	26	0.13	51	0
2014	59.7	5	76	3	43.5	21	0.00	87	0
2013	53.5	73	67.1	76	39.9	61	0.57	20	0
2012	56.8	25	73	15	40.5	53	trace	75	0
2011	55.6	43	71.1	32	40	59	trace	75	0
2010	56.9	24	70	46	43.8	17	2.09	2	0
2009	58.7	9	73.8	8	43.6	19	0.00	87	0
2008	53.3	77	66.2	87	40.4	57	0.54	22	0
2007	52.4	82	67.6	74	37.1	83	0.01	68	0
2006	56.2	34	71.8	26	40.5	53	0.00	87	0
2005	56.8	25	68.3	66	45.4	8	0.93	10	0
2004	54.5	61	69.3	54	39.6	63	0.09	56	0
2003	60.7	2	77.2	1	44.1	15	0.01	68	0
2002	53.3	77	68.1	71	38.5	76	trace	75	0
2001	52.8	80	66.9	79	38.7	72	0.22	41	0
2000	59.1	7	71.9	23	46.3	2	0.00	87	0
1999	56.7	28	71.9	23	41.5	41	0.00	87	0
1998	56.5	30	70.5	39	42.6	34	0.15	45	0
1997	57	22	69.5	52	44.5	13	0.49	26	0
1996	57.8	16	72.1	22	43.5	21	0.00	87	0
1995	55.4	46	66.4	84	44.5	13	1.50	5	0
1994	57.5	18	73.5	11	41.5	41	0.06	59	0
1993	54	70	64.6	94	43.3	24	3.45	1	0
1992	55.8	39	69.6	50	42	37	0.37	32	0
1991	54.9	51	68.5	63	41.3	45	0.54	22	0
1990	54.9	51	69.2	56	40.6	50	0.14	48	0
1989	54.1	67	67.7	73	40.5	53	0.65	15	0
1988	55.5	45	69.6	50	41.4	43	0.11	55	0
1987	55.1	50	69.4	53	40.7	49	0.05	60	0
1986	61.4	1	75.9	4	46.8	1	0.14	48	0
1985	54.9	51	67.1	76	42.7	30	0.03	64	0
1984	58.7	9	72.7	18	44.9	11	0.20	42	1
1983	59	8	72.5	19	45.5	6	0.23	39	0
1982	55.8	39	68.6	61	43	28	0.31	35	0
1981	58	13	71.1	32	45	9	0.87	12	0
1980	57.5	18	69.3	54	45.7	4	1.49	6	0
1979	49.3	95	59.2	97	39.5	67	0.96	9	0
1978	54.5	61	65	93	44	16	1.19	8	0
1977	53.5	73	66.5	81	40.5	53	0.05	60	0
1976	54.1	67	70.9	36	37.4	82	trace	75	0
1975	52.4	82	68.4	65	36.4	88	0.07	58	0
1974	53.5	73	66	88	40.9	47	1.32	7	0
1973	51.1	89	65.5	91	36.7	86	0.05	60	0
1972	51.7	86	69	58	34.5	93	0.00	87	0
1971	54.3	66	70.2	42	38.4	78	0.23	39	0
1970	54.1	67	68.7	60	39.6	63	0.01	68	0
1969	58	13	69.9	47	46.1	3	0.89	11	0
1968	54.4	63	69.9	47	38.8	71	trace	75	0
1967	54.4	63	71	35	37.7	81	0.29	36	0
1966	51.1	89	66.3	85	36	89	0.29	36	0
1965	55.7	41	71.1	32	40.2	58	0.03	64	0
1964	50.4	92	66.7	80	34.1	95	0.01	68	0
1963	50.4	92	66	88	34.7	92	0.14	48	0
1962	55.4	46	70.8	37	40	59	0.77	14	0
1961	58	13	73.4	14	42.7	30	0.20	42	0
1960	52.1	84	65.7	90	38.5	76	0.50	25	0
1959	58.2	11	73.8	8	42.7	30	0.15	45	0
1958	57.5	18	73	15	42	37	0.08	57	0
1957	54.6	60	66.5	81	42.7	30	0.63	16	0
1956	58.1	12	72.9	17	43.3	24	0.13	51	0
1955	51.9	85	64.1	95	39.6	63	1.60	4	0
1954	56	38	70.4	40	41.7	40	0.35	33	0
1953	59.9	4	76.1	2	43.7	18	trace	75	0
1952	51.4	87	64.1	95	38.6	73	0.63	16	0
1951	54.4	63	70.1	43	38.6	73	0.38	30	0
1950	51.4	87	66.3	85	36.5	87	0.00	87	0
1949	45.2	96	56.4	99	34.2	94	1.77	3	2
1948	55.3	48	73.5	11	36.8	85	0.00	87	1
1947	52.9	79	68.6	61	37.1	83	0.00	87	0
1946	54.9	51	69.1	57	40.6	50	0.01	68	0
1945	54.7	58	68.3	66	41.1	46	0.57	20	0
1944	53.9	71	68.8	59	39.1	69	0.01	68	0
1943	55.7	41	70.7	38	40.6	50	0.44	28	0
1942	56.4	31	71.9	23	40.8	48	0.13	51	0
1941	56.4	31	68	72	44.9	11			0
1940	57.8	16	72.2	21	43.4	23	0.03	64	0
1939	53.5	73	68.2	70	38.9	70			0
1938	56.8	25	73.9	6	39.6	63	trace	75	0
1937	43.9	97	57.4	98	30.4	97	0.40	29	0
1936	54.9	51	70.1	43	39.7	62	0.25	38	0
1935	55.3	48	68.3	66	42.4	35	0.62	18	0
1934			73.5	11			0.01	68	8
1933	50.2	94	65.5	91	34.8	91	0.47	27	0
1931	54.8	57	71.7	28	37.9	80	0.04	63	0
1930	52.5	81	67.1	76	38.2	79	0.35	33	1
1929	50.6	91	68.5	63	33.1	96	0.15	45	1
1928	56.2	34	73.9	6	38.6	73			0
1927			71.4	30			0.12	54	5
1926	53.6	72	72.3	20	34.9	90	0.17	44	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1986	61.4
2018	60.7
2003	60.7
1953	59.9
2026	59.7
2014	59.7
2000	59.1
1983	59
2009	58.7
1984	58.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	43.9
1949	45.2
1979	49.3
1933	50.2
1964	50.4
1963	50.4
1929	50.6
1973	51.1
1966	51.1
1952	51.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	3.45
2010	2.09
1949	1.77
1955	1.60
1995	1.50
1980	1.49
1974	1.32
1978	1.19
1979	0.96
2005	0.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	0.00
2009	0.00
2006	0.00
2000	0.00
1999	0.00
1996	0.00
1972	0.00
1950	0.00
1948	0.00
1947	0.00

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 15 January 2026, 14 January 2026
Coldest night: 35°F; 10 January 2026

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January 2026 brought a trace of precipitation in El Centro, CA, the driest January since 2025, tied 11th driest of 96 (with 2025, 2024, 2022 and 8 other years).
The hottest day of January 2026 in El Centro, CA: 82°F on Thursday 15 January 2026 and Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in El Centro, CA: a low of 35°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.