Elizabeth City, NC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 39.9°F in Elizabeth City, NC, the coldest January since 2025, 30th coldest of 93.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 39.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 30th coldest of 93
Precipitation: 2.04 in; Driest since 2025; 14th driest of 93

A normal January in Elizabeth City, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.7°F, between 37.7°F and 46.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.91 in of precipitation, between 1.63 in and 5.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Elizabeth City, NC since 1934: 39.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 30.6°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 37.7 to 46.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Elizabeth City, NC from 1934 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	39.9	64	50.2	56	29.5	70	2.04	80	0
2025	37.6	82	47.4	78	27.8	86	1.78	84	0
2024	44.3	32	54.7	26	33.8	36	2.55	67	0
2023	48.7	8	59.1	7	38.3	8	4.02	33	0
2022	39.8	65	49.7	62	29.9	65	4.94	19	0
2021	41.4	51	50.1	58	32.7	44	4.68	24	0
2020	49.7	5	59.2	6	40.1	6	3.63	39	0
2019	43.4	35	52.5	40	34.2	34	3.62	41	0
2018	37.4	86	48	71	26.8	89	3.90	35	0
2017	45.4	25	54.3	28	36.5	22	3.69	38	0
2016	41	55	50.6	54	31.5	51	2.91	55	0
2015	42.7	39	52.3	43	33.2	40	4.01	34	0
2014	37.7	80	48.7	68	26.4	90	2.17	75	2
2013	46.5	19	56	20	36.9	16	1.40	89	0
2012	46.7	17	56.6	18	36.7	18	2.48	68	0
2011	37.4	86	46.1	85	28.7	78	2.69	63	0
2010	39.7	66	48.8	67	30.6	61	2.91	55	0
2009	39.5	67	48.1	70	30.8	59	1.65	86	0
2008	42.2	42	52.4	41	31.9	49	0.51	93	0
2007	45.2	27	54.9	25	35.5	26	2.13	77	0
2006	47.2	11	56.9	15	37.5	12	2.27	71	0
2005	42.6	41	52.1	45	33.1	41	2.22	73	0
2004	38	76	47.3	80	28.8	75	1.17	91	0
2003	36.9	89	45	90	28.8	75	2.84	60	0
2002	45.6	24	56.5	19	34.7	29	5.32	15	0
2001	41.1	54	51.6	47	30.6	61	1.88	82	0
2000	40.2	61	49.4	66	31	56	3.89	36	0
1999	46.6	18	56.7	17	36.6	21	3.35	46	2
1998	46.4	20	57.8	12	34.9	28	5.99	10	1
1997	42.2	42	53.4	37	30.7	60	2.85	58	1
1996	40.5	59	51	53	30	64	4.52	27	0
1995	44.3	32	53.5	36	35.8	24	2.48	68	3
1994	38.9	71	50.2	56	27.6	87	5.88	11	0
1993	46.8	16	55.8	22	37.9	10	7.37	6	1
1992	43.6	34	53.8	32	33.6	38	3.81	37	2
1991	44.5	29	53.8	32	35.1	27	5.88	11	0
1990	49.4	7	60.4	3	38.1	9	2.91	55	1
1989	47	14	57	14	36.9	16	3.39	45	0
1988	40.4	60	51.2	52	29	73	3.22	49	1
1987	41.7	47	51.5	48	32	48	10.77	1	0
1986	41.6	48	52.2	44	31	56	2.11	78	0
1985	37.8	79	47	81	28.5	80	4.21	30	0
1984	37.9	77	48	71	27.9	84	3.31	48	0
1983	42	46	49.5	65	34.4	32	2.66	64	0
1982	38.1	74	48	71	28.2	82	4.47	28	0
1981	34.4	91	44.7	91	24	91	1.15	92	0
1980	42.1	45	49.9	61	34.3	33	5.29	17	0
1979	42.2	42	51.5	48	32.9	43	8.94	2	0
1978	37.5	84	46.7	83	28.2	82	7.56	5	0
1977	31.2	92	40.2	93	22.3	92	3.43	44	0
1976	41.3	53	52.8	39	29.9	65	3.15	50	0
1975	47.2	11	57.4	13	37.1	14	4.62	25	0
1974	51.3	3	59.1	7	43.5	3	3.46	43	0
1973	41.5	49	49.6	64	33.3	39	4.17	31	0
1972	47	14	55.1	24	39	7	4.86	21	0
1971	39.3	69	47.5	77	31.1	55	3.35	46	0
1970	36.4	90	45.4	89	27.4	88	2.16	76	0
1969	39.5	67	47.8	76	31.3	53	2.61	65	0
1968	37.5	84	46.6	84	28.5	80	4.54	26	0
1967	45.4	25	53.8	32	37	15	3.00	53	0
1966	37.9	77	45.7	87	30.1	63	6.17	8	0
1965	41.5	49	51.3	51	31.7	50	1.80	83	0
1964	44.4	31	54.1	31	34.7	29	5.57	13	0
1963	38.9	71	48	71	29.9	65	4.81	23	0
1962	40.6	58	50.1	58	31.2	54	4.89	20	0
1961	37.7	80	47.4	78	27.9	84	2.20	74	0
1960	43	38	51.4	50	34.6	31	8.32	4	0
1959	40.2	61	50.6	54	29.8	68	1.97	81	0
1958	38.1	74	46.8	82	29.4	72	3.63	39	0
1957	40.7	57	50	60	31.4	52	4.24	29	0
1956	37.6	82	45.6	88	29.5	70	2.79	62	1
1955	38.9	71	47.9	75	29.8	68	2.85	58	0
1954	43.1	36	53.7	35	32.5	45	6.15	9	0
1953	47.8	10	57.9	11	37.6	11	2.26	72	0
1952	46.3	21	56.9	15	35.6	25	2.81	61	0
1951	44.5	29	55.3	23	33.7	37	1.53	88	0
1950	54.1	2	63.9	2	44.4	2	2.60	66	0
1949	50.1	4	59.3	5	40.9	5	1.73	85	0
1948	37.3	88	45.8	86	28.7	78	4.84	22	0
1947	49.7	5	58.9	9	41.1	4	5.30	16	2
1946	45.7	23	54.3	28	36.7	18	4.09	32	1
1945	40.2	61	48.2	69	32.2	46	1.59	87	0
1944	43.1	36	54.2	30	32.1	47	5.07	18	0
1943	46.3	21	56	20	36.7	18	3.60	42	1
1942	40.9	56	53.2	38	29	73	2.93	54	1
1941	41.4	51	51.8	46	31	56	2.10	79	0
1940	30.6	93	41	92	21.7	93	1.34	90	3
1939	47.1	13	58	10	36.1	23	5.55	14	1
1938	42.7	39	52.4	41	33.1	41	3.03	52	0
1937	55.9	1	64.7	1	47.1	1	8.49	3	0
1936	39.3	69	49.7	62	28.8	75	7.24	7	1
1935	44.7	28	54.7	26	34.2	34	3.13	51	1
1934	48.4	9	59.4	4	37.4	13	2.32	70	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	55.9
1950	54.1
1974	51.3
1949	50.1
2020	49.7
1947	49.7
1990	49.4
2023	48.7
1934	48.4
1953	47.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	30.6
1977	31.2
1981	34.4
1970	36.4
2003	36.9
1948	37.3
2018	37.4
2011	37.4
1978	37.5
1968	37.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	10.77
1979	8.94
1937	8.49
1960	8.32
1978	7.56
1993	7.37
1936	7.24
1966	6.17
1954	6.15
1998	5.99

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2008	0.51
1981	1.15
2004	1.17
1940	1.34
2013	1.40
1951	1.53
1945	1.59
2009	1.65
1949	1.73
2025	1.78

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 17°F; 30 January 2026, 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.76 in; 18 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.04 in of precipitation in Elizabeth City, NC, the driest January since 2025, 14th driest of 93.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Elizabeth City, NC: 74°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Elizabeth City, NC: a low of 17°F on Friday 30 January 2026 and Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Elizabeth City, NC: 0.76 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.