Elkins, WV: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 27°F in Elkins, WV, the coldest January since 2025, 41st coldest of 128.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 27°F; Coldest since 2025; 41st coldest of 128
Precipitation: 3.34 in; Driest since 2023; 60th driest of 128

A normal January in Elkins, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.5°F, between 24.6°F and 36.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.13 in of precipitation, between 1.78 in and 5.10 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Elkins, WV since 1899: 27°F in 2026; the lowest is 15°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 24.6 to 36.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Elkins, WV from 1899 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	27	88	36.9	96	17.2	87	3.34	69	0
2025	21.1	122	32.2	120	10.1	124	4.23	34	0
2024	31.8	46	40.4	61	23.1	35	3.92	50	0
2023	38.7	7	48.1	11	29.3	6	3.01	82	0
2022	26.9	89	37.5	90	16.2	95	5.25	15	0
2021	31	59	39	74	22.9	38	2.95	85	0
2020	36.5	16	47	15	26.1	20	3.52	61	0
2019	28.6	77	37.6	88	19.5	68	3.19	75	0
2018	26.3	92	38	84	14.5	106	3.18	76	0
2017	37	13	45.8	20	28.3	9	5.09	20	0
2016	24.7	108	37.1	94	12.4	116	2.37	102	0
2015	27.5	87	37	95	18.1	81	3.02	81	0
2014	23	117	35.7	102	10.3	123	2.15	106	0
2013	32.7	41	43	42	22.5	43	4.51	28	0
2012	34.1	30	45	27	23.2	33	1.79	114	0
2011	24.8	107	34.1	112	15.5	100	1.52	124	0
2010	25.4	102	33.4	114	17.5	84	2.56	96	0
2009	26.3	92	36.6	99	15.9	99	4.95	22	0
2008	29.2	75	39.9	65	18.5	77	3.61	58	0
2007	33	40	42.3	47	23.6	31	2.94	86	0
2006	38.5	9	50.5	5	26.6	17	3.50	62	0
2005	34.7	28	44.5	32	24.9	25	3.07	79	0
2004	25	105	34.8	107	15.2	103	2.79	90	0
2003	22.3	118	30.7	122	14	110	2.14	107	0
2002	33.6	35	45	27	22.3	46	3.42	67	0
2001	26.1	96	37.5	90	14.7	104	2.67	94	0
2000	26.3	92	37.3	93	15.3	102	1.63	120	0
1999	33.6	35	45.4	24	21.8	51	6.27	5	0
1998	36	19	45.2	26	26.8	16	4.28	31	0
1997	29.8	70	39.8	67	19.8	66	2.39	101	0
1996	28.5	79	39.5	71	17.6	83	5.29	14	0
1995	31.8	46	40.6	57	23.1	35	3.98	47	0
1994	23.7	115	33.3	115	14.2	107	5.21	16	0
1993	36.2	18	45	27	27.5	10	1.71	117	0
1992	30.7	62	42	50	19.4	69	2.66	95	0
1991	31.3	53	41.8	52	20.7	57	4.10	41	0
1990	35.6	22	46.8	16	24.5	29	3.62	57	0
1989	35.4	23	47.7	13	23.2	33	3.78	54	0
1988	23.9	114	36.9	96	10.9	120	2.81	88	0
1987	27.7	86	36.9	96	18.5	77	4.00	45	0
1986	26.5	91	38.8	77	14.1	108	2.09	108	0
1985	21.6	121	30.5	123	12.6	115	3.26	72	0
1984	24.2	110	35.3	103	13.1	113	1.69	118	0
1983	29.3	72	38.1	83	20.5	60	1.59	121	0
1982	24	113	35.2	104	12.9	114	3.53	60	0
1981	20.3	124	31.2	121	9.5	126	1.15	127	0
1980	30	67	37.5	90	22.4	45	2.75	93	0
1979	25.7	100	34.6	108	16.7	89	5.88	7	0
1978	19.8	126	30.1	125	9.1	127	4.26	32	1
1977	15	128	25	128	4.9	128	1.73	116	0
1976	26.8	90	37.6	88	16	97	3.10	78	0
1975	31.3	53	42.9	43	19.6	67	4.17	38	0
1974	39	6	48.5	9	29.5	5	4.04	43	0
1973	30.3	65	42.1	48	18.5	77	2.05	110	0
1972	33.7	33	45	27	22.5	43	5.46	10	0
1971	24.2	110	34.9	105	13.5	111	4.33	30	0
1970	20	125	30.4	124	9.6	125	1.53	123	0
1969	27.8	85	37.8	86	17.8	82	3.01	82	0
1968	25	105	38.6	80	11.4	119	1.88	112	0
1967	33.7	33	45.5	23	21.8	51	1.05	128	0
1966	24.2	110	33.7	113	14.6	105	3.49	63	0
1965	28.1	82	39.8	67	16.3	93	5.31	12	0
1964	31.5	50	43.9	34	19.2	72	3.20	74	0
1963	25.8	98	38.3	81	13.4	112	1.66	119	0
1962	29.3	72	39.9	65	18.6	76	3.44	66	0
1961	24.5	109	32.8	118	16.3	93	2.34	103	0
1960	34	31	41.6	54	26.4	19	4.34	29	0
1959	28.1	82	38.8	77	17.4	86	3.33	70	0
1958	25.8	98	34.2	111	17.5	84	2.43	100	0
1957	28.8	76	38.3	81	19.3	71	4.57	27	0
1956	25.7	100	34.9	105	16.4	92	3.07	79	0
1955	26.3	92	36	101	16.5	91	1.76	115	0
1954	31.5	50	42.5	44	20.5	60	3.57	59	0
1953	36.3	17	47.6	14	24.9	25	4.08	42	0
1952	35.9	20	46.5	18	25.3	24	5.87	8	0
1951	33.3	37	45.7	21	20.8	56	3.98	47	0
1950	42.5	2	54.5	1	30.5	4	5.09	20	0
1949	40.5	5	50.1	6	30.9	3	6.09	6	0
1948	21.7	120	32.5	119	10.9	120	3.46	65	0
1947	37.7	12	48.1	11	27.2	13	3.99	46	0
1946	33.2	38	43.7	37	22.8	40	1.81	113	0
1945	25.3	103	34.4	110	16.2	95	2.49	99	0
1944	32.3	43	42.5	44	22.2	47	2.51	97	0
1943	35.3	24	44.6	31	25.9	22	4.12	39	0
1942	29.4	71	40.2	63	18.7	75	2.01	111	0
1941	31.2	56	38.7	79	23.6	31	3.31	71	0
1940	18.7	127	26	127	11.5	117	1.44	125	0
1939	35	26	43.6	38	27	15	4.89	23	1
1938	31.2	56	40.4	61	21.9	50	2.25	105	0
1937	43.5	1	53.4	3	33.5	1	6.92	3	0
1936	25.2	104	34.5	109	16	97	4.74	24	0
1935	31.8	46	42	50	21.5	53	5.42	11	1
1934	34.4	29	43.8	35	24.9	25	3.37	68	0
1933	38.6	8	48.5	9	28.7	8	2.79	90	0
1932	42.1	3	51.3	4	33	2	3.95	49	0
1931	30.5	64	40.6	57	20.5	60	1.36	126	0
1930	33.2	38	43.8	35	22.6	41	1.55	122	0
1929	31.2	56	42.5	44	20	65	3.21	73	0
1928	30.9	61	39.6	69	22.2	47	2.81	88	0
1927	31	59	39	74	23	37	4.19	37	1
1926	30	67	39.6	69	20.5	60	4.20	35	0
1925	32.3	43	41.7	53	22.9	38	4.12	39	0
1924	28.6	77	40.6	57	16.7	89	3.64	56	0
1923	33.9	32	43.1	40	24.8	28	5.10	19	0
1922	29.3	72	39.5	71	19.1	73	3.18	76	0
1921	34.9	27	45.3	25	24.5	29	2.50	98	0
1920	28.3	81	38	84	18.5	77	4.66	25	0
1919	31.7	49	43.1	40	20.2	64	4.20	35	0
1918	20.7	123	29.9	126	11.5	117	5.11	18	0
1917	32.7	41	44	33	21.3	54	4.58	26	0
1916	37.8	11	50	7	25.6	23	6.31	4	0
1915	31.9	45	41.1	55	22.6	41	5.14	17	0
1914	35.1	25	43.2	39	27.1	14	2.31	104	0
1913	41.2	4	53.5	2	29	7	5.30	13	0
1912	21.9	119	33	117	10.7	122	2.88	87	0
1911	36.6	15	46	19	27.3	11	8.04	2	0
1910	31.3	53	40.6	57	22	49	5.77	9	0
1909	35.9	20	45.6	22	26.1	20	2.98	84	0
1908	28.1	82	39	74	17.2	87	4.02	44	0
1907	38	10	48.6	8	27.3	11	8.93	1	0
1906	36.7	14	46.7	17	26.6	17	3.84	52	0
1905	23.6	116	33.1	116	14.1	108	3.48	64	0
1904	25.9	97	36.3	100	15.5	100	2.76	92	0
1903	29.9	69	39.2	73	20.6	59	3.79	53	0
1902	28.4	80	37.7	87	19	74	3.90	51	0
1901	30.7	62	40.2	63	21.2	55	3.65	55	0
1900	31.4	52	42.1	48	20.7	57	2.07	109	0
1899	30.2	66	40.9	56	19.4	69	4.26	32	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	43.5
1950	42.5
1932	42.1
1913	41.2
1949	40.5
1974	39
2023	38.7
1933	38.6
2006	38.5
1907	38

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	15
1940	18.7
1978	19.8
1970	20
1981	20.3
1918	20.7
2025	21.1
1985	21.6
1948	21.7
1912	21.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	8.93
1911	8.04
1937	6.92
1916	6.31
1999	6.27
1949	6.09
1979	5.88
1952	5.87
1910	5.77
1972	5.46

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	1.05
1981	1.15
1931	1.36
1940	1.44
2011	1.52
1970	1.53
1930	1.55
1983	1.59
2000	1.63
1963	1.66

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 61°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -6°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.51 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.34 in of precipitation in Elkins, WV, the driest January since 2023, 60th driest of 128.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Elkins, WV: 61°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Elkins, WV: a low of -6°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Elkins, WV: 1.51 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.