Erie, PA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 22.4°F in Erie, PA, the coldest January since 2015, 29th coldest of 153.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 22.4°F; Coldest since 2015; 29th coldest of 153
Precipitation: 3.18 in; Wettest since 2025; 56th wettest of 153

A normal January in Erie, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.6°F, between 21.4°F and 34.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.29 in of precipitation, between 2.36 in and 5.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Erie, PA since 1874: 22.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 12.5°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 21.4 to 34.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Erie, PA from 1874 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	22.4	125	28.9	124	15.8	124	3.18	56	0
2025	24.6	105	30.3	116	18.9	96	3.64	36	0
2024	30.1	49	34.7	60	25.2	36	4.08	23	3
2023	34.4	17	39.3	19	29.5	7	5.72	5	0
2022	23.9	110	31	108	16.8	112	3.91	28	0
2021	31.8	28	35.8	55	27.7	16	3.57	40	0
2020	35.2	11	41.3	12	29.1	9	3.53	43	0
2019	26.8	77	34.1	69	19.5	89	4.35	22	0
2018	25.9	92	33.3	84	18.5	99	2.72	73	0
2017	33.1	20	39.3	19	26.9	19	4.88	12	0
2016	28.7	60	35.5	58	21.8	65	2.38	92	0
2015	22.1	128	30.3	116	14	134	3.74	34	0
2014	21.6	131	29.7	121	13.5	136	2.55	83	0
2013	31.9	26	37.9	29	25.9	28	3.32	51	0
2012	32.1	25	38.8	24	25.3	35	4.51	17	0
2011	23	119	28.4	129	17.5	105	2.55	83	0
2010	25.3	101	30.5	114	20.1	83	2.77	71	0
2009	21.5	133	28	133	15	128	3.97	27	0
2008	31.8	28	37.9	29	25.6	30	2.88	67	0
2007	31.7	30	37.1	38	26.4	22	6.23	2	0
2006	37.5	5	44.2	5	30.7	3	2.45	86	0
2005	26.3	88	33.4	81	19.2	93	5.35	8	0
2004	20.8	135	27.1	136	14.5	131	3.86	30	0
2003	20.7	136	25.9	143	15.5	125	2.97	64	0
2002	34.1	18	39.6	18	28.5	15	3.54	42	0
2001	27.6	67	32.5	92	22.6	59	1.69	121	0
2000	27.6	67	34.2	66	20.9	72	2.48	85	0
1999	26.5	84	33.8	74	19.1	94	4.98	10	0
1998	34.5	15	40	17	28.9	12	5.35	8	0
1997	25.9	92	34.3	63	17.5	105	1.66	123	0
1996	24.6	105	32.4	94	16.7	113	3.26	53	0
1995	31.4	34	37.1	38	25.6	30	3.37	48	0
1994	18.4	147	25.3	145	11.4	148	2.58	80	0
1993	31.6	32	38.1	27	25.9	28	3.36	49	1
1992	30.4	47	36.1	52	24.7	40	2.60	79	0
1991	28.1	63	33.9	72	22.2	63	2.16	99	0
1990	35.9	7	42.2	11	29.7	6	2.30	97	0
1989	33.4	19	40.8	16	26	26	1.95	110	0
1988	27.2	71	34.1	69	20.3	80	1.50	133	0
1987	28	64	33.5	79	22.4	60	2.15	100	0
1986	27.5	69	34.3	63	20.7	74	2.33	95	0
1985	21.7	130	27.3	135	16.1	120	2.56	82	0
1984	21.6	131	28.5	128	14.7	130	1.65	124	0
1983	30.5	45	36.5	47	24.6	44	1.49	135	0
1982	19.2	143	26.8	137	11.5	147	3.85	32	0
1981	19.6	140	26.1	142	13.1	140	0.87	152	0
1980	26.5	84	31.8	101	21.3	71	1.57	129	0
1979	19.5	141	25.3	145	13.7	135	3.50	45	0
1978	19.8	138	26.6	139	13	142	3.61	37	0
1977	12.5	153	19.6	153	5.4	153	1.05	149	0
1976	20.9	134	28.3	130	13.5	136	3.07	60	0
1975	29.9	52	36	53	23.8	50	2.99	62	0
1974	30	50	36.6	45	23.4	52	2.45	86	0
1973	29.6	55	36	53	23.2	56	1.72	120	0
1972	26.9	76	33.9	72	19.9	85	1.94	111	0
1971	22	129	28.7	125	15.3	126	1.63	126	0
1970	16.8	150	24	148	9.6	151	1.44	138	0
1969	27	74	33.6	78	20.4	76	2.95	65	0
1968	23.5	116	30.6	113	16.3	117	2.98	63	0
1967	32.8	21	39.2	21	26.4	22	0.90	151	0
1966	22.8	121	29.2	123	16.3	117	2.01	108	0
1965	25.8	94	32.2	97	19.4	91	3.86	30	0
1964	30	50	36.9	41	23.1	57	2.35	93	0
1963	19.8	138	26.5	140	13.1	140	1.51	132	0
1962	23.9	110	31.7	102	16.1	120	3.30	52	0
1961	22.8	121	28.2	131	17.4	109	1.13	145	0
1960	29.8	53	35.6	57	23.9	49	3.09	59	0
1959	23.3	118	31.4	106	15.1	127	4.59	14	0
1958	26.2	91	32.5	92	19.8	87	2.86	68	0
1957	22.9	120	28.6	127	17.2	110	2.93	66	0
1956	25.4	98	30.4	115	20.4	76	1.31	141	2
1955	25.8	94	32	100	19.5	89	1.43	139	0
1954	26.7	79	34.2	66	19.3	92	1.75	117	0
1953	35.1	12	41.1	15	29	10	3.36	49	0
1952	31.6	32	38.9	23	25.1	37	3.79	33	2
1951	31	37	36.7	43	25.4	34	3.59	39	0
1950	38.1	3	46	3	30.1	4	6.25	1	0
1949	35.1	12	41.3	12	28.8	13	3.55	41	0
1948	22.2	127	28.2	131	16.3	117	2.07	104	0
1947	32.7	23	39.2	21	26.2	24	4.40	20	0
1946	30.7	41	37.9	29	23.4	52	1.11	147	0
1945	19.4	142	25.6	144	13.3	139	3.01	61	0
1944	30.6	43	36.3	48	25.6	30	0.85	153	1
1943	25.8	94	31.6	105	19.9	85	0.93	150	0
1942	27.5	69	33.3	84	21.6	68	1.64	125	0
1941	28.4	62	32.8	87	24	48	2.40	90	0
1940	19	146	23.8	149	14.3	133	2.15	100	0
1939	30.5	45	36.6	45	24.5	45	2.71	74	0
1938	26.8	77	33.4	81	20.3	80	1.46	137	0
1937	34.7	14	42.4	10	27.1	18	6.05	4	0
1936	23.6	115	29.7	121	17.5	105	1.58	128	0
1935	27.1	72	33.8	74	20.4	76	2.02	107	0
1934	30.6	43	36.7	43	24.5	45	2.04	106	0
1933	36.8	6	43.5	6	30	5	1.13	145	0
1932	39.6	2	45.1	4	34	1	4.37	21	0
1931	28.8	58	34.2	66	23.4	52	1.68	122	0
1930	26.3	88	33.7	77	18.8	97	3.89	29	0
1929	25.3	101	32.4	94	18.2	100	3.26	53	0
1928	28	64	34.3	63	21.7	67	1.85	114	0
1927	26.6	81	32.6	89	20.6	75	1.89	112	0
1926	27.1	72	33.4	81	20.9	72	1.82	115	0
1925	24.9	104	32.2	97	17.6	103	1.19	143	0
1924	25.4	98	32.8	87	18.1	102	3.13	58	0
1923	28.7	60	34.6	61	22.8	58	2.67	76	0
1922	25.7	97	32.4	94	19	95	1.97	109	0
1921	31.4	34	37.7	34	25.1	37	1.59	127	0
1920	18.1	148	25.1	147	11.1	149	1.73	119	0
1919	31.9	26	38.7	26	25.1	37	1.18	144	0
1918	15	152	21.7	152	8.3	152	1.75	117	0
1917	26.6	81	33.5	79	19.7	88	2.34	94	0
1916	34.5	15	42.7	9	26.2	24	2.23	98	0
1915	26.7	79	33	86	20.3	80	2.43	89	0
1914	31	37	37.3	36	24.7	40	3.14	57	0
1913	35.9	7	42.8	8	29	10	5.60	6	0
1912	16.3	151	22.7	151	10	150	3.46	46	0
1911	30.4	47	37.2	37	23.6	51	4.05	24	0
1910	27	74	32.6	89	21.4	70	4.00	25	0
1909	31.7	30	37.9	29	25.6	30	2.44	88	0
1908	27.9	66	34	71	21.8	65	1.54	130	0
1907	29.2	57	36.3	48	22	64	4.51	17	0
1906	35.3	10	41.3	12	29.3	8	1.09	148	0
1905	22.3	126	28.7	125	15.9	123	2.74	72	0
1904	19.1	145	26.3	141	12	144	4.94	11	0
1903	26.5	84	32.6	89	20.4	76	1.49	135	0
1902	25.4	98	30.8	111	20	84	1.86	113	0
1901	28.8	58	35.4	59	22.3	61	1.30	142	0
1900	29.7	54	36.2	50	23.3	55	2.61	78	0
1899	26.5	84	34.4	62	18.6	98	1.50	133	0
1898	30.9	39	35.8	55	26	26	3.41	47	0
1897	24.5	107	30.8	111	18.2	100	2.57	81	0
1896	26.6	81	31.7	102	21.5	69	1.52	131	0
1895	24	109	32.1	99	16	122	3.51	44	0
1894	32.8	21	38.8	24	26.7	20	2.07	104	0
1893	17.7	149	23.5	150	12	144	2.40	90	0
1892	23.9	110	30.2	119	17.6	103	3.26	53	0
1891	30.7	41	37	40	24.4	47	2.32	96	0
1890	37.7	4	46.7	1	28.6	14	4.50	19	0
1889	32.2	24	37.7	34	26.7	20	2.71	74	0
1888	22.6	123	31.7	102	13.5	136	2.79	70	0
1887	26.3	88	38.1	27	14.5	131	3.66	35	0
1886	25.2	103	33.8	74	16.7	113	4.80	13	0
1885	23.8	114	30.9	109	16.7	113	3.60	38	0
1884	20.2	137	27.9	134	12.5	143	4.59	14	0
1883	23.9	110	30.9	109	16.9	111	2.66	77	0
1882	29.3	56	36.2	50	22.3	61	4.00	25	0
1881	22.5	124	30.2	119	14.9	129	2.10	103	0
1880	40.4	1	46.7	1	34	1	2.86	68	0
1879	24.5	107	31.4	106	17.5	105	1.80	116	0
1878	30.8	40	36.9	41	24.7	40	6.20	3	0
1877	23.5	116	30.3	116	16.7	113	2.15	100	0
1876	35.4	9	43	7	27.7	16	4.53	16	0
1875	19.2	143	26.7	138	11.7	146	1.41	140	0
1874	31.3	36	37.9	29	24.7	40	5.54	7	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	40.4
1932	39.6
1950	38.1
1890	37.7
2006	37.5
1933	36.8
1990	35.9
1913	35.9
1876	35.4
1906	35.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	12.5
1918	15
1912	16.3
1970	16.8
1893	17.7
1920	18.1
1994	18.4
1940	19
1904	19.1
1982	19.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	6.25
2007	6.23
1878	6.20
1937	6.05
2023	5.72
1913	5.60
1874	5.54
2005	5.35
1998	5.35
1999	4.98

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	0.85
1981	0.87
1967	0.90
1943	0.93
1977	1.05
1906	1.09
1946	1.11
1961	1.13
1933	1.13
1919	1.18

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 63°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.70 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.18 in of precipitation in Erie, PA, the wettest January since 2025, 56th wettest of 153.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Erie, PA: 63°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Erie, PA: a low of -9°F on Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Erie, PA: 0.70 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.