Fayetteville, NC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 41.9°F in Fayetteville, NC, the coldest January since 2025, 41st coldest of 114.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 41.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 41st coldest of 114
Precipitation: 1.65 in; Driest since 2011; 16th driest of 117

A normal January in Fayetteville, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 43.4°F, between 39.4°F and 49.4°F in eight years of ten and 2.93 in of precipitation, between 0.85 in and 5.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Fayetteville, NC since 1910: 41.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 32°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 39.4 to 49.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Fayetteville, NC from 1910 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	41.9	74	53.5	70	30.3	75	1.65	102	0
2025	38.9	95	49.8	97	27.9	92	1.86	97	0
2024	46.7	31	58	31	35.5	28	3.05	65	0
2023	50.4	9	61	17	39.7	7	3.21	62	0
2022	41.6	76	52.4	76	30.8	70	4.05	33	0
2021	43.6	60	52.9	72	34.3	38	5.42	12	0
2020	49.8	14	60.1	23	39.6	8	4.09	29	0
2019	45.3	39	55.3	51	35.4	29	2.77	69	0
2018	39.7	90	51.7	83	27.8	94	3.08	63	0
2017	50	13	59.9	24	40.1	6	2.43	81	0
2016	41.5	78	50.9	87	32.1	61	1.70	100	0
2015	42.7	67	52.9	72	32.4	59	4.37	24	0
2014	39.5	91	51.3	85	27.8	94	4.06	31	0
2013	47.4	24	58.1	30	36.6	19	1.80	98	0
2012	47.8	23	59.1	27	36.5	20	1.94	93	0
2011	38.8	96	48.9	99	28.7	86	0.84	114	0
2010	40.1	86	50.8	89	29.5	79	4.06	31	0
2009	42.4	70	52	81	32.8	55	1.53	104	2
2008					34.2	39	1.23	109	4
2007	47.3	26	57.6	38	37	16	2.70	72	0
2006	50.2	11	61.3	15	39	12	2.46	79	0
2005	46	36	56.1	47	36	25	1.53	104	0
2004	41.8	75	52.2	79	31.4	66	0.57	117	0
2003	39	94	48.6	102	29.4	82	0.65	116	0
2002	45.9	37	56.7	43	35.1	32	3.83	41	1
2001	44.2	48	55.1	53	33.3	47	0.85	113	3
2000	41	80	50	96	31.9	63	5.16	15	0
1999	49.3	15	60.8	19	37.8	14	6.89	4	2
1998	46.3	34	56.3	45	36.2	23	7.80	2	0
1997	42.9	65	54	65	31.8	64	3.39	57	0
1996	40	88	50.5	93	29.4	82	3.43	55	0
1995	43.4	61	54.4	62	31.8	64	5.22	14	1
1994	38.5	99	50.4	95	26.6	103	4.49	22	0
1993	45.1	42	54.8	56	35.4	29	5.15	16	0
1992	43.9	55	54.3	63	33.5	44	2.25	85	0
1991	43.1	63	53.9	67	32.6	58	4.07	30	2
1990	48.6	18	62	11	35.2	31	2.21	87	0
1989	45.3	39	56.8	42	33.8	42	2.20	88	0
1988			46.7	110			1.90	94	4
1987	40.3	83	50.6	91	30.1	78	7.84	1	0
1986	39.4	92	51.9	82	26.8	101	1.29	108	0
1985	36.6	107	46.6	111	26.5	105	4.49	22	0
1984	38.1	101	49.1	98	27	100	2.19	89	0
1983	39.2	93	48.3	105	30.2	76	2.44	80	0
1982	35.6	110	46.1	113	25.1	110	6.31	6	1
1981	34.5	113	47.9	106	21.1	115	0.80	115	0
1980	42.7	67	52.1	80	33.2	49	3.77	42	0
1979	40.2	84	52.9	72	27.5	99	3.60	46	0
1978	36.5	108	46.3	112	26.8	101	5.25	13	0
1977	32	114	42.2	116	21.9	114	4.04	34	0
1976	40.1	86	52.4	76	27.9	92	3.44	53	0
1975	46.4	33	57.9	33	35	34	5.72	9	0
1974	52.4	5	62.9	8	41.9	4	2.90	67	0
1973	42.2	72	53.1	71	31.2	68	3.42	56	0
1972	47.4	24	58.7	28	36	25	5.83	8	0
1971	40.5	81	50.6	91	30.4	74	4.70	19	0
1970	35.6	110	47.2	109	24	112	2.31	83	0
1969	38.2	100	48.5	104	27.8	94	2.10	91	0
1968	37.1	106	48.6	102	25.6	109	3.98	36	0
1967	44.1	49	55	54	33.3	47	3.32	58	0
1966	38	103	47.6	107	28.5	87	5.61	11	0
1965	42.8	66	55.2	52	30.5	72	1.89	95	0
1964	41.6	76	54.1	64	29.1	84	5.15	16	0
1963	38.6	97	50.8	89	26.5	105	4.69	20	0
1962	40.5	81	52.9	72	28.1	89	3.59	47	0
1961	38.1	101	51.4	84	25.1	110	3.57	48	1
1960	42.3	71	53.7	69	30.9	69	5.69	10	0
1959	41.2	79	54.7	58	27.6	98	2.70	72	0
1958			48.8	101			4.17	28	5
1957	43.8	57	54.9	55	32.8	55	2.23	86	1
1956	38.6	97	51.3	85	25.8	108	1.89	95	0
1955	40.2	84	52.4	76	28	90	3.07	64	0
1954	42.6	69	56.1	47	29.1	84	4.21	26	0
1953	46.7	31	60.5	21	32.9	51	2.35	82	0
1952	49.1	16	62.1	10	36.2	23	2.53	77	0
1951	44	52	57.8	34	30.2	76	1.74	99	0
1950	54	3	66.1	3	41.9	4	2.49	78	1
1949	50.8	8	62.8	9	38.8	13	1.39	107	0
1948	37.6	105	48.9	99	26.6	103	2.57	76	2
1947	50.2	11	61.4	14	39.1	10	3.48	52	2
1946	51.5	7	66.2	2	36.7	18	3.25	61	2
1945	44.4	46	61.1	16	27.7	97	1.15	110	1
1944	44.3	47	57.8	34	30.5	72	5.03	18	1
1943	48.5	19	63.5	6	33.5	44	3.91	37	0
1942	44.5	45	60.8	19	28.2	88	2.13	90	0
1941	44	52	58.5	29	29.5	79	1.63	103	0
1940	34.6	112	45.3	115	23.9	113	3.90	38	0
1939	47.9	22	61	17	34.7	37	3.54	49	0
1938	43.4	61	53.9	67	32.9	51	1.99	92	1
1937	55.3	2	63.2	7	47.5	1	6.38	5	0
1936	40	88	50.5	93	29.5	79	4.20	27	0
1935	44.6	44	56.3	45	32.9	51	2.87	68	0
1934	48.2	21	61.5	13	34.9	35	1.49	106	0
1933	51.8	6	64.3	4	39.4	9	3.44	53	0
1932	55.5	1	67	1	43.6	2	2.58	75	1
1931	44.1	49	57.4	41	30.8	70	2.31	83	0
1930	46.9	29	57.6	38	36.3	21	3.62	44	0
1929	46.9	29	57.7	37	36	25	4.36	25	0
1928	45.4	38	58	31	32.8	55	1.03	111	0
1927	44.9	43	55.9	49	34	40	0.87	112	0
1926	43.9	55	54	65	33.8	42	4.65	21	0
1925	44	52	54.6	60	33.5	44	7.36	3	0
1924	43.1	63	54.8	56	31.3	67	4.03	35	0
1923	47	28	57.8	34	36.3	21	2.99	66	0
1922	42	73	50.9	87	33.1	50	3.87	40	0
1921	45.2	41	56.5	44	33.9	41	3.69	43	0
1920	43.7	59	54.7	58	32	62	2.74	70	2
1919	47.1	27	59.3	26	34.9	35	3.27	59	1
1918	36.1	109	46.1	113	26	107	2.59	74	0
1917	48.3	20	59.6	25	37	16	3.52	50	0
1916	50.4	9	61.8	12	39.1	10	3.27	59	1
1915	43.8	57	54.6	60	32.9	51	6.06	7	0
1914	46.3	34	57.5	40	35.1	32	2.72	71	0
1913	53.8	4	64	5	43.6	2	3.52	50	0
1912	37.7	104	47.5	108	28	90	3.88	39	0
1911	48.8	17	60.2	22	37.4	15	1.69	101	0
1910	44.1	49	55.8	50	32.3	60	3.62	44	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	55.5
1937	55.3
1950	54
1913	53.8
1974	52.4
1933	51.8
1946	51.5
1949	50.8
2023	50.4
1916	50.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	32
1981	34.5
1940	34.6
1982	35.6
1970	35.6
1918	36.1
1978	36.5
1985	36.6
1968	37.1
1948	37.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	7.84
1998	7.80
1925	7.36
1999	6.89
1937	6.38
1982	6.31
1915	6.06
1972	5.83
1975	5.72
1960	5.69

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.57
2003	0.65
1981	0.80
2011	0.84
2001	0.85
1927	0.87
1928	1.03
1945	1.15
2008	1.23
1986	1.29

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 80°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 16°F; 16 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.83 in; 18 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.65 in of precipitation in Fayetteville, NC, the driest January since 2011, 16th driest of 117.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: 80°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: a low of 16°F on Friday 16 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: 0.83 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.