Fort Wayne, IN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 21.3°F in Fort Wayne, IN, the coldest January since 2022, 31st coldest of 128.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 21.3°F; Coldest since 2022; 31st coldest of 128
Precipitation: 1.24 in; Driest since 2025; 29th driest of 129

A normal January in Fort Wayne, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 25.2°F, between 18.8°F and 33.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.39 in of precipitation, between 1.23 in and 4.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Fort Wayne, IN since 1898: 21.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 9.2°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 18.8 to 33.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Fort Wayne, IN from 1898 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	21.3	98	29.3	95	13.4	97	1.24	101	0
2025	22.2	89	30	90	14.5	89	1.19	103	0
2024	27.4	48	32	73	22.9	31	3.95	20	0
2023	34.2	6	39.9	9	28.5	4	2.75	32	0
2022	20.9	101	30	90	11.8	108	0.83	113	0
2021	30	31	34.6	47	25.5	12	1.87	72	0
2020	32.7	12	38.5	18	26.9	7	4.07	17	0
2019	25.4	67	32.6	68	18.1	66	2.12	60	0
2018	25.2	69	32.6	68	17.7	71	1.25	99	0
2017	33.1	11	39.3	10	26.8	9	4.71	12	0
2016	26.4	54	34.5	50	18.2	64	1.62	84	0
2015	21.6	94	29.3	95	14	93	2.23	53	0
2014	17	119	26.2	113	7.8	121	2.59	35	0
2013	27.8	46	35.9	36	19.8	51	3.43	24	0
2012	29.6	35	37.6	27	21.7	38	3.09	28	0
2011	20.5	104	27.7	105	13.3	101	1.80	77	0
2010	23	86	28.9	101	17.2	74	0.63	121	0
2009	16.6	120	25.5	117	7.6	122	1.07	107	0
2008	26.3	57	34.5	50	18.1	66	2.23	53	0
2007	29.8	32	35.8	38	23.8	25	3.74	23	0
2006	36.9	1	43.1	2	30.6	2	3.01	29	0
2005	24.5	77	31.7	76	17.2	74	4.96	11	0
2004	20.7	103	27.6	106	13.8	94	2.43	44	0
2003	18.4	113	25.9	116	11	113	1.30	98	0
2002	34	7	41.9	6	26.1	11	2.56	37	0
2001	25.2	69	31.5	81	18.9	57	0.74	116	0
2000	22.5	88	31.6	79	13.4	97	1.25	99	0
1999	23.6	79	31.7	76	15.5	81	2.78	31	0
1998	33.3	8	38.4	19	28.2	5	3.96	19	0
1997	21.4	96	29.3	95	13.4	97	2.22	56	0
1996	23.3	83	31.6	79	14.9	86	2.51	39	0
1995	25.7	64	33.2	62	18.2	64	2.35	48	0
1994	18.8	112	26.5	111	11.2	112	2.71	33	0
1993	28.6	41	34.9	46	22.3	34	5.24	10	0
1992	28.6	41	35.1	44	22.1	36	1.67	81	0
1991	24.8	73	31	85	18.6	59	1.82	75	0
1990	34.7	5	41.8	7	27.7	6	2.17	58	0
1989	33.2	10	41.7	8	24.7	17	1.99	66	0
1988	23.6	79	32.2	72	14.9	86	1.53	91	0
1987	24.7	75	31.4	83	18	69	2.07	62	0
1986	26.2	58	33.3	61	19.1	56	0.64	120	0
1985	19.8	108	26.2	113	13.4	97	2.03	64	0
1984	19.5	111	27.2	109	11.8	108	1.10	106	0
1983	29.4	37	35	45	23.9	23	0.98	108	0
1982	15.3	123	24.1	122	6.4	125	5.42	9	0
1981	20.1	107	27.4	107	12.8	103	0.60	123	0
1980	24.7	75	30.7	86	18.7	58	0.71	118	0
1979	17.4	118	24.5	120	10.3	116	1.64	83	0
1978	16	121	23.2	124	8.9	119	2.35	48	0
1977	9.2	128	17.6	128	0.8	128	0.50	126	0
1976	21.6	94	29	100	14.1	92	1.82	75	0
1975	29.8	32	35.9	36	23.6	27	2.41	46	0
1974	25.9	62	33.7	58	18.1	66	3.25	26	0
1973	29.1	39	36.6	33	21.7	38	1.57	87	0
1972	23.9	78	32.7	67	15.2	83	1.22	102	0
1971	20.2	105	29.1	99	11.3	111	1.11	105	0
1970	14.5	125	23.6	123	5.5	126	0.77	114	0
1969	23.3	83	30.5	87	16.1	78	4.57	13	0
1968	20.2	105	27.8	104	12.7	105	2.05	63	0
1967	28.1	45	35.6	39	20.5	49	1.93	69	0
1966	21.1	99	28.5	102	13.7	96	0.39	129	0
1965	24.8	73	33.5	60	16	80	4.49	14	0
1964	29.3	38	37	31	21.6	40	2.48	41	0
1963	15.8	122	24.4	121	7.3	124	0.93	109	0
1962	21.8	92	28.4	103	15.2	83	3.10	27	0
1961	21.8	92	29.5	93	14.2	91	0.40	128	0
1960	28.3	44	34.6	47	22	37	2.46	42	0
1959	21.1	99	29.8	92	12.5	106	4.01	18	0
1958	25.9	62	32.3	70	19.6	52	1.12	104	0
1957	19.6	110	27.4	107	11.7	110	1.84	73	0
1956	25.2	69	33.1	64	17.3	73	1.61	85	0
1955	25.5	66	33	65	18	69	1.97	68	0
1954	28.4	43	35.6	39	21.2	44	2.54	38	0
1953	30.2	27	36.5	34	23.8	25	2.25	51	0
1952	30.3	25	37.9	25	22.7	32	4.33	15	0
1951	27.4	48	33.9	57	20.8	46	2.38	47	0
1950	33.3	8	42.2	5	24.4	21	9.72	1	0
1949	31.9	14	38.8	16	24.9	16	6.49	2	0
1948	18.2	114	26.2	113	10.3	116	2.23	53	0
1947	29.6	35	36.7	32	22.5	33	3.35	25	0
1946	26.4	54	34.3	53	18.5	60	1.33	97	0
1945	18	117	25.3	118	10.8	115	0.61	122	0
1944	30.1	28	39	13	21.1	45	0.55	124	0
1943	23.3	83	31.7	76	14.9	86	1.37	96	0
1942	25.4	67	32.3	70	18.5	60	1.91	70	0
1941	26.1	60	33	65	19.2	54	1.56	88	0
1940	14.6	124	21.2	125	8.1	120	1.66	82	0
1939	31.4	18	38.2	22	24.6	18	2.89	30	0
1938	26.4	54	33.2	62	19.5	53	0.88	111	0
1937	30.1	28	37.8	26	22.3	34	5.96	5	0
1936	19.7	109	26.5	111	12.9	102	1.55	89	0
1935	27.6	47	34.5	50	20.6	48	2.58	36	0
1934	31.9	14	38.9	14	25	15	1.52	92	0
1933	36.1	3	43.6	1	28.7	3	1.83	74	0
1932	36.8	2	42.8	4	30.9	1	3.84	22	0
1931	31.4	18	37.5	29	25.2	14	0.67	119	0
1930	22.2	89	29.4	94	15.1	85	5.62	7	0
1929	21.4	96	30.1	88	12.8	103	4.23	16	0
1928	26.7	53	34.3	53	19.2	54	1.51	93	0
1927	25.2	69	32	73	18.5	60	1.61	85	0
1926	27.1	51	34	56	20.2	50	1.75	79	0
1925	23.6	79	31.8	75	15.5	81	0.77	114	0
1924	20.9	101	29.3	95	12.5	106	2.49	40	0
1923	30.1	28	35.6	39	24.6	18	1.99	66	0
1922	22.9	87	31.5	81	14.3	90	1.72	80	0
1921	31.7	17	38	24	25.3	13	2.11	61	0
1920	18.1	115	25.3	118	10.9	114	0.90	110	0
1919	31.4	18	38.9	14	23.9	23	0.72	117	0
1918	11.4	127	18.9	127	3.9	127	2.19	57	0
1917	25.6	65	34.3	53	17	76	1.80	77	0
1916	30.4	24	39.3	10	21.5	41	6.48	3	0
1915	23.6	79	31.1	84	16.1	78	2.62	34	0
1914	32.3	13	38.3	20	26.3	10	2.25	51	0
1913	31.8	16	39.3	10	24.2	22	5.54	8	0
1912	14.1	126	20.9	126	7.4	123	1.39	95	0
1911	31.1	21	38.7	17	23.5	28	1.89	71	0
1910	27.3	50	33.7	58	20.8	46	2.43	44	0
1909	31	23	38.3	20	23.4	29	2.45	43	3
1908	29	40	36.5	34	21.5	41	1.54	90	3
1907	30.3	25	37.4	30	23.2	30	6.10	4	0
1906	35	4	43.1	2	26.9	7	2.01	65	0
1905	21.9	91	30.1	88	13.8	94	2.13	59	0
1904	18.1	115	26.6	110	9.6	118	5.72	6	3
1903							0.53	125	9
1902	26.2	58	34.6	47	17.7	71	0.49	127	0
1901	27	52	35.5	42	18.5	60	1.49	94	0
1900	29.8	32	38.1	23	21.5	41	0.86	112	0
1899	26	61	35.2	43	16.7	77	2.34	50	0
1898	31.1	21	37.6	27	24.5	20	3.92	21	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	36.9
1932	36.8
1933	36.1
1906	35
1990	34.7
2023	34.2
2002	34
1998	33.3
1950	33.3
1989	33.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	9.2
1918	11.4
1912	14.1
1970	14.5
1940	14.6
1982	15.3
1963	15.8
1978	16
2009	16.6
2014	17

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	9.72
1949	6.49
1916	6.48
1907	6.10
1937	5.96
1904	5.72
1930	5.62
1913	5.54
1982	5.42
1993	5.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1966	0.39
1961	0.40
1902	0.49
1977	0.50
1903	0.53
1944	0.55
1981	0.60
1945	0.61
2010	0.63
1986	0.64

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -8°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.53 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.24 in of precipitation in Fort Wayne, IN, the driest January since 2025, 29th driest of 129.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Fort Wayne, IN: 62°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Fort Wayne, IN: a low of -8°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Fort Wayne, IN: 0.53 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.