Fresno, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 51°F in Fresno, CA, the warmest January since 2024, 10th warmest of 139.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 51°F; Warmest since 2024; 10th warmest of 139
Precipitation: 0.94 in; Driest since 2025; 46th driest of 145

A normal January in Fresno, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 48.2°F, between 45°F and 52°F in eight years of ten and 1.99 in of precipitation, between 0.55 in and 4.50 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Fresno, CA since 1888: 51°F in 2026; the highest is 53.6°F, in 1986.

Normal range, 45 to 52°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Fresno, CA from 1882 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	51	10	59.9	9	42.1	16	0.94	100	0
2025	49.2	25	60.8	8	37.6	76	0.13	140	0
2024	51.5	7	58.6	20	44.3	5	1.91	66	0
2023	49.6	22	57.7	29	41.5	20	3.95	13	0
2022	50.1	18	61	5	39.1	56	trace	144	0
2021	50.4	16	59.6	13	41.3	26	3.40	20	0
2020	49	28	57.2	41	40.7	32	0.66	111	0
2019	52.5	3	61	5	44	6	2.23	44	0
2018	52.5	3	61.4	3	43.7	7	1.23	87	0
2017	48.1	44	55.6	58	40.5	34	5.50	3	0
2016	50	20	57.7	29	42.4	12	4.42	10	0
2015	49	28	57.5	33	40.5	34	0.21	137	0
2014	53.2	2	66.8	1	39.5	50	0.57	117	0
2013	47.1	57	58	24	36.2	98	0.58	116	0
2012	49.3	24	61	5	37.5	78	1.38	84	0
2011	46.6	72	52.5	106	40.6	33	1.71	75	0
2010	48.6	38	55.5	61	41.7	18	2.05	56	0
2009	47.7	52	57.1	42	38.3	73	1.02	96	0
2008	46.9	62	55.1	73	38.8	67	3.32	24	0
2007	43.7	113	55.6	58	31.8	134	0.59	115	0
2006	48.7	36	57.3	40	40.1	40	3.40	20	0
2005	47.4	54	53.2	96	41.6	19	2.42	41	0
2004	46.5	74	53.1	97	40	42	0.88	103	0
2003	50.5	12	57.8	27	43.3	9	0.40	130	0
2002	45	96	52.4	107	37.6	76	0.76	105	0
2001	46.1	81	56.4	48	35.9	105	2.66	36	0
2000	50.2	17	58.9	17	41.4	23	3.15	26	0
1999	44.7	100	52.2	109	37.2	82	2.82	29	0
1998	49	28	56.6	45	41.4	23	3.40	20	0
1997	48.7	36	55.1	73	42.2	14	3.53	18	0
1996	48.3	41	55.6	58	41	29	2.07	55	0
1995	51.9	5	58.8	18	45	2	5.42	4	0
1994	46.9	62	57.5	33	36.3	94	1.15	90	0
1993	47.1	57	54.2	86	40	42	5.18	5	0
1992	42.7	124	48.8	137	36.6	87	1.94	61	0
1991	47	59	57.5	33	36.4	92	0.13	140	0
1990	45.5	86	56	51	35	114	2.82	29	0
1989	42.9	122	53.8	90	31.9	133	0.48	123	0
1988	46	82	55.4	66	36.6	87	1.52	77	0
1987	45.3	91	53.7	92	36.9	84	1.93	63	0
1986	53.6	1	61.4	3	45.8	1	2.12	51	0
1985	43.3	117	49.6	129	37	83	0.43	126	0
1984	47.8	50	55.3	69	40.3	36	0.15	139	0
1983	45.2	93	51	117	39.4	52	5.14	7	0
1982	41.7	132	48.9	136	34.5	117	2.11	53	0
1981	47.9	47	55.9	53	39.9	44	2.67	35	0
1980	49.4	23	55.9	53	42.9	10	3.83	14	0
1979	47	59	55	75	39	61	2.71	34	0
1978	51.4	8	57.9	25	44.9	3	3.16	25	0
1977	44.3	105	49.5	130	39.1	56	0.68	109	0
1976	44.2	106	57.7	29	30.8	137	0.04	143	0
1975	43.4	115	52.4	107	34.4	121	0.69	107	0
1974	47.9	47	56	51	39.8	45	2.82	29	0
1973	45.1	95	53.9	89	36.3	94	1.91	66	0
1972	40.6	138	46.9	139	34.3	124	0.37	134	0
1971	45.6	85	54.9	76	36.4	92	0.40	130	0
1970	49.1	27	58.6	20	39.5	50	3.83	14	0
1969	44.8	97	49.7	128	39.8	45	8.56	1	0
1968	44.8	97	54.4	81	35.1	113	1.05	93	0
1967	46	82	55.3	69	36.8	86	2.21	45	0
1966	43.4	115	54.4	81	32.3	132	0.53	122	0
1965	46.3	79	53.3	95	39.3	53	1.05	93	0
1964	43.8	110	53	99	34.5	117	0.66	111	0
1963	42.2	129	54.7	78	29.7	138	2.16	48	0
1962	41.4	135	50.3	122	32.5	131	1.12	91	0
1961	42.3	128	50.3	122	34.4	121	1.52	77	0
1960	46.9	62	57.5	33	36.3	94	2.08	54	0
1959	49	28	57.8	27	40.1	40	1.47	82	0
1958	46.4	76	54.9	76	37.9	75	2.03	58	0
1957	42.5	127	51.5	113	33.5	127	1.75	73	0
1956	48.1	44	55.2	72	41.1	28	2.41	42	0
1955	41.6	134	49.2	133	34	126	3.51	19	0
1954	46.7	68	57.9	25	35.5	110	1.80	71	0
1953	50.5	12	59.7	12	41.3	26	1.49	80	0
1952	45.2	93	54.4	81	36	103	3.59	17	0
1951	45.5	86	53.7	92	37.4	80	1.94	61	0
1950	42.7	124	52	110	33.4	128	3.01	27	0
1949	39.6	139	51.2	115	28.1	139	0.60	114	0
1948	51.2	9	66.3	2	36.2	98	trace	144	0
1947	41	136	50.6	118	31.3	136	0.20	138	0
1946	44.5	102	55.9	53	33.1	129	0.28	136	0
1945	43.5	114	51.1	116	36	103	0.92	102	0
1944	46.8	66	57.5	33	36.2	98	0.95	98	0
1943	45.5	86	55.5	61	35.6	108	1.48	81	0
1942	47.3	56	55.4	66	39.2	55	1.34	85	0
1941	49.8	21	57.6	32	41.9	17	1.56	76	0
1940	48.8	33	55.4	66	42.2	14	5.89	2	0
1939	47	59	55.5	61	38.6	69	1.99	59	0
1938	46.6	72	53.6	94	39.6	48	2.14	50	0
1937	40.7	137	48.5	138	32.9	130	1.97	60	0
1936	50.5	12	59.5	15	41.5	20	0.68	109	0
1935	46.9	62	54	87	39.7	47	3.64	16	0
1934	46	82	52.8	102	39.1	56	0.43	126	0
1933	43	121	49.5	130	36.5	90	2.18	47	0
1932	44.7	100	52.6	104	36.9	84	1.87	69	0
1931	48.8	33	57.4	38	40.3	36	2.61	38	0
1930	46.5	74	54	87	38.9	63	1.90	68	0
1929	43.1	119	50.5	120	35.6	108	1.26	86	0
1928	46.7	68	54.5	79	38.8	67	0.08	142	0
1927	47.9	47	56.6	45	39.1	56	2.19	46	0
1926	43.2	118	50.2	125	36.1	101	0.96	97	0
1925	48	46	55.8	56	40.3	36	0.95	98	0
1924	46.7	68	57.1	42	36.3	94	0.54	119	0
1923	46.3	79	53	99	39.6	48	1.10	92	0
1922	41.7	132	49	135	34.4	121	2.46	40	0
1921	46.4	76	54.3	84	38.5	71	2.63	37	0
1920	48.2	43	57.4	38	38.9	63	0.69	107	0
1919	48.3	41	59.9	9	36.6	87	0.40	130	0
1918	46.4	76	55.5	61	37.3	81	0.47	125	0
1917	42.7	124	50.6	118	34.9	115	1.40	83	0
1916	45.5	86	52.6	104	38.5	71	5.17	6	0
1915	47.4	54	55.7	57	39	61	2.78	33	0
1914	50.1	18	56.5	47	43.6	8	4.94	8	0
1913	44.5	102	53.8	90	35.2	111	1.22	88	0
1912	48.6	38	58.3	23	38.9	63	0.72	106	0
1911	50.5	12	59.6	13	41.4	23	4.23	11	0
1910	44.5	102	53.1	97	35.8	106	1.22	88	0
1909	51.9	5	59.4	16	44.5	4	4.44	9	0
1908	47.8	50	55.3	69	40.3	36	1.78	72	0
1907	46.8	66	54.3	84	39.3	53	3.34	23	0
1906	48.8	33	58.7	19	38.9	63	2.05	56	0
1905	49.2	25	56.2	50	42.3	13	0.93	101	0
1904	44.8	97	55.5	61	34.1	125	0.57	117	0
1903	43.9	108	50.3	122	37.5	78	1.86	70	0
1902	43.1	119	50	126	36.1	101	0.41	129	0
1901	47.7	52	54.5	79	41	29	2.16	48	0
1900	46.7	68	50.5	120	42.9	10	1.52	77	0
1899	49	28	57.1	42	40.8	31	1.92	65	0
1898	41.8	131	51.9	111	31.6	135	0.42	128	0
1897	43.8	110	49.5	130	38	74	1.93	63	0
1896	50.6	11	59.8	11	41.5	20	2.89	28	0
1895	45.3	91	51.5	113	39.1	56	4.14	12	0
1894	43.9	108	51.9	111	35.8	106	2.27	43	0
1893	42.9	122	49.2	133	36.5	90	1.04	95	0
1892	48.5	40	58.4	22	38.6	69	0.48	123	0
1891	45.4	90	56.3	49	34.6	116	0.88	103	0
1890	42.2	129	50	126	34.5	117	2.12	51	0
1889	43.8	110	53	99	34.5	117	0.34	135	0
1888	44	107	52.8	102	35.2	111	1.75	73	0
1887							0.40	130	31
1886							2.82	29	31
1885							0.63	113	31
1884							2.54	39	31
1883							0.54	119	31
1882							0.54	119	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1986	53.6
2014	53.2
2019	52.5
2018	52.5
1995	51.9
1909	51.9
2024	51.5
1978	51.4
1948	51.2
2026	51

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	39.6
1972	40.6
1937	40.7
1947	41
1962	41.4
1955	41.6
1982	41.7
1922	41.7
1898	41.8
1963	42.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	8.56
1940	5.89
2017	5.50
1995	5.42
1993	5.18
1916	5.17
1983	5.14
1914	4.94
1909	4.44
2016	4.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	trace
1948	trace
1976	0.04
1928	0.08
2025	0.13
1991	0.13
1984	0.15
1947	0.20
2015	0.21
1946	0.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 31 January 2026, 30 January 2026, 27 January 2026, 6 January 2026, 1 January 2026
Coldest night: 33°F; 10 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.55 in; 1 January 2026

Every month, season and year

Months

Seasons

Years

Fresno, CA the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 0.94 in of precipitation in Fresno, CA, the driest January since 2025, 46th driest of 145.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Fresno, CA: 65°F on Saturday 31 January 2026, Friday 30 January 2026, Tuesday 27 January 2026 and 2 other days.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Fresno, CA: a low of 33°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Fresno, CA: 0.55 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.