Gainesville, FL: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 55°F in Gainesville, FL, the warmest January since 2024, tied 45th warmest of 92 (with 1965 and 1959).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 55°F; Warmest since 2024; 45th warmest of 92
Precipitation: 1.23 in; Driest since 2022; 30th driest of 129

A normal January in Gainesville, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.7°F, between 50.6°F and 58.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.34 in of precipitation, between 0.80 in and 5.22 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Gainesville, FL since 1899: 55°F in 2026; the highest is 69.5°F, in 1974.

Normal range, 50.6 to 58.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Gainesville, FL 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	55	45	68.9	52	41.1	70	1.23	100	0
2025	48.7	89	62	117	35.4	92	2.44	76	0
2024	56.6	36	68.5	56	44.8	32	3.44	50	0
2023	58.5	20	72.5	20	44.6	35	1.65	90	0
2022	54	53	66.4	75	41.6	64	0.88	114	0
2021	55.1	44	67.1	67	43.2	45	0.44	122	0
2020	58.8	18	71.1	27	46.5	25	0.76	118	0
2019	56.2	41	68.8	53	43.6	42	5.42	14	0
2018	50.1	84	62.7	112	37.5	86	4.32	27	0
2017	60.6	13	73.8	13	47.4	20	1.45	92	0
2016	52.4	74	63.4	109	41.3	68	2.73	72	0
2015	54.4	51	66.3	79	42.5	52	3.24	58	0
2014	50.6	82	61.8	119	39.4	79	5.20	18	0
2013	61.8	10	73.8	13	49.7	11	0.33	125	0
2012	56.9	33	71.7	24	42.1	54	0.85	115	0
2011	51.8	75	65	94	38.6	84	3.68	45	0
2010	49	88	61.8	119	36.2	89	4.54	25	0
2009	53.7	57	66.9	70	40.5	72	3.49	49	0
2008	54.8	48	66.2	80	43.5	43	3.79	42	0
2007	57.5	30	68.3	59	46.7	23	4.00	37	0
2006	57.8	25	70.2	35	45.3	30	3.43	51	0
2005	57.8	25	69.5	47	46.1	27	1.41	95	0
2004	53.8	55	67.4	64	40.2	74	1.58	91	0
2003	48.7	89	62	117	35.3	93	0.40	124	0
2002	56.4	39	68.5	56	44.4	39	4.03	35	0
2001	50.7	81	65.4	91	36.1	91	0.80	117	0
2000	54.5	50	67.7	63	41.4	67	3.19	59	0
1999	57.9	22	71.8	23	44	41	4.90	23	0
1998	57.9	22	69.2	51	46.7	23	3.70	44	0
1997	56.8	34	68.5	56	45	31	2.00	82	0
1996	53.5	63	66.9	70	40	78	2.24	78	0
1995	53.3	64	64.9	96	41.6	64	3.08	63	0
1994	53	69	63.7	103	42.3	53	9.01	2	0
1993	59.9	14	69.3	50	50.6	8	3.26	57	0
1992	52.8	71	63.5	108	42.1	54	5.20	18	0
1991	57.6	28	67	68	48.2	17	6.66	5	0
1990	59.2	17	71.9	22	46.5	25	1.97	83	0
1989	61.9	9	74.2	11	49.7	11	1.14	106	0
1988	50	85	59.7	126	40.3	73	5.19	20	0
1987	53	69	64.1	102	41.9	60	4.07	33	0
1986	53.1	67	63.7	103	42.6	49	5.51	12	0
1985	49.4	86	61.6	122	37.1	88	1.18	103	0
1984	53.1	67	63.1	111	43.2	45	1.29	98	0
1983	53.6	60	65.2	93	42	57	2.89	70	0
1982	57.2	31	70.9	33	43.5	43	5.41	15	0
1981	48.5	91	63.6	107	33.5	94	1.20	101	0
1980	56.6	36	68.7	55	44.6	35	6.20	7	0
1979	54	53	66	82	42	57	8.69	4	0
1978	51.7	76	63.4	109	40.1	77	6.20	7	0
1977	48.3	92	60.4	125	36.2	89	3.35	53	0
1976	53.6	60	67.9	61	39.3	80	1.20	101	0
1975	62.4	7	75.5	7	49.3	13	3.11	62	0
1974	69.5	1	80.8	1	58.2	2	0.25	127	0
1973	58.5	20	70.2	35	46.9	21	4.16	29	0
1972	63.8	5	74.5	8	53.2	5	4.98	22	0
1971	57.2	31	69.8	45	44.6	35	3.00	65	0
1970	51.4	78	62.6	113	40.2	74	4.32	27	0
1969	53.7	57	65.7	87	41.7	63	1.08	107	0
1968	54.4	51	66.7	72	42	57	0.50	121	0
1967	57.9	22	70	41	45.7	28	3.63	47	0
1966	51.7	76	62.2	116	41.2	69	4.07	33	0
1965	55	45	67.9	61	42.1	54	2.05	81	0
1964	53.2	66	64.4	99	41.9	60	8.88	3	0
1963	53.3	64	65.7	87	40.8	71	2.20	79	0
1962	53.8	55	65.9	84	41.6	64	1.88	86	0
1961	50.2	83	61.7	121	38.7	83	2.30	77	0
1960	56.3	40	69.4	49	43.2	45	2.51	75	0
1959	55	45	68.2	60	41.8	62	3.72	43	0
1958	49.2	87	61	124	37.4	87	4.10	31	0
1957	62.4	7	73.1	17	51	7	0.56	120	1
1956	51.4	78	63.7	103	39	82	3.30	55	0
1955	55.7	42	66.4	75	44.7	34	3.64	46	2
1954	59.8	15	71.2	26	48.4	16	1.16	104	0
1953	58.6	19	69.5	47	47.7	18	4.60	24	0
1952	61.4	11	73.7	15	49.1	14	1.03	111	0
1951	57.7	27	70	41	45.4	29	1.07	108	0
1950	67.9	2	80.3	2	55.5	3	0.11	129	0
1949	64.6	4	76.8	5	52.5	6	1.16	104	0
1948			65	94			6.19	9	5
1947			76.4	6			1.40	97	4
1946			71.1	27			1.95	84	8
1945			66.1	81			4.48	26	10
1944			66.4	75			4.02	36	9
1943			69.9	44			1.45	92	15
1942			67	68			4.09	32	9
1941			66.4	75			3.51	48	7
1940							2.65	74	16
1939			71.3	25			1.84	87	8
1938							1.90	85	14
1937			78.8	3	59.9	1	3.32	54	5
1936			69.6	46			3.97	39	12
1935			70.2	35			1.74	89	5
1934			71.1	27			0.44	122	7
1933			72	21			2.86	71	12
1932			76.9	4			1.41	95	7
1931			65.9	84			4.14	30	5
1930			70.1	39			3.87	40	14
1929			72.8	18			6.33	6	12
1928			67.3	66			1.26	99	10
1927			70.2	35			0.19	128	14
1926			64.4	99			5.59	10	7
1925			70.5	34			5.43	13	12
1924			68.8	53			5.53	11	12
1923			72.6	19			1.05	110	5
1922			65.6	89			3.03	64	10
1921			71.1	27			3.39	52	7
1920			70	41			3.19	59	9
1919			67.4	64			2.06	80	10
1918			61.5	123			2.90	69	8
1917			73.6	16			0.98	112	10
1916			74.5	8			0.61	119	8
1915			65.9	84			3.00	65	12
1914			66	82			5.29	17	11
1913	64.8	3	74.2	11	55.5	3	2.94	68	0
1912	53.6	60	64.3	101	42.9	48	5.38	16	0
1911	59.5	16	70.1	39	49	15	1.84	87	0
1910	53.7	57	64.8	97	42.6	49	1.44	94	0
1909	60.8	12	71	31	50.6	8	3.15	61	0
1908	55.2	43	65.5	90	44.8	32	3.28	56	0
1907	62.6	6	74.5	8	50.6	8	0.81	116	0
1906	56.7	35	66.5	74	46.9	21	3.00	65	0
1905	50.9	80	63.7	103	38.1	85	0.94	113	0
1904			62.4	115	40.2	74	11.79	1	4
1903	54.8	48	64.6	98	44.5	38	5.15	21	2
1902	52.7	72	66.6	73	39.1	81	0.27	126	1
1901	57.6	28	71	31	44.3	40	2.69	73	0
1900	52.5	73	62.5	114	42.6	49	3.98	38	0
1899	56.5	38	65.3	92	47.7	18	3.81	41	0
1898							1.07	108	5

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	69.5
1950	67.9
1913	64.8
1949	64.6
1972	63.8
1907	62.6
1975	62.4
1957	62.4
1989	61.9
2013	61.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	48.3
1981	48.5
2025	48.7
2003	48.7
2010	49
1958	49.2
1985	49.4
1988	50
2018	50.1
1961	50.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1904	11.79
1994	9.01
1964	8.88
1979	8.69
1991	6.66
1929	6.33
1980	6.20
1978	6.20
1948	6.19
1926	5.59

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	0.11
1927	0.19
1974	0.25
1902	0.27
2013	0.33
2003	0.40
2021	0.44
1934	0.44
1968	0.50
1957	0.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 83°F; 25 January 2026, 10 January 2026, 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 24°F; 16 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.67 in; 3 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.23 in of precipitation in Gainesville, FL, the driest January since 2022, 30th driest of 129.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Gainesville, FL: 83°F on Sunday 25 January 2026, Saturday 10 January 2026 and Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Gainesville, FL: a low of 24°F on Friday 16 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Gainesville, FL: 0.67 in on Saturday 3 January 2026.