Georgetown, DE: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 32.3°F in Georgetown, DE, the coldest January since 2025, tied 24th coldest of 79 (with 1976).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 32.3°F; Coldest since 2025; 24th coldest of 79
Precipitation: 3.47 in; Wettest since 2024; 32nd wettest of 78

A normal January in Georgetown, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.2°F, between 31°F and 40.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.05 in of precipitation, between 1.85 in and 4.73 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Georgetown, DE since 1947: 32.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 22.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 31 to 40.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Georgetown, DE from 1947 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	32.3	55	41.7	51	22.9	62	3.47	32	0
2025	30.4	67	38.7	69	22.1	66	2.14	63	0
2024	38.5	21	47.3	24	29.6	20	5.64	8	0
2023	45.5	2	54.9	2	36.2	2	1.80	70	0
2022	32.6	53	42.2	50	23.1	58	5.42	11	0
2021	38.3	23	46.2	29	30.3	15	2.37	59	0
2020	41.5	7	50.6	8	32.4	6	3.02	43	0
2019	37.4	26	46.6	28	28.1	26	3.52	31	0
2018	34.3	42	44.1	40	24.4	47	2.85	48	0
2017	40.4	10	47.6	22	33.1	4	3.13	39	0
2016	35.2	35	44.6	37	25.9	37	2.87	47	0
2015	33.6	46	41.6	52	25.6	38	4.53	17	0
2014	30.8	66	41.5	53	20.1	72	3.04	42	0
2013	38.8	20	48	21	29.7	18	2.80	49	0
2012	40.2	12	50.3	10	30.2	16	1.91	69	0
2011	31.4	61	38.9	68	24	49	3.05	41	0
2010	33.9	43	41.5	53	26.4	32	3.83	24	0
2009	31.8	59	40.2	61	23.4	54	2.11	64	0
2008	37.1	28	46.2	29	28	27	2.03	66	0
2007	40.5	9	49.4	14	31.6	9	4.01	21	0
2006	43.9	3	53.5	4	34.3	3	4.09	19	0
2005	34.8	38	43	45	26.6	30	4.03	20	0
2004	29.6	70	36.9	74	22.3	65	2.41	58	0
2003	31	63	38	71	24	49	1.23	75	1
2002	40.4	10	49.4	14	31.5	11	1.47	73	0
2001	33.6	46	42.3	48	24.9	41	3.25	35	0
2000	33.8	44	43.1	44	24.6	44	3.47	32	0
1999	39.4	18	49.5	13	29.4	22	5.50	10	0
1997	34.7	39	44.8	36	24.6	44	2.66	52	0
1996	33.4	50	43.6	42	23.2	55	4.83	15	0
1995	39.1	19	47.6	22	30.6	13	2.90	45	0
1994	29.2	73	38.1	70	20.3	70	4.70	16	0
1993	39.9	13	48.2	20	31.6	9	3.53	30	0
1992	36.5	31	47	26	26	36	1.61	72	0
1991	36.8	30	47.1	25	26.5	31	5.29	12	0
1990	42.9	4	53.8	3	31.9	8	3.73	27	0
1989	38.3	23	48.3	19	28.3	24	2.78	50	0
1988	29.8	69	39.1	66	20.4	69	3.74	26	0
1987	32.1	57	41.1	57	23.1	58	7.04	1	0
1986	33.7	45	44	41	23.5	53	3.86	23	0
1985	28.4	74	37.3	73	19.5	74	3.01	44	0
1984	29.4	72	37.7	72	21.1	68	3.39	34	0
1983	36.1	32	44.6	37	27.7	28	2.64	53	0
1982	27	77	36.6	76	17.5	77	3.64	28	0
1981	27.6	76	36.1	77	19.2	76	0.53	78	0
1980	34.5	41	42.7	47	26.2	34	3.23	36	0
1979	34.6	40	44.6	37	24.6	44	6.78	3	0
1978	30.9	65	39	67	22.8	63	6.99	2	0
1977	22.8	79	32.1	79	13.4	79	2.70	51	0
1976	32.3	55	41.5	53	23	61	5.93	6	0
1975	38.4	22	48.4	18	28.4	23	5.63	9	0
1974	39.9	13	49.3	16	30.6	13	3.57	29	0
1973	35.9	34	45.3	34	26.4	32	2.60	55	0
1972	37.2	27	47	26	27.4	29	2.89	46	0
1971	29.9	68	39.6	64	20.2	71	2.31	60	0
1970	26.2	78	35.9	78	16.5	78	2.08	65	0
1969	31.4	61	40	63	22.7	64	2.64	53	0
1968	31	63	40.7	59	21.2	67	1.99	68	1
1967	39.8	15	49.7	12	29.8	17	2.17	62	0
1966	31.6	60	40.1	62	23.2	55	3.96	22	0
1965	33.5	49	43.3	43	23.8	51	3.06	40	0
1964	37	29	48.5	17	25.6	38	4.36	18	0
1963	32.9	52	42.8	46	23.1	58	1.68	71	0
1962	34.9	36	45	35	24.8	43	6.19	5	0
1961	29.5	71	39.3	65	19.6	73	3.82	25	0
1960	37.6	25	45.6	33	29.5	21	2.31	60	0
1959	34.9	36	45.7	31	24.1	48	0.99	76	0
1958	32.4	54	41.2	56	23.6	52	2.57	56	0
1957	32.1	57	41	58	23.2	55	2.03	66	0
1956	33	51	40.5	60	25.5	40	2.42	57	0
1955	33.6	46	42.3	48	24.9	41	0.55	77	0
1954	36	33	45.7	31	26.2	34	3.22	37	0
1953	41.3	8	51.3	7	31.3	12	3.22	37	0
1952	39.8	15	49.8	11	29.7	18	5.81	7	0
1951	39.5	17	50.6	8	28.3	24	1.45	74	0
1950	47.9	1	58.2	1	37.6	1			0
1949	42.8	5	52.9	5	32.7	5	5.06	14	0
1948	28.1	75	36.7	75	19.5	74	6.73	4	0
1947	42.4	6	52.3	6	32.4	6	5.25	13	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	47.9
2023	45.5
2006	43.9
1990	42.9
1949	42.8
1947	42.4
2020	41.5
1953	41.3
2007	40.5
2017	40.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	22.8
1970	26.2
1982	27
1981	27.6
1948	28.1
1985	28.4
1994	29.2
1984	29.4
1961	29.5
2004	29.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	7.04
1978	6.99
1979	6.78
1948	6.73
1962	6.19
1976	5.93
1952	5.81
2024	5.64
1975	5.63
1999	5.50

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.53
1955	0.55
1959	0.99
2003	1.23
1951	1.45
2002	1.47
1992	1.61
1963	1.68
2023	1.80
2012	1.91

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 31 January 2026, 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.79 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.47 in of precipitation in Georgetown, DE, the wettest January since 2024, tied 32nd wettest of 78 (with 2000).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Georgetown, DE: 66°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Georgetown, DE: a low of 8°F on Saturday 31 January 2026 and Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Georgetown, DE: 1.79 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.