Grand Forks, ND: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 6.4°F in Grand Forks, ND, the warmest January since 2025, 40th warmest of 85.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 6.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 40th warmest of 85
Precipitation: 0.30 in; Driest since 2025; 21st driest of 85

A normal January in Grand Forks, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 7.9°F, between -0.9°F and 14.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.45 in of precipitation, between 0.13 in and 0.79 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Grand Forks, ND since 1942: 6.4°F in 2026; the highest is 21.3°F, in 2006.

Normal range, -0.9 to 14.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Grand Forks, ND from 1942 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	6.4	40	16.3	37	-3.4	40	0.30	63	0
2025	9.4	26	18.6	27	0.3	25	0.28	67	0
2024	13.9	11	20.1	19	7.7	5	0.26	69	0
2023	9.3	28	17.6	30	1	22	0.12	81	0
2022	0.7	62	12.2	56	-10.8	70	0.62	33	0
2021	17.5	4	25.7	5	9.3	2	0.30	63	0
2020	9.4	26	18.6	27	0.2	26	0.78	22	0
2019	2	55	11.7	59	-7.6	55	0.58	40	0
2018	10	23	18.4	29	1.7	20	0.50	47	0
2017	11.9	17	19.2	23	4.5	14	0.45	49	0
2016	10.9	19	19	25	2.8	17	0.32	62	0
2015	12.5	16	22.1	14	2.8	17	0.42	52	0
2014	1	60	13.8	49	-11.7	72	0.69	28	0
2013	8.8	29	19	25	-1.3	35	0.42	52	0
2012	16.4	5	26.2	4	6.6	9	0.38	58	0
2011	0.5	64	9.7	65	-8.7	59	0.85	19	0
2010	7.3	37	14.8	45	-0.2	31	0.69	28	0
2009	-1	69	10	64	-12.1	73	0.27	68	0
2008	3.5	51	13.2	51	-6.2	49	0.05	85	0
2007	10.3	22	20.4	17	0.1	28	0.22	74	0
2006	21.3	1	28.5	1	14.1	1	0.61	34	0
2005	1.2	57	11.9	57	-9.5	62	0.69	28	0
2004	-0.9	68	8.7	69	-10.4	67	0.73	26	0
2003	8.5	31	17.3	31	-0.3	33	0.22	74	0
2002	13.9	11	22	15	5.7	12	0.06	84	0
2001	13.7	14	22.6	13	4.9	13	0.14	79	0
2000	7.4	36	17.3	31	-2.5	36	0.07	83	0
1999	3.7	50	11.8	58	-4.4	45	0.99	13	0
1998	8.7	30	14.8	45	2.6	19	0.45	49	0
1997	1.2	57	10.3	63	-7.8	56	0.60	36	0
1996	-3.7	78	5.4	78	-12.7	77	1.08	10	0
1995	8.3	32	16.4	35	0.2	26	0.43	51	0
1994	-6.7	81	2.5	82	-15.9	81	0.61	34	0
1993	5.6	43	15.4	42	-4.2	43	0.40	55	0
1992	16	7	25.3	7	6.8	7	0.63	32	0
1991	4.1	49	15.3	43	-7.1	53	0.35	61	0
1990	18.7	2	28.5	1	8.9	3	0.22	74	0
1989	7.9	34	19.6	20	-3.9	42	1.71	2	0
1988	3.3	52	13.2	51	-6.6	51	0.87	18	0
1987	15	10	23.3	11	6.6	9	0.52	44	0
1986	10.4	21	20.3	18	0.5	24	0.59	38	0
1985	6.5	39	15.9	38	-2.8	37	0.39	57	0
1984	10.5	20	19.6	20	1.4	21	0.56	41	0
1983	16.1	6	24	9	8.3	4	0.42	52	0
1982	-7.6	82	3	81	-18.1	84	1.59	4	0
1981	13.8	13	23.8	10	3.9	15	0.17	78	0
1980	6.3	41	15.8	39	-3.2	39	0.90	16	0
1979	-7.8	83	1.7	83	-17.3	83	0.52	44	0
1978	-2.7	74	5	79	-10.4	67	0.26	69	0
1977	-2.3	73	7.7	71	-12.3	74	0.55	42	0
1976	5	46	16.4	35	-6.4	50	1.48	7	0
1975	9.9	24	19.2	23	0.7	23	1.61	3	0
1974	-3.3	76	6.2	76	-12.7	77	0.75	23	0
1973	9.9	24	19.6	20	0.1	28	0.11	82	0
1972	0.6	63	10.5	62	-9.3	60	0.52	44	0
1971	-2.7	74	6.9	74	-12.4	75	1.11	9	0
1970	-1	69	7.7	71	-9.7	63	0.65	31	0
1969	-3.4	77	5.7	77	-12.5	76	1.58	5	0
1968	4.5	47	13.7	50	-4.6	47	0.53	43	0
1967	6.7	38	17.1	33	-3.6	41	1.76	1	0
1966	-7.8	83	0.8	84	-16.5	82	0.37	59	0
1965	-1.4	71	8.5	70	-11.3	71	0.30	63	0
1964	12.6	15	21.9	16	3.2	16	0.25	71	0
1963	0.4	65	9	68	-8.3	57	0.14	79	0
1962	2.8	53	12.5	55	-6.8	52	0.95	15	0
1961	5.4	45	15.3	43	-4.5	46	0.23	72	0
1960	5.6	43	15.5	41	-4.3	44	0.80	21	0
1959	-1.7	72	7.1	73	-10.4	67	0.48	48	0
1958	15.7	8	24.8	8	6.7	8	0.23	72	0
1957	0.9	61	11.1	60	-9.7	63	0.83	20	1
1956	2.6	54	12.7	54	-7.4	54	1.35	8	0
1955	5.9	42	14.6	48	-2.9	38	0.40	55	0
1954	-3.9	79	6.4	75	-14.1	80	1.58	5	0
1953	8.1	33	17	34	-0.8	34	0.90	16	0
1952	-0.4	67	9.4	66	-10.2	66	0.96	14	0
1951	0	66	9.2	67	-9.3	60	0.59	38	0
1950	-11.6	85	-2.7	85	-20.5	85	1.07	12	0
1949	1.2	57	11	61	-8.6	58	1.08	10	0
1948	1.5	56	12.8	53	-9.7	63	0.60	36	0
1947	11.5	18	23.2	12	-0.2	31	0.74	24	0
1946	4.4	48	14.7	47	-6	48	0.70	27	0
1945	7.7	35	15.6	40	-0.1	30	0.74	24	0
1944	17.6	3	28	3	7.3	6	0.37	59	0
1943	-4.6	80	4.9	80	-14	79	0.29	66	0
1942	15.7	8	25.5	6	5.9	11	0.18	77	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	21.3
1990	18.7
1944	17.6
2021	17.5
2012	16.4
1983	16.1
1992	16
1958	15.7
1942	15.7
1987	15

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	-11.6
1979	-7.8
1966	-7.8
1982	-7.6
1994	-6.7
1943	-4.6
1954	-3.9
1996	-3.7
1969	-3.4
1974	-3.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	1.76
1989	1.71
1975	1.61
1982	1.59
1969	1.58
1954	1.58
1976	1.48
1956	1.35
1971	1.11
1996	1.08
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2008	0.05
2002	0.06
2000	0.07
1973	0.11
2023	0.12
2001	0.14
1963	0.14
1981	0.17
1942	0.18
2007	0.22
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 39°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: -22°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.11 in; 31 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.30 in of precipitation in Grand Forks, ND, the driest January since 2025, tied 21st driest of 85 (with 2021 and 1965).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: 39°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: a low of -22°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: 0.11 in on Saturday 31 January 2026.