Grand Rapids, MI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 20.2°F in Grand Rapids, MI, the coldest January since 2022, tied 30th coldest of 129 (with 2022 and 1895).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 20.2°F; Coldest since 2022; 30th coldest of 129
Precipitation: 3.76 in; Wettest since 2024; 13th wettest of 131

A normal January in Grand Rapids, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 25°F, between 19°F and 29.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.41 in of precipitation, between 0.98 in and 4.10 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Grand Rapids, MI since 1895: 20.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 11.8°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 19 to 29.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Grand Rapids, MI from 1894 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	20.2	98	26.7	105	13.7	97	3.76	13	0
2025	22.2	78	28.4	89	16	76	1.02	114	0
2024	27.1	37	30.9	62	23.2	16	4.62	2	0
2023	31.7	5	35.7	16	27.8	2	2.54	36	0
2022	20.2	98	27.6	96	12.7	101	1.43	88	0
2021	28.1	25	33.2	39	23	18	1.37	93	0
2020	31.3	7	36.2	12	26.4	5	3.65	16	0
2019	21.8	81	28	92	15.5	83	2.90	31	0
2018	24.9	58	32.1	46	17.7	67	2.12	57	0
2017	29	16	34.1	29	23.9	13	3.51	19	0
2016	26	46	31.8	51	20.2	43	2.15	54	0
2015	21.2	89	27.8	94	14.5	91	1.87	67	0
2014	18.1	115	25.5	112	10.7	117	3.41	21	0
2013	28	28	35.2	20	20.9	37	4.01	9	0
2012	29.7	13	37.1	8	22.3	22	3.20	26	0
2011	21.4	86	27.1	101	15.6	81	1.31	99	0
2010	25	56	30.1	72	20	46	0.85	120	0
2009	17.5	117	24.9	119	10	122	1.74	72	0
2008	26.6	41	32.6	41	20.6	40	3.76	13	0
2007	27.3	35	33.3	37	21.3	28	2.19	52	0
2006	33.2	3	38.5	3	27.8	2	4.30	5	0
2005	21.7	82	28.5	88	14.9	90	4.67	1	0
2004	19.4	105	26.4	107	12.5	108	2.05	61	0
2003	19.1	108	25.6	110	12.6	104	0.91	118	0
2002	30.2	11	36.5	10	23.9	13	1.12	109	0
2001	25.5	50	31	61	19.9	47	0.79	122	0
2000	23.4	70	30.8	64	15.9	77	0.99	115	0
1999	21.2	89	27.4	99	15	87	3.54	18	0
1998	29.5	14	34.1	29	25	8	4.09	7	0
1997	21.6	84	28.8	82	14.4	93	2.63	34	0
1996	21.7	82	29.3	78	14.1	94	1.18	106	0
1995	26.5	42	31.7	55	21.3	28	2.73	32	0
1994	14.5	126	22.3	127	6.6	129	2.68	33	0
1993	25.9	48	32.3	44	19.5	50	4.21	6	0
1992	27.5	31	32.5	42	22.5	21	1.52	84	0
1991	22.1	79	28.4	89	15.9	77	1.32	97	0
1990	32	4	38.5	3	25.6	7	2.39	41	0
1989	30.4	10	37.5	6	23.4	15	0.95	116	0
1988	20.8	93	28.8	82	12.7	101	2.39	41	0
1987	25.3	53	31.4	57	19.3	51	0.67	124	0
1986	22.7	75	30.4	69	15	87	1.07	111	0
1985	18.6	112	25.1	116	12.1	112	1.94	65	0
1984	17.1	120	25.3	114	8.9	127	0.94	117	0
1983	27.6	30	33.8	31	21.4	27	1.33	96	0
1982	17.2	119	24.4	122	10	122	2.98	29	0
1981	20.8	93	28.8	82	12.7	101	0.47	127	0
1980	25	56	32.1	46	18	63	1.76	71	0
1979	17	121	23.3	125	10.8	116	2.09	59	0
1978	19.3	106	26	109	12.6	104	2.22	50	0
1977	12.7	127	20.7	129	4.6	132	1.59	80	0
1976	18.9	110	27.5	98	10.3	120	1.67	76	0
1975	25.2	54	32.1	46	18.2	60	4.36	4	0
1974	25.7	49	31.8	51	19.6	49	3.23	24	0
1973	27.3	35	33.4	36	21.3	28	1.66	77	0
1972	20.8	93	28.7	85	12.8	100	1.26	100	0
1971	18.3	113	25.4	113	11.1	115	1.04	113	0
1970	17	121	24.2	123	9.7	125	1.18	106	0
1969	20.8	93	27	102	14.5	91	2.39	41	0
1968	21	91	28.7	85	13.3	98	1.55	83	0
1967	28.6	20	36.1	13	21.1	33	1.94	65	0
1966	19.1	108	27.7	95	10.5	119	1.22	102	0
1965	22.5	77	29.6	75	15.4	84	3.99	11	0
1964	27.5	31	34.8	22	20.2	43	1.42	89	0
1963	15.8	125	21.8	128	9.9	124	2.26	48	0
1962	19.3	106	26.5	106	12.1	112	3.02	28	0
1961	20.9	92	27.9	93	13.9	96	1.35	95	0
1960	26.8	39	32.1	46	21.5	24	3.50	20	0
1959	17.7	116	25.3	114	10.1	121	2.32	46	0
1958	23.1	73	30.4	69	15.9	77	1.16	108	0
1957	19.7	103	26.8	103	12.6	104	2.19	52	0
1956	24.3	62	31.6	56	16.9	71	0.29	131	0
1955	24.2	65	30.5	68	17.9	65	1.70	73	0
1954	23.5	69	31.2	59	15.8	80	1.69	74	0
1953	27.4	33	33.5	35	21.3	28	1.62	79	0
1952	26.3	44	33.8	31	18.8	56	2.08	60	0
1951	24.3	62	30.6	65	18.1	62	2.25	49	0
1950	29.2	15	38.5	3	19.9	47	3.62	17	0
1949	28.4	23	35.6	18	21.1	33	2.54	36	0
1948	16.8	123	25.1	116	8.5	128	1.21	104	0
1947	26.7	40	34.5	24	18.9	54	2.30	47	1
1946	25.4	52	32.1	46	18.6	57	2.36	45	0
1945	18.2	114	24.6	121	11.8	114	0.35	129	0
1944	28.1	25	35.6	18	20.7	38	1.22	102	0
1943	19.5	104	26.8	103	12.3	111	1.36	94	0
1942	23.1	73	29.8	74	16.4	72	2.12	57	0
1941	24.6	61	30.6	65	18.5	59	1.38	92	0
1940	20	101	24.8	120	15.3	86	1.69	74	0
1939	28.6	20	34.5	24	22.7	20	2.48	38	0
1938	23.8	66	29.3	78	18.2	60	2.39	41	0
1937	28.5	22	36	14	21.1	33	2.15	54	0
1936	21.4	86	26.4	107	16.4	72	2.13	56	0
1935	24.7	60	30.6	65	18.9	54	2.04	62	0
1934	31	8	37.1	8	24.9	9	1.40	90	0
1933	34	2	41.2	1	26.9	4	0.87	119	0
1932	34.2	1	38.8	2	29.5	1	3.07	27	0
1931	28.7	18	34.3	27	23.1	17	1.80	69	0
1930	21.4	86	27.2	100	15.6	81	3.21	25	0
1929	18.7	111	25.1	116	12.4	110	4.00	10	0
1928	26	46	31.4	57	20.7	38	1.32	97	0
1927	23.3	71	29.1	80	17.5	68	1.05	112	0
1926	25.5	50	31.8	51	19.3	51	1.77	70	0
1925	22.1	79	28.9	81	15.4	84	0.59	125	0
1924	20.3	97	27.6	96	13	99	2.00	64	0
1923	26.2	45	31.8	51	20.6	40	1.25	101	0
1922	23.6	68	30.9	62	16.4	72	0.71	123	0
1921	30.5	9	36.4	11	24.6	10	0.59	125	0
1920	16	124	22.4	126	9.6	126	1.19	105	0
1919	30	12	35.7	16	24.2	12	0.30	130	0
1918	12.5	128	18.4	130	6.6	129	3.24	22	0
1917	22.7	75	29.4	77	16.1	75	1.40	90	0
1916	28.7	18	35.9	15	21.5	24	3.90	12	0
1915	23.3	71	28.6	87	18	63	1.57	81	0
1914	29	16	35	21	23	18	3.24	22	0
1913	28.1	25	34.8	22	21.5	24	1.86	68	0
1912	11.8	129	17.2	131	6.5	131	1.49	85	0
1911	26.9	38	33.3	37	20.5	42	1.57	81	0
1910	24.3	62	30.1	72	18.6	57	2.04	62	0
1909	27.4	33	33.7	33	21	36	2.20	51	0
1908	26.4	43	32.5	42	20.2	43	1.49	85	0
1907	23.7	67	29.6	75	17.8	66	3.74	15	0
1906	31.6	6	37.5	6	25.7	6	2.93	30	0
1905	19.8	102	25.6	110	14	95	1.64	78	0
1904	17.3	118	23.9	124	10.7	117	1.47	87	0
1903			33.7	33	15	87	1.11	110	5
1902	25.2	54	32.9	40	17.3	69	0.40	128	2
1901	24.8	59	32.2	45	17.3	69	2.41	40	0
1900	28	28	34.3	27	21.7	23	2.42	39	0
1899	21.5	85	30.4	69	12.5	108	2.56	35	0
1898	28.2	24	34.5	24	21.2	32	4.04	8	1
1897									10
1896			31.2	59	19.3	51	0.80	121	6
1895	20.2	98	28.1	91	12.6	104	4.42	3	1
1894					24.3	11			7

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	34.2
1933	34
2006	33.2
1990	32
2023	31.7
1906	31.6
2020	31.3
1934	31
1921	30.5
1989	30.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	11.8
1918	12.5
1977	12.7
1994	14.5
1963	15.8
1920	16
1948	16.8
1979	17
1970	17
1984	17.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	4.67
2024	4.62
1895	4.42
1975	4.36
2006	4.30
1993	4.21
1998	4.09
1898	4.04
2013	4.01
1929	4.00

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	0.29
1919	0.30
1945	0.35
1902	0.40
1981	0.47
1925	0.59
1921	0.59
1987	0.67
1922	0.71
2001	0.79

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.56 in; 9 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.76 in of precipitation in Grand Rapids, MI, the wettest January since 2024, tied 13th wettest of 131 (with 2008).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: 60°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: a low of -19°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: 0.56 in on Friday 9 January 2026.