Greensboro, NC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 37.8°F in Greensboro, NC, the coldest January since 2025, tied 54th coldest of 124 (with 1941 and 1929).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 37.8°F; Coldest since 2025; 54th coldest of 124
Precipitation: 3.08 in; Driest since 2025; 57th driest of 124

A normal January in Greensboro, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.9°F, between 35.4°F and 43.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.59 in of precipitation, between 1.62 in and 5.15 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Greensboro, NC since 1903: 37.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 26.6°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 35.4 to 43.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Greensboro, NC from 1903 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	37.8	69	48.5	64	27.2	85	3.08	68	0
2025	34.8	106	44.5	107	25.1	101	2.01	96	0
2024	40.1	46	50.1	44	30.2	50	7.43	5	0
2023	45.4	10	54.1	16	36.6	8	4.30	38	0
2022	37.3	76	47.1	75	27.5	77	5.03	19	0
2021	39.2	56	48.1	70	30.2	50	3.31	64	0
2020	44.3	12	52.6	23	35.9	10	4.98	21	0
2019	40.5	43	49.7	47	31.4	40	4.01	42	0
2018	35.1	103	46.1	91	24	109	3.65	53	0
2017	43.9	17	52.5	25	35.2	12	5.12	17	0
2016	37	82	46.2	88	27.7	74	1.91	99	0
2015	38.3	65	48.5	64	28.1	69	2.04	95	0
2014	33.5	110	44.2	110	22.8	118	3.98	45	0
2013	42.6	27	51.4	37	33.8	19	5.47	13	0
2012	42.8	25	53.2	18	32.3	27	1.68	108	0
2011	35.4	100	44.7	105	26.2	89	1.12	117	0
2010	36	94	46.2	88	25.8	94	4.73	23	0
2009	37.7	72	47	78	28.4	66	2.58	81	0
2008	39.7	48	49	54	30.5	47	0.95	119	0
2007	43.3	21	52.7	22	33.9	18	2.92	72	0
2006	46.5	6	56.4	6	36.6	8	2.38	84	0
2005	42.4	29	51.5	36	33.4	23	1.81	104	0
2004	36.7	85	46.7	81	26.6	87	0.89	121	0
2003	36.4	89	45.3	99	27.4	79	2.35	87	0
2002	41.5	36	51.9	35	31.1	42	4.47	32	0
2001	38.7	62	48.7	62	28.6	62	2.53	82	0
2000	37.1	79	46.3	87	28	70	4.03	41	0
1999	42.7	26	53.1	20	32.3	27	5.39	14	0
1998	42.5	28	50.8	42	34.3	15	6.88	6	0
1997	37.1	79	46.5	85	27.7	74	2.89	74	0
1996	35.5	99	44.8	103	26.3	88	4.49	29	0
1995	40	47	49	54	31	43	2.94	71	0
1994	34.2	108	44.2	110	24.2	108	3.66	52	0
1993	40.4	44	48.8	59	32	33	3.65	53	0
1992	42.1	34	52.5	25	31.6	36	3.54	58	0
1991	40.8	42	49.6	49	32	33	4.53	27	0
1990	45.3	11	55.6	7	35	13	3.76	50	0
1989	42.2	33	52.2	32	32.1	30	0.93	120	0
1988	32.9	117	42.2	118	23.7	112	2.35	87	0
1987	36.3	92	45.3	99	27.4	79	3.77	49	0
1986	37.1	79	48.3	68	25.9	92	0.74	122	0
1985	32.8	119	42.5	117	23.1	116	4.34	35	0
1984	35.2	101	45.2	102	25.2	100	3.51	59	0
1983	36	94	44.7	105	27.3	81	1.31	116	0
1982	32.7	120	42.6	116	22.7	119	2.91	73	0
1981	33.4	112	44.8	103	22.1	121	0.66	123	0
1980	38.4	64	46.5	85	30.3	48	4.00	44	0
1979	35.1	103	45.7	95	24.4	106	5.87	10	0
1978	31.3	121	40.3	121	22.3	120	7.70	4	0
1977	26.6	124	36.1	124	17.2	123	2.27	90	0
1976	35.9	96	46.7	81	25.1	101	2.25	92	0
1975	42.9	22	53.5	17	32.3	27	5.31	15	0
1974	45.8	8	54.5	12	37	7	4.58	25	0
1973	36.1	93	46.8	80	25.3	99	3.50	60	0
1972	42.3	31	52.5	25	32.1	30	2.60	80	0
1971	35.2	101	44.5	107	25.8	94	1.80	106	0
1970	33.4	112	43.9	112	22.9	117	1.66	110	0
1969	36.4	89	45.5	96	27.3	81	2.01	96	0
1968	35.6	98	45.4	97	25.8	94	3.74	51	0
1967	42.9	22	54.3	14	31.6	36	1.84	102	0
1966	33.1	116	41.6	120	24.6	104	4.48	30	0
1965	38.8	61	50	46	27.7	74	2.27	90	0
1964	38.1	67	49.2	50	27	86	4.48	30	0
1963	35.1	103	45.8	94	24.5	105	2.41	83	0
1962	35.7	97	45.3	99	26.2	89	5.77	11	0
1961	34.6	107	45.9	93	23.4	113	2.35	87	0
1960	39.7	48	48.4	67	31	43	4.44	33	0
1959	37	82	48.6	63	25.4	98	3.01	70	0
1958	34.2	108	44.5	107	23.9	111	3.36	62	0
1957	39.1	57	48.9	56	29.3	56	5.09	18	0
1956	36.4	89	46.9	79	25.9	92	1.04	118	0
1955	37.3	76	47.2	73	27.3	81	1.84	102	0
1954	39	58	49.7	47	28.3	68	6.19	9	0
1953	43.6	20	54.3	14	33	24	4.34	35	0
1952	44.3	12	54.5	12	34.1	17	3.58	57	0
1951	39.7	48	50.9	40	28.4	66	1.60	111	0
1950	49.7	1	59.3	2	40.1	1	1.81	104	0
1949	47.7	4	57	5	38.4	3	2.75	76	0
1948	33.4	112	43.4	113	23.4	113	3.95	46	0
1947	44	16	53	21	34.9	14	5.03	19	0
1946	39.7	48	48.5	64	30.9	45	3.28	66	0
1945	37.6	73	46.7	81	28.5	64	1.90	100	0
1944	38.6	63	49.2	50	28	70	3.37	61	0
1943	41.2	40	51.4	37	30.9	45	4.58	25	0
1942	36.5	88	48.2	69	24.7	103	2.36	85	0
1941	37.8	69	47.1	75	28.5	64	2.11	94	0
1940	27	123	36.9	123	17.2	123	2.36	85	0
1939	41.3	39	52.4	30	30.3	48	3.16	67	0
1938	38.3	65	47.2	73	29.4	55	2.82	75	0
1937	46.1	7	52.5	25	39.6	2	8.24	1	0
1936	33.5	110	42.9	115	24	109	8.08	2	0
1935	37.6	73	46.6	84	28.6	62	1.77	107	0
1934	41.4	38	51.3	39	31.5	38	1.59	112	0
1933	45.6	9	55.5	8	35.7	11	2.65	79	0
1932	47.6	5	57.1	4	38.1	4	4.28	40	0
1931	37.3	76	48.9	56	25.7	97	1.51	115	0
1930	39.7	48	50.4	43	29	59	3.03	69	0
1929	37.8	69	48.1	70	27.5	77	1.68	108	0
1928	40.9	41	52.5	25	29.2	57	2.21	93	0
1927	40.2	45	49.2	50	31.3	41	1.54	113	0
1926	38.9	59	49.1	53	28.7	61	4.81	22	0
1925	39.3	53	48.8	59	29.6	54	7.99	3	1
1924	38.9	59	50.1	44	27.9	72	3.29	65	1
1923	42.4	29	52.2	32	32.6	26	4.31	37	0
1922	37.5	75	46	92	29	59	3.62	56	0
1921	41.5	36	50.9	40	32.1	30	4.37	34	0
1920	36.7	85	46.2	88	27.3	81	3.63	55	0
1919	42	35	52.4	30	31.5	38	5.64	12	0
1918	28.4	122	37.3	122	19.2	122	6.43	7	1
1917	42.3	31	52.6	23	31.9	35	4.01	42	0
1916	43.7	18	54.8	11	32.8	25	1.97	98	1
1915	39.3	53	48.8	59	29.7	53	4.53	27	0
1914	42.9	22	52.2	32	33.6	20	2.71	77	0
1913	47.9	3	57.8	3	37.9	5	5.26	16	0
1912	33.2	115	42.1	119	24.3	107	1.87	101	0
1911	44.3	12	55.1	9	33.5	22	3.81	48	0
1910	39.3	53	48.9	56	29.8	52	3.82	47	1
1909	44.3	12	55.1	9	33.6	20	1.54	113	0
1908	38	68	48.1	70	27.9	72	4.60	24	0
1907	49.1	2	60.6	1	37.6	6	0.50	124	0
1906	43.7	18	53.2	18	34.2	16	6.27	8	0
1905	36.6	87	47.1	75	26	91	2.67	78	0
1904	32.9	117	43.1	114	23.3	115	3.35	63	1
1903	36.9	84	45.4	97	29.1	58	4.30	38	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	49.7
1907	49.1
1913	47.9
1949	47.7
1932	47.6
2006	46.5
1937	46.1
1974	45.8
1933	45.6
2023	45.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	26.6
1940	27
1918	28.4
1978	31.3
1982	32.7
1985	32.8
1988	32.9
1904	32.9
1966	33.1
1912	33.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	8.24
1936	8.08
1925	7.99
1978	7.70
2024	7.43
1998	6.88
1918	6.43
1906	6.27
1954	6.19
1979	5.87

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	0.50
1981	0.66
1986	0.74
2004	0.89
1989	0.93
2008	0.95
1956	1.04
2011	1.12
1983	1.31
1931	1.51

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.64 in; 10 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.08 in of precipitation in Greensboro, NC, the driest January since 2025, 57th driest of 124.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Greensboro, NC: 71°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Greensboro, NC: a low of 8°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Greensboro, NC: 1.64 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.