Hanford, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 48.6°F in Hanford, CA, the warmest January since 2024, tied 21st warmest of 116 (with 1980).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 48.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 21st warmest of 116
Precipitation: 0.55 in; Driest since 2025; 23rd driest of 109

A normal January in Hanford, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46.5°F, between 43.9°F and 49.9°F in eight years of ten and 1.39 in of precipitation, between 0.30 in and 3.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Hanford, CA since 1900: 48.6°F in 2026; the highest is 51.1°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 43.9 to 49.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Hanford, CA from 1900 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	48.6	21	57.5	34	39.6	20	0.55	87	0
2025	48.3	24	62	5	34.6	71	0.28	96	0
2024	50.7	2	59.2	17	42.2	3	1.70	38	0
2023	49.2	12	59	18	39.5	21	3.16	11	0
2022	48	28	60.5	13	35.5	55	0.01	106	0
2021	48.7	18	60.6	11	36.8	46	2.36	22	0
2020	48	28	57.9	28	38.1	33	0.81	72	0
2019	50.1	5	60.7	10	39.5	21	1.79	34	0
2018	51.1	1	61	7	41.3	7	1.37	49	0
2017	47.9	31	56	53	39.8	17	3.37	8	0
2016	49	14	57.6	32	40.3	14	2.87	17	0
2015	47.6	34	56.5	46	38.6	31	0.04	104	0
2014	50.1	5	66.4	1	33.7	80	0.11	101	0
2013	44	82	57.3	39	30.8	103	0.25	98	0
2012	46.3	45	61	7	31.7	99	0.61	79	1
2011	45	65	51.3	100	38.8	27	0.88	67	0
2010	46.8	39	54.5	74	39.1	25	2.34	23	0
2009	46.3	45	57.5	34	35.2	59	0.60	82	0
2008	46	48	55.4	64	36.6	48	1.87	31	0
2007	41.6	101	55.4	64	27.8	115	0.61	79	0
2006	46.7	41	55.8	55	37.6	37	3.29	9	2
2005	46.4	43	52.1	93	40.6	11	2.57	20	0
2004	45	65	51.8	97	38.2	32	1.09	64	0
2003	48.9	16	55.5	61	42.4	2	0.56	86	0
2002	44.6	74	52.1	93	37.1	42	0.93	66	0
2001	45.2	64	56.1	51	34.4	73	1.91	30	0
2000	49.4	11	58.9	20	39.9	16	0.39	92	0
1999	42.6	95	49.7	108	35.6	54	2.83	18	2
1998	48.1	26	56.4	47	39.8	17	2.00	27	0
1997	48.1	26	55.3	67	40.9	9	3.02	14	0
1996	46.6	42	53.9	81	39.2	24	1.68	39	1
1995	49.9	9	57.1	40	42.7	1	4.70	2	0
1994	44.8	67	55.6	57	34	77	0.94	65	0
1993	45.3	61	53	88	37.6	37	3.88	5	0
1992	40.2	112	45.1	117	35.4	56	1.40	46	0
1991	44.7	70	55.3	67	34.2	75	0.31	95	0
1990	43.5	87	54.5	74	32.5	91	1.66	40	1
1989	40.7	110	51.2	101	30.5	107	0.17	99	1
1988	44.6	74	54.2	78	35.1	61	1.37	49	0
1987	42.8	91	51.9	96	33.9	78	1.77	35	2
1986	49.6	10	57.8	30	41.5	4	0.80	74	3
1985	40.8	106	47.4	114	34.3	74	0.59	83	1
1984	45.3	61	53.1	87	37.5	39	0.01	106	1
1983	43	89	49.3	111	36.7	47	3.74	6	0
1982	41.4	103	50.9	103	31.9	97	0.84	70	0
1981	48.2	25	57.7	31	38.7	28	1.77	35	0
1980	48.6	21	55.7	56	41.4	6	2.90	16	0
1979	44	82	52.9	89	35	65	2.19	26	1
1978	48.4	23	56.2	48	40.6	11	2.22	25	0
1977	40.8	106	46.5	116	35.1	61	0.59	83	0
1976	43.8	85	58.6	23	29	113	trace	108	0
1975	42.4	97	54	79	30.8	103	0.09	102	0
1974	47.9	31	57.5	34	38.1	33	2.97	15	2
1972	40	113	47.1	115	32.9	88	0.04	104	0
1971	44.7	70	54.3	77	35	65	0.35	93	0
1970	50.7	2	61.2	6	39.4	23	1.60	42	3
1969	44.5	76	51	102	38	35	6.69	1	1
1968	43.5	87	55.5	61	31.6	100	0.57	85	0
1967	45.4	60	55.6	57	35.2	59	1.17	62	0
1966	44.2	80	55.9	54	32.6	89	0.63	78	0
1965	45.6	55	54.8	70	36.5	50	1.18	61	0
1964	44.5	76	55.6	57	33.4	84	0.61	79	0
1963	41.8	100	56.1	51	27.5	116	1.19	59	0
1962	40.7	110	51.6	99	29.9	111	0.71	76	0
1961	42.8	91	52.2	92	33.4	84	1.34	51	0
1960	47.1	37	59.5	15	34.6	71	0.80	74	1
1959	50	7	60.6	11	39.7	19	0.86	69	1
1958	45.9	51	56.8	42	35.1	61	1.85	32	1
1957	42.4	97	52.3	91	32.4	93	1.39	47	0
1956	48.7	18	56.2	48	41.1	8	0.88	67	1
1955	40.9	105	50.2	107	31.3	102	3.25	10	2
1954	44.8	67	57.6	32	32.1	95	1.19	59	0
1953	48.7	18	58.5	25	38.9	26	1.10	63	0
1952	44	82	53.3	85	34.7	69	3.08	13	0
1951	45.9	51	54.7	71	37	43	1.24	57	0
1950	42.5	96	53.5	82	31.6	100	1.93	29	1
1949			49.5	109			0.51	89	18
1948			65.8	2			0.00	109	11
1947	40.8	106	50.9	103	30.7	106	0.41	90	0
1946	44.7	70	55.6	57	33.7	80	0.34	94	0
1945	43.8	85	51.8	97	35.9	53	0.26	97	1
1944	46.8	39	58.8	21	34.7	69	1.28	54	1
1943	44.4	78	55.4	64	33.4	84	2.73	19	0
1942	47.2	35	56.7	43	37.8	36	1.21	58	0
1941	48.9	16	57	41	40.8	10	1.51	45	0
1940	48	28	55.5	61	40.5	13	3.53	7	0
1939	44.8	67	54.4	76	35.1	61	1.54	44	0
1938	44.2	80	52.9	89	35.4	56	1.76	37	0
1937	39.8	115	49.4	110	30.4	108	1.95	28	2
1936	49.1	13	59.9	14	38.7	28	0.66	77	2
1935	45.9	51	54.7	71	37	43	2.50	21	0
1934	44.7	70	53.3	85	36.2	52	0.17	99	0
1933	42.4	97	50.7	105	34.1	76	3.12	12	0
1932	42.8	91	53.4	83	32.3	94	1.85	32	0
1931	47.7	33	58.1	27	37.4	40	2.32	24	0
1930	45.5	58	54.6	73	36.5	50	1.66	40	0
1929	41.5	102	50.5	106	32.5	91	0.81	72	0
1928	45.3	61	55.3	67	35.3	58	0.09	102	0
1927	45.7	54	56.6	45	34.8	67	1.33	52	0
1926	40.8	106	48.9	112	32.6	89	0.82	71	0
1925	46.9	38	56.7	43	37.2	41			0
1924	44.4	78	59	18	29.9	111			0
1923	45.6	55	57.5	34	33.5	83			1
1922	37	116	43.3	118	30.8	103			0
1921					33.9	78			6
1920	46	48	58.5	25	33.6	82			0
1919	45.5	58	60.9	9	30.1	110			0
1918	47.2	35	64.2	3	30.3	109			0
1917	40	113	48.2	113	31.8	98			0
1916	46.4	43	56.2	48	36.6	48	4.68	3	0
1915	46.3	45	57.5	34	34.8	67			1
1914	50	7	58.6	23	41.5	4	4.36	4	1
1913	42.8	91	53.4	83	32.1	95	1.26	56	0
1910									30
1906	50.3	4	63.8	4	36.9	45	1.59	43	3
1905	49	14	59.4	16	38.7	28	1.28	54	0
1904	43	89	58.7	22	27.3	117	0.52	88	0
1903	41	104	54	79	28.4	114	1.31	53	2
1902	45.6	55	57.9	28	33.3	87	0.40	91	0
1900	46	48	52	95	40	15	1.38	48	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	51.1
2024	50.7
1970	50.7
1906	50.3
2019	50.1
2014	50.1
1959	50
1914	50
1995	49.9
1986	49.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1922	37
1937	39.8
1972	40
1917	40
1992	40.2
1989	40.7
1962	40.7
1985	40.8
1977	40.8
1947	40.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	6.69
1995	4.70
1916	4.68
1914	4.36
1993	3.88
1983	3.74
1940	3.53
2017	3.37
2006	3.29
1955	3.25

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	0.00
1976	trace
2022	0.01
1984	0.01
2015	0.04
1972	0.04
1975	0.09
1928	0.09
2014	0.11
1989	0.17
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 6 January 2026, 1 January 2026
Coldest night: 30°F; 10 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.30 in; 1 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.55 in of precipitation in Hanford, CA, the driest January since 2025, 23rd driest of 109.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Hanford, CA: 65°F on Tuesday 6 January 2026 and Thursday 1 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Hanford, CA: a low of 30°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Hanford, CA: 0.30 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.