Hartford, CT: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 24°F in Hartford, CT, the coldest January since 2015, tied 32nd coldest of 122 (with 2000 and 1969).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 24°F; Coldest since 2015; 32nd coldest of 122
Precipitation: 2.94 in; Driest since 2025; 55th driest of 122

A normal January in Hartford, CT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.1°F, between 21.3°F and 32.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.93 in of precipitation, between 1.72 in and 5.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Hartford, CT since 1905: 24°F in 2026; the lowest is 16.8°F, in 1970.

Normal range, 21.3 to 32.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Hartford, CT from 1905 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
2026	24	89	32	92	16.1	83	2.94	67
2025	28.4	48	36.9	43	19.9	51	1.58	110
2024	31.4	22	38.2	31	24.6	16	8.37	3
2023	36.6	3	43.1	4	30.2	2	5.81	11
2022	24.5	83	34.1	72	14.9	97	1.83	105
2021	29	40	36.6	46	21.3	35	2.43	90
2020	33	11	41.7	9	24.4	18	1.79	107
2019	25.8	73	34.5	68	17.2	75	5.78	13
2018	25.2	76	34.6	65	15.8	88	3.86	40
2017	32.7	14	39.9	18	25.5	12	3.49	49
2016	30.2	31	39.4	23	21	39	1.96	101
2015	23.3	97	32.3	89	14.3	99	3.23	60
2014	24.5	83	33.4	81	15.5	91	3.41	52
2013	28.6	46	37.2	38	20.1	50	1.75	108
2012	31.6	20	40.2	15	22.9	24	2.96	65
2011	23	100	31.4	95	14.6	98	4.03	35
2010	27.5	55	35.1	57	19.8	55	2.66	85
2009	21.3	104	29.9	105	12.6	105	2.90	70
2008	29.5	36	38	34	20.9	40	2.24	94
2007	31.5	21	39.4	23	23.6	22	2.81	75
2006	33	11	41.3	11	24.8	15	5.43	18
2005	23.5	95	31.4	95	15.5	91	4.47	29
2004	18.7	117	25.8	121	11.5	108	1.47	112
2003	20.9	106	28.5	110	13.3	101	2.21	95
2002	34	8	42.1	7	25.8	11	1.25	114
2001	25.4	75	34.7	62	16.1	83	1.35	113
2000	24	89	33	85	15	96	2.83	73
1999	25.9	72	34.3	69	17.4	73	5.26	21
1998	32.5	15	38.7	29	26.4	8	3.37	55
1997	27.1	59	34.7	62	19.5	59	3.15	62
1996	25.1	78	33.6	77	16.5	78	6.99	6
1995	32.4	16	39.2	26	25.5	12	3.84	41
1994	18.8	115	28.5	110	9.1	119	5.83	10
1993	28.8	44	36.7	45	20.8	42	2.63	86
1992	28.5	47	37.2	38	19.9	51	2.73	79
1991	27	63	35.8	53	18.1	68	2.45	89
1990	34.6	6	42.5	6	26.8	7	4.03	35
1989	30.8	26	39.8	20	21.7	33	0.88	118
1988	23.1	99	33.1	84	13.1	103	3.36	56
1987	25	80	33.5	79	16.5	78	6.20	9
1986	27.4	57	36.4	49	18.3	67	5.34	20
1985	21.5	103	29.7	106	13.2	102	0.73	119
1984	21.8	102	30.7	102	12.9	104	1.80	106
1983	27.1	59	35	58	19.2	62	4.68	26
1982	18.8	115	27.8	114	9.7	117	4.76	25
1981	17.8	119	27.4	116	8.2	120	0.38	122
1980	27.6	54	35.5	54	19.7	57	0.72	120
1979	26.6	65	33.2	83	19.9	51	9.12	2
1978	23.6	93	31.7	93	15.5	91	9.61	1
1977	18.6	118	27.1	118	10.2	116	2.41	91
1976	19.5	110	27.7	115	11.2	109	5.57	16
1975	31.2	23	39.5	22	22.9	24	4.30	30
1974	28.2	50	36.4	49	19.9	51	4.10	33
1973	29.4	37	38.9	27	19.8	55	3.28	58
1972	27.9	51	37.3	37	18.5	65	2.02	99
1971	19.3	112	29.4	109	9.3	118	2.80	76
1970	16.8	122	25.9	120	7.7	121	0.39	121
1969	24	89	31.6	94	16.4	80	1.19	115
1968	21	105	30.1	104	12	106	1.92	103
1967	32.8	13	40.3	13	25.3	14	2.01	100
1966	26.4	67	33.4	81	19.4	61	3.05	64
1965	22.5	101	31.3	98	13.7	100	2.73	79
1964	27.1	59	36.6	46	17.5	70	5.54	17
1963	23.6	93	32.1	90	15.1	95	2.92	69
1962	25.2	76	34.6	65	15.9	85	3.87	38
1961	16.9	121	28.4	112	5.4	122	2.56	87
1960	26	71	34.7	62	17.3	74	3.08	63
1959	24.6	82	33.9	74	15.3	94	3.33	57
1958	25.8	73	33.5	79	18	69	5.36	19
1957	20.8	107	30.9	101	10.7	111	1.91	104
1956	28.9	42	34.9	60	22.8	26	2.71	82
1955	26.1	69	33.7	76	18.5	65	0.91	117
1954	24.4	86	33	85	15.9	85	2.06	98
1953	32.3	17	40.2	15	24.3	19	7.23	5
1952	30.8	26	39.3	25	22.3	31	5.07	22
1951	31	25	40.1	17	21.9	32	4.09	34
1950	34.5	7	42.1	7	26.9	6	3.87	38
1949	34	8	41.6	10	26.3	10	4.99	24
1948	20	109	29.5	108	10.5	113	4.17	32
1947	30.8	26	40.3	13	21.2	37	3.18	61
1946	26.3	68	35.2	55	17.5	70	2.72	81
1945	20.2	108	29.7	106	10.7	111	3.75	42
1944	29.4	37	37.5	35	21.3	35	1.51	111
1943	24.4	86	31.4	95	17.5	70	3.75	42
1942	25.1	78	34.6	65	15.6	90	4.20	31
1941	23.5	95	31.3	98	15.7	89	1.95	102
1940	19.4	111	28.4	112	10.3	114	3.69	46
1939	27.5	55	34.3	69	20.6	46	3.62	47
1938	26.6	65	34.2	71	19	63	5.62	15
1937	35.8	5	42.9	5	28.6	4	5.81	11
1936	27.3	58	33.8	75	20.7	45	6.95	7
1935	23.8	92	31.3	98	16.3	81	5.01	23
1934	29.9	33	37.2	38	22.6	28	3.74	44
1933	36.6	3	43.9	2	29.3	3	1.73	109
1932	37.7	1	43.7	3	31.7	1	4.59	28
1931	27.9	51	35.2	55	20.6	46	3.46	51
1930	29.3	39	36	51	22.5	29	2.51	88
1929	27.1	59	34.8	61	19.5	59	3.54	48
1928	31.2	23	38.1	33	24.3	19	2.29	93
1927	27.9	51	35	58	20.8	42	2.71	82
1926	29.7	35	37	42	22.4	30	2.85	72
1925	24.4	86	32.6	88	16.3	81	3.95	37
1924	29.9	33	38.8	28	20.9	40	3.70	45
1923	24.5	83	32.1	90	17	76	7.77	4
1922	24.9	81	32.7	87	17	76	2.19	96
1921	30	32	38.5	30	21.5	34	2.41	91
1920	19.3	112	27.4	116	11.2	109	3.39	53
1919	32.2	18	39.7	21	24.6	16	2.95	66
1918	17.5	120	24.6	122	10.3	114	3.28	58
1917	28.3	49	35.9	52	20.6	46	2.90	70
1916	31.8	19	39.9	18	23.6	22	1.16	116
1915	30.6	29	37.1	41	24.2	21	5.70	14
1914	26.9	64	34.1	72	19.6	58	3.38	54
1913	37.1	2	45.7	1	28.4	5	2.82	74
1912	19.1	114	26.6	119	11.6	107	2.11	97
1911	30.5	30	38.2	31	22.8	26	2.77	78
1910	28.7	45	36.5	48	20.8	42	6.68	8
1909	29	40	36.8	44	21.2	37	2.80	76
1908	28.9	42	37.5	35	20.3	49	3.47	50
1907	26.1	69	33.6	77	18.6	64	2.94	67
1906	33.5	10	40.6	12	26.4	8	2.69	84
1905	23.3	97	30.7	102	15.9	85	4.64	27

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	37.7
1913	37.1
2023	36.6
1933	36.6
1937	35.8
1990	34.6
1950	34.5
2002	34
1949	34
1906	33.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1970	16.8
1961	16.9
1918	17.5
1981	17.8
1977	18.6
2004	18.7
1994	18.8
1982	18.8
1912	19.1
1971	19.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	9.61
1979	9.12
2024	8.37
1923	7.77
1953	7.23
1996	6.99
1936	6.95
1910	6.68
1987	6.20
1994	5.83

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.38
1970	0.39
1980	0.72
1985	0.73
1989	0.88
1955	0.91
1916	1.16
1969	1.19
2002	1.25
2001	1.35

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 49°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -7°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.63 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.94 in of precipitation in Hartford, CT, the driest January since 2025, tied 55th driest of 122 (with 1907).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Hartford, CT: 49°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Hartford, CT: a low of -7°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Hartford, CT: 1.63 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.