Helena, MT: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 32.1°F in Helena, MT, the warmest January since 2006, 5th warmest of 146.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 32.1°F; Warmest since 2006; 5th warmest of 146
Precipitation: 0.10 in; Driest since 2020; 8th driest of 146

A normal January in Helena, MT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 23.8°F, between 13.2°F and 29.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.33 in of precipitation, between 0.19 in and 0.62 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Helena, MT since 1881: 32.1°F in 2026; the highest is 35.9°F, in 2006.

Normal range, 13.2 to 29.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Helena, MT from 1881 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	32.1	5	41.6	3	22.5	9	0.10	138
2025	20.1	84	29.3	80	10.9	86	0.73	42
2024	18.1	100	27.7	94	8.5	105	0.80	32
2023	24.8	47	33.1	56	16.6	38	0.40	88
2022	25.4	42	36.2	31	14.6	57	0.55	64
2021	30.5	11	39.7	8	21.3	14	0.28	106
2020	29.4	16	38.6	14	20.2	19	0.10	138
2019	24.9	46	35.5	37	14.4	60	0.47	80
2018	22.8	63	32	62	13.5	66	0.34	99
2017	11.2	129	20.7	131	1.8	126	0.62	53
2016	23.9	53	32.2	61	15.6	50	0.31	102
2015	24.4	51	33.5	53	15.4	52	0.64	50
2014	29	21	39.5	10	18.6	30	0.55	64
2013	23.1	61	32.6	59	13.6	64	0.35	98
2012	26.6	35	37.1	26	16.1	42	1.28	16
2011	26.5	36	35.3	38	17.8	35	0.22	119
2010	20	85	28.2	92	11.8	78	0.50	74
2009	27.3	32	36.7	29	18	33	0.40	88
2008	20.2	83	31	66	9.5	98	0.49	77
2007	25.5	41	35.2	41	15.9	45	0.09	140
2006	35.9	1	44.5	1	27.4	1	0.22	119
2005	16.4	114	25.5	117	7.4	111	0.26	111
2004	15	120	24.3	119	5.7	115	0.26	111
2003	29.4	16	38.5	15	20.2	19	0.41	86
2002	29.6	14	37.9	22	21.2	16	0.04	142
2001	20	85	29.2	81	10.9	86	0.27	108
2000	25	45	34.8	42	15.2	55	0.26	111
1999	26.8	34	37.5	24	16.1	42	0.38	92
1998	21.2	72	32.7	58	9.7	96	0.49	77
1997	13.3	122	23.7	122	2.9	122	0.28	106
1996	10	131	20.9	130	-1	132	0.55	64
1995	22.6	64	33.4	54	11.9	76	0.20	122
1994	29.8	13	40.9	6	18.7	28	0.20	122
1993	12.2	126	21.8	127	2.7	123	0.80	32
1992	23.6	55	34.8	42	12.5	70	0.29	105
1991	19	95	29	83	8.9	102	0.27	108
1990	28.8	22	38.4	16	19.1	26	0.47	80
1989	24.5	50	35.3	38	13.6	64	1.42	9
1988	18.8	98	30	75	7.6	110	0.27	108
1987	23.2	59	34.6	46	11.9	76	trace	146
1986	25.4	42	35.6	36	15.3	54	0.32	101
1985	12.3	125	22.9	124	1.7	127	0.16	131
1984	27.2	33	35.3	38	19.2	25	0.17	130
1983	30.6	10	40	7	21.2	16	0.24	116
1982	16.5	112	27.3	102	5.7	115	0.80	32
1981	28.4	24	38.1	18	18.7	28	0.15	133
1980	14.3	121	24	120	4.5	120	0.62	53
1979	1.1	142	11.2	144	-9	141	0.77	40
1978	16.9	109	25.8	112	7.9	108	0.96	27
1977	18	103	27.5	97	8.5	105	0.65	49
1976	24.8	47	34.3	48	15.4	52	0.26	111
1975	21.1	74	30.7	69	11.5	83	1.26	18
1974	18.1	100	27.4	99	8.7	104	0.66	46
1973	17.6	107	28.2	92	7.1	112	0.22	119
1972	12.4	124	24	120	0.8	130	1.12	21
1971	18.9	97	27.5	97	10.4	91	1.38	11
1970	18.8	98	28.8	86	8.8	103	0.51	71
1969	7.2	135	17.5	136	-3.1	137	2.78	3
1968	15.7	116	26.9	106	4.5	120	0.59	58
1967	28.6	23	37.9	22	19.4	23	0.61	55
1966	20.5	81	30.5	70	10.6	89	0.46	82
1965	29.6	14	37	28	22.2	10	0.36	96
1964	21.9	70	32.3	60	11.6	82	0.31	102
1963	10.5	130	22.4	126	-1.5	135	0.50	74
1962	15.6	118	25.7	113	5.6	118	0.67	45
1961	27.4	31	38.8	12	15.9	45	0.12	137
1960	15.7	116	25.7	113	5.7	115	0.23	118
1959	20.7	79	31.5	63	9.8	95	0.43	84
1958	28.3	25	38.4	16	18.3	32	0.16	131
1957	1.7	141	12.9	141	-9.5	142	0.95	28
1956	16.5	112	25.9	111	7.1	112	0.64	50
1955	20.3	82	28.8	86	11.7	80	0.19	128
1954	16.1	115	27.1	104	5.2	119	1.26	18
1953	34.5	2	44.2	2	24.8	4	0.51	71
1952	12.6	123	23.3	123	1.9	125	0.15	133
1951	16.9	109	26	110	7.8	109	0.38	92
1950	0.6	143	12.5	142	-11.3	146	1.05	25
1949	0.6	143	11.7	143	-10.6	144	0.66	46
1948	25.1	44	34.5	47	15.7	48	0.51	71
1947	19.8	88	30.2	73	9.3	100	0.34	99
1946	28.3	25	38.7	13	17.9	34	0.20	122
1945	26.5	36	36	34	17	36	0.08	141
1944	23.4	57	34.7	44	12	75	0.03	144
1943	6.5	139	16.9	137	-4	139	1.09	22
1942	9.8	132	20.5	132	-1	132	0.60	57
1941	22.5	66	32.9	57	12.2	73	0.25	115
1940	15.4	119	22.5	125	8.3	107	0.55	64
1939	31.6	7	38	20	25.2	3	0.20	122
1938	26.5	36	34.2	49	18.9	27	0.54	69
1937	-2.4	146	6.2	146	-10.9	145	0.84	30
1936	23.2	59	29.9	76	16.5	39	0.57	60
1935	20	85	29.5	78	10.6	89	0.39	91
1934	33.4	3	41.2	4	25.7	2	0.24	116
1933	26.2	39	34	50	18.5	31	0.55	64
1932	20.6	80	28.4	90	12.7	69	0.57	60
1931	31.8	6	39.5	10	24.1	5	0.04	142
1930	4	140	13.1	140	-5.2	140	0.77	40
1929	9.5	133	17.9	134	1.1	129	1.28	16
1928	24	52	31.5	63	16.5	39	1.41	10
1927	19.8	88	27.4	99	12.2	73	0.80	32
1926	28	27	36	34	20.1	21	0.19	128
1925	29.3	18	37.4	25	21.3	14	0.41	86
1924	18	103	26.5	107	9.5	98	0.48	79
1923	27.8	28	36.1	32	19.6	22	0.44	83
1922	19.6	90	27.4	99	11.8	78	0.52	70
1921	29.9	12	38	20	21.9	11	0.36	96
1920	24.7	49	33.8	52	15.6	50	0.66	46
1919	32.4	4	41.1	5	23.6	7	0.14	135
1918	21	75	29	83	13	68	1.07	24
1917	19.6	90	27.6	96	11.7	80	0.92	29
1916	-1.2	145	7.9	145	-10.3	143	1.26	18
1915	23.6	55	31.5	63	15.7	48	0.37	95
1914	31.1	8	39.7	8	22.6	8	0.40	88
1913	19.5	92	29.2	81	9.9	94	0.79	38
1912	22.3	68	30.4	71	14.3	61	0.59	58
1911	17.8	105	26.5	107	9.2	101	1.75	5
1910	19.4	93	27.7	94	11.2	84	0.80	32
1909	11.8	127	21.3	128	2.3	124	1.38	11
1908	25.8	40	34.7	44	17	36	0.50	74
1907	6.9	137	15.9	138	-2.1	136	1.29	15
1906	27.7	29	36.1	32	19.4	23	0.64	50
1905	21.2	72	28.6	89	13.8	63	0.20	122
1904	29.3	18	37.1	26	21.6	12	0.38	92
1903	29.1	20	36.7	29	21.5	13	0.69	44
1902	22.6	64	30.4	71	14.7	56	0.14	135
1901	23.4	57	31	66	15.8	47	0.56	63
1900	31.1	8	38.1	18	24	6	0.03	144
1899	22.3	68	30.1	74	14.5	59	1.60	8
1898	23.1	61	29.9	76	16.4	41	0.20	122
1897	20.8	78	28.3	91	13.2	67	0.80	32
1896	23.9	53	33.2	55	14.6	57	0.72	43
1895	17.7	106	25.6	116	9.7	96	1.95	4
1894	19	95	27	105	11	85	1.64	7
1893	22.5	66	29	83	16	44	1.72	6
1892	21.5	71	28.7	88	14.3	61	1.02	26
1891	27.5	30	33.9	51	21.2	16	0.31	102
1890	7.2	135	14.6	139	-0.3	131	0.61	55
1889	16.6	111	27.3	102	6	114	0.42	85
1888	6.9	137	17.7	135	-3.9	138	0.79	38
1887	20.9	77	30.9	68	10.9	86	1.35	13
1886	11.3	128	21.1	129	1.4	128	0.82	31
1885	21	75	29.5	78	12.5	70	1.31	14
1884	17.4	108	24.7	118	10.1	92	3.75	1
1883	18.1	100	26.3	109	10	93	0.57	60
1882	19.1	94	25.7	113	12.4	72	1.08	23
1881	9.4	134	20.2	133	-1.3	134	2.96	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	35.9
1953	34.5
1934	33.4
1919	32.4
2026	32.1
1931	31.8
1939	31.6
1914	31.1
1900	31.1
1983	30.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	-2.4
1916	-1.2
1950	0.6
1949	0.6
1979	1.1
1957	1.7
1930	4
1943	6.5
1907	6.9
1888	6.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1884	3.75
1881	2.96
1969	2.78
1895	1.95
1911	1.75
1893	1.72
1894	1.64
1899	1.60
1989	1.42
1928	1.41

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	trace
1944	0.03
1900	0.03
2002	0.04
1931	0.04
1945	0.08
2007	0.09
2026	0.10
2020	0.10
1961	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 14 January 2026, 12 January 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 4 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.10 in of precipitation in Helena, MT, the driest January since 2020, tied 8th driest of 146 (with 2020).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Helena, MT: 58°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026 and Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Helena, MT: a low of 3°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Helena, MT: 0.06 in on Sunday 4 January 2026.