Hilo, HI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 72.4°F in Hilo, HI, the warmest January since 2025, tied 20th warmest of 77 (with 2003 and 1984).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 72.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 20th warmest of 77
Precipitation: 9.07 in; Wettest since 2021; 33rd wettest of 77

A normal January in Hilo, HI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.8°F, between 70°F and 73.1°F in eight years of ten and 5.09 in of precipitation, between 1.26 in and 15.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Hilo, HI since 1950: 72.4°F in 2026; the highest is 75.7°F, in 2020.

Normal range, 70 to 73.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Hilo, HI from 1950 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	72.4	20	79.6	43	65.2	7	9.07	33
2025	72.6	16	80.6	21	64.7	14	8.67	37
2024	72.9	13	82.3	6	63.6	42	3.21	53
2023	73.2	9	82.1	7	64.3	25	2.06	64
2022	73.5	6	82.1	7	65	9	1.20	71
2021	74	4	81.5	11	66.5	2	17.47	9
2020	75.7	1	82.7	5	68.7	1	15.89	11
2019	72.3	23	80.1	35	64.5	18	1.26	68
2018	73	11	80.4	28	65.6	5	14.63	14
2017	71.6	43	78.7	54	64.5	18	12.34	22
2016	74.1	3	84.2	2	64	33	1.29	67
2015	73	11	81.6	10	64.4	22	2.80	55
2014	71.6	43	80.2	32	62.9	55	5.66	44
2013	71.3	52	78.7	54	63.8	36	8.38	39
2012	72.1	25	80.4	28	63.8	36	2.07	63
2011	71.4	49	79.3	46	63.5	43	3.69	51
2010	72.9	13	81.5	11	64.4	22	0.94	73
2009	70	68	77.7	67	62.4	67	8.72	36
2008	70.3	66	78.2	64	62.4	67	14.20	17
2007	71.2	56	78.6	59	63.8	36	12.23	23
2006	71.8	38	78.8	53	64.7	14	11.43	25
2005	72.6	16	80.9	17	64.4	22	3.94	49
2004	72.5	19	80.6	21	64.5	18	13.14	20
2003	72.4	20	81.3	15	63.5	43	1.24	69
2002	71.8	38	78.7	54	64.9	12	26.14	4
2001	71.5	48	79.8	40	63.3	49	2.28	60
2000	69	77	75.5	77	62.6	61	17.87	8
1999	69.6	73	76.5	73	62.8	57	16.68	10
1998	71.7	41	80.5	24	63	53	0.13	77
1997	73.1	10	82	9	64.2	29	2.33	59
1996	73.4	8	80.9	17	65.8	4	14.29	16
1995	72.6	16	81.4	13	63.8	36	4.52	48
1994	70	68	77.5	70	62.5	63	10.39	28
1993	71.1	58	79	50	63.1	51	2.17	62
1992	71.2	56	80	36	62.4	67	1.33	66
1991	72	31	79.7	42	64.2	29	3.81	50
1990	72.1	25	78.2	64	66	3	29.13	2
1989	72.1	25	79.3	46	65	9	27.46	3
1988	71.9	34	79	50	64.8	13	10.31	29
1987	71.8	38	78.9	52	64.7	14	9.02	34
1986	71	60	78.6	59	63.5	43	4.95	46
1985	69.8	71	78.5	62	61	77	2.25	61
1984	72.4	20	80.2	32	64.5	18	10.76	27
1983	71.4	49	80	36	62.7	60	0.90	75
1982	71.9	34	78.7	54	65	9	13.58	18
1981	73.5	6	83.1	4	63.8	36	1.51	65
1980	71.6	43	81.4	13	61.8	74	0.91	74
1979	69.8	71	77	71	62.5	63	32.24	1
1978	71.6	43	80.7	20	62.6	61	5.41	45
1977	73.9	5	84.8	1	63	53	1.22	70
1976	71.3	52	78.7	54	63.8	36	15.62	12
1975	71	60	77.6	69	64.3	25	19.62	7
1974	74.5	2	83.3	3	65.6	5	5.88	42
1973	72.2	24	80.3	31	64.1	32	3.45	52
1972	70.1	67	77.7	67	62.5	63	10.96	26
1971	71.3	52	80.2	32	62.4	67	13.47	19
1970	72	31	81.1	16	62.8	57	2.76	56
1969	71.4	49	79.4	45	63.4	47	19.66	6
1968	72.9	13	80.6	21	65.2	7	4.77	47
1967	71.9	34	79.9	38	63.9	34	8.04	40
1966	69.6	73	76.5	73	62.8	57	12.56	21
1965	71.6	43	79.1	48	64.2	29	9.28	31
1964	72.1	25	79.8	40	64.3	25	14.65	13
1963	71.1	58	80.5	24	61.6	75	1.14	72
1962	72.1	25	80.9	17	63.3	49	2.51	57
1961	71.7	41	80.5	24	62.9	55	2.34	58
1960	69.1	76	76.6	72	61.6	75	25.95	5
1959	71.9	34	79.1	48	64.6	17	8.44	38
1958	70.9	62	79.5	44	62.3	71	2.91	54
1957	70.7	63	78	66	63.4	47	8.80	35
1956	72	31	80.5	24	63.5	43	7.95	41
1955	69.2	75	76.5	73	62	73	12.17	24
1954	70.6	65	78.6	59	62.5	63	5.73	43
1953	71.3	52	80.4	28	62.2	72	0.36	76
1952	69.9	70	75.9	76	63.9	34	14.54	15
1951	70.7	63	78.4	63	63.1	51	9.33	30
1950	72.1	25	79.9	38	64.3	25	9.16	32

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2020	75.7
1974	74.5
2016	74.1
2021	74
1977	73.9
2022	73.5
1981	73.5
1996	73.4
2023	73.2
1997	73.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2000	69
1960	69.1
1955	69.2
1999	69.6
1966	69.6
1985	69.8
1979	69.8
1952	69.9
2009	70
1994	70

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	32.24
1990	29.13
1989	27.46
2002	26.14
1960	25.95
1969	19.66
1975	19.62
2000	17.87
2021	17.47
1999	16.68

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	0.13
1953	0.36
1983	0.90
1980	0.91
2010	0.94
1963	1.14
2022	1.20
1977	1.22
2003	1.24
2019	1.26

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 12 January 2026
Coldest night: 60°F; 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 3.24 in; 5 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 9.07 in of precipitation in Hilo, HI, the wettest January since 2021, 33rd wettest of 77.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Hilo, HI: 86°F on Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Hilo, HI: a low of 60°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Hilo, HI: 3.24 in on Monday 5 January 2026.