Houghton Lake, MI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 16.1°F in Houghton Lake, MI, the coldest January since 2022, tied 33rd coldest of 109 (with 2005 and 1991).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 16.1°F; Coldest since 2022; 33rd coldest of 109
Precipitation: 2.32 in; Wettest since 2017; 16th wettest of 112

A normal January in Houghton Lake, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 20.5°F, between 12.2°F and 24.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.73 in of precipitation, between 0.58 in and 2.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Houghton Lake, MI since 1913: 16.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 8.7°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 12.2 to 24.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Houghton Lake, MI from 1913 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	16.1	75	22.8	91	9.5	61	2.32	16	0
2025	17.7	60	25.1	73	10.3	54	0.67	100	0
2024	24.5	11	28.4	45	20.5	5	1.56	49	0
2023	27.5	4	31.5	17	23.6	2	1.68	42	0
2022	14.2	92	22.7	93	5.6	88	0.53	104	0
2021	23.8	18	29.4	34	18.1	11	1.08	79	0
2020	26.5	6	31.5	17	21.4	4	1.87	29	0
2019	14.1	93	22.5	97	5.6	88	1.72	40	0
2018	19.9	50	27.3	58	12.4	48	1.77	36	0
2017	24.1	14	29.9	31	18.4	9	2.97	5	0
2016	22	33	27.8	51	16.1	20	1.76	38	0
2015	15	83	23.9	83	6.2	85	1.19	71	0
2014	12.2	102	20.2	104	4.2	95	1.61	46	0
2013	22.6	28	29.2	36	15.9	21	3.56	1	0
2012	24	17	31.5	17	16.4	18	2.49	8	0
2011	14.5	90	22.1	100	7	78	1.52	51	0
2010	21.2	44	26.9	60	15.5	26	0.47	105	0
2009	10.4	107	20	106	0.7	107	1.12	76	0
2008	22.3	30	28.8	43	15.7	24	2.23	18	0
2007	22.4	29	28.9	41	15.9	21	0.90	90	0
2006	28	3	33.5	4	22.4	3	2.72	7	0
2005	16.1	75	23.5	87	8.6	68	2.92	6	0
2004	12.1	103	20.4	103	3.8	99	1.26	64	0
2003	15.5	80	22.7	93	8.3	73	0.20	111	0
2002	26.5	6	33.2	6	19.8	7	0.34	110	0
2001	22.7	27	29.3	35	16.2	19	0.59	103	0
2000	17.8	59	26.1	64	9.5	61	1.38	55	0
1999	17.1	65	24.2	80	10	56	1.86	32	0
1998	24.1	14	30.5	21	17.7	12	2.12	20	0
1997	16.9	68	23.9	83	10	56	2.46	10	0
1996	15.9	78	26.6	61	5.2	90	1.71	41	0
1995	23	22	29.6	32	16.5	16	2.10	21	0
1994	9.2	108	18.7	109	-0.2	109	1.88	28	0
1993	21	45	28.3	46	13.6	40	1.73	39	0
1992	22.8	23	28.5	44	17.1	15	1.29	63	0
1991	16.1	75	24.8	76	7.4	75	1.22	68	0
1990	26.1	8	34.1	3	18.2	10	2.43	11	0
1989	24.9	9	32.2	12	17.6	13	0.97	88	0
1988	17.2	64	26.2	62	8.3	73	2.09	22	0
1987	21.6	41	29.2	36	14	37	1.06	80	0
1986	17.3	63	26.2	62	8.4	70	1.06	80	0
1985	14.8	85	23.4	88	6.3	84	1.64	43	0
1984	12.4	100	21.7	101	3	103	1.06	80	0
1983	21.8	37	29	39	14.6	31	1.20	70	0
1982	11.4	106	20.2	104	2.5	104	2.43	11	0
1981	14.7	86	25	74	4.5	93	0.79	96	0
1980	19.1	54	27.2	59	10.9	52	1.61	46	0
1979	11.5	105	19.3	108	3.7	100	1.51	52	0
1978	14.5	90	22.9	90	6.1	86	1.93	26	0
1977	8.7	109	16.6	110	0.7	107	0.60	102	0
1976	14	95	22.8	91	5.1	91	1.77	36	0
1975	22	33	29.5	33	14.4	33	1.97	25	0
1974	20.3	46	27.5	54	13	43	3.13	3	0
1973	22.1	32	30	28	14.2	34	1.22	68	0
1972	16.3	73	25.6	68	7	78	0.82	93	0
1971	14.7	86	22.7	93	6.6	81	1.30	61	0
1970	12.4	100	21.4	102	3.5	102	1.16	73	0
1969	18.2	57	26	66	10.5	53	1.87	29	0
1968	17.5	62	25.6	68	9.5	61	1.03	86	0
1967	21.7	38	30.4	24	13	43	2.02	24	0
1966	12.8	99	23.3	89	2.4	105	1.02	87	0
1965	15.4	81	24.3	78	6.6	81	2.47	9	0
1964	23.7	19	31.8	16	15.6	25	1.10	78	0
1963	12	104	19.6	107	4.5	93	0.70	99	0
1962	16.7	72	24.2	80	9.1	66	1.86	32	0
1961	17.1	65	25.4	71	8.8	67	0.44	106	0
1960	21.9	36	29.1	38	14.7	30	1.32	60	0
1959	14.7	86	22.3	98	7.1	76	2.24	17	0
1958	22	33	30	28	13.9	38	1.06	80	0
1957	15.3	82	23.7	85	6.9	80	1.51	52	1
1956	19.3	52	29	39	9.6	60	0.19	112	0
1955	19.3	52	27.4	56	11.2	51	0.75	97	1
1954	18.1	58	27.8	51	8.6	68	1.36	57	1
1953			33	7			1.26	64	6
1952	21.7	38	30.3	25	13.2	42	2.41	13	0
1951	19.9	50	27.4	56	12.4	48	1.87	29	0
1950	23.4	20	32.7	8	14.2	34	3.39	2	0
1949	24.7	10	31.9	14	17.5	14	2.03	23	0
1948	13.8	97	23.7	85	3.9	98	0.81	95	0
1947	22.8	23	30.5	21	15.2	29	1.89	27	0
1946	21.4	43	28.2	47	14.5	32	2.40	14	0
1945	14	95	22.2	99	5.9	87	0.39	108	0
1944	26.8	5	33.4	5	20.2	6	0.87	91	0
1943	15.7	79	25	74	6.4	83	1.56	49	0
1942	20.3	46	27.9	50	12.6	46	1.17	72	0
1941	20.1	49	28	48	12.2	50	1.57	48	0
1940	16.2	74	24.1	82	8.4	70	1.33	59	0
1939	21.7	38	30	28	13.4	41	1.13	74	0
1938	17.6	61	25.8	67	9.4	65	2.17	19	0
1937	22.3	30	31.9	14	12.6	46	1.64	43	0
1936	17	67	24.3	78	9.8	59	1.40	54	0
1935	18.9	55	27.7	53	10	56	1.64	43	0
1934	24.3	12	32	13	16.5	16	1.13	74	0
1933	28.4	2	37.5	1	19.2	8	1.04	85	0
1932	29.9	1	35.2	2	24.6	1	1.83	35	0
1931	24.1	14	32.6	9	15.5	26	1.30	61	0
1930	16.9	68	25.5	70	8.4	70	1.36	57	0
1929	13.4	98	22.7	93	4	97	2.40	14	1
1928	21.6	41	30.5	21	12.7	45	1.25	67	0
1927	16.8	70	26.1	64	7.1	76	0.97	88	1
1926	20.2	48	30.1	27	10.3	54	1.12	76	0
1925	14.9	84	27.5	54	2.4	105	0.65	101	0
1924	14.7	86	25.2	72	4.2	95	1.26	64	0
1923	18.8	56	28	48	9.5	61	2.98	4	1
1922	16.8	70	28.9	41	4.6	92	0.87	91	0
1921	23.2	21	32.5	11	13.8	39	1.38	55	0
1920					-0.5	110	0.82	93	9
1919	22.8	23	31.4	20	14.2	34	0.41	107	0
1918							1.06	80	31
1917	14.1	93	24.6	77	3.6	101	0.39	108	3
1914	22.8	23	30.3	25	15.3	28	1.85	34	0
1913	24.2	13	32.6	9	15.9	21	0.72	98	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	29.9
1933	28.4
2006	28
2023	27.5
1944	26.8
2020	26.5
2002	26.5
1990	26.1
1989	24.9
1949	24.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	8.7
1994	9.2
2009	10.4
1982	11.4
1979	11.5
1963	12
2004	12.1
2014	12.2
1984	12.4
1970	12.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	3.56
1950	3.39
1974	3.13
1923	2.98
2017	2.97
2005	2.92
2006	2.72
2012	2.49
1965	2.47
1997	2.46

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	0.19
2003	0.20
2002	0.34
1945	0.39
1917	0.39
1919	0.41
1961	0.44
2010	0.47
2022	0.53
2001	0.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 51°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.57 in; 8 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.32 in of precipitation in Houghton Lake, MI, the wettest January since 2017, 16th wettest of 112.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Houghton Lake, MI: 51°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Houghton Lake, MI: a low of -20°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Houghton Lake, MI: 0.57 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.