Houston, TX: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 54.7°F in Houston, TX, the warmest January since 2023, tied 45th warmest of 128 (with 2004 and 1967).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 54.7°F; Warmest since 2023; 45th warmest of 128
Precipitation: 2.87 in; Driest since 2021; 60th driest of 137

A normal January in Houston, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53°F, between 49.5°F and 58°F in eight years of ten and 3.34 in of precipitation, between 1.21 in and 6.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Houston, TX since 1893: 54.7°F in 2026; the highest is 62.6°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 49.5 to 58°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Houston, TX from 1889 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	54.7	45	65.1	37	44.2	63	2.87	78	0
2025	49.4	108	58.2	114	40.5	103	4.23	48	0
2024	50.8	91	61.2	74	40.4	106	8.77	6	0
2023	57.9	12	67.6	15	48.1	22	6.58	13	0
2022	52.8	66	64.5	41	41.1	98	9.42	5	0
2021	55.2	39	65.4	34	44.9	59	2.51	87	0
2020	57.9	12	67.2	22	48.5	21	3.84	56	0
2019	53.4	59	64.1	50	42.7	75	4.08	51	0
2018	48.6	115	59.7	96	37.6	119	3.06	77	0
2017	59.9	6	69.4	8	50.4	9	6.09	18	0
2016	52.4	71	63.1	59	41.6	90	2.16	93	0
2015	49.8	103	59.3	102	40.4	106	3.17	75	0
2014	49.5	105	61.9	68	37.1	122	0.96	126	0
2013	55.5	36	65.2	35	45.8	46	3.21	73	0
2012	58.8	10	69.7	7	47.8	24	5.07	31	0
2011	51.3	82	61.1	75	41.6	90	5.05	32	0
2010	49	113	59.1	104	39	112	2.53	86	0
2009	53.9	54	66.5	26	41.4	95	0.49	131	0
2008	52.2	73	62	66	42.4	80	4.62	39	0
2007	50.5	96	58.4	110	42.6	77	5.72	25	0
2006	58.9	9	70.2	6	47.6	27	2.50	88	0
2005	56.3	33	65.2	35	47.3	29	3.41	66	0
2004	54.7	45	62.9	62	46.5	38	6.01	20	0
2003	50.1	99	59.2	103	40.9	100	2.09	97	0
2002	54.5	48	66	29	43.1	71	1.24	121	0
2001	49.3	111	59	106	39.6	108	4.25	47	0
2000	56.5	31	67.3	20	45.6	49	1.25	120	0
1999	57	24	69	10	45.1	56	2.12	95	0
1998	57.1	21	67.5	16	46.7	35	4.35	46	0
1997	50.8	91	59.9	93	41.6	90	3.26	71	0
1996	52	76	64.5	41	39.5	110	0.88	128	0
1995	54.3	53	64.4	44	44.2	63	5.95	22	0
1994	52.6	67	62.8	63	42.4	80	2.08	98	0
1993	53.6	57	63.1	59	44.1	65	5.79	24	0
1992	51	89	59.7	96	42.3	82	7.70	9	0
1991	50.4	98	58.5	109	42.2	85	9.78	3	0
1990	56.9	27	67.3	20	46.6	37	3.96	54	0
1989	57.4	19	67	24	47.9	23	4.80	37	0
1988	48.1	117	58.3	112	37.9	117	1.27	119	0
1987	51.3	82	61.5	70	41.2	97	2.42	89	0
1986	54.4	49	65.9	30	42.8	73	0.71	129	0
1985	45.7	124	56	123	35.4	127	2.10	96	0
1984	47	120	56.5	121	37.5	121	3.99	53	0
1983	50.1	99	59.6	98	40.5	103	2.00	100	0
1982	52.9	65	64.2	48	41.6	90	1.82	108	0
1981	51.4	81	63.8	55	39	112	2.32	90	0
1980	55	41	64.5	41	45.5	50	6.09	18	0
1979	44.1	125	52.9	129	35.3	128	6.30	17	0
1978	40.7	128	48.2	131	33.3	130	7.15	12	0
1977	42.6	127	53.2	128	32.1	131	2.67	82	0
1976	50.6	95	64.1	50	37.1	122	1.39	116	0
1975	56.9	27	68.5	11	45.3	54	1.97	102	0
1974	54.9	43	64	53	45.9	43	7.68	10	0
1973	47.4	118	57.7	117	37	124	5.00	33	0
1972	56.5	31	67	24	45.9	43	3.30	70	0
1971	56.6	30	67.9	12	45.4	52	0.36	134	0
1970	46.7	122	55.7	125	37.6	119	1.93	104	0
1969	56.7	29	64.1	50	49.4	14	3.33	69	0
1968	53.1	62	59.4	101	46.9	30	6.31	16	0
1967	54.7	45	62.8	63	46.7	35	1.89	106	0
1966	49.4	108	56	123	42.8	73	4.41	44	0
1965	58.4	11	67.5	16	49.3	15	2.62	83	0
1964	53.8	55	60.9	77	46.8	33	2.86	79	0
1963	49	113	57.2	120	40.8	101	3.83	57	0
1962	51.5	79	60.7	79	42.3	82	1.04	124	0
1961	49.5	105	57.6	118	41.5	94	3.50	63	0
1960	52.3	72	59.5	100	45.1	56	2.00	100	0
1959	51.3	82	60.5	84	42.1	87	1.90	105	0
1958	51.6	78	60	92	43.3	70	5.35	30	0
1957	57.8	15	65.5	32	50.2	10	1.41	115	0
1956	55.2	39	63.9	54	46.5	38	3.19	74	0
1955	54.4	49	62	66	46.9	30	5.51	26	0
1954	57	24	65.5	32	48.6	20	2.55	85	0
1953	57.6	16	67.5	16	47.7	25	2.60	84	0
1952	62.5	2	70.5	4	54.5	2	1.21	122	0
1951	54.4	49	64.4	44	44.8	60	3.55	61	2
1950	62.6	1	70.5	4	54.6	1	4.64	38	0
1949	52.5	68	60.5	84	44.5	62	4.59	40	0
1948	46.8	121	55.2	126	38.3	116	4.03	52	0
1947	52.5	68	59.1	104	46	42	3.79	58	0
1946	52.2	73	59.6	98	44.8	60	6.34	15	0
1945	53.5	58	61.5	70	45.5	50	4.53	42	0
1944	53	64	60.7	79	45.3	54	8.52	7	0
1943	52.5	68	61.5	70	43.5	69	3.48	64	0
1942	51.5	79	60.4	86	42.5	79	0.98	125	0
1941	57	24	64.4	44	49.7	12	2.06	99	0
1940	43.1	126	52.7	130	33.5	129	1.53	114	0
1939	57.1	21	65.1	37	49.1	18	4.89	35	0
1938	55	41	62.4	65	47.6	27	3.34	67	0
1937	53.4	59	61	76	45.9	43	3.25	72	0
1936	51.3	82	60.3	88	42.3	82	1.94	103	0
1935	57.5	18	66.4	27	48.9	19	1.64	112	1
1934	56.1	34	63	61	49.2	16	9.94	2	0
1933	61	5	67.9	12	54.1	3	3.88	55	0
1932	57.1	21	64.2	48	49.9	11	5.45	28	0
1931	53.8	55	60.7	79	46.8	33	3.42	65	0
1930	46.1	123	54.5	127	37.8	118	3.52	62	0
1929	55.3	37	63.6	57	46.9	30	4.12	49	0
1928	53.3	61	61.5	70	45.1	56	0.40	133	0
1927	57.9	12	66.1	28	49.7	12	3.07	76	0
1926	50.7	93	57.9	116	43.6	68	4.93	34	0
1925	51	89	60.7	79	41.4	95	5.41	29	0
1924	49.4	108	58.2	114	40.5	103	4.87	36	0
1923	62.1	3	71.3	2	52.9	4	1.31	117	0
1922	50.5	96	57.3	119	43.8	67	5.98	21	0
1921	59.1	8	67.1	23	51.2	7	3.58	60	0
1920	52.1	75	60.3	88	43.9	66	6.44	14	0
1919	50.7	93	58.3	112	43	72	8.52	7	0
1918	47.2	119	58.4	110	36.1	126	0.96	126	0
1917	57.2	20	65.1	37	49.2	16	1.29	118	0
1916	59.2	7	67.7	14	50.6	8	2.81	80	0
1915	51.3	82	59.9	93	42.7	75	2.22	92	0
1914	57.6	16	67.5	16	47.7	25	0.49	131	0
1913	54.8	44	63.8	55	45.7	47	3.34	67	0
1912	49.5	105	59.9	93	38.4	115	1.73	111	1
1911	61.9	4	70.9	3	52.8	6	0.18	136	0
1910	55.7	35	65.6	31	45.7	47	1.59	113	0
1909			69.3	9	46.4	40	0.07	137	5
1908	53.1	62	64.6	40	42.2	85	2.72	81	3
1907			71.6	1	52.9	4	1.76	110	4
1905	49.2	112	58.8	107	39.6	108	2.25	91	0
1904	48.4	116	60.6	83	36.4	125	0.30	135	2
1903	51.2	87	60.2	90	42.1	87	4.39	45	0
1902	49.6	104	60.2	90	38.9	114	1.16	123	0
1901	54.4	49	63.4	58	45.4	52	2.16	93	0
1900			56.2	122	42	89	7.26	11	4
1899	49.9	102	60.4	86	39.5	110	4.59	40	0
1898	55.3	37	64.4	44	46.1	41	4.53	42	0
1897	50	101	58.7	108	41.1	98	5.93	23	2
1896	51.7	77	60.8	78	42.6	77	4.09	50	0
1895							1.89	106	7
1894							3.59	59	8
1893	51.2	87	61.6	69	40.7	102	0.65	130	0
1892							1.78	109	8
1891							13.11	1	31
1890							5.48	27	31
1889							9.45	4	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	62.6
1952	62.5
1923	62.1
1911	61.9
1933	61
2017	59.9
1916	59.2
1921	59.1
2006	58.9
2012	58.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	40.7
1977	42.6
1940	43.1
1979	44.1
1985	45.7
1930	46.1
1970	46.7
1948	46.8
1984	47
1918	47.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1891	13.11
1934	9.94
1991	9.78
1889	9.45
2022	9.42
2024	8.77
1944	8.52
1919	8.52
1992	7.70
1974	7.68

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1909	0.07
1911	0.18
1904	0.30
1971	0.36
1928	0.40
2009	0.49
1914	0.49
1893	0.65
1986	0.71
1996	0.88

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 2 January 2026
Coldest night: 23°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.86 in; 24 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.87 in of precipitation in Houston, TX, the driest January since 2021, 60th driest of 137.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Houston, TX: 84°F on Friday 2 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Houston, TX: a low of 23°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Houston, TX: 0.86 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.