Huntsville, AL: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 40.1°F in Huntsville, AL, the coldest January since 2025, 45th coldest of 117.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 40.1°F; Coldest since 2025; 45th coldest of 117
Precipitation: 4.71 in; Driest since 2025; 62nd driest of 125

A normal January in Huntsville, AL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.5°F, between 36.8°F and 46.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.77 in of precipitation, between 2.70 in and 7.76 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Huntsville, AL since 1908: 40.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 26.2°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 36.8 to 46.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Huntsville, AL from 1895 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	40.1	73	50.5	65	29.7	79	4.71	64	0
2025	37.2	94	47.8	89	26.6	99	4.08	75	0
2024	39	82	47.8	89	30.2	72	6.96	22	0
2023	48.9	7	58.3	7	39.4	9	5.21	58	0
2022	39.1	80	49.9	71	28.3	88	5.87	44	0
2021	42.8	41	52.2	43	33.4	39	2.33	111	0
2020	46.8	14	55	25	38.6	10	7.76	15	0
2019	42.8	41	51.6	51	34	37	7.15	21	0
2018	38.1	89	48.8	83	27.4	92	1.52	122	0
2017	50.9	3	59.4	3	42.4	3	6.40	31	0
2016	40.2	72	49.3	78	31	64	3.57	91	0
2015	41	64	50.5	65	31.5	58	3.97	78	0
2014	33.8	110	45.8	104	21.9	116	3.30	95	0
2013	45.7	22	54	30	37.4	13	8.59	8	0
2012	46.9	13	57.6	10	36.3	23	7.79	14	0
2011	37.3	93	46.1	100	28.5	85	5.81	47	0
2010	36.9	96	45.9	102	28	89	5.21	58	0
2009	40.8	66	50.9	61	30.8	68	4.56	68	0
2008	39.7	76	49.1	79	30.4	70	3.60	88	0
2007	43	38	51.7	49	34.4	36	2.81	105	0
2006	47.6	11	58.2	8	37	17	5.93	42	0
2005	46.2	18	56	18	36.4	21	2.18	113	0
2004	40.5	69	51	58	29.9	76	3.08	101	0
2003	35.4	106	45	107	25.8	104	1.45	123	0
2002	44.2	31	55.3	24	33.1	44	4.98	61	0
2001	37.2	94	46.6	98	27.8	91	5.60	51	0
2000	41.6	54	50	70	33.2	42	4.24	72	0
1999	46.1	19	55.8	20	36.5	19	9.29	3	0
1998	45	27	52.8	37	37.1	16	7.54	17	0
1997	40.7	67	49.8	73	31.7	57	5.79	48	0
1996	38.8	84	48.5	85	29.1	83	7.29	20	0
1995	41.4	56	50.5	65	32.3	53	3.51	92	0
1994	35.6	103	44.1	109	27.1	96	6.59	25	0
1993	44.5	28	53.3	35	35.7	28	4.52	69	0
1992	41.8	51	51.3	55	32.2	54	2.76	108	0
1991	42.9	40	50.9	61	35	31	2.77	107	0
1990	46.8	14	56.8	13	36.9	18	7.89	13	0
1989	46.5	16	56.5	15	36.5	19	7.64	16	0
1988	36.7	99	45.5	105	27.9	90	6.19	35	0
1987	39.2	79	48.7	84	29.7	79	6.48	30	0
1986	38.8	84	51.2	56	26.5	100	1.32	124	0
1985	31.7	114	40.9	114	22.5	113	4.65	65	0
1984	35.3	107	44.7	108	25.8	104	3.66	85	0
1983	38.8	84	47.2	94	30.4	70	2.26	112	0
1982	38.9	83	50.5	65	27.2	95	10.92	1	0
1981	35.1	109	45.9	102	24.2	111	1.80	118	0
1980	40.5	69	48	87	33	45	5.50	52	0
1979	33.2	111	41.2	113	25.3	107	5.95	41	0
1978	30.5	115	37.7	116	23.2	112	3.86	80	0
1977	28.7	116	38.4	115	19	117	3.71	82	0
1976	36.2	101	46.1	100	26.4	102	3.94	79	0
1975	45.8	21	55.7	21	35.8	27	5.38	53	0
1974	49	6	56.4	16	41.7	4	10.50	2	0
1973	40	74	49.1	79	30.9	65	6.33	33	0
1972	45.2	24	55.5	23	35	31	7.97	12	0
1971	41.9	50	51.2	56	32.6	47	5.25	55	0
1970	35.5	105	45.2	106	25.9	103	1.71	121	0
1969	39.3	78	47.1	95	31.4	59	7.38	19	0
1968	38	91	47.5	92	28.5	85	6.01	40	0
1967	43.5	35	54.4	28	32.5	51	1.83	117	0
1966	35.3	107	44	110	26.5	100	4.29	71	0
1965	41.8	51	52.6	39	30.9	65	3.61	87	0
1964	40.9	65	52.2	43	29.5	81	5.34	54	0
1963	35.6	103	46.3	99	24.8	109	3.59	90	0
1962	38.8	84	48.2	86	29.4	82	8.53	9	0
1961	36.3	100	46.9	96	25.7	106	1.76	120	0
1960	42.1	48	49.5	77	34.6	33	6.18	36	0
1959	39.1	80	50.9	61	27.4	92	4.36	70	0
1958	36.9	96	46.7	97	27.1	96	2.58	110	0
1957	41.1	62	50.9	61	31.3	60	8.85	6	0
1956	37.6	92	48	87	27.3	94	2.78	106	0
1955	39.7	76	49.6	76	29.8	77	3.33	94	0
1954	43	38	54.1	29	31.8	56	9.11	4	0
1953	47.4	12	57.5	11	37.4	13	6.52	28	0
1952	49.1	5	58.2	8	40.1	6	6.14	37	0
1951	43.5	35	53.8	31	33.2	42	8.07	11	0
1950	54.9	1	63.6	1	46.2	1	9.08	5	0
1949	48.9	7	57.5	11	40.3	5	8.75	7	0
1948	32.4	112	42.6	111	22.2	114			0
1947	45.1	25	53.8	31	36.4	21	8.48	10	0
1946	42.2	46	51	58	33.4	39			0
1945	40	74	49	82	31.1	62	4.22	73	0
1944	40.7	67	51.4	53	30	75	3.15	99	0
1943	42.7	43	52.8	37	32.5	51	2.07	114	0
1942	36.9	96	49.7	75	24.6	110	2.61	109	1
1941	42.4	45	52.1	45	32.7	46	4.59	67	0
1940	26.2	117	35.8	117	16.6	118	3.06	102	0
1939	44.3	30	55.9	19	32.6	47	4.61	66	0
1938	42.1	48	51.7	49	32.6	47	3.60	88	0
1937	52.5	2	60.4	2	44.6	2			0
1936	38.1	89	47.8	89	28.5	85	6.52	28	0
1935	43.1	37	52.5	41	33.7	38	3.81	81	0
1934	46.1	19	56.2	17	35.9	25	3.71	82	0
1933	49.4	4	59.2	4	39.6	8	3.35	93	0
1932					40.1	6	7.49	18	30
1931	41.1	62	52.1	45	30.1	74	1.80	118	0
1930	41.4	56	51.4	53	31.3	60	1.96	115	0
1929	44	32	54.7	27	33.3	41	6.58	26	0
1928	41.4	56	52.1	45	30.8	68	2.96	103	0
1927	44	32	53.4	34	34.6	33			0
1926	41.5	55	51	58	32	55	4.79	63	0
1925	44.4	29	53.5	33	35.3	30	5.83	46	0
1924	38.5	88	49.1	79	27	98	5.22	57	1
1923	48	10	58.5	5	37.6	12	6.02	39	0
1922	42.5	44	50.5	65	34.6	33	5.86	45	0
1921	43.6	34	51.9	48	35.5	29	2.84	104	1
1920	41.2	60	49.8	73	32.6	47	5.25	55	0
1919	41.2	60	52.6	39	29.8	77	4.95	62	0
1918	32	113	41.7	112	22.2	114	5.92	43	0
1916	48.3	9	58.4	6	38.1	11	6.91	24	0
1915	40.5	69	49.9	71	31.1	62	5.01	60	0
1914	45.1	25	52.5	41	37.2	15	1.28	125	2
1913	42.2	46	55.6	22	28.7	84	6.55	27	0
1912	36.2	101	47.5	92	24.9	108	4.18	74	0
1911	46.3	17	56.8	13	35.9	25	5.62	50	0
1910	41.8	51	53.3	35	30.2	72			1
1909	45.5	23	54.9	26	36	24	3.64	86	0
1908	41.3	59	51.6	51	30.9	65	3.70	84	0
1906							6.37	32	31
1905							3.21	98	31
1904							3.22	96	31
1903							3.09	100	31
1902							3.22	96	31
1901							5.77	49	31
1900							4.03	77	31
1899							6.26	34	31
1898							6.14	37	31
1897							4.04	76	31
1896							1.86	116	31
1895							6.95	23	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	54.9
1937	52.5
2017	50.9
1933	49.4
1952	49.1
1974	49
2023	48.9
1949	48.9
1916	48.3
1923	48

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	26.2
1977	28.7
1978	30.5
1985	31.7
1918	32
1948	32.4
1979	33.2
2014	33.8
1981	35.1
1984	35.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	10.92
1974	10.50
1999	9.29
1954	9.11
1950	9.08
1957	8.85
1949	8.75
2013	8.59
1962	8.53
1947	8.48

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1914	1.28
1986	1.32
2003	1.45
2018	1.52
1970	1.71
1961	1.76
1981	1.80
1931	1.80
1967	1.83
1896	1.86

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 13°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.06 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 4.71 in of precipitation in Huntsville, AL, the driest January since 2025, 62nd driest of 125.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Huntsville, AL: 68°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Huntsville, AL: a low of 13°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Huntsville, AL: 2.06 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.