Indianapolis, IN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 25°F in Indianapolis, IN, the coldest January since 2025, tied 49th coldest of 155 (with 1897).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 25°F; Coldest since 2025; 49th coldest of 155
Precipitation: 1.30 in; Driest since 2025; 29th driest of 155

A normal January in Indianapolis, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28.2°F, between 22.9°F and 35°F in eight years of ten and 2.50 in of precipitation, between 1.39 in and 5.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Indianapolis, IN since 1872: 25°F in 2026; the lowest is 10.2°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 22.9 to 35°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Indianapolis, IN from 1872 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	25	106	33.6	103	16.4	110	1.30	127	0
2025	24.4	113	32.2	114	15.9	116	1.17	134	1
2024	29	66	34.5	92	23.4	55	4.92	20	0
2023	37.1	9	43.2	13	30.9	5	3.97	33	0
2022	25.5	99	34.5	92	16.6	108	1.13	138	0
2021	31	52	36.7	67	25.3	38	2.39	76	0
2020	35	17	41.6	22	28.3	14	5.32	18	0
2019	27.4	87	34.6	91	20.1	83	2.82	60	0
2018	25.1	102	33.8	99	16.3	111	2.00	95	0
2017	34.9	18	42	18	27.8	21	4.35	29	0
2016	28.9	68	37.4	60	20.5	80	1.46	118	0
2015	25.3	100	33.7	101	16.8	107	1.81	98	0
2014	20.1	144	29.8	138	10.4	149	2.34	82	0
2013	29.9	62	38.3	53	21.5	67	5.51	16	0
2012	33.7	30	41.9	19	25.5	35	3.48	42	0
2011	23.8	117	30.5	129	17.2	103	2.20	86	0
2010	24.6	111	31	124	18.2	94	1.22	131	0
2009	23	129	31.5	119	14.5	134	1.72	103	0
2008	28.6	72	37.4	60	19.9	84	2.14	87	0
2007	32.5	42	39.4	45	25.6	34	4.41	27	0
2006	39.7	2	47.5	2	32	2	3.30	48	0
2005	30.7	55	37.5	59	23.8	52	9.39	3	0
2004	25.2	101	32.8	107	17.5	99	4.65	23	0
2003	21.6	140	29.6	139	13.7	140	1.27	128	0
2002	35.1	15	44.2	10	26	32	2.48	73	0
2001	28	81	34.9	87	21	78	0.74	148	0
2000	27.9	84	36.2	75	19.5	89	2.07	91	0
1999	28.4	77	36.6	70	20.3	81	6.35	10	0
1998	36.6	10	42.5	15	30.7	6	2.51	72	0
1997	24.3	114	32.5	110	16.1	114	4.47	26	0
1996	25.1	102	32.8	107	17.4	101	4.08	30	0
1995	28.6	72	35.8	76	21.4	70	2.44	75	0
1994	21.8	139	29.6	139	14	138	2.68	67	0
1993	31.6	46	38.4	52	24.8	41	3.29	49	0
1992	31.5	48	38.6	50	24.3	47	1.40	122	0
1991	26.9	91	33.4	105	20.3	81	1.59	107	0
1990	37.3	7	45.8	6	28.8	12	1.79	100	0
1989	36.3	11	44.7	8	27.9	19	1.75	101	0
1988	25.9	97	34.4	94	17.4	101	2.35	80	0
1987	27.6	85	33.8	99	21.4	70	1.55	111	0
1986	28.5	75	37.1	64	19.8	86	0.73	149	0
1985	20.4	143	27.8	146	12.9	142	1.37	124	0
1984	22.7	132	30.7	126	14.8	129	0.97	145	0
1983	30.5	58	36.5	71	24.6	42	1.05	140	0
1982	20.1	144	30.6	128	9.5	152	5.64	15	0
1981	23.4	125	32.2	114	14.7	131	0.36	154	0
1980	28.5	75	35.6	78	21.3	73	1.67	105	0
1979	17.9	149	25.3	150	10.6	148	3.24	50	0
1978	18.2	148	25.6	149	10.7	146	3.80	36	0
1977	10.2	155	19.5	155	1	155	1.50	114	0
1976	23.9	116	32.1	116	15.7	120	2.29	84	0
1975	32	44	39.7	43	24.3	47	4.37	28	0
1974	31.6	46	40	40	23.2	57	3.39	45	0
1973	30.7	55	38.6	50	22.7	58	2.27	85	0
1972	26.5	95	36.5	71	16.5	109	1.57	109	0
1971	23.4	125	32.3	113	14.5	134	1.98	97	0
1970	17.9	149	26.7	148	9	153	1.17	134	0
1969	25.7	98	33.7	101	17.6	98	6.19	12	0
1968	25.1	102	33.2	106	17	105	2.96	56	0
1967	32.6	40	40.8	30	24.4	46	1.81	98	0
1966	22.4	134	30.3	132	14.5	134	1.13	138	0
1965	27.5	86	37.3	62	17.7	97	3.86	35	0
1964	30.7	55	39.8	42	21.6	66	2.04	92	0
1963	19.5	147	28.2	145	10.8	145	1.15	137	0
1962	23.7	120	31.5	119	15.9	116	4.58	24	0
1961	23.6	121	32.5	110	14.7	131	1.22	131	0
1960	31.8	45	39	49	24.6	42	2.35	80	0
1959	24.9	108	34.7	89	15	127	4.68	22	0
1958	28	81	34.7	89	21.4	70	1.48	115	0
1957	23.5	122	31.2	122	15.8	119	2.98	54	0
1956	27.2	89	35.2	82	19.2	92	1.05	140	0
1955	27.4	87	35	85	19.9	84	2.09	90	0
1954	30.8	54	39.1	47	22.4	60	3.40	43	0
1953	32.8	39	40	40	25.7	33	2.57	69	0
1952	33.1	36	41.6	22	24.6	42	3.69	40	0
1951	29.1	65	36.9	66	21.3	73	2.95	57	0
1950	37.3	7	46.4	5	28.3	14	12.69	1	0
1949	34	26	41.5	25	26.5	27	7.41	7	0
1948	21	142	29.6	139	12.3	143	2.52	70	0
1947	33.7	30	41	28	26.4	30	4.06	31	0
1946	29	66	38.3	53	19.8	86	1.44	119	0
1945	22.8	131	30.5	129	15.2	125	0.57	151	0
1944	32.6	40	41.8	20	23.4	55	0.21	155	0
1943	28.2	79	36.7	67	19.7	88	0.65	150	0
1942	29.3	64	37	65	21.5	67	1.20	133	0
1941	31.2	50	37.3	62	25.1	40	1.68	104	0
1940	16.7	153	23.8	153	9.7	151	1.38	123	0
1939	35.9	12	42.1	16	29.7	10	5.33	17	0
1938	29.4	63	36.5	71	22.4	60	1.00	144	0
1937	33.2	35	41.1	27	25.3	38	8.05	4	0
1936	22.2	136	29.5	143	15	127	1.32	125	0
1935	32.1	43	40.6	33	23.5	54	2.33	83	0
1934	34	26	41.7	21	26.3	31	1.25	130	0
1933	39.2	3	46.8	3	31.5	4	2.02	93	0
1932	38.8	4	45.7	7	31.9	3	6.10	13	0
1931	33.4	34	39.7	43	27	23	0.54	152	0
1930	24.9	108	32.5	110	17.2	103	7.34	8	0
1929	24.9	108	34.4	94	15.5	122	4.74	21	0
1928	28.9	68	36.7	67	21.1	76	1.74	102	0
1927	28	81	34.8	88	21.2	75	3.15	51	0
1926	28.6	72	35.2	82	22	63	2.72	66	0
1925	28.8	71	36.4	74	21.1	76	0.49	153	0
1924	23.5	122	31.6	118	15.4	124	3.13	52	0
1923	34.6	20	40.7	32	28.4	13	2.73	65	0
1922	26.7	94	35.3	80	18.1	95	1.26	129	0
1921	34.4	22	40.6	33	28.2	17	2.86	59	0
1920	22.2	136	29.6	139	14.8	129	2.01	94	0
1919	34.1	25	41.6	22	26.5	27	0.91	146	0
1918	14.6	154	22.5	154	6.7	154	2.89	58	0
1917	30.5	58	39.1	47	22	63	3.40	43	0
1916	33.7	30	43.6	11	23.8	52	6.55	9	0
1915	26.8	93	34.3	97	19.4	91	3.31	46	0
1914	34.7	19	41	28	28.3	14	2.76	63	0
1913	35.1	15	43.6	11	26.6	26	7.63	6	0
1912	17.2	152	24.5	152	9.9	150	2.10	88	0
1911	33.1	36	40.8	30	25.5	35	2.98	54	0
1910	28.9	68	35.3	80	22.5	59	2.62	68	0
1909	31.4	49	38.2	56	24.5	45	2.76	63	0
1908	31.1	51	38.3	53	23.9	50	2.47	74	0
1907	34	26	41.5	25	26.5	27	7.68	5	0
1906	35.3	13	42.6	14	28	18	2.36	79	0
1905	23.2	128	30.1	134	16.3	111	1.43	120	0
1904	22.2	136	30	135	14.4	137	3.87	34	0
1903	27	90	34.4	94	19.5	89	2.39	76	0
1902	28.3	78	35	85	21.5	67	0.76	147	0
1901	30	60	38.2	56	21.9	65	1.59	107	0
1900	32.9	38	40.5	36	25.4	37	1.54	113	0
1899	28.2	79	35.5	79	20.8	79	3.52	41	0
1898	33.8	29	40.3	38	27.4	22	4.93	19	0
1897	25	106	31.8	117	18.3	93	3.71	39	0
1896	30	60	35.8	76	24.3	47	1.60	106	0
1895	22.9	130	30.2	133	15.6	121	3.12	53	0
1894	34.5	21	42.1	16	27	23	1.43	120	0
1893	17.9	149	25.1	151	10.7	146	2.77	62	0
1892	23.8	117	30.5	129	17	105	1.55	111	0
1891	34.2	23	39.4	45	29	11	2.00	95	0
1890	37.4	6	44.5	9	30.3	7	10.20	2	0
1889	34.2	23	40.6	33	27.9	19	2.52	70	0
1888	24.1	115	32.8	107	15.5	122	2.81	61	0
1887	23.8	117	33.6	103	14	138	1.48	115	0
1886	22.3	135	29.9	136	14.6	133	4.02	32	0
1885	22.5	133	29.9	136	15.1	126	3.31	46	0
1884	21.1	141	28.7	144	13.5	141	1.05	140	0
1883	23.5	122	30.7	126	16.3	111	1.32	125	0
1882	30.9	53	37.8	58	23.9	50	3.74	38	0
1881	23.4	125	30.8	125	15.9	116	2.10	88	0
1880	45	1	53.1	1	36.9	1	6.32	11	0
1879	25.1	102	34.1	98	16	115	1.47	117	0
1878	33.5	33	40.1	39	27	23	2.38	78	0
1877	26.3	96	35.2	82	17.5	99	1.57	109	0
1876	38.4	5	46.6	4	30.1	8	5.94	14	0
1875	19.8	146	27.6	147	12.1	144	1.01	143	0
1874	35.2	14	40.5	36	29.8	9	3.75	37	0
1873	24.5	112	31.1	123	18	96	4.50	25	0
1872	26.9	91	31.4	121	22.4	60	1.17	134	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	45
2006	39.7
1933	39.2
1932	38.8
1876	38.4
1890	37.4
1990	37.3
1950	37.3
2023	37.1
1998	36.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	10.2
1918	14.6
1940	16.7
1912	17.2
1979	17.9
1970	17.9
1893	17.9
1978	18.2
1963	19.5
1875	19.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	12.69
1890	10.20
2005	9.39
1937	8.05
1907	7.68
1913	7.63
1949	7.41
1930	7.34
1916	6.55
1999	6.35

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	0.21
1981	0.36
1925	0.49
1931	0.54
1945	0.57
1943	0.65
1986	0.73
2001	0.74
1902	0.76
1919	0.91

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -4°F; 28 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.84 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.30 in of precipitation in Indianapolis, IN, the driest January since 2025, 29th driest of 155.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Indianapolis, IN: 65°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Indianapolis, IN: a low of -4°F on Wednesday 28 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Indianapolis, IN: 0.84 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.