International Falls, MN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 3.2°F in International Falls, MN, the coldest January since 2022, tied 48th coldest of 98 (with 1967).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 3.2°F; Coldest since 2022; 48th coldest of 98
Precipitation: 0.65 in; Driest since 2025; 45th driest of 106

A normal January in International Falls, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 5.3°F, between -3.7°F and 12.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.74 in of precipitation, between 0.19 in and 1.32 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in International Falls, MN since 1898: 3.2°F in 2026; the lowest is -10.5°F, in 1982.

Normal range, -3.7 to 12.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in International Falls, MN from 1897 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	3.2	50	12.8	56	-6.5	46	0.65	59	0
2025	4.5	44	15.3	45	-6.2	42	0.61	68	0
2024	14	5	20.2	22	7.8	2	0.67	57	0
2023	13	9	20.8	16	5.1	4	0.26	95	0
2022	-2.1	74	10.4	72	-14.7	79	0.95	25	0
2021	15	2	24.2	6	5.9	3	0.68	54	0
2020	11.3	15	20.3	20	2.3	14	1.21	19	0
2019	0.2	63	11.1	62	-10.8	63	0.68	54	0
2018	5.4	38	17.2	35	-6.4	44	0.71	53	0
2017	10.8	19	20.4	19	1.3	18	1.27	16	0
2016	10	21	17.4	33	2.6	10	0.59	72	0
2015	6.3	34	17.5	30	-4.9	37	1.33	13	0
2014	-3.7	81	8.4	77	-15.8	83	0.82	39	0
2013	5.6	37	16.5	37	-5.3	40	2.15	4	0
2012	14	5	23.1	7	4.9	6	0.75	49	0
2011	-1	71	10.2	73	-12.2	71	1.32	14	0
2010	6.8	33	18	29	-4.5	34	0.83	38	0
2009	-3.1	79	10.5	68	-16.7	87	0.79	40	0
2008	5.1	40	16.5	37	-6.4	44	0.19	100	0
2007	9.5	23	19.2	27	-0.2	22	0.32	92	0
2006	18.8	1	27.1	1	10.5	1	0.91	32	0
2005	0.9	58	11.2	60	-9.4	57	0.92	30	0
2004	-4.1	82	6.6	85	-14.8	80	0.65	59	0
2003	4.9	41	14.6	49	-4.8	36	0.40	86	0
2002	11.9	13	21.4	10	2.4	13	0.07	105	0
2001	14	5	24.5	4	3.5	8	0.18	101	0
2000	4.6	43	17.1	36	-7.8	51	0.60	70	0
1999	3.7	48	14	50	-6.7	48	0.09	104	0
1998	12	12	19.5	25	4.5	7	0.64	63	0
1997	2.1	54	11.5	58	-7.4	49	0.72	52	0
1996	-5.4	86	7.1	82	-17.9	91	1.78	5	0
1995	9.6	22	18.6	28	0.5	21	1.03	23	0
1994	-7.8	93	2.5	94	-18.1	92	0.46	81	0
1993	4.7	42	15.5	44	-6.2	42	0.68	54	0
1992	12.3	10	21.8	9	2.7	9	0.78	43	0
1991	0	65	11.3	59	-11.4	68	0.79	40	0
1990	13.3	8	25.1	3	1.6	17	0.62	64	0
1989	8	29	20.3	20	-4.4	33	1.42	10	0
1988	0.2	63	11.1	62	-10.7	62	0.44	83	0
1987	11	17	20.9	14	1	19	0.37	89	0
1986	7.7	30	17.5	30	-2.2	26	0.61	68	0
1985	0	65	10.8	65	-10.9	64	0.38	88	0
1984	0.7	60	11.2	60	-9.7	58	0.30	93	0
1983	11.2	16	19.8	23	2.6	10	0.36	90	0
1982	-10.5	98	1.8	97	-22.8	98	1.24	17	0
1981	6.2	36	17.5	30	-5.1	38	0.26	95	0
1980	2	55	12.9	55	-8.8	55	0.92	30	0
1979	-8.7	95	2	96	-19.3	95	0.54	78	0
1978	-3.5	80	6.2	86	-13.1	74	0.76	45	0
1977	-5.8	89	4.1	90	-15.6	82	0.66	58	0
1976	-0.3	67	11.8	57	-12.5	73	0.99	24	0
1975	6.3	34	16.1	40	-3.5	31	3.03	1	0
1974	-0.4	69	10.5	68	-11.3	66	0.87	37	0
1973	9.4	24	20.8	16	-1.9	25	0.10	103	0
1972	-5.7	88	6	87	-17.4	88	0.76	45	0
1971	-7.1	92	3.7	91	-17.8	89	0.52	79	0
1970	-2.9	77	8	78	-13.9	75	0.93	28	0
1969	0.9	58	10	75	-8.3	52	2.79	2	0
1968	3.7	48	15.9	42	-8.4	54	0.77	44	0
1967	3.2	50	14.8	47	-8.3	52	0.95	25	0
1966	-10.4	97	1.5	98	-22.2	97	0.74	50	0
1965	-2	73	10.1	74	-14	76	0.22	98	0
1964	11	17	21.2	11	0.8	20	0.74	50	0
1963	-4.8	84	4.7	89	-14.3	77	0.22	98	0
1962	-3	78	8.5	76	-14.5	78	0.94	27	0
1961	1.7	56	13.3	51	-9.9	59	0.46	81	0
1960	5.4	38	15.9	42	-5.1	38	0.57	75	0
1959	-5.6	87	5.4	88	-16.5	85	0.56	77	0
1958	12.2	11	22.2	8	2.2	15	0.88	36	0
1957	-5.3	85	7.2	81	-17.8	89	0.62	64	0
1956	8.3	27	19.4	26	-2.9	28	1.12	20	0
1955	2.7	53	14.8	47	-9.3	56	0.93	28	0
1954	-4.6	83	6.7	84	-15.9	84	1.39	12	0
1953	4.1	47	16	41	-7.7	50	1.70	7	0
1952	0.7	60	13.2	53	-11.7	70	0.58	73	0
1951	-0.3	67	10.7	66	-11.3	66	0.39	87	0
1950	-8	94	2.9	93	-19	93	1.24	17	0
1949	4.4	46	15.2	46	-6.5	46	1.40	11	0
1948	-0.8	70	10.7	66	-12.3	72	0.76	45	0
1947	8.9	26	20.9	14	-3	29	0.58	73	0
1946							0.62	64	31
1945							0.57	75	31
1944							0.17	102	31
1943							1.29	15	31
1942							0.41	85	31
1941							1.04	22	31
1940							0.65	59	31
1926	8.3	27	16.5	37	-0.8	23	0.60	70	1
1925	3	52	10.5	68	-4.5	34	0.79	40	0
1924	-6.5	91	3.4	92	-16.5	85	0.91	32	0
1923	7.2	31	19.7	24	-5.3	40	1.50	9	0
1922	7	32	17.4	33	-3.4	30	0.30	93	0
1921	14.2	4	26.7	2	1.7	16	1.60	8	0
1920	-1.5	72	7.5	79	-10.6	61	0.76	45	0
1919	14.6	3	24.3	5	5	5	0.25	97	0
1918	-2.2	76	7	83	-11.5	69	0.62	64	0
1917									8
1916	0.4	62	10.9	64	-10.1	60	2.21	3	0
1915	4.5	44	13.1	54	-4.1	32	0.89	34	0
1914	11.8	14	21.2	11	2.5	12	1.11	21	0
1913	1	57	13.3	51	-11.2	65	0.44	83	0
1912	-10.2	96	2.2	95	-21.9	96	0.65	59	2
1911	-2.1	74	10.5	68	-14.8	80			0
1910							0.50	80	31
1909	-5.9	90	7.3	80	-19.1	94	1.77	6	0
1908	10.1	20	21.1	13	-1	24	0.02	106	3
1898	9.3	25	20.8	16	-2.2	26	0.33	91	0
1897							0.89	34	14

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	18.8
2021	15
1919	14.6
1921	14.2
2024	14
2012	14
2001	14
1990	13.3
2023	13
1992	12.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1982	-10.5
1966	-10.4
1912	-10.2
1979	-8.7
1950	-8
1994	-7.8
1971	-7.1
1924	-6.5
1909	-5.9
1977	-5.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1975	3.03
1969	2.79
1916	2.21
2013	2.15
1996	1.78
1909	1.77
1953	1.70
1921	1.60
1923	1.50
1989	1.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1908	0.02
2002	0.07
1999	0.09
1973	0.10
1944	0.17
2001	0.18
2008	0.19
1965	0.22
1963	0.22
1919	0.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 38°F; 12 January 2026
Coldest night: -36°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.21 in; 4 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.65 in of precipitation in International Falls, MN, the driest January since 2025, tied 45th driest of 106 (with 2004, 1940 and 1912).
The hottest day of January 2026 in International Falls, MN: 38°F on Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in International Falls, MN: a low of -36°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in International Falls, MN: 0.21 in on Sunday 4 January 2026.