Jackson, KY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 31.3°F in Jackson, KY, the coldest January since 2025, 12th coldest of 46.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 31.3°F; Coldest since 2025; 12th coldest of 46
Precipitation: 3.71 in; Wettest since 2025; 21st wettest of 46

A normal January in Jackson, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35°F, between 30.1°F and 41.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.64 in of precipitation, between 2.10 in and 5.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Jackson, KY since 1981: 31.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 24.5°F, in 1985.

Normal range, 30.1 to 41.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Jackson, KY from 1981 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
2026	31.3	35	39.8	36	22.9	38	3.71	21
2025	30	41	37.6	41	22.4	40	4.67	14
2024	35	20	42	24	28	18	4.77	12
2023	43.9	2	51.3	3	36.4	1	4.26	16
2022	32.5	32	41.1	32	23.8	32	7.71	1
2021	36.9	16	43.3	19	30.5	12	3.55	22
2020	41.8	7	49.1	8	34.5	5	3.37	26
2019	35.5	18	43.2	20	27.7	21	4.26	16
2018	32.5	32	42	24	23.1	36	1.92	41
2017	42.2	5	49.6	5	34.7	4	4.71	13
2016	33	31	41.6	27	24.4	29	3.29	27
2015	33.5	26	42	24	25.1	27	2.12	38
2014	27.9	44	38.5	39	17.3	46	3.15	29
2013	37.5	14	44.9	15	30	15	5.73	6
2012	39.8	11	49.4	6	30.2	13	4.86	11
2011	30.7	38	37.9	40	23.5	34	2.72	31
2010	30.3	39	36.5	43	24	31	4.27	15
2009	31	36	39.2	37	22.7	39	5.80	5
2008	34.6	21	43	21	26.3	22	2.46	37
2007	38.1	13	46	14	30.2	13	2.83	30
2006	45.1	1	54	1	36.2	2	5.57	8
2005	39.9	10	47.1	12	32.8	8	5.12	10
2004	33.2	29	42.9	22	23.6	33	4.23	18
2003	28.2	43	35.5	44	21	42	2.10	39
2002	40.2	8	48.6	10	31.9	9	4.09	19
2001	33.6	25	41.3	29	25.9	24	2.50	36
2000	33.3	28	41.4	28	25.2	25	2.63	33
1999	40.1	9	49.4	6	30.9	11	6.55	4
1998	42.2	5	48.9	9	35.5	3	3.76	20
1997	34.5	22	44.2	17	24.7	28	3.53	23
1996	33.2	29	41.2	31	25.2	25	5.63	7
1995	35.3	19	42.7	23	27.8	19	7.16	3
1994	27.6	45	35.3	45	20	43	7.28	2
1993	39.7	12	48.2	11	31.1	10	2.05	40
1992	37.5	14	46.4	13	28.5	16	1.87	42
1991	36.2	17	44.2	17	28.2	17	3.16	28
1990	42.8	3	51.2	4	34.3	6	2.56	35
1989	42.7	4	51.8	2	33.6	7	3.48	25
1988	32.4	34	41.3	29	23.5	34	2.59	34
1987	33.5	26	40.7	34	26.2	23	2.70	32
1986	34.3	24	44.4	16	24.3	30	1.84	43
1985	24.5	46	31.3	46	17.7	45	3.50	24
1984	30.9	37	38.7	38	23	37	1.31	45
1983	34.4	23	41	33	27.8	19	1.68	44
1982	30.2	40	40.4	35	20	43	5.27	9
1981	29.3	42	37.5	42	21.1	41	0.80	46

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	45.1
2023	43.9
1990	42.8
1989	42.7
2017	42.2
1998	42.2
2020	41.8
2002	40.2
1999	40.1
2005	39.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	24.5
1994	27.6
2014	27.9
2003	28.2
1981	29.3
2025	30
1982	30.2
2010	30.3
2011	30.7
1984	30.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	7.71
1994	7.28
1995	7.16
1999	6.55
2009	5.80
2013	5.73
1996	5.63
2006	5.57
1982	5.27
2005	5.12

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.80
1984	1.31
1983	1.68
1986	1.84
1992	1.87
2018	1.92
1993	2.05
2003	2.10
2015	2.12
2008	2.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.57 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.71 in of precipitation in Jackson, KY, the wettest January since 2025, 21st wettest of 46.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Jackson, KY: 66°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Jackson, KY: a low of 3°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Jackson, KY: 2.57 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.