Jefferson City, MO: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 29.7°F in Jefferson City, MO, the coldest January since 2025, 33rd coldest of 94.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 29.7°F; Coldest since 2025; 33rd coldest of 94

A normal January in Jefferson City, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31°F, between 26.7°F and 36°F in eight years of ten and 1.62 in of precipitation, between 0.45 in and 3.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Jefferson City, MO since 1895: 29.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 14°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 26.7 to 36°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Jefferson City, MO 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	29.7	62	40.4	60	19	74	0.86	95	0
2025	28	71	37.8	81	18.3	85	0.26	121	0
2024	29.4	64	37.6	82	21.2	53	2.82	26	0
2023	39.1	3	48.3	12	29.8	2	2.05	46	0
2022	30.4	54	42.1	53	18.6	79	1.02	83	0
2021	36.1	12	42.4	49	29.8	2	3.00	24	0
2020	35.6	16	42.8	41	28.4	9	3.48	15	0
2019	31.3	45	39.4	67	23.2	38	0.86	95	0
2018	29.9	61	40.8	59	19	74	1.97	48	0
2017	36	14	45.1	21	27	14	0.89	92	0
2016	31.8	43	41.8	54	21.9	47	0.51	108	0
2015	32.6	35	43.6	30	21.6	50	0.75	101	0
2014	26.5	83	38.6	77	14.4	107	0.22	125	0
2013	34.9	22	45.7	19	24	29	2.21	39	0
2012	37.3	9	48.7	9	26	17	0.43	116	0
2011	26.8	79	35.4	92	18.3	85	0.69	104	0
2010	26.7	82	34.5	94	18.8	76	2.81	27	0
2009	28.8	67	39.5	66	18.1	87	0.26	121	0
2008	32.4	40	43.7	28	21.1	54	1.48	65	0
2007	32.5	38	41	57	24.1	28	2.27	38	0
2006	42.4	1	52.4	3	32.5	1	1.62	57	0
2005	33.8	29	41.4	55	26.3	15	6.19	3	0
2004	29.1	66	38.9	72	19.4	71	2.77	28	0
2003	27.3	77	37	85	17.5	95	0.74	102	0
2002	36	14	46.5	15	25.5	22	2.74	29	0
2001	30.5	53	39.1	69	21.8	49	2.40	35	0
2000	32.6	35	42.7	42	22.5	41	0.96	86	0
1999	30.7	51	38.4	79	23	39	3.22	19	0
1998	36.1	12	43.6	30	28.6	8			0
1997	25.3	87	35.9	91	15.4	102	2.18	40	1
1996	26.9	78	36.3	88	17.9	90	3.25	18	1
1995	27.4	74	36.4	87	18.5	80	4.15	10	0
1994	26.1	85	33.7	96	18.5	80	0.87	94	0
1993	28.6	69	36.9	86	20.4	61	2.39	36	0
1992	35.1	20	44.4	25	25.9	20	0.46	114	1
1991	26.8	79	34.5	94	19.2	73	1.58	60	1
1990	39.1	3	52.8	2	25.4	23	1.34	71	0
1989	38.6	8	49.3	7	27.6	11	1.57	61	1
1988					14.6	106	0.40	118	9
1987	27.4	74	38.9	72	16.6	99	1.89	50	3
1986	32.6	35	46.4	17	18.8	76	0.05	128	0
1985							0.47	113	15
1984			39.1	69			0.16	126	8
1983			39.4	67			0.24	123	9
1982	21.4	91	32	97	9.7	116	3.81	13	2
1981	30	59	42.2	51	17.8	92	0.49	110	0
1980	30.7	51	40	63	21.4	52	0.50	109	0
1979	15.6	93	25.6	100	5.5	120	3.09	22	0
1978	19.6	92	29.3	99	9.9	115	0.77	100	0
1977	14	94	24.4	101	3.7	121	1.04	82	0
1976	29.6	63	42.5	45	16.7	97	0.71	103	1
1975							3.47	16	5
1974			43	37			2.69	30	5
1973	31.3	45	42.6	43	20.1	66	2.92	25	0
1972	30.8	50	43.1	36	18.5	80	0.58	107	0
1971	29.4	64	42.3	50	16.5	100	1.12	77	1
1970	26.4	84	38.7	76	14.1	109	0.03	129	2
1969	28.8	67	38.8	74	18.8	76	4.63	7	0
1967	34.9	22	49.6	5	20.2	64	1.86	51	0
1966	25.9	86	37.1	84	14.8	105	0.29	120	3
1965	33.5	32	46.7	14	20.3	62	3.11	21	0
1964	35	21	50.6	4	19.4	71	0.67	105	0
1963	22.2	90	35.2	93	9.2	117	0.90	91	0
1962	25.1	89	37.3	83	12.9	112	1.33	72	0
1961	28.6	69	43.7	28	13.5	110	0.13	127	0
1960	32.3	41	42.5	45	22.1	44	1.37	68	1
1959	27.5	72	39.8	65	15.3	103	1.49	64	0
1958	31.2	47	42.5	45	19.9	69	1.92	49	0
1957	27.5	72	38.2	80	16.7	97	1.08	80	0
1956	30.9	49	41	57	20.9	57	0.42	117	0
1955	34.5	25	43	37	25.9	20	0.45	115	0
1954	32.5	38	44	27	21.1	54	0.67	105	0
1953	35.2	18	44.4	25	26	17	1.26	74	0
1952	36.9	10	47.6	13	26.2	16	0.79	98	1
1951	33.6	30	44.5	24	22.7	40	1.60	59	0
1950	35.2	18	48.5	10	22	45	3.79	14	0
1949	31.4	44	38.8	74	23.9	30	5.26	5	0
1948	25.2	88	36	90	14.3	108	1.35	70	0
1947	35.4	17	46.5	15	23.7	31	1.37	68	1
1946	34	28	44.7	23	23.4	36	2.32	37	0
1945	30.3	55	39	71	20.7	59	0.97	84	2
1944	33.6	30	43.2	34	24.5	25	0.24	123	1
1943					17.8	92	0.36	119	4
1942					18	89	1.18	75	4
1941	33.5	32	42.5	45	24.3	26	3.96	11	3
1940					1.8	122	1.82	52	7
1939	38.8	5	49.5	6	27.6	11	2.17	42	1
1938					20.3	62	3.85	12	5
1937					16.5	100	5.33	4	8
1936					15.1	104	1.14	76	4
1935	33.2	34	42.9	39	23.4	36	2.43	34	3
1934					25.3	24	1.72	54	4
1933	42	2	54.9	1	29	6	3.14	20	1
1932					27.6	11	2.66	31	6
1931	34.3	26	46.4	17	22.4	42	0.49	110	1
1930			31.6	98	10.1	114	4.82	6	4
1929	26.8	79	41.1	56	12.4	113	2.47	33	2
1928	32.1	42	42.6	43	22.4	42	0.94	88	3
1927					22	45	1.99	47	8
1926					24.3	26	1.08	80	7
1925					21	56	1.09	79	6
1924					13.3	111	1.61	58	5
1923	38.8	5	48.4	11	29.4	4	1.55	62	3
1922	30.3	55	39.9	64	20	68	0.92	90	3
1921					28.9	7	1.48	65	8
1920					17.5	95	0.78	99	5
1919	34.2	27	45	22	23.5	34	0.48	112	2
1918					6.2	118	0.88	93	5
1917					20.9	57	1.76	53	4
1916					20.2	64	6.89	2	7
1915	30	59	42.2	51	17.9	90	2.16	44	1
1914					23.5	34	0.83	97	6
1913					18.4	84	3.26	17	5
1912					5.7	119	0.97	84	5
1911					20.5	60	0.94	88	6
1910	30.1	57	40.1	61	20.1	66	2.06	45	2
1909					19.6	70	1.45	67	5
1908	31.1	48	43.4	32	18.1	87	1.31	73	2
1907			43.4	32	23.7	31	4.51	9	5
1906					23.6	33	2.57	32	4
1905							2.18	40	6
1904							3.08	23	9
1903			40.1	61	21.9	47	1.69	56	4
1902			42.9	39	17.8	92	1.12	77	4
1901									11
1900	38.8	5	49	8	29.2	5	2.17	42	1
1899							0.95	87	8
1898	36.6	11	45.4	20	27.7	10	4.61	8	0
1897	30.1	57	38.6	77	21.5	51	7.82	1	0
1896	34.6	24	43.2	34	26	17	1.51	63	0
1895	27.4	74	36.3	88	18.5	80	1.70	55	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	42.4
1933	42
2023	39.1
1990	39.1
1939	38.8
1923	38.8
1900	38.8
1989	38.6
2012	37.3
1952	36.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	14
1979	15.6
1978	19.6
1982	21.4
1963	22.2
1962	25.1
1948	25.2
1997	25.3
1966	25.9
1994	26.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1897	7.82
1916	6.89
2005	6.19
1937	5.33
1949	5.26
1930	4.82
1969	4.63
1898	4.61
1907	4.51
1995	4.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1970	0.03
1986	0.05
1961	0.13
1984	0.16
2014	0.22
1983	0.24
1944	0.24
2025	0.26
2009	0.26
1966	0.29

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 6 January 2026
Coldest night: -13°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.74 in; 8 January 2026

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The hottest day of January 2026 in Jefferson City, MO: 66°F on Tuesday 6 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Jefferson City, MO: a low of -13°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Jefferson City, MO: 0.74 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.