Jonesboro, AR: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 36°F in Jonesboro, AR, the coldest January since 2025, 28th coldest of 119.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 36°F; Coldest since 2025; 28th coldest of 119
Precipitation: 2.52 in; Driest since 2018; 42nd driest of 128

A normal January in Jonesboro, AR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.1°F, between 33.8°F and 43.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.92 in of precipitation, between 1.49 in and 5.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Jonesboro, AR since 1897: 36°F in 2026; the lowest is 23.9°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 33.8 to 43.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Jonesboro, AR 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	36	92	45.6	85	26.5	100	2.52	87	0
2025	35.1	98	42.5	106	27.6	87	5.20	42	0
2024	34.4	103	41.5	113	27.2	92	7.91	12	0
2023	45.1	10	52.5	26	37.7	2	4.69	51	2
2022	36.1	90	46.2	79	26	103	4.80	47	0
2021	40.4	47	47.4	66	33.4	25	3.34	69	0
2020	43.3	22	50.4	42	36.2	8	6.40	25	0
2019	39.1	64	46.1	81	32.2	33	3.79	61	0
2018	34.7	101	43	105	26.5	100	2.51	88	0
2017	43.7	19	51.7	32	35.7	13	3.70	62	0
2016	37.2	81	45.1	92	29.2	73	1.80	98	0
2015	36.5	86	45.5	89	27.5	88	1.50	104	0
2014	33	110	44.4	97	21.6	118	2.12	93	0
2013	41.2	40	49.6	47	32.8	28	5.37	38	0
2012	43.9	18	53.7	17	34	22	2.74	79	0
2011	35.6	95	43.5	103	27.7	85	0.33	127	0
2010	34	105	42.2	109	25.7	108	2.48	90	0
2009	36.1	90	45.2	91	27.1	93	2.74	79	0
2008	36.4	88	45	94	27.7	85	1.93	97	0
2007	38.3	68	46.2	79	30.5	57	6.55	24	0
2006	46.1	4	56.3	6	35.8	11	3.93	60	0
2005	42.4	26	49.5	49	35.3	17	4.06	56	0
2004	37.8	73	45.8	84	29.7	64	2.70	82	0
2003	33.6	107	42.3	107	25	112	1.16	115	0
2002	41.7	34	51.6	33	31.9	37	4.87	46	0
2001	33.8	106	41.8	112	25.8	107	1.37	109	2
2000	38.3	68	46.9	72	29.8	61	2.26	91	0
1999	40.5	45	49.1	53	32	35	6.78	21	1
1998	44.1	15	51.2	37	36.5	6	3.68	63	1
1997	37.1	83	45.6	85	28.2	81	2.64	83	1
1996	36.3	89	46.1	81	26.6	98	3.10	76	1
1995	40.1	54	48	60	31.8	40	4.70	50	1
1994	33.4	108	40.8	115	25.9	105	5.42	37	0
1993	38.3	68	46.9	72	29.3	71	3.95	58	1
1992	39.3	61	47.4	66	31.2	48	2.62	84	0
1991	35.4	96	42.3	107	28.5	79	5.68	34	0
1990	44.7	12	53.7	17	35.8	11	5.75	33	0
1989	45.2	9	54.6	13	35.7	13	5.03	43	0
1988					24.6	114	1.25	114	6
1987			45.1	92	29.6	65	1.34	112	4
1986					28.1	83	0.80	122	6
1985					20.8	119	2.96	78	10
1984					25.1	111	1.77	100	8
1983					30	59	0.78	123	5
1982							6.28	28	10
1981	35.2	97	45.6	85	25	112	1.06	120	1
1980	37.6	75	46.6	74	28.5	79	1.48	106	1
1979	24.6	117	33.9	119	15.3	125	5.21	41	3
1978	26.9	115	34.5	118	19.3	122			0
1977	23.9	119	32	120	15.9	124	1.32	113	0
1976	35.9	93	46.5	75	25.3	110	3.68	63	0
1975	41.4	38	51.4	35	31.5	43	3.43	68	0
1974	41.7	34	47.4	66	35.4	16	4.49	53	1
1973	38.4	67	46	83	30.9	51	5.29	39	1
1972	39	65	48.3	58	29.8	61	2.26	91	0
1971	37.4	80	45.5	89	29.3	71	1.76	101	0
1970	34.8	100	43.6	101	26	103	3.21	73	0
1969	40.2	52	48.8	54	31.5	43	8.27	9	0
1968	36.5	86	44	100	29	74	2.62	84	0
1967	41.8	33	51.9	28	31.8	40	1.12	116	0
1966	34.4	103	42	110	26.8	96	8.25	10	0
1965	42.3	29	52.1	27	32.4	32	4.75	48	0
1964	41.6	37	51.8	30	31.2	48	1.36	110	1
1963	33.1	109	43.4	104	22.9	116	0.71	124	0
1962	35.9	93	44.9	95	26.8	96	6.26	29	0
1961	36.8	85	47.2	70	26.3	102	1.35	111	0
1960	40.8	43	47.6	65	33.9	23	3.66	65	0
1959	37.6	75	48.2	59	27	94	3.94	59	0
1958	37.7	74	46.5	75	28.9	76	4.04	57	0
1957	38.3	68	47	71	29.6	65	7.03	18	0
1956	37.2	81	46.3	78	28.1	83	2.01	96	0
1955	40.4	47	49.4	52	31.4	45	1.08	118	0
1954	40.3	51	49.7	46	30.9	51	6.60	23	0
1953	43.7	19	53.6	19	33.8	24	4.09	55	0
1952	45.6	7	55	10	36.3	7	5.23	40	0
1951	41.7	34	51.8	30	30.9	51	5.60	35	2
1950	47.5	2	56.9	3	37.1	4	11.19	3	3
1949	41.4	38	50.6	41	32.1	34	9.08	7	0
1948	31.7	114	41.3	114	22.1	117	3.14	74	0
1946	40.5	45	49.5	49	31.4	45	6.89	20	0
1945	38.5	66	47.3	69	29.6	65	3.57	66	0
1944	42.2	30	51.5	34	33	26	2.06	94	0
1943	42	31	53.4	22	30.5	57	0.94	121	0
1942	37.5	79	48.4	57	26.6	98	5.99	31	0
1941	41.9	32	51.3	36	32.5	30	2.74	79	0
1940	25.5	116	35.1	117	16	123	1.70	102	0
1939	44.8	11	54.6	13	34.9	20	6.78	21	0
1938	40.6	44	50.3	43	30.9	51	5.01	44	0
1937	40	55	48	60	32	35	18.95	1	0
1936	35.1	98	44.3	98	25.9	105	0.64	125	0
1935	39.8	57	48.8	54	30.7	55	6.36	26	0
1934	44	16	52.8	24	35.1	19	2.50	89	0
1933	47.8	1	57	2	38.5	1	4.16	54	1
1932	45.8	6	55.5	8	36.1	9	10.32	4	0
1931	42.4	26	51.9	28	32.9	27	1.08	118	0
1930	32.4	112	41.9	111	23.6	115	11.79	2	1
1929	38	72	47.8	63	28.2	81	2.97	77	0
1928	39.8	57	50.1	44	29.4	70	3.23	72	0
1927	39.5	60	47.7	64	31.4	45	5.84	32	0
1926	40.4	47	48.8	54	31.9	37	6.13	30	0
1925	39.7	59	49.5	49	29.9	60	1.70	102	0
1924	34.7	101	43.6	101	25.7	108	3.13	75	0
1923	47.4	3	57.6	1	37.3	3	6.32	27	0
1922	37.6	75	45.6	85	29.6	65	3.24	71	0
1921	45.6	7	54.5	15	36.6	5	2.04	95	0
1920	40.2	52	49.8	45	30.7	55	6.92	19	0
1919	39.2	63	51.1	38	27.4	91	2.60	86	0
1918	24.6	117	36.6	116	12.6	126	7.19	17	0
1917	43.1	23	54.5	15	31.7	42	4.97	45	0
1916	42.4	26	55	10	29.8	61	9.78	5	0
1915	37.6	75	47.9	62	26.9	95	4.62	52	1
1914	44.7	12	55.1	9	34.3	21	1.12	116	0
1913	43	25	53.5	21	31.9	37	7.64	13	1
1912	32	113	44.1	99	20	121	3.27	70	0
1911	44.6	14	56.6	5	32.6	29	1.45	107	0
1910	40	55	50.9	39	28.9	76	1.50	104	1
1909							0.37	126	6
1908	41.2	40	52.8	24	29.6	65	4.74	49	1
1907					36	10	8.06	11	6
1906	44	16	56.8	4	31.1	50	7.24	15	0
1905	32.6	111	44.6	96	20.6	120	0.05	128	1
1904	40.4	47	53.6	19	27.5	88	1.43	108	2
1903	39.3	61	49.6	47	29	74	3.50	67	3
1902	41	42	53.1	23	28.9	76	7.24	15	0
1901	46	5	56.2	7	35.6	15	1.80	98	2
1900	43.6	21	54.8	12	32.5	30	5.59	36	0
1899							8.35	8	5
1898	43.1	23	50.9	39	35.3	17	9.25	6	3
1897	37	84	46.5	75	27.5	88	7.51	14	3
1895									9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	47.8
1950	47.5
1923	47.4
2006	46.1
1901	46
1932	45.8
1952	45.6
1921	45.6
1989	45.2
2023	45.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	23.9
1979	24.6
1918	24.6
1940	25.5
1978	26.9
1948	31.7
1912	32
1930	32.4
1905	32.6
2014	33

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	18.95
1930	11.79
1950	11.19
1932	10.32
1916	9.78
1898	9.25
1949	9.08
1899	8.35
1969	8.27
1966	8.25

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1905	0.05
2011	0.33
1909	0.37
1936	0.64
1963	0.71
1983	0.78
1986	0.80
1943	0.94
1981	1.06
1955	1.08
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 8 January 2026, 6 January 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.15 in; 25 January 2026

Every month, season and year

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.52 in of precipitation in Jonesboro, AR, the driest January since 2018, 42nd driest of 128.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Jonesboro, AR: 72°F on Thursday 8 January 2026 and Tuesday 6 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Jonesboro, AR: a low of 4°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Jonesboro, AR: 1.15 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.