King Salmon, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 5.4°F in King Salmon, AK, the coldest January since 2020, 16th coldest of 95.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 5.4°F; Coldest since 2020; 16th coldest of 95
Precipitation: 1.65 in; Wettest since 2025; 13th wettest of 98

A normal January in King Salmon, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 15.4°F, between 3.4°F and 26.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.86 in of precipitation, between 0.34 in and 1.51 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in King Salmon, AK since 1919: 5.4°F in 2026; the lowest is -6.7°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 3.4 to 26.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in King Salmon, AK from 1918 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	5.4	80	15	79	-4.1	87	1.65	13	0
2025	28.9	8	35.3	9	22.5	11	2.41	3	0
2024	18	35	23.7	41	12.2	34	0.29	90	0
2023	23.6	18	31.5	18	15.6	23	1.03	38	0
2022	14.5	48	22.1	51	6.9	50	0.96	42	0
2021	22.4	23	29.1	25	15.6	23	1.38	26	0
2020	-1.6	90	6.7	94	-10.7	98	0.36	87	1
2019							0.87	49	23
2018	18.1	34	23.6	42	12.6	33	1.48	20	0
2017	12.7	51	21.2	56	4.2	58	0.15	96	0
2016	32.4	4	38.3	3	26.5	4	0.48	76	0
2015	21.1	25	27.8	32	14.5	26	0.52	73	0
2014	34.8	1	40.7	1	28.9	2	1.75	11	0
2013	25.5	14	32.5	15	18.5	15	2.40	4	0
2012	-6.7	95	3.5	100	-17	101	1.12	35	0
2011	19.9	31	27.9	31	11.9	36	1.31	30	0
2010	15.4	42	21.5	55	9.3	43	0.50	74	0
2009	10.7	62	17.7	67	3.7	61	1.05	37	0
2008	6.5	77	15.9	76	-2.9	83	1.26	32	0
2007	10.8	61	20.2	59	1.5	71	1.00	40	0
2006	0.4	87	8.4	92	-7.5	94	1.43	25	0
2005	23.2	21	30.3	23	16	21	0.42	83	0
2004	9.8	66	18.5	64	1.1	73	0.25	91	0
2003	28.5	10	36.5	7	20.5	12	0.46	79	0
2002	23.3	20	30.5	21	16	21	2.40	4	0
2001	25.2	15	31.8	17	18.5	15	0.85	52	0
2000	4.2	82	12.7	85	-4.3	89	0.95	43	0
1999	11	59	19.8	62	2.2	68	0.48	76	0
1998	12.6	53	20.2	59	5.1	56	0.95	43	0
1997	12.7	51	19.7	63	5.8	54	0.25	91	0
1996	15.2	44	21.9	54	8.5	45	0.70	63	0
1995	19.5	32	25.8	35	13.2	31	0.35	88	0
1994	21.1	25	28.6	29	13.7	27	1.35	28	0
1993	15	45	22.3	50	7.6	48	1.48	20	0
1992	17.7	36	25.6	36	9.8	41	0.79	56	0
1991	17.4	37	23.4	45	11.5	37	0.55	72	0
1990	16.7	41	25.1	38	8.4	46	1.44	24	0
1989	-2.8	93	5.9	97	-11.6	99	0.84	54	0
1988	25.6	13	32.8	14	18.4	17	0.56	71	0
1987	21.1	25	28.8	27	13.4	30	2.38	6	0
1986	16.9	40	23.6	42	10.1	39	1.33	29	0
1985	32.6	3	38.3	3	26.9	3	0.95	43	0
1984	17.4	37	25.9	34	8.8	44	1.18	34	0
1983	11.9	57	17.6	68	6.1	53	0.42	83	0
1982	17	39	24.4	39	9.6	42	1.48	20	0
1981	29.7	7	35.1	10	24.4	6	1.76	10	0
1980	9	68	17	71	0.9	74	1.46	23	0
1979	30	5	36.6	6	23.5	8	1.00	40	0
1978	28.5	10	34.5	11	22.6	10	0.70	63	0
1977	34.4	2	38.4	2	30.4	1	0.85	52	0
1976	12.3	54	21	57	3.6	62	1.24	33	0
1975	4.6	81	13.3	83	-4	86	2.14	7	0
1974	9.4	67	17.4	69	1.5	71	0.86	50	0
1973	1.7	86	10.2	89	-6.7	92	0.62	69	0
1972	6.7	76	13.2	84	0.1	75	1.30	31	0
1971	-2.5	92	4.2	99	-9.3	97	0.45	81	0
1970	-0.3	89	6.6	95	-7.2	93	0.50	74	0
1969	6.8	75	14	82	-0.3	78	0.65	67	0
1968	10	65	16.4	74	3.6	62	1.10	36	0
1967	7.5	73	16.6	73	-1.5	82	0.93	48	0
1966	20.1	30	26.4	33	13.7	27	0.43	82	0
1965	12.3	54	20.5	58	4.1	59	0.79	56	0
1964	15	45	23.5	44	6.4	51	0.73	60	0
1963	24.9	16	32.1	16	17.7	19	1.55	17	0
1962	8.1	71	16.2	75	0.1	75	0.94	46	0
1961	21.2	24	28.8	27	13.7	27	0.83	55	0
1960	23.5	19	30	24	17.1	20	1.74	12	0
1959	10.5	64	17.9	66	3.1	64	0.16	94	0
1958	13.8	50	22	53	5.7	55	0.70	63	0
1957	20.3	29	29.1	25	11.5	37	3.02	2	0
1956	-3	94	6	96	-12	100	0.76	58	0
1955	23	22	30.4	22	15.5	25	1.63	14	0
1954	0.4	87	8.3	93	-7.6	95	0.48	76	0
1953	10.9	60	18.4	65	2.6	65	2.01	9	2
1952	11.1	58	19.9	61	2.4	67	1.61	15	0
1951	5.7	79	12.6	86	-1.3	81	0.16	94	0
1950	15.4	42	23	47	7.7	47	1.01	39	0
1949	12.2	56	22.5	49	1.9	70	1.53	18	0
1948			22.9	48	6.2	52	0.86	50	4
1947	-1.6	90	5.2	98	-8.4	96	0.60	70	0
1945			38	5	26.5	4	0.46	79	4
1944	14.2	49	23.3	46	5	57	0.39	86	0
1943	2	85	9.8	91	-5.7	90	0.73	60	0
1942									13
1941	10.6	63	17.3	70	3.9	60	0.31	89	0
1940	24.4	17	30.8	20	18	18	1.53	18	0
1939	7.4	74	15.3	77	-0.4	80	1.38	26	0
1938	7.6	72	15.2	78	0	77	1.61	15	0
1937	28.9	8	34.5	11	23.7	7	3.08	1	2
1936	18.2	33	24.3	40	12.1	35	0.73	60	0
1935	14.8	47	22.1	51	7.5	49	2.08	8	0
1934	3.4	84	10.5	88	-4.2	88	0.21	93	1
1933	6	78	14.7	80	-3.3	84	0.65	67	1
1932	8.3	70	16.8	72	-0.3	78	0.76	58	0
1931	20.5	28	28.3	30	12.7	32	0.10	97	0
1930	26.5	12	33.9	13	19.5	14	0.70	63	2
1929	29.9	6	36.5	7	23.4	9	0.05	98	0
1926			31.1	19	19.9	13			4
1925			10.2	89	-6.4	91			4
1922			25.2	37	10	40			4
1920	8.5	69	14.5	81	2.5	66			0
1919	4	83	11.6	87	-3.5	85	0.40	85	0
1918					2.2	68	0.94	46	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	34.8
1977	34.4
1985	32.6
2016	32.4
1979	30
1929	29.9
1981	29.7
2025	28.9
1937	28.9
2003	28.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	-6.7
1956	-3
1989	-2.8
1971	-2.5
2020	-1.6
1947	-1.6
1970	-0.3
2006	0.4
1954	0.4
1973	1.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	3.08
1957	3.02
2025	2.41
2013	2.40
2002	2.40
1987	2.38
1975	2.14
1935	2.08
1953	2.01
1981	1.76

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1929	0.05
1931	0.10
2017	0.15
1959	0.16
1951	0.16
1934	0.21
2004	0.25
1997	0.25
2024	0.29
1941	0.31

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 42°F; 16 January 2026, 15 January 2026
Coldest night: -41°F; 7 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.66 in; 4 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.65 in of precipitation in King Salmon, AK, the wettest January since 2025, 13th wettest of 98.
The hottest day of January 2026 in King Salmon, AK: 42°F on Friday 16 January 2026 and Thursday 15 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in King Salmon, AK: a low of -41°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in King Salmon, AK: 0.66 in on Sunday 4 January 2026.