Lancaster, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 46.2°F in Lancaster, CA, the warmest January since 2024, 18th warmest of 77.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 46.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 18th warmest of 77
Precipitation: 1.24 in; Wettest since 2023; 27th wettest of 78

A normal January in Lancaster, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45.4°F, between 41.9°F and 47.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.95 in of precipitation, between 0.04 in and 4.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Lancaster, CA since 1946: 46.2°F in 2026; the highest is 49.3°F, in 2003.

Normal range, 41.9 to 47.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Lancaster, CA from 1945 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	46.2	18	60.5	23	31.8	23	1.24	27	0
2025	43	49	60.6	21	25.5	71	0.91	35	0
2024	47	13	59.5	29	34.6	12	0.81	39	0
2023	45.3	28	55.8	58	34.8	10	2.18	14	0
2022	45.1	30	60.8	19	29.4	40	0.02	68	0
2021	45.1	30	61.1	17	29.2	43	0.67	43	0
2020	46.4	17	61.3	16	31.4	29	0.08	63	0
2019	45.1	30	57.4	50	32.9	20	1.97	18	0
2018	49.1	2	64.2	5	34.1	14	0.95	33	0
2017	45.1	30	54.5	66	35.7	7	2.47	13	0
2016	45.9	23	58.1	42	33.7	16	1.73	22	0
2015	46	21	60.9	18	31.1	31	0.96	30	0
2014	47.3	10	65.6	2	29	45	0.05	65	0
2013	40.2	74	56.6	52	23.8	73	0.40	49	0
2012	45.7	25	64.5	4	26.9	63	0.10	62	0
2011	43.9	39	58.6	37	29.3	42	0.04	66	0
2010	44.8	35	58.1	42	31.5	26	3.96	6	0
2009	45.6	26	62.2	10	28.9	48	0.36	50	0
2008	42.9	50	54.3	68	31.5	26	3.73	7	0
2007	40	76	57.8	48	22.3	77	0.02	68	0
2006	45.4	27	59.8	26	31.1	31	0.83	38	0
2005	46.9	14	57.3	51	36.5	5	5.26	2	0
2004	43.5	42	58.5	38	28.5	51	0.01	70	0
2003	49.3	1	66.2	1	32.3	21	trace	72	0
2002	41.9	62	57.9	47	26	67	0.20	59	0
2001	42.1	60	55.7	60	28.4	52	1.17	28	0
1999	47.7	8	61.5	15	33.8	15	1.35	25	0
1998	47.2	11	58	46	36.3	6	0.95	33	0
1997	46.8	15	56.4	54	37.2	3	0.66	44	0
1996	48.5	4	62	12	35	9	0.72	42	0
1995	46.1	19	53.5	72	38.7	2	5.06	3	0
1994	43.9	39	60.5	23	27.3	60	0.22	57	0
1993	42.9	50	51.5	75	34.3	13	7.46	1	0
1992	41.9	62	55	64	28.7	50	1.82	21	0
1991	42.7	55	54.6	65	30.9	34	0.96	30	0
1990	43.1	46	58.3	39	28	55	0.76	40	0
1989	41	68	55.7	60	26.3	66	0.31	52	0
1988	43.8	41	55.8	58	31.7	25	1.93	19	0
1987	40.8	70	55.1	63	26.4	65	0.34	51	1
1986	48.5	4	63.7	6	33.3	19	2.00	17	0
1985	41.7	64	54.4	67	29	45	0.28	53	0
1984	46	21	62	12	30	38	trace	72	0
1983	44.8	35	58.9	34	30.7	36	2.17	15	0
1982	42.7	55	54.3	68	31.2	30	1.26	26	0
1981	47.1	12	60.8	19	33.5	17	0.96	30	0
1980	48.8	3	58.8	35	38.8	1	2.12	16	0
1979	40.5	72	49.2	78	31.8	23	4.57	4	0
1978	46.1	19	55.6	62	36.6	4	2.61	11	0
1977	42.9	50	54.3	68	31.5	26	2.60	12	0
1976	43.1	46	62.7	8	23.5	75	0.00	75	0
1975	43.2	45	59.3	32	27.1	61	trace	72	0
1972	41	68	56.1	56	25.9	70	0.00	75	0
1971	43.3	43	58.7	36	27.8	57	0.01	70	0
1970	45.9	23	59.6	27	32.2	22	0.13	61	0
1969	47.6	9	59.9	25	35.3	8	3.12	10	0
1968	42.9	50	58.1	42	27.6	58	0.22	57	0
1967	42.9	50	59.4	30	26.5	64	1.36	24	1
1966	41.7	64	56	57	27.5	59	0.57	46	0
1965	45	34	60.6	21	29.4	40	0.23	56	0
1964	42.2	59	56.2	55	28.2	54	0.88	37	0
1963	42.1	60	58.2	41	26	67	0.00	75	0
1962	42.4	58	57.8	48	27	62	0.64	45	0
1961	44.1	38	62.6	9	25.3	72	0.24	55	1
1960	41.7	64	54.3	68	29	45	0.89	36	0
1959	46.5	16	61.7	14	30.2	37	0.50	47	3
1958	43.3	43	58.3	39	28.4	52	0.75	41	0
1957	39.9	77	50.6	77	29.2	43	3.60	8	0
1956	48.5	4	62.2	10	34.7	11	1.41	23	0
1955	40.2	74	51.7	74	28.8	49	1.91	20	1
1954	43.1	46	56.6	52	29.5	39	3.17	9	3
1953	48.4	7	63.3	7	33.4	18	0.08	63	0
1952	41.2	67	51.3	76	31.1	31	4.01	5	0
1951	45.2	29	59.6	27	30.8	35	1.12	29	0
1950	40.3	73	52.7	73	27.9	56	0.42	48	0
1949									8
1948	44.3	37	65.4	3	22.8	76	0.00	75	2
1947	40.7	71	58.1	42	23.7	74	0.28	53	1
1946	42.7	55	59.2	33	26	67	0.03	67	1
1945			59.4	30			0.19	60	5

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2003	49.3
2018	49.1
1980	48.8
1996	48.5
1986	48.5
1956	48.5
1953	48.4
1999	47.7
1969	47.6
2014	47.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1957	39.9
2007	40
2013	40.2
1955	40.2
1950	40.3
1979	40.5
1947	40.7
1987	40.8
1989	41
1972	41

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	7.46
2005	5.26
1995	5.06
1979	4.57
1952	4.01
2010	3.96
2008	3.73
1957	3.60
1954	3.17
1969	3.12

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.00
1972	0.00
1963	0.00
1948	0.00
2003	trace
1984	trace
1975	trace
2004	0.01
1971	0.01
2022	0.02
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 70°F; 15 January 2026
Coldest night: 22°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.87 in; 1 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.24 in of precipitation in Lancaster, CA, the wettest January since 2023, 27th wettest of 78.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Lancaster, CA: 70°F on Thursday 15 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Lancaster, CA: a low of 22°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Lancaster, CA: 0.87 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.