Lansing, MI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 19.5°F in Lansing, MI, the coldest January since 2014 (2025 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing), 52nd coldest of 158.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 19.5°F; Coldest since 2014; 52nd coldest of 158
Precipitation: 1.54 in; Driest since 2025; 76th driest of 162

A normal January in Lansing, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 23.5°F, between 16.4°F and 29.7°F in eight years of ten and 1.80 in of precipitation, between 0.88 in and 3.69 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Lansing, MI since 1864: 19.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 9.2°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 16.4 to 29.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Lansing, MI from 1864 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	19.5	107	26.5	117	12.5	97	1.54	86	0
2025					14.5	79	0.98	131	4
2024	26.2	41	30.2	79	22.2	15	3.43	12	0
2023	32.2	4	36.9	13	27.5	3	1.94	61	0
2022	20.7	98	28.6	99	12.8	92	0.65	151	0
2021	26.4	38	32.1	53	20.7	20	1.56	82	0
2020	30.2	11	35.3	22	25.2	5	4.05	5	0
2019	20.9	94	28.3	101	13.4	87	1.72	73	0
2018	24.2	64	31.9	56	16.5	65	1.98	60	0
2017	29	16	34.4	30	23.6	11	3.65	7	0
2016	25.7	48	31.7	57	19.7	35	1.45	100	0
2015	20.3	102	27.5	111	13.2	89	1.35	105	0
2014	15.5	139	23.4	144	7.6	134	2.16	47	0
2013	26.7	30	34.2	32	19.2	43	3.44	11	0
2012	28.5	18	35.8	18	21.2	19	2.02	57	0
2011	19.2	109	25.6	125	12.7	93	0.88	141	0
2010	22.8	76	28.3	101	17.2	62	0.86	144	0
2009	15.7	138	23.5	142	7.9	129	1.05	126	0
2008	26.3	40	32.6	46	19.9	32	2.81	31	0
2007	26.4	38	32.6	46	20.1	30	2.13	51	0
2006	33.2	3	38.4	9	28	2	4.14	4	0
2005	21.8	82	29	94	14.6	78	4.39	1	0
2004	16.5	133	25.4	130	7.5	135	0.91	137	0
2003	17.6	122	25.5	128	9.8	121	0.24	162	0
2002	30.7	10	37.3	11	24.1	10	0.98	131	0
2001	24.7	57	31.6	60	17.8	57	0.65	151	0
2000	20.6	99	30.3	77	11	113	1.07	124	0
1999	20.1	104	27.6	110	12.6	96	2.63	36	0
1998	29.6	13	34.9	24	24.4	9	3.34	16	0
1997	21.1	90	29.5	88	12.7	93	1.24	116	0
1996	21.5	87	30.6	69	12.5	97	1.26	115	0
1995	25.5	50	31.6	60	19.4	40	2.34	41	0
1994	14.1	145	22.7	150	5.5	142	1.87	67	0
1993	25.6	49	32.6	46	18.7	46	3.22	18	0
1992	25.9	45	32	55	19.8	33	1.38	103	0
1991	20.9	94	28.1	106	13.7	84	1.28	114	0
1990	31.8	6	38.5	8	25.1	6	1.55	83	0
1989	30.9	9	38.4	9	23.3	12	1.15	122	0
1988	20.6	99	29.3	90	11.8	105	1.53	88	0
1987	24.7	57	31.4	62	18	56	1.00	129	0
1986	21.9	80	30.5	71	13.3	88	0.89	140	0
1985	17.8	120	24.4	137	11.2	111	2.04	56	0
1984	14.9	142	23.7	141	6.1	139	0.49	155	0
1983	26.5	34	32.6	46	20.4	26	1.00	129	0
1982	15.1	140	23.3	145	6.9	136	1.55	83	0
1981	17.5	125	26.2	120	8.9	126	0.39	160	0
1980	22.2	79	29.8	83	14.5	79	0.70	149	0
1979	16.1	136	22.4	152	9.8	121	2.13	51	0
1978	17.6	122	24.8	135	10.4	119	2.60	37	0
1977	11.1	155	18.9	156	3.2	152	0.95	134	0
1976	17.4	126	27	115	7.8	131	1.59	80	0
1975	27.1	27	34.5	28	19.7	35	2.77	32	0
1974	24.9	54	32.3	52	17.5	61	3.00	23	0
1973	27.5	25	34.3	31	20.6	23	1.17	120	0
1972	21.3	88	30.1	80	12.4	99	1.51	92	0
1971	19.1	111	26.3	118	11.9	104	0.68	150	0
1970	16.4	135	24.9	134	7.9	129	0.91	137	0
1969	21.8	82	29.1	93	14.5	79	1.91	63	0
1968	20.1	104	28.8	95	11.4	110	1.46	98	0
1967	26.9	29	34.7	26	19.1	45	2.18	45	0
1966	16.7	131	25.6	125	7.8	131	0.87	142	0
1965	21.9	80	29.5	88	14.3	83	3.17	19	0
1964	28.2	20	35.9	16	20.5	25	1.31	112	0
1963	13.1	152	20.5	155	5.6	141	1.02	128	0
1962	17.7	121	25.5	128	9.9	120	2.83	29	0
1961	19.9	106	28.2	103	11.6	107	0.45	157	0
1960	25.9	45	32.5	50	19.4	40	2.87	27	0
1959	18.8	112	26.7	116	10.8	116	2.82	30	0
1958	24.7	57	31	64	18.5	49	1.13	123	0
1957									8
1956	24.1	65	30.4	73	17.8	57	0.80	147	0
1955	24.6	60	30.6	69	18.5	49	1.47	95	0
1954	23.2	71	30.4	73	15.9	69	1.61	78	0
1953	26.7	30	32.8	44	20.7	20	2.02	57	0
1952	26.5	34	33.6	37	19.5	39	1.86	68	0
1951	24.4	63	30.3	77	18.6	47	2.52	39	0
1950	29.8	12	38.9	5	20.7	20	3.61	8	0
1949	28.1	22	35.6	20	20.6	23	3.49	10	0
1948	16.6	132	24.2	138	9	124	1.33	109	0
1947	26.5	34	33.8	35	19.2	43	3.39	15	0
1946	25.4	51	32.1	53	18.6	47	1.65	75	0
1945	17.1	127	23.3	145	11	113	0.55	154	0
1944	28.2	20	34.9	24	21.5	18	1.32	111	0
1943	19.2	109	26.3	118	12.1	102	2.99	24	0
1942	23.2	71	29.6	87	16.9	64	2.15	50	0
1941	24.8	56	29.9	81	19.6	38	1.58	81	0
1940	18	117	23.9	139	12.1	102	1.35	105	0
1939	26.7	30	33.3	41	20.2	28	2.34	41	0
1938	22.5	77	28.8	95	16.1	68	1.31	112	0
1937	27.3	26	35.4	21	19.3	42	2.05	55	0
1936	19.4	108	25.7	123	13	90	1.78	70	0
1935	22.5	77	29.2	91	15.7	71	1.90	64	0
1934	29.2	14	35.7	19	22.7	13	1.05	126	0
1933	32	5	39.5	4	24.5	8	1.43	101	0
1932	33.8	2	38.9	5	28.7	1	2.85	28	0
1931	26.5	34	33	43	20	31	1.34	107	0
1930	18.3	115	25.7	123	10.9	115	2.53	38	0
1929	17.1	127	25.3	131	9	124	3.41	14	0
1928	24.1	65	30.4	73	17.8	57	1.50	93	0
1927	21.6	86	28.2	103	14.9	75	1.21	119	0
1926	23.4	69	31.1	63	15.7	71	1.88	66	0
1925	18.5	114	28.2	103	8.9	126	0.90	139	0
1924	18.7	113	27.7	108	9.7	123	1.83	69	0
1923	23.6	68	31	64	16.3	67	1.65	75	0
1922	21	91	30.5	71	11.6	107	1.23	117	0
1921	29.1	15	36.2	14	22	16	0.41	159	0
1920	13.2	151	21.4	153	5	146	1.34	107	0
1919	28.5	18	34.7	26	22.3	14	0.36	161	0
1918	10.2	157	18.5	157	2	156	2.08	53	0
1917	21	91	29.2	91	12.7	93	1.55	83	0
1916	27.6	24	35.3	22	19.8	33	3.11	20	0
1915	20.5	101	28	107	12.9	91	1.54	86	0
1914	27	28	33.5	38	20.4	26	2.98	25	0
1913	26.2	41	34.2	32	18.2	52	3.09	21	0
1912	9.2	158	16.6	158	1.9	157	0.80	147	0
1911	25.1	52	32.5	50	17.8	57	1.43	101	0
1910	23.4	69	29.7	86	17.1	63	2.52	39	0
1909	26.7	30	33.3	41	20.2	28	2.16	47	0
1908	23.8	67	31.7	57	15.9	69	1.89	65	0
1907	23.2	71	29.8	83	16.5	65	3.96	6	0
1906	31.6	7	38.6	7	24.6	7	1.99	59	0
1905	18.3	115	25.8	122	10.8	116	1.07	124	0
1904	14	147	22.5	151	5.5	142	3.43	12	0
1903	20.8	97	29.9	81	11.6	107	1.60	79	0
1902	20.3	102	28.7	98	11.8	105	0.43	158	0
1901	21.7	85	30.9	67	12.4	99	1.53	88	0
1900	25.9	45	33.5	38	18.4	51	1.17	120	0
1899	21.8	82	29.8	83	13.7	84	2.16	47	0
1898	24.6	60	34.5	28	14.7	77	3.07	22	0
1897	21.3	88	30.4	73	12.2	101	4.17	3	0
1896	22.9	75	31	64	14.8	76	0.94	135	0
1895	14.3	143	25.3	131	3.4	151	1.77	72	0
1894	25.1	52	35.9	16	14.4	82	1.50	93	0
1893	12.9	153	22.8	149	3	153	1.78	70	0
1892	17	129	28.5	100	5.5	142	0.96	133	0
1891	26.1	43	34.1	34	18.1	54	0.82	146	0
1890	31.2	8	40.6	2	21.8	17	2.30	44	0
1889	28	23	36.2	14	19.7	35	1.53	88	0
1888	14.3	143	23.9	139	4.6	147	2.18	45	0
1887	16	137	27.5	111	4.5	148	3.25	17	0
1886	17.9	118	25.2	133	10.6	118	2.66	35	0
1885	13.4	150	22.9	148	4	149	2.70	33	0
1884	13.6	149	23.5	142	3.7	150	1.38	103	0
1883	12.8	154	23.3	145	2.4	155	1.53	88	0
1882	23.1	74	32.7	45	13.5	86	1.46	98	0
1881	15	141	24.6	136	5.5	142	2.34	41	0
1880	36.4	1	45.6	1	27.1	4	2.67	34	0
1879	17.6	122	27.4	113	7.8	131	0.49	155	0
1878	24.9	54	31.7	57	18.1	54	1.47	95	0
1877	16.5	133	27.2	114	5.9	140	1.33	109	0
1876	29	16	39.7	3	18.2	52	1.63	77	0
1875	11.1	155	21	154	1.3	159	1.23	117	0
1874	24.6	60	33.8	35	15.5	73	3.53	9	0
1873							2.98	25	31
1872							0.83	145	31
1871							4.35	2	31
1870	20.9	94	33.4	40	8.4	128	1.93	62	0
1869	26.1	43	37.1	12	15.1	74	0.87	142	0
1868	14.1	145	25.6	125	2.6	154	1.47	95	0
1867	13.9	148	25.9	121	1.9	157	1.68	74	0
1866	17.9	118	28.8	95	6.9	136	2.08	53	0
1865	17	129	27.7	108	6.3	138	0.65	151	0
1864	21	91	30.8	68	11.2	111	0.94	135	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	36.4
1932	33.8
2006	33.2
2023	32.2
1933	32
1990	31.8
1906	31.6
1890	31.2
1989	30.9
2002	30.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	9.2
1918	10.2
1977	11.1
1875	11.1
1883	12.8
1893	12.9
1963	13.1
1920	13.2
1885	13.4
1884	13.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	4.39
1871	4.35
1897	4.17
2006	4.14
2020	4.05
1907	3.96
2017	3.65
1950	3.61
1874	3.53
1949	3.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	0.24
1919	0.36
1981	0.39
1921	0.41
1902	0.43
1961	0.45
1984	0.49
1879	0.49
1945	0.55
2022	0.65
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -16°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.44 in; 6 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.54 in of precipitation in Lansing, MI, the driest January since 2025, tied 76th driest of 162 (with 1915).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Lansing, MI: 60°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Lansing, MI: a low of -16°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Lansing, MI: 0.44 in on Tuesday 6 January 2026.