Lihue, HI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 72.7°F in Lihue, HI, the warmest January since 2025, tied 22nd warmest of 76 (with 1995).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 72.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 22nd warmest of 76
Precipitation: 2.22 in; Driest since 2021; 30th driest of 76

A normal January in Lihue, HI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.5°F, between 70.2°F and 74.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.80 in of precipitation, between 0.57 in and 5.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Lihue, HI since 1951: 72.7°F in 2026; the highest is 76.1°F, in 2006.

Normal range, 70.2 to 74.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Lihue, HI from 1951 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	72.7	22	79.1	24	66.2	26	2.22	47	0
2025	73.1	15	79.7	9	66.5	19	2.49	44	0
2024	73.2	13	79.9	6	66.5	19	2.60	43	0
2023	73.6	10	80.8	4	66.3	25	5.05	28	0
2022	72.1	30	78.7	31	65.5	34	6.41	19	0
2021	74.2	6	79.3	19	69	5	1.68	53	0
2020	74.5	3	79.6	12	69.5	2	1.60	55	3
2019	73	17	79.7	9	66.4	22	0.58	72	0
2018	73.4	11	79.5	13	67.2	15	0.44	73	0
2017	72.6	24	79.2	21	66.1	27	0.20	76	0
2016	72.6	24	80.4	5	64.7	43	0.32	74	0
2015	71.5	41	79.4	17	63.5	61	1.16	61	0
2014	71	53	77.8	49	64.3	50	1.71	51	0
2013	70.9	55	76.3	69	65.6	33	5.88	21	0
2012	73.4	11	79.3	19	67.6	13	4.15	34	0
2011	71.8	33	77.8	49	65.7	31	4.11	35	0
2010	71.5	41	78	42	65.1	40	1.10	64	0
2009	70.3	63	75.9	72	64.6	45	2.24	46	0
2008	71.4	43	76	71	66.8	16	1.19	60	0
2007	74.3	5	79.7	9	69	5	1.69	52	0
2006	76.1	1	81.2	2	71	1	1.88	50	0
2005	71.4	43	78.6	32	64.3	50	9.54	10	0
2004	71.7	34	78.8	30	64.7	43	6.73	16	0
2003	69.9	68	78.2	37	61.6	74	2.10	49	0
2002	72.3	28	78	42	66.6	18	5.26	26	0
2001	75.1	2	81.1	3	69.2	4	0.83	69	0
2000	71.1	50	75.7	73	66.5	19	2.27	45	0
1999	71.2	49	76.4	66	66	28	4.41	31	0
1998	69.1	75	76.8	59	61.4	75	5.56	25	0
1997	70.2	64	77.1	56	63.3	64	5.62	22	0
1996	72.5	26	78.6	32	66.4	22	5.14	27	0
1995	72.7	22	79.5	13	66	28	0.89	67	0
1994	70.2	64	76.5	64	63.9	59	3.99	36	0
1993	69.4	74	76.6	62	62.2	72	0.75	70	0
1992	70.4	60	77.4	53	63.4	63	1.13	62	0
1991	71	53	76.9	57	65.2	39	0.68	71	0
1990	72.5	26	76.2	70	68.7	8	9.75	9	0
1989	73.1	15	78.2	37	68	11	7.09	15	0
1988	71.7	34	76.9	57	66.4	22	9.81	8	0
1987	71.6	39	77.2	54	66	28	1.35	57	0
1986	71.1	50	77.9	45	64.3	50	0.30	75	0
1985	70.7	58	78.2	37	63.2	65	2.75	42	0
1984	73.8	8	79.5	13	68.1	10	2.19	48	0
1983	71.3	45	77.8	49	64.8	42	0.87	68	0
1982	71.3	45	78.3	36	64.3	50	14.08	4	0
1981	73	17	81.9	1	64	56	1.12	63	0
1980	72.3	28	79	27	65.5	34	6.12	20	0
1979	73.2	13	79.1	24	67.3	14	4.77	30	0
1978	72	31	79.5	13	64.4	49	1.37	56	0
1977	73	17	79.2	21	66.7	17	2.92	39	0
1976	73.9	7	78.5	35	69.3	3	3.55	37	0
1975	73	17	77.9	45	68	11	14.07	5	0
1974	74.4	4	79.8	7	69	5	5.59	23	0
1973	70.9	55	77.9	45	63.9	59	1.03	65	0
1972	70.4	60	76.5	64	64.3	50	6.44	18	0
1971	69.7	69	76.7	61	62.6	68	11.94	7	0
1970	71.6	39	77.8	49	65.3	37	7.32	14	0
1969	65.8	76	73.1	76	58.5	76	4.97	29	0
1968	69.5	71	76.4	66	62.6	68	7.43	12	0
1967	69.5	71	74.9	75	64.1	55	5.59	23	0
1966	69.7	69	75.5	74	64	56	1.62	54	0
1965	70.5	59	76.4	66	64.5	47	7.57	11	0
1964	73.7	9	79.2	21	68.2	9	7.37	13	0
1963	71.3	45	79.4	17	63.2	65	12.31	6	0
1962	72.8	21	79.8	7	65.7	31	14.24	3	0
1961	71.3	45	79	27	63.5	61	1.27	59	0
1960	71.7	34	78.6	32	64.9	41	0.97	66	0
1959	71.1	50	79	27	63.2	65	6.45	17	0
1958	70.2	64	78	42	62.3	70	1.29	58	0
1957	71.7	34	78.2	37	65.3	37	16.14	2	0
1956	71.9	32	79.1	24	64.6	45	17.56	1	0
1955	71.7	34	77.9	45	65.5	34	4.27	33	0
1954	69.5	71	76.6	62	62.3	70	2.92	39	0
1953	70.2	64	78.1	41	62.2	72	2.81	41	0
1952	70.4	60	76.8	59	64	56	4.31	32	0
1951	70.9	55	77.2	54	64.5	47	3.02	38	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	76.1
2001	75.1
2020	74.5
1974	74.4
2007	74.3
2021	74.2
1976	73.9
1984	73.8
1964	73.7
2023	73.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1969	65.8
1998	69.1
1993	69.4
1968	69.5
1967	69.5
1954	69.5
1971	69.7
1966	69.7
2003	69.9
1997	70.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	17.56
1957	16.14
1962	14.24
1982	14.08
1975	14.07
1963	12.31
1971	11.94
1988	9.81
1990	9.75
2005	9.54

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	0.20
1986	0.30
2016	0.32
2018	0.44
2019	0.58
1991	0.68
1993	0.75
2001	0.83
1983	0.87
1995	0.89

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 29 January 2026
Coldest night: 59°F; 13 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.57 in; 26 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.22 in of precipitation in Lihue, HI, the driest January since 2021, 30th driest of 76.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Lihue, HI: 85°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Lihue, HI: a low of 59°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Lihue, HI: 0.57 in on Monday 26 January 2026.