Los Angeles Downtown, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 61.6°F in Los Angeles Downtown, CA, the warmest January since 2018, 11th warmest of 149.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 61.6°F; Warmest since 2018; 11th warmest of 149
Precipitation: 2.47 in; Wettest since 2023; 66th wettest of 149

A normal January in Los Angeles Downtown, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.7°F, between 56.7°F and 62.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.76 in of precipitation, between 0.31 in and 8.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Los Angeles Downtown, CA since 1878: 61.6°F in 2026; the highest is 65.9°F, in 1986.

Normal range, 56.7 to 62.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Los Angeles Downtown, CA from 1878 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	61.6	11	73.7	6	49.5	39	2.47	66	0
2025	56.1	93	67.8	55	44.4	125	0.54	120	0
2024	58.5	44	67	65	50	30	2.05	75	0
2023	55.6	106	63.8	115	47.5	81	8.95	8	0
2022	58.5	44	68.8	37	48.3	66	0.19	136	0
2021	59	37	69.6	24	48.4	64	2.44	67	0
2020	60.9	15	70.6	15	51.1	17	0.32	131	0
2019	57.9	58	66.6	72	49.3	45	5.95	27	0
2018	62.2	5	73.1	7	51.4	11	1.77	80	0
2017	57	78	65.4	90	48.7	58	8.38	11	0
2016	57.6	63	66	82	49.3	45	3.17	50	0
2015	62	7	72.7	8	51.2	15	1.09	102	0
2014	62.3	4	74.4	2	50.1	28	trace	145	0
2013	56.7	83	68.1	49	45.3	113	1.18	99	0
2012	59.1	33	70.6	15	47.5	81	1.30	93	0
2011	59.4	28	70.1	22	48.8	56	0.79	116	0
2010	60.1	24	69.4	28	50.9	23	4.94	34	0
2009	62.5	3	74.2	5	50.8	24	0.34	129	0
2008	55.4	111	64.1	112	46.6	99	7.97	14	0
2007	57.5	68	68.3	46	46.8	97	0.19	136	0
2006	58	57	67.9	51	48	73	2.06	74	0
2005	58.2	52	66.6	72	49.9	32	9.32	7	0
2004	57.2	73	66.5	74	47.8	77	0.47	125	0
2003	63.4	2	74.4	2	52.3	5	trace	145	0
2002	56.7	83	66.4	77	47.1	90	0.80	115	0
2001	54.4	121	64.4	107	44.4	125	5.59	30	0
2000	58.5	44	67.5	60	49.5	39	0.88	112	0
1999	60.8	18	70.4	18	51.1	17	1.85	79	0
1998	58.8	39	66.5	74	51	19	4.12	41	0
1997	58.6	42	65.9	86	51.4	11	5.58	31	0
1996	60.9	15	70	23	51.7	9	3.16	51	0
1995	58.4	48	64.9	99	51.9	8	12.56	3	0
1994	62.2	5	74.4	2	50	30	0.33	130	0
1993	57.3	71	64.9	99	49.6	37	11.77	4	0
1992	60.2	21	71.4	13	49.1	51	1.74	82	0
1991	59.1	33	68.6	38	49.7	36	1.17	100	0
1990	59.4	28	69.5	26	49.3	45	1.24	96	0
1989	56.3	92	67	65	45.6	108	0.73	117	0
1988	58.3	50	67.9	51	48.7	58	1.65	83	0
1987	57.1	76	67.1	64	47.2	89	1.39	91	0
1986	65.9	1	75.4	1	56.3	1	2.19	70	0
1985	57.5	68	66.9	68	48.1	71	0.71	118	0
1984	61.2	13	72.3	11	50.1	28	0.17	138	0
1983	61.9	8	69.3	29	54.5	2	6.49	24	0
1982	57.1	76	66.7	70	47.5	81	2.17	71	0
1981	61.8	10	70.3	20	53.3	4	2.02	76	0
1980	60.9	15	68.1	49	53.7	3	7.50	18	0
1979	53.2	131	61.9	130	44.6	120	6.59	22	0
1978	58.1	54	65.7	88	50.5	25	7.70	17	0
1977	58.1	54	67	65	49.1	51	2.84	58	0
1976	59.3	32	72.5	9	46.2	102	0.00	148	0
1975	57.6	63	68.2	47	47	93	0.12	140	0
1974	55.1	116	62.9	121	47.4	85	8.35	12	0
1973	56.4	91	66.2	80	46.5	100	4.39	38	0
1972	55.5	109	66.3	79	44.6	120	0.00	148	0
1971	58.8	39	68.6	38	48.9	53	0.43	126	0
1970	57.6	63	65.3	92	49.9	32	1.59	87	0
1969	58.3	50	64.9	99	51.7	9	14.94	1	0
1968	58.4	48	68.2	47	48.7	58	0.90	111	0
1967	59.1	33	69.5	26	48.8	56	5.93	28	0
1966	55.7	102	66.5	74	44.9	116	0.96	107	0
1965	58.2	52	69	35	47.5	81	0.84	114	0
1964	56.7	83	65.2	95	48.1	71	1.43	89	0
1963	55.6	106	62.9	121	48.3	66	0.52	121	0
1962	57.5	68	67.2	63	47.8	77	2.56	64	0
1961	61.9	8	72.5	9	51.4	11	1.28	94	0
1960	54.6	118	62.5	128	46.7	98	2.94	55	0
1959	60	25	69.1	33	51	19	1.24	96	0
1958	59.5	27	69.2	30	49.9	32	2.08	73	0
1957	54.2	123	61.3	137	47.1	90	4.41	37	0
1956	56	94	63.7	116	48.3	66	8.39	10	0
1955	53.6	126	61.9	130	45.4	112	4.30	40	0
1954	55.5	109	64.1	112	47	93	4.60	36	0
1953	60.6	19	70.2	21	51	19	1.08	104	0
1952	52.8	133	61	138	44.6	120	10.03	6	0
1951	55.7	102	64	114	47.3	88	2.80	59	0
1950	50.4	144	58.6	144	42.2	139	2.57	62	0
1949	46.9	149	55.8	148	37.9	149	2.43	68	0
1948	58.6	42	69.1	33	48.2	69	trace	145	0
1947	55.9	96	66	82	45.8	107	0.38	127	0
1946	57.8	59	67.7	57	47.9	76	0.11	141	0
1945	56.5	89	65.5	89	47.4	85	0.04	143	0
1944	57.2	73	66	82	48.4	64	0.96	107	0
1943	57.7	60	66	82	49.3	45	7.98	13	0
1942	58.7	41	67.9	51	49.5	39	0.59	119	0
1941	57.6	63	65.4	90	49.8	35	2.21	69	0
1940	59.8	26	67.4	61	52.2	6	4.33	39	0
1939	57	78	64.8	104	49.3	45	2.96	54	0
1938	61.2	13	70.4	18	52	7	1.63	84	0
1937	47.8	148	55.2	149	40.3	147	1.99	78	0
1936	59.4	28	67.7	57	51	19	0.51	122	0
1935	57	78	65.3	92	48.7	58	2.91	57	0
1934	60.4	20	70.6	15	50.2	26	3.22	49	0
1933	54.4	121	62.7	126	46	105	8.46	9	0
1932	53.3	129	61.5	135	45.1	115	2.94	55	0
1931	60.2	21	69.2	30	51.2	15	3.90	42	0
1930	56	94	63.3	120	48.7	58	6.55	23	0
1929	55.2	113	62.8	124	47.7	79	1.20	98	0
1928	61.5	12	71.5	12	51.4	11	0.02	144	0
1927	57.2	73	65.1	97	49.4	42	1.09	102	0
1926	59.4	28	68.6	38	50.2	26	3.06	53	0
1925	57.6	63	66.7	70	48.5	63	0.20	134	0
1924	58.5	44	69	35	48	73	0.36	128	0
1923	58.1	54	66.8	69	49.4	42	1.76	81	0
1922	53.4	128	62.3	129	44.5	124	4.64	35	0
1921	54.1	124	62.6	127	45.6	108	3.28	47	0
1920	56.6	86	65.2	95	48	73	0.50	123	0
1919	60.2	21	70.9	14	49.6	37	0.96	107	0
1918	55.7	102	64.9	99	46.5	100	0.50	123	0
1917	51.2	141	58.8	143	43.5	130	2.68	60	0
1916	50.8	142	56.6	147	44.9	116	13.30	2	0
1915	55.9	96	63.6	117	48.2	69	5.42	32	0
1914	56.8	82	64.3	109	49.4	42	10.35	5	0
1913	52.1	138	61.5	135	42.7	137	2.01	77	0
1912	59.1	33	69.2	30	48.9	53	0.07	142	0
1911	56.9	81	64.9	99	48.9	53	6.70	21	0
1910	53.7	125	62.8	124	44.6	120	1.53	88	0
1909	54.6	118	61.6	134	47.6	80	7.27	19	0
1908	56.5	89	65.9	86	47.1	90	5.04	33	0
1907	51.8	139	59.2	141	44.3	127	7.02	20	2
1906	55.8	99	66.1	81	45.5	110	3.85	43	0
1905	59	37	68.6	38	49.3	45	2.57	62	0
1904	55.7	102	68.4	43	43.1	133	0.14	139	0
1903	56.6	86	67.3	62	45.9	106	2.10	72	0
1902	55.8	99	67.6	59	44.1	128	1.62	85	0
1901	55	117	64.5	105	45.5	110	2.49	65	0
1900	57.7	60	68.5	42	46.9	95	1.17	100	0
1899	55.8	99	66.4	77	45.3	113	2.64	61	0
1898	51.5	140	60.9	139	42.1	140	1.26	95	0
1897	55.6	106	65.1	97	46.1	104	3.70	44	0
1896	57.7	60	67.9	51	47.4	85	3.23	48	0
1895	52.2	136	60.9	139	43.5	130	5.84	29	0
1894	50.7	143	61.9	130	39.5	148	0.94	110	0
1893	57.3	71	69.6	24	44.9	116	6.29	25	0
1892	56.6	86	68.4	43	44.9	116	0.88	112	0
1891	55.9	96	68.4	43	43.4	132	0.25	132	0
1890	49.1	147	57.7	146	40.5	146	7.83	15	0
1889	52.5	135	63.4	119	41.5	143	0.25	132	0
1888	49.7	146	57.9	145	41.5	143	6.03	26	0
1887	55.2	113	67.8	55	42.5	138	0.20	134	0
1886	55.3	112	63.6	117	46.9	95	7.72	16	0
1885	54.6	118	65.3	92	43.9	129	1.05	105	0
1884	53.6	126	64.4	107	42.9	134	3.15	52	0
1883	53.3	129	64.5	105	42.1	140	1.62	85	0
1882	49.9	145	59	142	40.8	145	1.01	106	0
1881	52.8	133	62.9	121	42.8	135	1.43	89	0
1880	52.9	132	64.3	109	41.6	142	1.33	92	0
1879	52.2	136	61.7	133	42.8	135	3.59	45	0
1878	55.2	113	64.2	111	46.2	102	3.33	46	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1986	65.9
2003	63.4
2009	62.5
2014	62.3
2018	62.2
1994	62.2
2015	62
1983	61.9
1961	61.9
1981	61.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	46.9
1937	47.8
1890	49.1
1888	49.7
1882	49.9
1950	50.4
1894	50.7
1916	50.8
1917	51.2
1898	51.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	14.94
1916	13.30
1995	12.56
1993	11.77
1914	10.35
1952	10.03
2005	9.32
2023	8.95
1933	8.46
1956	8.39

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.00
1972	0.00
2014	trace
2003	trace
1948	trace
1928	0.02
1945	0.04
1912	0.07
1946	0.11
1975	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 31 January 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 10 January 2026, 9 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.31 in; 1 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.47 in of precipitation in Los Angeles Downtown, CA, the wettest January since 2023, 66th wettest of 149.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Los Angeles Downtown, CA: 86°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Los Angeles Downtown, CA: a low of 40°F on Saturday 10 January 2026 and Friday 9 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Los Angeles Downtown, CA: 1.31 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.