Lynchburg, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 33.5°F in Lynchburg, VA, the coldest January since 2025, tied 35th coldest of 132 (with 1971).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 33.5°F; Coldest since 2025; 35th coldest of 132
Precipitation: 3.01 in; Wettest since 2025; 67th wettest of 134

A normal January in Lynchburg, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.6°F, between 32.1°F and 40°F in eight years of ten and 3.21 in of precipitation, between 1.72 in and 4.92 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Lynchburg, VA since 1893: 33.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 23°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 32.1 to 40°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Lynchburg, VA from 1893 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	33.5	97	44.5	84	22.6	120	3.01	67	0
2025	31.9	116	42.1	109	21.6	123	3.13	63	0
2024	37.6	57	48.2	47	27.1	73	6.30	8	0
2023	43.7	9	53.7	7	33.8	8	3.05	65	0
2022	34.5	88	44.6	83	24.4	98	3.93	37	0
2021	37.4	61	47.6	50	27.3	70	3.81	44	0
2020	41.1	24	50.8	22	31.5	21	3.98	35	0
2019	35.6	79	44.9	80	26.4	80	2.83	73	0
2018	31.9	116	44.2	85	20.5	127	2.94	70	1
2017	40	31	48.4	43	31.5	21	3.78	45	0
2016	33.1	102	43.4	95	22.8	117	2.77	74	0
2015	33.9	92	43.7	91	24.2	99	1.86	110	0
2014	29.7	124	40.8	120	18.5	132	3.27	59	0
2013	39.4	37	49.5	32	29.3	46	6.06	9	0
2012	39.1	39	50.8	22	27.5	66	2.22	98	0
2011	32.9	104	42.4	103	23.4	104	1.30	124	0
2010	32.8	105	42.5	101	23.1	109	4.79	14	0
2009	32.8	105	42.7	100	22.9	113	3.13	63	0
2008	35.6	79	45.6	74	25.5	85	1.27	125	0
2007	39.1	39	49.1	34	29.2	47	3.33	56	0
2006	42.3	12	53.1	9	31.5	21	3.15	62	0
2005	38	52	48.1	48	27.8	62	3.73	46	0
2004	32.5	109	42.2	107	22.8	117	1.74	114	0
2003	32.1	114	40.7	122	23.5	103	1.53	118	0
2002	39.1	39	50.7	26	27.5	66	2.33	92	0
2001	34.7	87	46.1	69	23.4	104	2.42	85	0
2000	33.7	96	44	88	23.4	104	3.33	56	0
1999	38.3	50	48.3	45	28.4	54	4.53	18	0
1998	40	31	49.1	34	31	27	7.85	4	0
1997	34.9	85	44.2	85	25.6	83	4.35	24	0
1996	33.8	95	42.3	106	25.3	89	6.33	7	0
1995	38.7	46	47.1	55	30.3	34	4.64	16	0
1994	31.6	119	40.2	124	23	111	4.78	15	0
1993	40.1	30	48.6	42	31.6	20	4.14	31	0
1992	39.7	34	48.8	39	30.5	31	2.31	93	0
1991	38.9	45	48.3	45	29.4	44	3.00	68	0
1990	43.9	8	54.1	5	33.7	10	3.19	61	0
1989	41.2	21	51.4	15	31	27	1.37	121	0
1988	31.5	120	40.8	120	22.2	122	2.09	104	0
1987	33.9	92	42.4	103	25.4	86	4.35	24	0
1986	35.5	81	46.2	66	24.9	90	0.83	132	0
1985	32.3	112	40.9	119	23.7	102	2.77	74	0
1984	32.7	107	41.5	115	24	100	1.54	117	0
1983	35.9	77	44.1	87	27.7	63	1.14	127	0
1982	28.7	128	37.3	129	19.2	129	3.59	48	1
1981	31.3	122	41.3	117	21.3	124	0.49	134	0
1980	35.9	77	43.7	91	28.2	58	4.63	17	0
1979	31.9	116	40.6	123	23.1	109	6.65	6	0
1978	29.2	126	37.7	128	20.6	126	7.97	3	0
1977	23	132	32.2	134	13.8	134	1.76	113	0
1976	32.7	107	42.5	101	22.9	113	2.70	79	0
1975	38.7	46	48.9	38	28.5	52	3.82	43	0
1974	44.1	7	52.9	11	35.4	6	3.94	36	0
1973	36	75	46.5	64	25.4	86	3.05	65	0
1972	39.1	39	48.8	39	29.4	44	3.25	60	0
1971	33.5	97	42.2	107	24.8	93	1.73	115	0
1970	29.4	125	40	125	18.8	131	1.16	126	0
1969	32.2	113	41.2	118	23.2	107	2.30	94	0
1968	32	115	41.5	115	22.4	121	2.35	91	0
1967	40.5	28	50.8	22	30.1	36	2.18	100	0
1966	31.3	122	39.6	126	22.9	113	3.62	47	0
1965	34.9	85	45	79	24.8	93	2.18	100	0
1964	36.8	68	46.7	63	27	74	4.82	13	0
1963	33.2	100	43.3	97	23	111	1.92	107	0
1962	34.2	91	42.9	99	25.6	83	3.50	51	0
1961	32.4	110	41.9	111	22.9	113	1.06	129	0
1960	37.8	54	45.7	73	29.9	39	2.39	86	0
1959	36	75	46	70	26	81	2.01	105	0
1958	33.4	99	42.4	103	24.5	95	3.32	58	0
1957	35.4	82	43.5	93	27.4	69	3.99	34	0
1956	36.3	72	45.2	78	27.5	66	0.76	133	0
1955	35.3	83	43.8	90	26.7	78	1.33	123	0
1954	37.2	63	47.1	55	27.3	70	3.84	42	0
1953	41.2	21	49.9	29	32.5	15	3.41	53	0
1952	42.1	13	51	19	33.2	12	4.37	21	0
1951	37.8	54	47.8	49	27.7	63	1.79	112	0
1950	47.7	2	57.3	1	38.2	2	2.69	80	0
1949	45	6	53.6	8	36.4	5	4.45	19	0
1948	31.4	121	39.6	126	23.2	107	4.30	26	0
1947	41.7	17	50.6	27	32.8	13	4.20	28	0
1946	37.2	63	45.5	75	28.8	50	2.66	83	0
1945	33.9	92	41.9	111	26	81	2.37	90	0
1944	40.7	27	51	19	30.5	31	2.39	86	0
1943	41.1	24	50.8	22	31.4	24	4.18	30	0
1942	37.5	60	47.2	54	27.9	60	2.77	74	0
1941	37.7	56	45.5	75	29.8	40	2.38	88	0
1940	28.2	129	35.9	131	20.5	127	2.86	72	0
1939	41.9	16	51.1	18	32.7	14	2.92	71	0
1938	38.1	51	47	59	29.2	47	2.99	69	0
1937	45.3	4	53	10	37.6	3	8.49	2	0
1936	32.4	110	41.9	111	22.8	117	9.46	1	0
1935	36.3	72	45.5	75	27	74	5.27	11	0
1934	41.3	19	52	14	30.5	31	1.92	107	0
1933	45.4	3	54.3	4	36.5	4	2.73	78	0
1932	48.2	1	56.5	2	39.8	1	4.29	27	0
1931	40.5	28	49.6	31	31.4	24	1.48	119	0
1930	39.5	35	49	36	30	38	2.77	74	1
1929	36.9	66	46.2	66	27.6	65	2.38	88	0
1928	39.2	38	49.3	33	29.2	47	2.53	84	0
1927	38.4	48	46.8	62	30.1	36	1.09	128	0
1926	38	52	47.5	51	28.5	52	3.89	40	0
1925	37.4	61	46.5	64	28.2	58	3.40	54	0
1924	36.2	74	47.5	51	24.9	90	3.37	55	0
1923	39.8	33	49	36	30.6	30	2.25	97	0
1922	35.1	84	43.5	93	26.7	78	3.90	39	0
1921	39	44	48.4	43	29.7	42	2.69	80	0
1920	34.5	88	44	88	24.9	90	1.64	116	0
1919	41	26	52.2	13	29.8	40	4.13	32	0
1918	27	130	34.8	133	19.1	130	4.45	19	0
1917	39.5	35	48.8	39	30.2	35	2.69	80	0
1916	43.2	10	52.8	12	33.5	11	0.99	130	0
1915	38.4	48	47.1	55	29.6	43	3.86	41	0
1914	42	14	51.4	15	32.5	15	2.30	94	0
1913	45.2	5	55.5	3	34.8	7	1.92	107	0
1912	29	127	36.9	130	21	125	1.85	111	0
1911	41.5	18	50.9	21	32.3	17	4.19	29	1
1910	37.2	63	46	70	28.4	54	3.44	52	0
1909	41.2	21	51.3	17	31	27	1.36	122	0
1908	36.5	71	46.2	66	26.8	76	4.37	21	0
1907	43.1	11	53.9	6	32.3	17	0.98	131	0
1906	42	14	50.2	28	33.8	8	4.08	33	0
1905	33.2	100	41.8	114	24.5	95	3.56	50	0
1904	33	103	42	110	23.9	101	1.47	120	0
1903	36.6	69	44.8	82	28.3	57	5.31	10	0
1902	34.4	90	43.4	95	25.4	86	3.91	38	0
1901	37.6	57	46.9	61	28.7	51	3.59	48	2
1900	37.6	57	47.3	53	27.9	60	4.36	23	0
1899	36.6	69	46	70	27.3	70	4.95	12	0
1898	39.1	39	47.1	55	31.2	26	2.16	102	0
1897			47	59	24.5	95	2.19	99	4
1896	36.9	66	44.9	80	28.4	54	2.30	94	2
1895			43.2	98	26.8	76	7.27	5	4
1894	41.3	19	49.8	30	32.3	17	2.11	103	1
1893	26.7	131	35.9	131	17.4	133	1.99	106	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	48.2
1950	47.7
1933	45.4
1937	45.3
1913	45.2
1949	45
1974	44.1
1990	43.9
2023	43.7
1916	43.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	23
1893	26.7
1918	27
1940	28.2
1982	28.7
1912	29
1978	29.2
1970	29.4
2014	29.7
1981	31.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	9.46
1937	8.49
1978	7.97
1998	7.85
1895	7.27
1979	6.65
1996	6.33
2024	6.30
2013	6.06
1903	5.31

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.49
1956	0.76
1986	0.83
1907	0.98
1916	0.99
1961	1.06
1927	1.09
1983	1.14
1970	1.16
2008	1.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 7°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.40 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.01 in of precipitation in Lynchburg, VA, the wettest January since 2025, 67th wettest of 134.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Lynchburg, VA: 69°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Lynchburg, VA: a low of 7°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Lynchburg, VA: 1.40 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.