Madison, WI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 16.2°F in Madison, WI, the coldest January since 2022, 57th coldest of 158.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 16.2°F; Coldest since 2022; 57th coldest of 158
Precipitation: 1.68 in; Wettest since 2024; 55th wettest of 158

A normal January in Madison, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 19.9°F, between 14.7°F and 25.6°F in eight years of ten and 1.34 in of precipitation, between 0.63 in and 2.53 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Madison, WI since 1869: 16.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 1.3°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 14.7 to 25.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Madison, WI from 1869 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	16.2	102	24.4	96	8	102	1.68	55	0
2025	19.6	70	28.4	54	10.8	77	0.10	157	0
2024	22.9	31	27.4	70	18.4	19	1.99	41	0
2023	27	8	32	17	21.9	4	1.82	47	0
2022	14.4	115	23.7	107	5.1	118	0.48	140	0
2021	21.9	41	28.6	51	15.3	34	1.27	75	0
2020	26.1	11	32.5	12	19.6	11	1.74	52	0
2019	15.9	103	23.6	108	8.2	100	2.56	16	0
2018	20.1	65	28.5	53	11.8	66	1.68	55	0
2017	23.7	24	29.5	42	17.9	22	2.76	13	0
2016	19.9	67	26.7	79	13.2	50	0.98	98	0
2015	19.9	67	27.2	73	12.5	62	0.66	120	0
2014	11.4	128	20.9	125	1.8	137	0.65	121	0
2013	21.5	46	30.4	35	12.7	59	2.87	9	0
2012	25.5	16	34.6	8	16.4	27	1.40	71	0
2011	16.8	95	23.8	103	9.8	87	1.28	74	0
2010	16.9	92	24.1	101	9.8	87	0.88	104	0
2009	10.6	135	19.9	131	1.3	140	0.54	135	0
2008	17.4	86	25.5	86	9.2	94	2.17	32	0
2007	23.4	28	30.5	33	16.2	29	0.84	106	0
2006	31.6	2	37.9	3	25.2	1	1.96	43	0
2005	19.5	72	26.5	80	12.6	60	2.20	30	0
2004	15.2	108	22.8	113	7.5	106	0.62	126	0
2003	17.7	84	25.7	84	9.7	90	0.36	148	0
2002	28.2	5	35.3	5	21	5	0.63	124	0
2001	21.6	45	29.5	42	13.8	45	0.99	97	0
2000	20.5	58	28.1	60	13	53	0.91	103	0
1999	16.4	100	23.8	103	9.1	95	2.10	34	0
1998	23.7	24	29.1	46	18.2	21	2.24	28	0
1997	15.7	105	23.8	103	7.6	104	1.24	79	0
1996	15.2	108	25.1	91	5.2	116	2.53	17	0
1995	20.4	61	28.4	54	12.4	63	2.12	33	0
1994	8.7	144	18.6	136	-1.1	145	1.46	67	0
1993	21.8	43	30.6	32	12.9	57	1.60	61	0
1992	25.5	16	32	17	19	18	0.78	109	0
1991	15.1	110	24.5	95	5.7	113	1.17	82	0
1990	28.6	4	37.8	4	19.3	13	1.60	61	0
1989	27.6	6	35.1	7	20.1	7	0.61	128	0
1988	13.7	117	22.4	118	5.1	118	1.82	47	0
1987	22.6	33	29.9	37	15.3	34	0.68	119	0
1986	18.2	82	27	75	9.4	91	1.02	94	0
1985	12.2	124	21.8	120	2.5	134	1.43	69	0
1984	14.8	112	22.5	116	7.1	108	0.36	148	0
1983	21.3	48	28.2	59	14.5	42	0.53	136	0
1982	8	148	18.2	141	-2.2	152	1.42	70	0
1981	20.5	58	30	36	11	73	0.14	156	0
1980	17.3	87	25.2	89	9.4	91	1.11	85	0
1979	6.9	150	15.9	148	-2.1	151	1.69	54	0
1978	10.4	137	19.4	132	1.5	138	1.03	93	0
1977	3.7	156	14.1	154	-6.7	158	0.53	136	0
1976	15.7	105	26.1	82	5.2	116	0.56	132	0
1975	21.9	41	30.9	27	12.9	57	0.98	98	0
1974	19.2	77	26.2	81	12.1	64	2.45	18	0
1973	23.4	28	31.2	23	15.6	33	1.54	65	0
1972	12.7	122	22.5	116	2.9	128	0.40	146	0
1971	9.6	142	20.5	127	-1.3	147	1.48	66	0
1970	9.9	141	18.3	140	1.5	138	0.44	141	0
1969	14.8	112	21.7	121	7.9	103	2.26	25	0
1968	19.6	70	28.4	54	10.8	77	0.56	132	0
1967	22.2	34	31.3	22	13	53	1.63	60	0
1966	10	139	20.2	129	-0.3	144	1.07	88	0
1965	15.9	103	24.9	94	6.9	109	1.80	50	0
1964	24.9	21	33.9	9	15.8	31	0.93	102	0
1963	5.4	155	13.3	155	-2.5	153	0.76	112	0
1962	12.4	123	20.1	130	4.6	121	1.12	83	0
1961	16.9	92	27.2	73	6.6	111	0.19	153	0
1960	21.1	49	28.1	60	14.1	44	2.19	31	0
1959	10.5	136	21.1	123	0	142	1.40	71	0
1958	20.9	53	28.8	48	13	53	0.52	138	0
1957	13	121	22	119	4.1	123	0.41	144	0
1956	21	51	30.5	33	11.5	69	0.43	142	0
1955	18.9	79	27	75	10.7	79	0.65	121	0
1954	19.8	69	29.6	40	9.9	86	0.76	112	0
1953	22.8	32	30.8	29	14.8	39	0.64	123	0
1952	20.5	58	29.5	42	11.5	69	2.21	29	0
1951	13.7	117	23.8	103	3.6	125	1.44	68	0
1950	20.7	56	30.9	27	10.4	82	2.43	20	0
1949	20.8	55	29.6	40	12	65	1.97	42	0
1948	13.2	120	23.6	108	2.8	131	0.49	139	0
1947	25.6	15	32.9	11	18.4	19	2.26	25	0
1946	21.4	47	29.1	46	13.7	46	2.25	27	0
1945	14.7	114	21.1	123	8.3	99	0.59	130	0
1944	27.4	7	35.3	5	19.4	12	1.68	55	0
1943	15	111	23	111	6.9	109	2.10	34	0
1942	20.3	62	27	75	13.6	48	1.09	87	0
1941	21.7	44	27.7	64	15.9	30	2.10	34	1
1940	11	132	17.7	145	4.3	122	1.25	77	0
1939	26.3	10	32.4	14	20.1	7	1.95	44	0
1938	17.8	83	24.3	97	11.4	71	2.81	11	0
1937	16.3	101	25.4	87	7.2	107	3.31	5	0
1936	11.7	127	18.6	136	4	124	1.78	51	1
1935	16.8	95	25.1	91	8.5	97	1.26	76	0
1934	26.6	9	33.9	9	19.2	15	0.70	116	0
1933	30.8	3	39	2	22.6	3	0.72	115	0
1932	25.9	13	31.5	20	20.3	6	1.04	91	0
1931	26.1	11	32.3	16	19.9	10	0.78	109	0
1930	11.3	129	19.3	133	3.4	126	1.86	46	0
1929	6.4	151	15.8	150	-2.9	155	3.31	5	0
1928	21	51	28.3	57	13.7	46	0.42	143	0
1927	16.6	98	23.9	102	9.3	93	1.05	90	0
1926	19.5	72	27.3	71	11.8	66	0.76	112	0
1925	18.4	81	26.8	78	10	85	0.41	144	0
1924	11.3	129	20.3	128	2.4	135	0.56	132	0
1923	22	37	28.8	48	15.1	36	1.25	77	0
1922	17	89	25.9	83	8.1	101	0.63	124	0
1921	25.5	16	31.7	19	19.2	15	0.22	152	0
1920	10	139	17.9	143	2.1	136	0.84	106	0
1919	24.1	23	31	25	17.2	23	0.26	151	0
1918	5.6	154	12.8	156	-1.6	148	2.09	37	0
1917	13.7	117	22.6	115	4.9	120	1.04	91	0
1916	20.2	64	29.3	45	11	73	3.07	8	0
1915	15.4	107	23.2	110	7.6	104	2.05	38	0
1914	25.9	13	32.5	12	19.3	13	0.70	116	0
1913	19.4	74	28.6	51	10.2	83	1.64	59	0
1912	1.3	158	8.4	158	-5.9	157	0.58	131	0
1911	19.3	76	27.7	64	10.9	76	0.60	129	0
1910	17.1	88	25.3	88	8.8	96	2.82	10	0
1909	20.1	65	27.5	67	12.6	60	2.33	22	0
1908	22.2	34	29.8	39	14.6	40	0.97	100	0
1907	17	89	24.3	97	9.8	87	1.89	45	0
1906	24.5	22	32.4	14	16.5	26	2.80	12	0
1905	10.4	137	18.2	141	2.6	132	0.77	111	0
1904	10.7	134	18.5	138	2.9	128	0.30	150	0
1903	18.7	80	25.7	84	11.7	68	0.10	157	0
1902	21.1	49	27.9	63	14.3	43	0.17	154	0
1901	20.3	62	27.5	67	13	53	0.62	126	0
1900	23.7	24	30.7	31	16.6	24	0.69	118	0
1899	16.7	97	25.1	91	8.4	98	0.16	155	0
1898	22	37	28.3	57	15.7	32	3.59	2	0
1897	17.6	85	24.2	100	11	73	2.00	40	0
1896	20.9	53	27.3	71	14.6	40	0.88	104	0
1895	11	132	19	134	3	127	1.12	83	0
1894	20.6	57	28	62	13.2	50	0.96	101	0
1893	7.3	149	14.6	152	0	142	1.06	89	0
1892	13.9	116	21.4	122	6.4	112	2.42	21	0
1891	25.2	19	31.4	21	19.1	17	1.19	81	0
1890	23.1	30	31.1	24	15	38	1.81	49	0
1889	22	37	28.8	48	15.1	36	1.59	63	0
1888	6.4	151	15.4	151	-2.6	154	1.74	52	0
1887	8.5	145	18.8	135	-1.8	149	3.09	7	0
1886	11.2	131	17	146	5.4	115	3.33	4	0
1885	6.3	153	14.4	153	-1.8	149	2.44	19	0
1884	8.4	146	16.5	147	0.3	141	1.68	55	0
1883	8.3	147	17.8	144	-1.2	146	1.01	95	0
1882	22	37	30.8	29	13.1	52	1.33	73	0
1881	11.8	126	20.8	126	2.9	128	2.05	38	0
1880	33.5	1	42.4	1	24.6	2	2.75	14	0
1879	19.1	78	27.5	67	10.6	81	0.79	108	0
1878	25	20	29.9	37	20.1	7	0.40	146	0
1877	12	125	18.5	138	5.5	114	1.00	96	0
1876	23.7	24	31	25	16.4	27	2.31	24	0
1875	3.1	157	10.5	157	-4.2	156	1.10	86	0
1874	17	89	24.3	97	10.7	79	3.64	1	2
1873	9.2	143	15.9	148	2.6	132	1.55	64	0
1872	16.9	92	22.7	114	11.1	72	1.20	80	0
1871	19.4	74	25.2	89	13.5	49	2.32	23	0
1870	16.5	99	22.9	112	10.2	83	3.35	3	0
1869	22.2	34	27.7	64	16.6	24	2.69	15	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	33.5
2006	31.6
1933	30.8
1990	28.6
2002	28.2
1989	27.6
1944	27.4
2023	27
1934	26.6
1939	26.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	1.3
1875	3.1
1977	3.7
1963	5.4
1918	5.6
1885	6.3
1929	6.4
1888	6.4
1979	6.9
1893	7.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1874	3.64
1898	3.59
1870	3.35
1886	3.33
1937	3.31
1929	3.31
1887	3.09
1916	3.07
2013	2.87
1910	2.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.10
1903	0.10
1981	0.14
1899	0.16
1902	0.17
1961	0.19
1921	0.22
1919	0.26
1904	0.30
2003	0.36
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 56°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.58 in; 6 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.68 in of precipitation in Madison, WI, the wettest January since 2024, tied 55th wettest of 158 (with 2018, 1944 and 1884).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Madison, WI: 56°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Madison, WI: a low of -19°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Madison, WI: 0.58 in on Tuesday 6 January 2026.