McCook, NE: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 31.4°F in McCook, NE, the warmest January since 2020, tied 24th warmest of 89 (with 2009 and 2003).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 31.4°F; Warmest since 2020; 24th warmest of 89

A normal January in McCook, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28.4°F, between 24°F and 32.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.15 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 0.81 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in McCook, NE since 1910: 31.4°F in 2026; the highest is 39.9°F, in 2006.

Normal range, 24 to 32.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in McCook, NE from 1895 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	31.4	24	47.2	14	15.6	47	trace	91	0
2025	26.4	60	40.1	55	12.6	62	trace	91	0
2024	25	66	36	73	14.1	56	0.45	32	0
2023	25.9	62	33.8	80	17.9	24	0.15	63	3
2022	28	49	42.6	38	13.4	59	0.68	18	0
2021	30.4	33	41.2	48	19.6	11	0.32	40	0
2020	31.8	20	44.3	30	19.4	13	0.29	45	0
2019	29.6	39	40.9	51	18.4	22	0.10	74	0
2018	26.7	56	39.1	59	14.3	54	0.97	10	0
2017	28.2	47	39.1	59	17.4	28	0.70	16	0
2016	31.9	19	44.5	29	19.4	13	0.02	88	0
2015	31.1	27	44.2	31	18	23	0.12	70	0
2014	29.8	36	45	25	14.5	53	0.20	54	0
2013	26.6	57	37.9	63	15.3	49	0.05	82	0
2012	33.2	12	49	8	17.5	26	trace	91	0
2011	25.7	64	39.3	58	12.1	64	0.15	63	0
2010	27.5	51	38.5	62	16.5	38	0.05	82	0
2009	31.4	24	47.1	17	15.7	46	0.14	67	0
2008	24.3	70	36	73	12.6	62	0.02	88	0
2007	18.4	86	29.2	88	7.5	82	0.25	48	0
2006	39.9	1	55.8	2	24.1	2	0.12	70	0
2005	27.5	51	37.7	65	17.3	29	0.22	53	0
2004	26.9	55	40.5	52	13.3	60	0.08	78	0
2003	31.4	24	46.1	22	16.7	36	0.04	87	0
2002	34.1	9	49.1	7	19.1	16	0.18	59	0
2001	30.7	31	42.1	43	19.3	15	0.61	23	0
2000	30.9	29	44.6	26	17.2	31	0.07	79	0
1999	31.6	22	44.6	26	18.7	19	0.15	63	2
1998	31.1	27	42.5	40	19.7	10			0
1997	26.2	61	40.5	52	11.8	66			1
1996	23	74	36.9	68	9.8	77	0.39	35	2
1995	28.4	45	40.1	55	16.6	37	0.30	43	0
1994	26.6	57	37.8	64	15.5	48	1.00	9	0
1993	20.4	82	29.5	87	11.3	70	1.21	5	0
1991	24.8	68	36.9	68	12.7	61	0.35	37	0
1990	32.7	16	46.2	21	19.1	16	1.27	4	0
1967	32.5	17	46.4	20	18.7	19	0.28	46	0
1966	23	74	36.1	72	9.9	76	0.62	22	0
1965	33.1	14	49	8	17.2	31	0.85	13	0
1964	35.1	7	52.3	4	17.9	24	trace	91	0
1963	18.5	85	32.9	83	4	88	0.59	26	0
1962	25.9	62	41.2	48	10.5	74	0.06	80	0
1961	30.9	29	46.8	19	14.9	51	0.00	97	0
1960	24.2	71	36.5	71	12	65	1.49	2	0
1959	26.5	59	41.9	44	11.5	68	0.96	11	1
1958	33.5	11	48.5	10	18.5	21	0.11	72	0
1957	20.7	81	35	78	6.7	84	0.24	51	1
1956	28.5	43	42.2	42	14.9	51	0.26	47	0
1955	24.1	72	36.7	70	11.5	68	0.54	27	0
1954	29.3	40	42.7	36	15.8	44	0.06	80	0
1953	36.6	4	49.5	5	23.7	3	0.00	97	1
1952	29.7	37	43.1	35	16.4	39	0.10	74	0
1951	29.2	42	43.4	34	15	50	0.02	88	0
1950	23	74	37.6	67	8.5	79	0.13	69	0
1949	14.6	87	24.4	91	4.7	86	1.05	8	0
1948	28.1	48	40.1	55	16.2	41	0.32	40	3
1947	30.7	31	44.1	32	17.3	29	0.35	37	1
1946	31.5	23	46.9	18	16.2	41	0.15	63	0
1945	30.3	34	41	50	19.5	12	0.66	19	0
1944	29.7	37	41.8	45	17.5	26	2.36	1	0
1943	27.3	53	43.9	33	11	71	0.18	59	1
1942	25	66	35.8	75	14.2	55	0.35	37	0
1941	27.8	50	39	61	16.2	41	1.46	3	2
1940	13.1	89	22.6	92	4.2	87	0.93	12	2
1939	35.6	5	47.5	12	23.6	4	0.63	21	1
1938			46	23			0.25	48	4
1937			30	86					6
1936	29.3	40	41.4	46	16.3	40	0.47	31	3
1935	33.2	12	47.4	13	19	18	0.05	82	0
1934	34.8	8	49.2	6	20.6	6	0.32	40	1
1933	36.7	3	56.5	1	17	34	0.00	97	0
1932	24.4	69	35.2	77	13.6	57	0.80	14	0
1931	37	2	53.5	3	20.5	8	0.30	43	0
1930	14.2	88	26.3	90	1.8	89	1.10	7	1
1929	22.1	79	33.5	81	10.6	73	0.18	59	2
1928	32.9	15	48.3	11	17.2	31	0.14	67	2
1927	28.4	45	41.4	46	15.8	44	0.60	24	2
1926	32.5	17	44.6	26	20.3	9	0.77	15	1
1925	21.2	80	33	82	9.4	78	0.45	32	0
1924	25.4	65	42.6	38	8.3	81	0.50	29	0
1923	33.9	10	47.2	14	20.6	6	0.00	97	1
1922	23.1	73	37.7	65	8.5	79	0.05	82	0
1920	31.8	20	42.7	36	20.8	5	0.17	62	0
1919	28.5	43	40.2	54	16.8	35	0.00	97	0
1918	18.7	84	31	85	6.4	85	0.66	19	0
1917	27	54	42.3	41	11.7	67	0.11	72	0
1916	19.5	83	31.8	84	7.2	83	1.16	6	0
1915	23	74	35.7	76	10.4	75	0.44	34	0
1914	35.3	6	45.7	24	24.9	1	trace	91	0
1913							0.00	97	13
1912			27.9	89	1.3	90	0.00	97	5
1911	30.3	34	47.2	14	13.5	58	0.05	82	0
1910	22.3	78	34.5	79	11	71	0.00	97	2
1908							0.10	74	31
1907							0.38	36	31
1906							0.25	48	31
1905							0.70	16	31
1904							0.20	54	31
1903							0.10	74	31
1902							0.52	28	31
1901							0.20	54	31
1900							0.20	54	31
1899							0.50	29	31
1898							0.20	54	31
1897							trace	91	31
1896							0.24	51	31
1895							0.60	24	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	39.9
1931	37
1933	36.7
1953	36.6
1939	35.6
1914	35.3
1964	35.1
1934	34.8
2002	34.1
1923	33.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	13.1
1930	14.2
1949	14.6
2007	18.4
1963	18.5
1918	18.7
1916	19.5
1993	20.4
1957	20.7
1925	21.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	2.36
1960	1.49
1941	1.46
1990	1.27
1993	1.21
1916	1.16
1930	1.10
1949	1.05
1994	1.00
2018	0.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	0.00
1953	0.00
1933	0.00
1923	0.00
1919	0.00
1913	0.00
1912	0.00
1910	0.00
2026	trace
2025	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 4 January 2026
Coldest night: -10°F; 25 January 2026

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The hottest day of January 2026 in McCook, NE: 74°F on Sunday 4 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in McCook, NE: a low of -10°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.