Merced, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 47.8°F in Merced, CA, the warmest January since 2024, tied 28th warmest of 119 (with 2022 and 1911).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 47.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 28th warmest of 119
Precipitation: 1.36 in; Driest since 2025; 38th driest of 115

A normal January in Merced, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46.6°F, between 43.3°F and 49.5°F in eight years of ten and 1.94 in of precipitation, between 0.46 in and 4.96 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Merced, CA since 1900: 47.8°F in 2026; the highest is 51.5°F, in 1986.

Normal range, 43.3 to 49.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Merced, CA from 1900 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	47.8	28	56.9	43	38.6	29	1.36	78	0
2025	47.5	32	61.5	5	33.4	96	0.50	104	1
2024	50.4	3	58.5	22	42.3	4	3.54	24	1
2023	48.5	18	57.2	37	39.8	22	6.70	5	0
2022	47.8	28	60.1	8	35.4	69	0.06	113	0
2021	48.1	22	59.1	14	37.1	47	3.33	25	0
2020	47.6	31	57.2	37	38	35	0.73	96	0
2019	49.5	10	59	16	40	18	2.34	46	0
2018	50.1	7	59.2	13	41.1	10	1.31	80	0
2017	46.2	52	54.6	71	37.8	40	5.61	8	0
2016	49.1	12	56.9	43	41.4	9	4.49	16	0
2015	47.5	32	56.5	48	38.7	26	0.02	115	2
2014	49.9	8	64.9	2	34.9	77	0.31	109	0
2013	44.6	81	56.2	50	33	99	1.04	86	0
2012	46.4	48	59.9	10	32.8	101	0.73	96	0
2011	44.8	77	51.1	102	38.6	29	1.71	64	0
2010	46.5	45	53	86	39.9	20	2.78	37	0
2009	47.2	38	58.2	24	36.2	59	1.88	61	0
2008	45	72	53	86	37	48	3.92	20	0
2007	41.7	108	55	65	28.5	118	0.48	106	0
2006	47	40	56.1	52	37.9	38	0.99	87	0
2005	45.4	67	50.5	106	40.3	16	4.19	19	0
2004	44.8	77	52	91	37.6	42	0.93	89	0
2003	47.5	32	53.9	79	41	11	0.80	94	0
2002	42.8	98	51	105	34.6	79	1.05	84	0
2001	43.9	87	54.8	69	33	99	3.26	28	1
2000	47.9	27	57.1	41	38.7	26	3.02	33	2
1999	43.4	92	49.9	108	36.8	51	2.00	56	0
1998	48.9	14	57.3	33	40.6	14	4.89	13	3
1997	48.1	22	56.3	49	40	18	4.58	15	1
1996	48.5	18	56.7	46	40.3	16	3.15	30	0
1995	51.4	2	58.8	21	44	1	6.71	4	0
1994	46.7	43	57.3	33	36.1	60	2.29	48	0
1993	46.1	54	54.7	70	37.4	44	5.70	7	1
1992	42.1	103	49.7	110	34.5	80	1.56	73	0
1991	46.1	54	58.2	24	34.1	89	0.16	111	0
1990	45.4	67	55.6	58	35.2	73	2.08	53	0
1989			54.9	67			0.62	99	27
1988	46.9	41	56.8	45	37	48	1.60	69	0
1987	43.8	90	53.9	79	33.6	94	1.70	65	1
1986	51.5	1	59.6	11	43.1	2	0.92	90	1
1985	42.1	103	48.3	118	35.9	63	0.56	101	0
1984	46.1	54	55.4	62	36.8	51	0.41	107	0
1983	43.4	92	49.9	108	37.2	46	4.89	13	1
1982	42.6	100	51.5	98	33.6	94	1.60	69	2
1981	49.1	12	59.1	14	39.1	24	2.83	35	2
1980	50.3	5	57.8	29	42.6	3	3.83	21	1
1979	44.7	80	53.6	83	35.8	65	4.35	17	0
1978	49.2	11	56.6	47	41.9	6	4.93	12	0
1977	41.9	106	48.2	119	35.6	67	0.66	98	0
1976	44.2	84	59.3	12	29.1	116	0.14	112	0
1975	42.5	102	53.2	85	31.7	107	0.50	104	1
1974	48	25	57.3	33	38.7	26	1.95	59	0
1973	45.8	62	56.1	52	35.5	68	3.12	31	1
1972	41.7	108	49.6	112	33.7	91	0.60	100	2
1971	46.1	54	55.6	58	36.6	56	0.56	101	1
1970	46.5	45	60.1	8	33.1	97	2.98	34	2
1969	45.4	67	52	91	38.9	25	7.07	3	0
1968	45	72	55.5	60	34.4	84	1.39	77	2
1967	45.7	65	55.7	55	35.8	65	2.78	37	1
1966	46.2	52	57.6	30	34.7	78	1.24	82	1
1965	46.8	42	54.3	73	39.3	23	1.57	72	0
1964	43.9	87	54.1	77	33.7	91	0.91	92	0
1963	41.9	106	54.2	75	29.5	115	1.80	62	2
1962	41.2	114	51.2	101	31.2	110	1.35	79	1
1961	43.2	96	51.1	102	35.4	69	2.14	51	3
1960	46.1	54	57.2	37	35.4	69	1.98	57	2
1959	48.7	16	59	16	38.4	31	2.80	36	0
1958							3.20	29	4
1957	42.6	100	53.3	84	31.8	106	2.02	55	2
1956									6
1955									7
1954									7
1953	50.4	3	59	16	41.7	7	1.23	83	1
1952	45.8	62	55.5	60	36	61	5.44	9	0
1951									19
1950	41.5	111	52.2	90	30.8	112	3.58	23	0
1949									7
1948	48	25	62.9	3	33.1	97	0.06	113	0
1947	39.2	118	48.7	116	29.7	114	0.40	108	0
1946	43.1	97	53.9	79	32.3	104	0.83	93	0
1945	42.7	99	51.3	100	34.2	88	0.27	110	1
1944	46.6	44	58.9	20	34.3	86	2.05	54	0
1943	45.8	62	57.6	30	33.9	90	2.17	50	1
1942	47.4	35	58	26	36.7	54	2.62	43	0
1941	48.8	15	57	42	40.6	14	2.31	47	0
1940	47.4	35	54	78	40.8	12	5.14	11	0
1939	45	72	55	65	35.1	74	1.51	75	0
1938	43.4	92	51.7	95	35.1	74	2.76	40	0
1937	37.7	119	46.5	120	28.9	117	2.57	44	0
1936	47.4	35	57.9	28	36.8	51	1.59	71	0
1935	45	72	52	91	38	35	3.31	26	0
1934	44.9	76	51.6	96	37.9	38	1.66	67	1
1933	42.1	103	49.7	110	34.5	80	3.64	22	0
1932	43.5	91	52.5	89	34.5	80	1.72	63	0
1931	45.9	61	55.7	55	36.5	57	2.63	41	1
1930	44.4	82	51.9	94	36.7	54	2.35	45	2
1929	41.7	108	49.1	114	34.3	86	0.92	90	0
1928	45.2	70	55.2	63	35.3	72	0.54	103	0
1927	47.1	39	56.2	50	38	35	0.96	88	0
1926	41.4	112	48.5	117	34.4	84	1.67	66	0
1925	46	59	54.4	72	37.6	42	1.05	84	0
1924	44.4	82	57.2	37	31.6	108	1.93	60	0
1923	44.2	84	52.6	88	35.9	63			0
1922	40.5	117	49	115	32.1	105	3.08	32	0
1921	46	59	53.7	82	38.3	32			0
1920	45.5	66	57.3	33	33.7	91			0
1919	44.2	84	58	26	30.5	113			0
1918	45.1	71	55.2	63	35	76			0
1917	41	116	50.5	106	31.5	109	1.50	76	0
1916	43.9	87	51.5	98	36.3	58	5.88	6	0
1915	46.3	50	54.9	67	37.8	40	3.30	27	0
1914	50.3	5	58.5	22	42.2	5	5.23	10	0
1913	48.1	22	60.2	7	36	61	1.96	58	0
1912	46.5	45	55.7	55	37.3	45	1.55	74	1
1911	47.8	28	57.4	32	38.2	34	7.99	2	1
1910	48.7	16	60.3	6	37	48	2.77	39	0
1909	48.5	18	56.1	52	40.8	12	8.00	1	0
1908	46.3	50	54.3	73	38.3	32	2.63	41	1
1907	43.4	92	54.2	75	32.5	103	4.22	18	0
1906	48.4	21	62.3	4	34.5	80	2.11	52	0
1905	49.6	9	59	16	39.9	20	1.30	81	1
1904	44.8	77	65.3	1	24.3	119			0
1903	41.3	113	51.6	96	31.1	111	2.24	49	0
1902	41.1	115	49.5	113	32.6	102	0.80	94	0
1900	46.4	48	51.1	102	41.7	7	1.63	68	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1986	51.5
1995	51.4
2024	50.4
1953	50.4
1980	50.3
1914	50.3
2018	50.1
2014	49.9
1905	49.6
2019	49.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	37.7
1947	39.2
1922	40.5
1917	41
1902	41.1
1962	41.2
1903	41.3
1926	41.4
1950	41.5
2007	41.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1909	8.00
1911	7.99
1969	7.07
1995	6.71
2023	6.70
1916	5.88
1993	5.70
2017	5.61
1952	5.44
1914	5.23

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	0.02
2022	0.06
1948	0.06
1976	0.14
1991	0.16
1945	0.27
2014	0.31
1947	0.40
1984	0.41
2007	0.48

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 28 January 2026
Coldest night: 29°F; 9 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.63 in; 4 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.36 in of precipitation in Merced, CA, the driest January since 2025, 38th driest of 115.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Merced, CA: 65°F on Wednesday 28 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Merced, CA: a low of 29°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Merced, CA: 0.63 in on Sunday 4 January 2026.