Mitchell, SD: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 19.9°F in Mitchell, SD, the warmest January since 2021, tied 39th warmest of 114 (with 2020).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 19.9°F; Warmest since 2021; 39th warmest of 114
Precipitation: 0.17 in; Driest since 2025; 49th driest of 130

A normal January in Mitchell, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 18.2°F, between 12.5°F and 25.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.39 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 0.69 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Mitchell, SD since 1893: 19.9°F in 2026; the highest is 33.6°F, in 2006.

Normal range, 12.5 to 25.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Mitchell, SD 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	19.9	39	30.9	42	8.8	49	0.17	81	0
2025	18	54	29	48	6.9	61	trace	122	0
2024	16.9	64	23.7	91	10.1	42	0.56	35	0
2023	17.4	59	25.2	81	9.5	46	1.90	4	0
2022	18.9	44	32.6	35	5.1	75	0.16	83	0
2021	27.1	8	34.1	27	20	2	0.33	58	0
2020	19.9	39	27.7	61	12	27	0.81	18	0
2019	17.2	60	26	75	8.4	51	0.54	37	0
2018	18.4	52	28.2	57	8.6	50	0.16	83	0
2017	20.7	35	28.4	53	13	23	0.76	20	0
2016	18.6	49	26.8	72	10.4	39	0.45	47	0
2015	22.4	26	30.9	42	13.9	19	0.53	40	0
2014	17.9	55	30.5	44	5.4	72	0.17	81	0
2013	18.6	49	27.7	61	9.5	46	0.22	73	0
2012	25.9	12	37.2	11	14.7	16	0.68	22	0
2011	13.1	85	23	96	3.3	88	0.03	116	0
2010	12.7	87	20.2	105	5.1	75	0.27	65	0
2009	17	62	27.7	61	6.4	65	0.02	118	0
2008	16.7	67	27.6	64	5.8	68	0.05	110	0
2007	18.8	46	27	69	10.5	38	0.46	46	0
2006	33.6	1	41.8	3	25.4	1	0.03	116	0
2005	17	62	26	75	8	55	0.07	101	0
2004	16.9	64	26.9	70	6.9	61	0.10	95	0
2003	20.4	36	30.1	47	10.7	37	0.09	96	0
2002	25.6	16	35	23	16.2	10	0.49	44	2
2001	19.4	42	28.5	52	10.2	41	0.48	45	0
2000	21.9	31	32.8	33	10.9	34	0.52	41	0
1999	15.7	74	26	75	5.5	70	0.35	55	0
1998	18.7	47	28.2	57	9.2	48	1.06	12	1
1997	8	104	17.3	114	-1.4	107	0.42	49	0
1996	10.7	96	21.4	99	0.3	102	0.64	25	1
1995	16.7	67	25.5	80	7.9	57	0.00	127	0
1994	8.1	103	18	110	-2.3	111	0.58	33	1
1993	13.6	81	24.7	85	2.5	89	trace	122	0
1992	27.6	7	38.4	7	16.8	6	0.54	37	0
1991	13.3	82	24.3	88	2.4	92	0.22	73	0
1990	30	2	40.1	5	19.8	3	0.11	93	2
1989	25.8	15	38.2	8	14.3	18	0.09	96	1
1988	9.1	100	20.4	104	-2.2	110	2.57	1	0
1987	26.1	9	36.6	15	15.5	12	0.23	72	0
1986			32.8	33			0.66	24	5
1985	12.3	90	23.3	94	1.4	97	0.52	41	0
1984	18.4	52	27.3	66	10	43	0.30	60	1
1983	22.3	29	31.5	41	13.1	22	0.57	34	2
1982	3.5	111	14	118	-6.9	122	0.91	16	1
1981	23.2	23	35.2	21	11.1	33	0.02	118	0
1980	17.8	56	28.4	53	6.8	64	0.29	62	1
1979	3	112	12.1	121	-6.1	119	1.33	9	0
1978	0.6	114	10.6	122	-9.4	125	0.18	80	0
1977	6.6	108	17.6	112	-4.2	117	0.22	73	1
1976	15.5	75	25.8	78	5.6	69	0.24	69	1
1975	19.1	43	28.6	51	8.4	51	1.02	14	3
1974	15.2	76	26.2	74	4.2	81	0.07	101	0
1973	18.6	49	27.1	68	9.7	45	1.02	14	3
1972	11.3	95	22.4	98	0.1	105	0.06	105	0
1971	11.5	92	20.5	103	2.5	89	0.07	101	0
1970	8.4	101	18.7	108	-1.9	109	0.29	62	0
1969	9.5	98	18.7	108	0.4	101	0.59	32	0
1968	17.2	60	27.6	64	6.9	61	0.54	37	1
1967	22.1	30	32.2	38	11.3	32	0.38	53	1
1966	8.2	102	19.8	107	-3.3	115	0.28	64	0
1965	12.8	86	24.7	85	0.9	98	0.13	87	0
1964	22.9	24	35.5	18	10.3	40	0.25	67	0
1963	9.2	99	20.9	102	-2.4	112	0.24	69	0
1962	16.9	64	28.8	49	5	77	0.12	90	0
1961	16.7	67	28.7	50	4.8	78	0.35	55	0
1960	16.3	72	24.9	82	7.8	58	0.90	17	0
1959	13.2	84	23.9	89	2.5	89	0.08	98	0
1958	25.9	12	38	9	13.9	19	0.04	114	0
1957	11.5	92	22.8	97	0.2	103	0.06	105	0
1956	12.5	88	21.2	101	3.9	85	0.20	76	0
1955	21.7	33	32.5	36	10.8	36	0.14	86	1
1954	12.5	88	23.3	94	1.6	96	0.02	118	0
1953	22.8	25	33.2	29	12.4	25	0.15	85	0
1952	14	79	23.8	90	4.1	83	1.69	5	0
1951	16.6	70	27.8	60	5.5	70	0.12	90	0
1950	6.9	107	17.6	112	-3.8	116	0.24	69	0
1949	11.5	92	21.3	100	1.7	94	1.25	10	1
1948	16.2	73	26.3	73	6.2	67	0.13	87	0
1947	26.1	9	37.1	12	15.1	13	0.27	65	0
1946	21.1	34	34.4	25	8	55	0.05	110	1
1945	22.4	26	32.4	37	12.3	26	0.32	59	0
1944	28.5	5	40.3	4	16.8	6	1.59	6	0
1943	13.7	80	24.8	83	1.8	93	0.34	57	1
1942	25.1	17	35.6	17	14.6	17	trace	122	0
1941	19.5	41	28.4	53	10.9	34	0.50	43	2
1940	7	106	16.9	115	-3	113	0.13	87	0
1939			37.6	10	16.2	10	0.63	26	4
1938	18.7	47	28.3	56	8.3	53	0.38	53	2
1937	2.9	113	12.9	120	-7.1	123	1.56	7	0
1936	3.9	110	13.1	119	-6.3	121	1.12	11	2
1935	17.6	58	28	59	7.3	59	0.25	67	0
1934	25.9	12	37.1	12	14.8	15	0.08	98	0
1933	29.5	4	41.9	2	17.1	4	0.06	105	0
1932	14.2	77	23.7	91	4.6	80	0.63	26	0
1931	30	2	43.6	1	16.5	9	0.06	105	0
1930	8	104	17.9	111	-1.8	108	0.70	21	0
1929	6.3	109	16.9	115	-4.5	118	0.62	28	1
1928	21.9	31	31.8	40	12	27	0.02	118	0
1927	22.4	26	33	30	11.7	29	0.05	110	0
1926	20.1	37	30.4	45	9.8	44	1.44	8	0
1925	14.1	78	24.5	87	3.7	87	0.60	29	0
1924	11.8	91	23.4	93	0.2	103	0.12	90	0
1923	25	18	35.1	22	14.9	14	0.20	76	1
1922	16.6	70	26.9	70	6.3	66	0.67	23	0
1921	26.1	9	35.5	18	16.6	8	0.42	49	0
1920	17.8	56	27.3	66	8.3	53	0.07	101	0
1919	27.8	6	38.5	6	17.1	4	trace	122	0
1918					-3.1	114	0.60	29	6
1917					0.8	100	0.41	51	5
1916					-7.1	123			7
1915					4.2	81			7
1914							0.43	48	8
1913			32.1	39	3.9	85	0.06	105	6
1912			15.3	117	-6.2	120	trace	122	6
1911			30.3	46	4	84	0.00	127	5
1910					1.7	94	2.04	3	5
1909			24.8	83	5.3	74	0.60	29	5
1908	23.4	22	34.4	25	11.5	30	0.20	76	1
1907							1.05	13	10
1906			35.8	16	5.4	72	0.30	60	4
1905							0.81	18	8
1904							0.04	114	17
1903							0.40	52	11
1902			33	30			0.05	110	8
1901	24.2	19	37	14	11.4	31	0.11	93	0
1900	23.9	21	35.3	20	12.5	24	0.00	127	0
1899	18.9	44	33	30	4.8	78	0.00	127	2
1898	24	20	34.7	24	13.2	21	0.20	76	0
1897	10	97	20	106	0.1	105	2.10	2	0
1896	20.1	37	33.6	28	7.3	59	0.08	98	3
1893	13.3	82	25.7	79	0.9	98	0.55	36	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	33.6
1990	30
1931	30
1933	29.5
1944	28.5
1919	27.8
1992	27.6
2021	27.1
1987	26.1
1947	26.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	0.6
1937	2.9
1979	3
1982	3.5
1936	3.9
1929	6.3
1977	6.6
1950	6.9
1940	7
1997	8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1988	2.57
1897	2.10
1910	2.04
2023	1.90
1952	1.69
1944	1.59
1937	1.56
1926	1.44
1979	1.33
1949	1.25

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	0.00
1911	0.00
1900	0.00
1899	0.00
2025	trace
1993	trace
1942	trace
1919	trace
1912	trace
2009	0.02
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 4 January 2026
Coldest night: -17°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.07 in; 20 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.17 in of precipitation in Mitchell, SD, the driest January since 2025, tied 49th driest of 130 (with 2014).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 58°F on Sunday 4 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Mitchell, SD: a low of -17°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 0.07 in on Tuesday 20 January 2026.