Morgantown, WV: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 26.8°F in Morgantown, WV, the coldest January since 2025, tied 25th coldest of 130 (with 1971 and 1875).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 26.8°F; Coldest since 2025; 25th coldest of 130
Precipitation: 1.61 in; Driest since 2000; 17th driest of 136

A normal January in Morgantown, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.9°F, between 24.9°F and 37.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.83 in of precipitation, between 1.90 in and 4.94 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Morgantown, WV since 1874: 26.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 18°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 24.9 to 37.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Morgantown, WV from 1873 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	26.8	104	35.3	107	18.3	109	1.61	120	0
2025	25.1	117	32.5	126	17.6	115	1.74	115	0
2024	34.4	41	40.7	67	28.1	28	4.90	19	0
2023	40.4	5	47.1	14	33.7	3	4.14	29	0
2022	28.1	97	36.3	100	19.8	98	2.63	82	0
2021	33.1	53	39.4	76	26.9	36	1.90	111	0
2020	38.4	12	46.2	22	30.5	10	3.87	37	0
2019	31.5	70	39.6	74	23.5	69	3.73	38	0
2018	29.2	86	38.7	85	19.8	98	2.78	76	0
2017	37.5	15	44.7	35	30.3	11	4.04	31	0
2016	28.7	91	37.8	90	19.7	100	2.04	104	0
2015	28.4	93	36.3	100	20.5	91	2.56	87	0
2014	24.9	118	35.3	107	14.6	130	2.02	106	0
2013	34.9	36	42.2	48	27.5	32	3.14	60	0
2012	36.3	28	45.5	28	27.2	34	3.22	57	0
2011	27.1	100	34	120	20.2	95	2.03	105	0
2010	29.3	84	34.8	116	23.7	66	2.36	94	0
2009	26.9	102	35.1	113	18.6	105	2.82	75	0
2008	33.2	52	41.3	56	25.1	48	2.53	88	0
2007	35.8	30	43.7	40	27.9	30	2.85	71	0
2006	41.7	3	50.6	7	32.9	6	4.88	21	0
2005	33.9	47	41.9	51	25.9	43	5.93	10	0
2004	24.7	120	32.6	123	16.8	121	4.01	33	0
2003	24.1	121	30.5	131	17.6	115	2.69	79	0
2002	37.5	15	45.2	30	29.8	16	2.89	68	0
2001	29.6	82	36.5	99	22.7	73	1.93	110	0
2000	30.8	76	39.2	79	21.5	79	1.07	131	2
1999	34.6	40	44.3	36	24.9	51	6.14	9	0
1998	40.2	6	47.1	14	33.4	5	2.84	72	0
1997			39	82	21.2	85	1.02	132	5
1996	30.8	76	40.2	70	22.4	74	4.32	24	1
1995	34.1	45	40.8	66	27.4	33	2.39	92	0
1994	24.8	119	32.6	123	16.9	120	5.49	15	0
1993	37.2	21	45.2	30	29.2	19	1.68	116	0
1992	33	54	41.3	56	24.8	53	2.21	99	0
1991	32.9	55	41	63	24.8	53	3.41	52	0
1990	39.7	8	48	11	31.3	9	2.63	82	0
1989	38.2	13	47.2	13	29.2	19	3.49	47	0
1988	29	87	37.8	90	20.3	93	1.98	108	0
1987	30	80	36.3	100	23.6	68	2.18	100	0
1986	30.5	78	39	82	21.9	77	2.15	101	0
1985	23.3	122	29.8	133	16.8	121	1.50	125	0
1984	26.5	108	34.1	119	18.8	103	1.40	128	0
1983	31.8	68	38.5	88	25.1	48	1.67	117	0
1982	26.1	112	35.1	113	17.2	119	3.38	54	0
1981					16.3	125	0.97	133	4
1980	33.6	50	40.5	68	26.6	37	1.55	123	0
1979	25.9	113	32.6	123	19.1	102	4.73	22	0
1978	23.2	124	29.7	134	16.6	123	5.71	12	0
1977	18	130	26.3	137	9.7	136	1.67	117	0
1976	26.3	110	35.3	107	17.3	118	3.12	61	0
1975	34.3	43	42	49	26.6	37	2.99	67	0
1974	36.4	26	44.3	36	28.6	23	5.20	16	0
1973	28.4	93	37.3	95	19.4	101	2.35	95	0
1972	31.5	70	41.6	54	21.4	83	3.88	36	0
1971	26.8	104	35.3	107	18.3	109	2.84	72	0
1970	22.8	125	31.1	129	14.6	130	1.63	119	0
1969	29	87	37.3	95	20.7	90	1.56	122	0
1968	25.6	114	35.4	106	15.7	127	1.95	109	0
1967	37.2	21	46.4	19	28	29	0.61	136	0
1966	27.2	99	35.1	113	18.5	106	3.60	43	1
1965	28.7	91	37.5	93	19.9	97	3.04	66	0
1964	34	46	43.1	46	24.9	51	2.14	102	0
1963	26.6	107	36.6	98	16.6	123	1.42	126	0
1962	29.8	81	39.3	77	20.3	93	2.67	80	0
1961	25.5	115	32.4	127	18.5	106	1.41	127	0
1960	34.4	41	41.1	61	27.6	31	2.39	92	0
1959	26.9	102	37.5	93	18.1	113	3.05	65	2
1958	28.3	96	35.5	104	21.1	86	3.21	58	0
1957	28	98	35.7	103	20.4	92	3.52	45	0
1956	28.4	93	35.3	107	21.5	79	2.57	85	0
1955	29	87	37	97	21.1	86	1.58	121	0
1954	32.8	57	41.9	51	23.8	64	2.57	85	0
1953	38.5	11	46.9	16	30.2	12	4.89	20	0
1952	36.9	25	45.7	27	28.2	27	5.57	14	0
1951	35.8	30	45	32	26.5	39	5.13	17	0
1950			53.9	3	33.5	4	8.12	2	4
1949	40.2	6	47.8	12	32.6	7	6.37	8	0
1948	22.7	126	30.5	131	14.9	129	3.73	38	0
1947	37.7	14	46.6	18	29.4	17	3.47	49	2
1946	35.5	32	46	25	25	50	1.88	112	0
1945	26.4	109	34.4	117	18.4	108	3.42	51	0
1942			38.6	87			2.02	106	9
1941	31.5	70	38.7	85	24.2	60	3.45	50	0
1940	19.7	129	27	136	12.3	134	1.88	112	0
1939	34.9	36	44.1	38	25.5	46	4.02	32	1
1938	32.6	59	39	82	26.3	40	1.80	114	0
1937	44.6	2	53.9	3	34.9	2	8.92	1	1
1936	23.3	122	30.6	130	16	126	3.53	44	0
1935	30.5	78	40.9	65	20.1	96	3.09	63	0
1934	37.3	20	45	32	28.3	26			2
1933	39.5	9	48.9	9	30.1	14	3.37	55	0
1932			54	2			2.58	84	4
1931	33.9	47	43.7	40	24.1	61	0.89	135	0
1930	34.7	38	43.5	42	26	42	1.29	130	0
1929	32.1	61	41	63	22.3	75	2.83	74	1
1928	32	62	41.9	51	22.2	76	1.30	129	0
1927	31.9	66	39.6	74	24.3	59	4.28	25	0
1926	32.7	58	40.2	70	24.8	53	2.88	69	1
1925	33.4	51	41.2	60	25.5	46	2.65	81	0
1923	35.4	33	43.8	39	27.1	35	3.25	56	0
1922	31.2	73	41.1	61	21.5	79	1.54	124	2
1921	35.4	33	45.5	28	25.7	44	2.28	97	2
1920	26.2	111	34.2	118	18.3	109	2.52	89	0
1918	20.3	128	28.7	135	12	135	2.41	91	2
1917	33.8	49	43.4	43	23.5	69	4.19	28	1
1916							2.75	77	4
1915	32	62	40.2	70	24	62	3.65	41	1
1914	36.4	26	43.4	43	29.4	17	2.10	103	1
1913			51.5	5			7.70	3	4
1912	22.3	127	32.1	128	13.9	132	2.43	90	3
1911	37.2	21	45.9	26	28.5	24	6.87	5	0
1910					24.8	53	6.70	7	11
1909	37.2	21	46.3	21	28.4	25	4.07	30	3
1908	31.6	69	41.4	55	21.9	77	2.23	98	0
1907	36.3	28	46.9	16	26.1	41	7.51	4	1
1906	39.4	10	48.6	10	30.2	12	3.92	35	0
1905	25.5	115	33.4	121	17.7	114	3.48	48	1
1904	27.1	100	35.5	104	18.7	104	2.70	78	0
1903	31.9	66	39.7	73	23.7	66	2.87	70	2
1902	29.3	84	37.6	92	21.3	84	3.63	42	2
1901	32.9	55	42	49	23.8	64			1
1900	34.7	38	46.1	23	23.9	63			3
1899	31.2	73	40.4	69	21.5	79	4.37	23	1
1898	37.5	15	46.4	19	28.7	22	5.78	11	0
1897	29	87	41.3	56	17.4	117	2.35	95	2
1896	31	75	39.2	79	22.8	72	0.96	134	0
1895			43.2	45	15.5	128	3.50	46	6
1894	35.2	35	49.4	8	20.9	89			3
1893			32.7	122	13.4	133			5
1883	34.2	44	42.8	47	25.6	45	4.93	18	0
1882	37.4	19	44.8	34	30	15	6.78	6	0
1881	32	62	39.3	77	24.6	58	3.09	63	0
1880	47.7	1	57	1	38.4	1	5.67	13	0
1879	32.3	60	41.3	56	23.3	71	3.41	52	0
1878	32	62	39.2	79	24.8	53	3.95	34	0
1877	29.5	83	37.9	89	21.1	86	4.26	26	0
1876	41.3	4	51	6	31.6	8	4.25	27	0
1875	26.8	104	35.3	107	18.3	109	3.12	61	0
1874	37.5	15	46.1	23	28.9	21	3.17	59	0
1873							3.71	40	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	47.7
1937	44.6
2006	41.7
1876	41.3
2023	40.4
1998	40.2
1949	40.2
1990	39.7
1933	39.5
1906	39.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	18
1940	19.7
1918	20.3
1912	22.3
1948	22.7
1970	22.8
1978	23.2
1985	23.3
1936	23.3
2003	24.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	8.92
1950	8.12
1913	7.70
1907	7.51
1911	6.87
1882	6.78
1910	6.70
1949	6.37
1999	6.14
2005	5.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	0.61
1931	0.89
1896	0.96
1981	0.97
1997	1.02
2000	1.07
1930	1.29
1928	1.30
1984	1.40
1961	1.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -7°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.53 in; 25 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.61 in of precipitation in Morgantown, WV, the driest January since 2000, 17th driest of 136.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Morgantown, WV: 64°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Morgantown, WV: a low of -7°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Morgantown, WV: 0.53 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.