Muscle Shoals, AL: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 41.1°F in Muscle Shoals, AL, the coldest January since 2025, 64th coldest of 130.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 41.1°F; Coldest since 2025; 64th coldest of 130
Precipitation: 4.24 in; Driest since 2025; 60th driest of 128

A normal January in Muscle Shoals, AL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.4°F, between 36.6°F and 47.7°F in eight years of ten and 4.31 in of precipitation, between 2.14 in and 8.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Muscle Shoals, AL since 1893: 41.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 26.9°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 36.6 to 47.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Muscle Shoals, AL 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	41.1	67	51.7	62	30.4	79	4.24	69	0
2025	38.2	99	48.7	95	27.6	104	4.13	72	0
2024	38.9	92	48	100	29.8	83	8.73	10	0
2023	49.3	6	59.5	5	39.2	10	4.47	65	0
2022	40.2	76	51.3	66	29	88	6.46	33	0
2021	44.4	36	53.4	45	35.4	28	3.77	76	0
2020	48	11	56.8	13	39.1	11	9.44	8	0
2019	43	47	51.8	61	34.1	40	4.85	56	0
2018	37.8	103	48.7	95	27	108	1.78	122	0
2017	50.1	4	58.7	9	41.4	4	4.72	59	0
2016	40.2	76	49.8	82	30.6	75	3.65	79	0
2015	40.2	76	49.9	81	30.5	76	4.17	71	0
2014	35.2	120	47.7	103	22.7	126	1.70	124	0
2013	46.4	19	55.5	27	37.2	18	8.74	9	0
2012	47.6	14	59.1	7	36.2	23	6.87	27	0
2011	37.4	106	47	107	27.8	102	3.27	87	0
2010	36.1	114	45.5	116	26.7	110	4.96	55	0
2009	40.7	71	51.5	63	30	81	2.41	113	0
2008	39.2	89	48.9	94	29.5	86	2.29	117	0
2007	43.3	42	52.3	55	34.4	37	3.22	91	0
2006	48.4	8	59.4	6	37.3	17	7.53	18	0
2005	46.9	17	56.4	19	37.4	16	3.48	84	0
2004	41.2	66	51.4	65	31.1	71	3.07	94	0
2003	35.6	118	45.1	121	26.2	114	1.40	126	0
2002	44.2	38	54.9	33	33.5	47	7.82	16	0
2001	37.4	106	46.6	111	28.1	99	5.31	48	0
2000	42	58	50.5	76	33.4	52	4.40	66	0
1999	46.3	20	55.8	24	36.7	21	8.47	13	0
1998	46	22	53.7	43	38.3	12	6.66	31	0
1995	42.8	51	52.2	58	33.5	47	6.05	38	0
1994	36.8	110	45.3	118	28.2	98	6.72	28	0
1993	45.1	32	54	39	36.2	23	4.21	70	0
1992	42.2	57	51.3	66	33.1	57	2.35	115	0
1991	42.5	54	50.9	73	34.1	40	3.05	95	0
1990	47.2	15	57.3	12	37.1	19	6.94	26	0
1989	46.3	20	56.4	19	36.3	22	8.63	11	0
1988	36.6	112	45.5	116	27.6	104	2.51	111	0
1987	39.4	88	49.1	90	29.6	85	3.52	82	0
1986	39.8	85	52.9	48	26.7	110	0.60	128	0
1985	31.9	126	41.3	126	22.5	127	3.14	93	0
1984	36.1	114	45.7	115	26.6	112	2.64	106	0
1983	37.5	105	45.3	118	29.7	84	2.57	108	0
1982	38.3	98	49.4	86	27.3	107	7.46	19	0
1981	36.1	114	46.2	113	26	115	1.45	125	0
1980	41.8	61	48.5	99	35	29	4.51	64	0
1979	32.5	125	39.8	128	25.2	119	6.66	31	0
1978	30.6	127	38.1	130	23.1	124	4.10	73	0
1977	26.9	130	35.3	131	18.6	130	2.97	96	0
1976	36.5	113	47.3	104	25.6	117	3.25	88	0
1975	44.4	36	54.5	37	34.2	39	5.37	47	0
1974	48.4	8	56.7	15	40	6	11.77	3	0
1973	38	102	47.2	105	28.9	91	5.77	42	0
1972	45.2	28	56	23	34.5	34	6.31	35	0
1971	40.8	69	50	79	31.6	67	5.79	41	0
1970	37.4	106	47	107	27.8	102	3.19	92	0
1969	40.2	76	49	92	31.4	69	3.96	75	0
1968	38.1	101	47.1	106	29.2	87	5.83	40	0
1967	44.2	38	54.8	35	33.6	45	1.78	122	0
1966	35.7	117	43.9	123	27.5	106	5.15	51	0
1965	42.5	54	53.6	44	31.3	70	2.76	100	0
1964	40.1	80	52.2	58	28	100	5.09	54	0
1963	33.7	123	45.1	121	22.4	128	2.16	119	0
1962	37.4	106	46.9	109	27.9	101	7.27	22	0
1961	35.4	119	46.1	114	24.6	121	1.20	127	0
1960	41.9	59	48	100	35.8	27	5.11	52	0
1959	39.7	86	50.5	76	29	88	3.76	77	0
1958	36.7	111	45.3	118	28.6	96	2.54	110	1
1957	41	68	50	79	32.8	58	10.64	5	1
1956	39.6	87	48.7	95	30.5	76	2.76	100	0
1955	40.6	72	49.3	88	31.9	65	3.25	88	0
1954	44.2	38	53.8	41	34.5	34	8.52	12	0
1953	47.1	16	56.4	19	37.8	14	6.17	36	0
1952	48.1	10	56.5	17	40	6	7.57	17	2
1951	42.9	48	52.3	55	33.5	47	9.93	6	0
1950	53.9	1	63.2	1	44.5	1	13.09	1	0
1949	50	5	57.8	11	41.2	5	10.86	4	2
1948	33.1	124	42.3	125	23.9	123	3.64	80	0
1947	45.2	28	53	47	37.5	15	7.45	20	0
1946	42.5	54	51	72	33.9	43	9.50	7	0
1945	40	81	49	92	31.1	71	2.69	102	0
1944	42.8	51	52	60	33.6	45	2.69	102	0
1943	42.9	48	52.4	54	33.4	52	2.60	107	0
1942	38.2	99	49.6	83	26.9	109	2.01	120	0
1941	42.9	48	52.6	52	33.2	55	2.39	114	0
1940	27	129	39.2	129	14.9	132	2.30	116	0
1939	45.2	28	56.8	13	33.5	47	6.69	29	0
1938	44.7	35	55.2	31	34.3	38	5.67	43	2
1937	51.5	3	60.2	3	42.7	3	12.25	2	0
1936	37.8	103	50.7	75	24.9	120	3.50	83	0
1935	43.1	45	53.8	41	32.4	62	5.52	45	0
1934	45.8	23	55.5	27	36.1	25	2.82	99	0
1933	47.8	12	58.7	9	37	20	2.66	104	1
1932	48.9	7	59.9	4	37.9	13	8.22	15	0
1931	40	81	51.5	63	28.6	96	2.97	96	0
1930	39.1	91	49.5	85	28.7	92	2.65	105	0
1929	41.6	62	52.7	51	30.5	76	5.39	46	0
1928	40	81	51.2	69	28.7	92	2.44	112	0
1927	43.1	45	52.9	48	33.2	55	4.52	63	0
1926	38.9	92	49.1	90	28.7	92	3.60	81	0
1925	41.9	59	50.8	74	32.5	61	4.74	57	1
1924	34.7	121	47.9	102	21.5	129	7.13	24	0
1923	45.4	27	56.5	17	34.6	32	6.16	37	1
1922	40.5	73	49.2	89	31.9	65	7.07	25	0
1921	44.9	33	56.3	22	33.5	47	3.68	78	0
1920	40.5	73	51.1	70	29.9	82	6.39	34	0
1919	39.9	84	53.3	46	26.5	113	4.58	61	0
1918	29.7	128	40.9	127	17.6	131	7.24	23	1
1917	42.8	51	54.7	36	30.9	73	6.67	30	0
1916	46.9	17	59.1	7	34.6	32	5.28	49	0
1915	38.8	94	51.3	66	26	115	4.29	67	2
1914	45.5	25	56.6	16	34.5	34	1.98	121	3
1913			55.3	30	34.8	30			4
1912					24.2	122	4.74	57	7
1911	45.6	24	52.9	48	39.3	9	4.26	68	2
1910	44	41	54.5	37	33.4	52	4.63	60	0
1909	45.2	28	55.6	26	34.7	31	2.56	109	1
1908	43.3	42	53.9	40	32.6	59	4.57	62	3
1907	52.8	2	62.7	2	42.8	2	3.24	90	0
1906	44.8	34	55.5	27	34.1	40	3.45	85	0
1905	34.6	122	43.8	124	25.3	118	5.28	49	0
1904	39.2	89	49.6	83	29	88	2.94	98	2
1903	41.6	62	50.4	78	32.6	59	5.11	52	1
1902	40.4	75	52.3	55	28.7	92			1
1901	43.3	42	54.9	33	31.5	68	5.66	44	1
1900	41.6	62	51.1	70	32.1	64	3.39	86	0
1899	40.8	69	48.7	95	32.3	63	5.96	39	2
1898	47.8	12	55.7	25	39.8	8	7.29	21	0
1897	38.4	96	46.9	109	30.4	79	4.05	74	1
1896	41.6	62	49.4	86	33.8	44	2.28	118	0
1895	38.7	95	46.6	111	30.8	74	8.34	14	0
1894	45.5	25	55.2	31	35.9	26			0
1893	38.4	96	52.6	52	22.8	125			3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	53.9
1907	52.8
1937	51.5
2017	50.1
1949	50
2023	49.3
1932	48.9
2006	48.4
1974	48.4
1952	48.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	26.9
1940	27
1918	29.7
1978	30.6
1985	31.9
1979	32.5
1948	33.1
1963	33.7
1905	34.6
1924	34.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	13.09
1937	12.25
1974	11.77
1949	10.86
1957	10.64
1951	9.93
1946	9.50
2020	9.44
2013	8.74
2024	8.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.60
1961	1.20
2003	1.40
1981	1.45
2014	1.70
2018	1.78
1967	1.78
1914	1.98
1942	2.01
1963	2.16

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 14°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.65 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 4.24 in of precipitation in Muscle Shoals, AL, the driest January since 2025, 60th driest of 128.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Muscle Shoals, AL: 73°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Muscle Shoals, AL: a low of 14°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Muscle Shoals, AL: 1.65 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.