Myrtle Beach, SC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 44.9°F in Myrtle Beach, SC, the coldest January since 2025, 25th coldest of 65.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 44.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 25th coldest of 65
Precipitation: 1.42 in; Driest since 2025; 12th driest of 68

A normal January in Myrtle Beach, SC (1991 to 2020): 2.30 in of precipitation, between 0.90 in and 5.01 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Myrtle Beach, SC since 1932: 44.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 36.6°F, in 1940.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Myrtle Beach, SC from 1932 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	44.9	41	55.2	41	34.5	46	1.42	57	0
2025	41	60	51.3	59	30.8	63	1.30	58	0
2024	48.1	23	58	24	38.2	24	1.10	60	0
2023	50.6	10	60.6	10	40.7	12	2.39	34	0
2022	43.7	47	54.1	46	33.4	50	4.36	11	0
2021	47.2	29	55.8	37	38.5	22	4.95	7	0
2020	53.3	5	62.3	7	44.4	3	2.00	44	0
2019	47.8	26	56.9	32	38.7	21	1.74	52	0
2018	42	56	52	57	32	59	4.22	13	0
2017	52.2	7	61.2	9	43.2	5	2.03	43	0
2016	44.4	44	53.7	49	35.2	40	1.90	47	0
2015	47.2	29	57.4	28	37.1	30	4.12	16	0
2014	42.3	54	52.7	55	31.8	61	1.81	50	0
2013	51	9	61.5	8	40.5	13	0.64	67	0
2012	49.8	15	60.3	12	39.4	18	1.23	59	0
2011	40.4	62	49.6	64	31.2	62	1.63	53	0
2010	41.6	57	51	60	32.2	56	2.44	32	0
2009	45.7	37	54.1	46	37.3	28	2.12	41	0
2008	45	40	54.4	45	36.3	35	3.55	23	3
2007	50.1	13	59.4	17	40.9	10	3.28	25	0
2006	50.3	11	59.5	16	41	9	2.72	31	0
2005	46.3	34	56.1	36	36.4	34	0.82	64	0
2004	42.8	52	53.4	50	32.2	56	2.24	38	0
2003	41.5	58	51	60	31.9	60	0.94	63	0
2002	48.5	19	58.9	20	38.1	26	0.81	65	0
2001	43.5	48	53.8	48	33.1	52	1.08	61	0
2000	43.4	49	52.7	55	34	47	4.90	8	1
1999			59.8	15			5.26	6	4
1998	49.8	15	57.7	26	41.4	8	7.98	3	2
1997	47.3	28	57.2	30	37.5	27	4.10	17	3
1996							2.35	35	5
1995			55.4	40	36.5	33			4
1993	50	14	59.3	18	40.8	11	4.15	14	1
1992	47	31	56.7	33	36.9	32	2.43	33	1
1991	48.2	21	57	31	39.3	19	9.54	1	3
1990	48.7	18	57.7	26	39.8	16	1.89	48	1
1989	50.3	11	60.4	11	40.1	15	2.15	39	1
1970	39.7	64	48.6	66	30.8	63	3.10	27	0
1969	43.3	50	52.8	54	33.8	48	2.96	28	0
1968	40	63	50.3	62	30	66	2.78	29	2
1967	48.3	20	58.3	22	38.5	22	5.83	5	2
1966	41.3	59	49.9	63	32.7	54	7.03	4	0
1965	45.2	39	56.2	35	34.6	43	1.59	54	2
1964	45.5	38	55.8	37	35.3	39	8.21	2	0
1963	43.3	50	52.9	53	33.7	49	4.45	10	0
1962	44.4	44	53.4	50	35.4	38	3.62	20	0
1961	42.1	55	51.8	58	32.3	55	2.04	42	0
1960	46.1	36	55	42	37.1	30	4.23	12	0
1959	44.8	42	54.9	43	34.6	43	2.25	37	0
1958	41	60	49.2	65	32.9	53	4.48	9	0
1957	46.9	32	56.3	34	38.2	24	1.98	45	2
1956	42.6	53	53.1	52	32.1	58	1.54	56	0
1955	44.4	44	55.7	39	33.2	51	4.13	15	0
1954	48.1	23	60.3	12	35.9	37	1.94	46	0
1953	49.8	15	60	14	39.5	17	3.15	26	0
1952	52.3	6	64.2	4	40.4	14	1.56	55	0
1951	46.8	33	58.9	20	34.7	42	0.44	68	0
1950	57.1	1	67.6	1	46.5	2	1.04	62	0
1949	54.5	3	66.5	2	42.6	6	0.78	66	0
1948					30.2	65	3.62	20	6
1947	51.8	8	62.7	6	41.9	7	3.66	18	3
1946	48.2	21	57.3	29	39.2	20	3.56	22	0
1945	44.6	43	54.5	44	34.6	43	1.79	51	0
1944	48.1	23	58.2	23	37.2	29	3.63	19	2
1942	46.3	34	57.8	25	34.9	41	2.34	36	0
1941	47.5	27	59	19	36	36	1.84	49	0
1940	36.6	65	47.6	67	26	67	3.53	24	1
1933	53.5	4	63.6	5	43.6	4	2.74	30	2
1932	56.6	2	66.1	3	47.2	1	2.14	40	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	57.1
1932	56.6
1949	54.5
1933	53.5
2020	53.3
1952	52.3
2017	52.2
1947	51.8
2013	51
2023	50.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	36.6
1970	39.7
1968	40
2011	40.4
2025	41
1958	41
1966	41.3
2003	41.5
2010	41.6
2018	42

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	9.54
1964	8.21
1998	7.98
1966	7.03
1967	5.83
1999	5.26
2021	4.95
2000	4.90
1958	4.48
1963	4.45

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	0.44
2013	0.64
1949	0.78
2002	0.81
2005	0.82
2003	0.94
1950	1.04
2001	1.08
2024	1.10
2012	1.23

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 10 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 18 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.42 in of precipitation in Myrtle Beach, SC, the driest January since 2025, 12th driest of 68.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Myrtle Beach, SC: 72°F on Saturday 10 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Myrtle Beach, SC: a low of 19°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Myrtle Beach, SC: 0.75 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.