Natchitoches, LA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 48.4°F in Natchitoches, LA, the warmest January since 2023, 49th warmest of 97.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 48.4°F; Warmest since 2023; 49th warmest of 97
Precipitation: 4.07 in; Driest since 2021; 46th driest of 103

A normal January in Natchitoches, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.8°F, between 44°F and 53.1°F in eight years of ten and 5.33 in of precipitation, between 2.19 in and 8.56 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Natchitoches, LA since 1894: 48.4°F in 2026; the highest is 60.2°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 44 to 53.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Natchitoches, LA from 1894 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	48.4	49	59.8	46	37	56	4.07	58	0
2025	43	88	54	85	32	92	5.32	43	0
2024	44.7	76	56.5	69	32.9	88	10.14	7	0
2023	53.7	12	64.4	15	43.1	11	8.46	14	0
2022	47.3	56	61.3	32	33	86	5.07	48	1
2021	49.1	38	59.4	50	38.8	41	2.95	79	0
2020	51.3	24	61.5	30	41.2	25	6.92	24	0
2019	48.3	50	58.6	59	38	47	7.60	22	0
2018	43.2	87	53.4	89	33	86	3.03	77	0
2017	55.9	4	65	13	46.7	3	6.79	26	0
2016	46	67	56.4	71	35.6	66	3.80	63	0
2015	44.1	83	54.5	83	33.7	81	7.57	23	0
2014	41.5	91	53.7	87	29.4	102	1.07	101	0
2013	51.3	24	60.4	40	42.1	16	9.21	10	0
2012	54	10	66.5	6	41.5	21	3.96	60	0
2011	45.9	68	55.9	74	35.9	63	6.63	28	0
2010	46.6	61	57	65	36.2	61	3.53	69	0
2009	48.8	45	60.4	40	37.3	52			0
2008	47.4	55	58.3	60	36.6	58	4.22	55	0
2007	50	32	59.3	52	40.7	27	5.43	41	0
2006	55	6	67.8	5	42.1	16	4.85	49	0
2005	53	16	62.3	23	43.5	9	3.03	77	3
2004	49.6	33	59.2	53	40.1	29	5.12	46	2
2003	44.6	77	55.4	77	33.6	82	1.33	98	2
2002	49.6	33	61.4	31	37.8	49	2.80	83	0
2001	43.4	84	52.5	91	34	80	6.63	28	1
2000	50.7	30	62.4	22	39.6	34	1.05	102	1
1999	51.5	22	63.7	17	39.7	33	17.20	1	2
1998	51.7	20	61.6	29	41.8	20	8.44	16	0
1997	46.6	61	56.1	72	37.1	54	3.88	61	0
1996	47	58	59.4	50	34.6	73	2.41	86	0
1995	48.8	45	58.9	56	38.7	42	6.23	33	0
1994	44.3	79	54	85	34.5	77	5.91	36	1
1993	46.7	60	55.6	76	37.8	49	5.33	42	0
1992	46.1	66	55.9	74	36.3	60	6.62	30	0
1991	44.2	81	52.9	90	35.5	67	9.02	12	0
1990	51.3	24	61.2	34	41.4	24	11.10	5	0
1989	50.9	29	60.3	44	41.5	21	10.86	6	0
1988	41.6	90	52	93	31.3	95	2.84	82	0
1987	44.2	81	54.8	79	33.5	84	2.91	80	0
1986	48.1	54	61.3	32	34.8	70	1.42	97	0
1985	41.1	92	51.3	94	31	98	3.37	73	0
1984	40.7	93	52.1	92	29.9	99	2.73	84	1
1983	45.3	71	55.3	78	35.3	68	2.10	91	1
1982	46.8	59	59.5	49	34.1	79	5.24	44	0
1981	43.3	86	54.8	79	31.7	94	1.93	93	0
1980	49	41	58.3	60	39.6	34	4.23	54	0
1979	39.2	94	48.5	96	29.9	99	13.72	2	0
1978	38.2	96	46.6	97	29.8	101	5.57	40	0
1977	38.8	95	49.3	95	28.3	103	3.81	62	0
1976	46.4	63	60.6	38	32.3	90	3.71	65	1
1975	54.8	7	65.5	11	44	8	3.69	66	0
1974	53.9	11	63	19	44.8	7	11.64	4	0
1973	45.5	70	56.5	69	34.6	73	5.23	45	0
1972	53.6	13	64.5	14	42.7	14	7.72	21	0
1971	53.6	13	65.2	12	42.1	16	0.55	103	0
1970	44.5	78	54.7	81	34.2	78	1.52	96	0
1969	52.2	18	62.2	24	42.3	15	1.19	100	0
1968	47.2	57	56.9	66	37.5	51	5.70	39	0
1967	49.2	36	60.6	38	37.9	48	1.74	94	0
1966	45	74	54.3	84	35.7	65	6.79	26	0
1965	53.1	15	66.3	7	39.9	31	3.16	76	0
1964	48.3	50	61.2	34	35.3	68	4.79	50	0
1963	43.4	84	54.7	81	32.1	91	2.27	90	0
1962	45.9	68	58.1	62	33.6	82	6.26	32	0
1961	45	74	57.5	64	32.5	89	8.19	19	0
1960	48.9	43	58.8	57	39	39	3.69	66	0
1959	48.2	52	61.7	28	34.7	72	1.95	92	0
1958	46.3	64	58	63	34.6	73	3.39	72	0
1957	51.2	28	61.8	27	41.2	25	5.97	35	1
1956	49.2	36	62.2	24	36.2	61	3.47	71	0
1955	49.5	35	60.7	37	38.3	46	4.74	51	0
1954	51.9	19	64.3	16	39.5	36	4.73	53	0
1953	54.1	9	68.4	4	39.8	32	3.55	68	0
1952	59.8	2	70.7	1	48.9	2	3.18	75	0
1951			63.2	18					13
1950	60.2	1	69.3	3	51.2	1	8.46	14	0
1949	51.7	20	62.2	24	41.5	21	8.07	20	1
1948	42.3	89	53.6	88	31.1	97	2.31	88	2
1947					42.1	16	9.33	9	4
1946	50.1	31	60.2	45	39.3	37	8.26	18	2
1945	49	41	60.9	36	37.1	54	3.48	70	0
1944	48.2	52	59.8	46	36.7	57	1.73	95	0
1942	45.1	73	59	54	31.2	96	2.29	89	0
1941	49.1	38	60.4	40	38.5	44	2.72	85	2
1940	36	97	46.1	98	26	104	2.39	87	0
1939	51.3	24	62.5	21	40.2	28	9.13	11	0
1938	49.1	38	58.7	58	40	30	5.11	47	3
1937					45.5	4	9.57	8	7
1936					33.3	85	4.14	57	8
1934					42.9	13	6.43	31	11
1933	55.7	5	65.8	10	45.4	5	2.89	81	3
1932					43.1	11	12.74	3	5
1931	48.9	43	59	54	38.5	44	3.79	64	2
1930					34.8	70	8.76	13	8
1929					38.9	40	4.22	55	6
1928	51.5	22	62.9	20	38.7	42	1.31	99	3
1927	54.4	8	65.9	9	43.5	9	5.86	38	1
1926	48.5	47	59.8	46	37.3	52	5.91	36	0
1925	48.5	47	60.4	40	36.5	59	8.31	17	0
1924	44.3	79	56.8	67	31.9	93	6.02	34	2
1923	57.7	3	70.4	2	45	6	4.74	51	0
1896	45.3	71	56	73	34.6	73	4.02	59	0
1895	46.3	64	56.8	67	35.8	64	3.30	74	0
1894	52.7	17	66.1	8	39.3	37	6.81	25	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	60.2
1952	59.8
1923	57.7
2017	55.9
1933	55.7
2006	55
1975	54.8
1927	54.4
1953	54.1
2012	54

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	36
1978	38.2
1977	38.8
1979	39.2
1984	40.7
1985	41.1
2014	41.5
1988	41.6
1948	42.3
2025	43

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1999	17.20
1979	13.72
1932	12.74
1974	11.64
1990	11.10
1989	10.86
2024	10.14
1937	9.57
1947	9.33
2013	9.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1971	0.55
2000	1.05
2014	1.07
1969	1.19
1928	1.31
2003	1.33
1986	1.42
1970	1.52
1944	1.73
1967	1.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 3 January 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.60 in; 10 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 4.07 in of precipitation in Natchitoches, LA, the driest January since 2021, 46th driest of 103.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Natchitoches, LA: 81°F on Saturday 3 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Natchitoches, LA: a low of 18°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Natchitoches, LA: 1.60 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.