Needles, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 57.9°F in Needles, CA (2 days missing), the warmest January since 2018, 8th warmest of 129.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 57.9°F; Warmest since 2018; 8th warmest of 129

A normal January in Needles, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 55.3°F, between 51.8°F and 58.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.40 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 1.89 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Needles, CA since 1889: 57.9°F in 2026; the highest is 60.4°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 51.8 to 58.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Needles, CA from 1889 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	57.9	8	67.9	19	47.9	4	trace	100	2
2025	52.8	63	64.2	64	41.5	66	0.00	120	0
2024	54	50	64.9	55	43.1	46	0.43	51	0
2023	52.7	64	61.8	98	43.5	42	0.85	33	0
2022	55.9	23	67.1	26	44.7	30	trace	100	0
2021	56	21	67	28	44.9	28	0.05	86	3
2020	55.5	30	67	28	43.9	33	trace	100	0
2019	55.3	32	64.3	62	46.4	16	1.37	17	0
2018	60.4	1	71.9	2	49	1	0.41	52	0
2017	55.4	31	63.6	74	47.2	11	0.96	29	0
2016	54.2	47	64.2	64	44.3	31	0.59	38	0
2015	58.3	6	68.4	16	48.2	3	0.67	37	0
2014	59.5	3	71.8	3	47.3	9	0.00	120	0
2013	52.4	69	62.3	90	42.5	53	0.46	49	0
2012	57.1	15	69.2	12	45	24	trace	100	0
2011	54.5	42	65.4	48	43.7	40	trace	100	0
2010	54.8	36	64.7	57	45	24	2.70	4	0
2009	57.1	15	67.3	24	46.9	13	0.06	85	0
2008	51.3	92	60.8	106	41.7	63	1.10	24	0
2007	50.9	95	62	96	39.8	90	0.17	77	0
2006	57	18	69.1	13	44.8	29	trace	100	0
2005	56.7	20	65.5	44	47.9	4	1.84	11	0
2004	54.2	47	65	52	43.4	44	trace	100	0
2003	60.3	2	72.2	1	48.4	2	0.30	59	0
2002	52.6	65	63.6	74	41.6	64	0.03	92	0
2001	51.8	82	61	104	42.5	53	1.59	12	0
2000	58.5	5	69.9	6	47.1	12	trace	100	1
1999	57.5	12	69.5	7	45.5	21	0.02	93	0
1998	55.3	32	66.7	30	43.8	37	0.38	54	0
1997	55.9	23	65.5	44	46.3	17	0.53	44	0
1996	56.8	19	69.5	7	44.1	32	0.01	96	0
1995	54	50	63	82	45	24	2.34	7	0
1994	55.8	26	69.4	9	42.2	58	0.15	80	0
1993	52.3	71	61.7	100	42.8	50	3.64	2	0
1992	52.9	61	64	69	41.8	61	0.71	36	0
1991	51.8	82	63.2	79	40.3	85	1.35	18	0
1990	52.4	69	64.1	68	40.7	77	0.92	31	0
1989	51.7	84	62.6	86	40.9	75	1.07	28	0
1988	52.1	75	62.9	85	41.3	70	0.51	45	0
1987									10
1986	58.9	4	71.6	4	46.1	18	0.30	59	0
1985	52	77	62	96	42.1	59	1.23	21	0
1984	55.3	32	66.6	33	43.9	33	trace	100	0
1983	54.8	36	66	39	43.6	41	0.16	79	1
1982	52.2	73	63.6	74	40.8	76	0.22	67	1
1981	57.6	10	69.1	13	46.1	18	0.04	88	0
1980	55.8	26	64.9	55	46.8	15	1.09	25	1
1979	46.5	126	55.8	127	37.2	108	1.09	25	0
1978	53.2	56	62.5	87	43.9	33	2.39	6	0
1977	52.2	73	62.2	93	42.1	59	0.25	64	0
1976	54.8	36	67.7	21	41.8	61	0.00	120	0
1975	51.5	86	63.3	78	39.8	90	trace	100	0
1974	49.5	105	58.5	121	40.4	83	1.55	14	0
1973	48.7	115	59.7	115	37.7	104	0.12	83	0
1972	49.9	102	62.5	87	37.2	108	0.00	120	0
1971	53	59	65.4	48	40.7	77	0.00	120	0
1970	51.9	78	63.2	79	40.6	80	0.01	96	0
1969	55.9	23	65.7	42	46.1	18	0.59	38	0
1968	53.3	54	65.2	51	41.5	66	trace	100	0
1967	53.2	56	65	52	41.5	66	0.19	70	0
1966	49.1	113	59.9	112	38.2	101	0.17	77	0
1965	54.5	42	65.5	44	43.5	42	0.18	72	0
1964	49.4	107	61.5	102	37.3	107	trace	100	0
1963	49.5	105	61.2	103	37.8	103	trace	100	0
1962	52.5	67	63.8	72	41.1	73	0.01	96	0
1961	54.3	46	66.3	36	42.3	56	0.14	81	0
1960	47.6	123	58.2	124	37.1	112	0.54	43	0
1959	53.5	53	65.5	44	41.6	64	0.20	69	0
1958	53.8	52	64.5	60	43	49	0.33	57	0
1957	51.4	89	60.4	109	42.3	56	0.32	58	0
1956	55.7	28	67.6	22	43.8	37	0.59	38	0
1955	48	118	56.9	125	39	96	1.92	10	0
1954	51.6	85	63.2	79	40	88	1.12	22	0
1953	57.4	13	69.3	10	45.4	22	trace	100	0
1952	48.7	115	58.6	120	38.8	98	0.58	41	0
1951	51.3	92	63	82	39.5	92	0.38	54	0
1950	47.8	121	60.2	110	35.5	122	0.04	88	0
1949	40.3	128	48.4	128	32.2	127	4.19	1	0
1948	53	59	66	39	40	88	0.00	120	0
1947	50.6	99	62.1	94	39	96	0.00	120	0
1946	51.5	86	62.3	90	40.6	80	0.19	70	0
1945	52.5	67	63.9	70	41.1	73	0.18	72	0
1944	51.5	86	61.8	98	41.2	72	trace	100	0
1943	53.3	54	63.5	77	43.1	46	1.95	9	0
1942	52.6	65	63.8	72	41.5	66	0.18	72	1
1941	51.9	78	61	104	42.8	50	0.84	34	0
1940							0.30	59	31
1939							1.32	19	31
1938	54.7	39	66.2	37	43.1	46	0.04	88	0
1937	38.5	129	47.6	129	29.4	129	0.48	47	0
1936	51.1	94	64.6	59	37.6	105	0.02	93	0
1935	51.9	78	64.7	57	39.1	95	0.48	47	0
1934	53.2	56	63.9	70	42.5	53	0.04	88	0
1933	49.6	103	59.9	112	39.2	94	1.08	27	0
1932	49.3	109	62.1	94	36.5	117	trace	100	0
1931	51.9	78	62.4	89	41.3	70	0.39	53	0
1930	49.3	109	59.3	116	39.3	93	0.74	35	0
1929	49	114	60.8	106	37.2	108	0.26	62	0
1928	54.6	41	69.1	13	40.1	87	trace	100	0
1927	54.1	49	67.8	20	40.4	83	0.46	49	0
1926	51.4	89	66.4	35	36.4	118	0.01	96	0
1925	52.1	75	66.1	38	38	102	trace	100	0
1924	49.3	109	62.3	90	36.4	118	trace	100	0
1923	50.8	96	65.4	48	36.3	120	0.18	72	0
1922	48	118	59.1	117	36.9	113	0.25	64	0
1921	49.4	107	61.7	100	37.2	108	1.32	19	0
1920	50.6	99	60.6	108	40.5	82	1.41	16	0
1919	51.4	89	64.2	64	38.6	99	0.18	72	0
1918	50.6	99	64.5	60	36.7	115	0.26	62	0
1916	49.2	112	60.1	111	38.3	100	1.56	13	0
1915	45.8	127	56.9	125	34.7	124	2.56	5	0
1914	57.2	14	66.7	30	47.7	8	1.48	15	0
1913	46.7	125	58.4	123	35	123	0.23	66	0
1912	56	21	67.1	26	45	24	0.00	120	0
1911	57.1	15	66.5	34	47.8	7	0.51	45	0
1910	52.3	71	67.6	22	36.9	113	0.88	32	0
1909	52.9	61	68.3	17	37.5	106	0.13	82	0
1908									18
1907	50.7	98	66.7	30	34.7	124	0.21	68	0
1906	54.4	45	65	52	43.8	37	0.10	84	0
1905	57.6	10	67.2	25	47.9	4	0.95	30	0
1904	54.7	39	69.3	10	40.2	86	0.00	120	0
1903									15
1902	55.6	29	64.2	64	46.9	13	0.05	86	0
1901	48.4	117	64.3	62	32.4	126	0.00	120	0
1900	57.7	9	68.1	18	47.3	9	0.02	93	0
1899	54.5	42	65.6	43	43.4	44	0.58	41	0
1898	47.8	121	58.9	119	36.6	116	0.35	56	0
1897	55	35	66	39	43.9	33	2.09	8	1
1896	47.2	124	63	82	31.4	128	0.00	120	0
1895	50.8	96	59	118	42.7	52	1.11	23	0
1894	48	118	59.8	114	36.2	121	0.00	120	0
1893	58.1	7	71	5	45.2	23	trace	100	0
1889	49.6	103	58.5	121	40.7	77	3.36	3	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	60.4
2003	60.3
2014	59.5
1986	58.9
2000	58.5
2015	58.3
1893	58.1
2026	57.9
1900	57.7
1981	57.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	38.5
1949	40.3
1915	45.8
1979	46.5
1913	46.7
1896	47.2
1960	47.6
1950	47.8
1898	47.8
1955	48
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	4.19
1993	3.64
1889	3.36
2010	2.70
1915	2.56
1978	2.39
1995	2.34
1897	2.09
1943	1.95
1955	1.92

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.00
2014	0.00
1976	0.00
1972	0.00
1971	0.00
1948	0.00
1947	0.00
1912	0.00
1904	0.00
1901	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 77°F; 14 January 2026
Coldest night: 38°F; 27 January 2026

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The hottest day of January 2026 in Needles, CA: 77°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Needles, CA: a low of 38°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.