New Bern, NC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 42.4°F in New Bern, NC, the coldest January since 2025, 29th coldest of 91.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 42.4°F; Coldest since 2025; 29th coldest of 91

A normal January in New Bern, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45.5°F, between 39.5°F and 49.1°F in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in New Bern, NC since 1933: 42.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 33.6°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 39.5 to 49.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in New Bern, NC from 1933 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	42.4	63	53.9	53	30.9	68	1.44	86	0
2025	39	83	50	79	28	86	0.93	89	0
2024	46.9	27	58.5	24	35.3	35	2.47	65	0
2023	50.9	8	62.7	7	39.1	13	3.56	42	0
2022	42.6	59	54.1	52	31.1	66	4.13	30	0
2021	43.7	50	53.4	55	34	47	4.56	23	0
2020	50.1	13	61.1	14	39.2	11	2.06	74	0
2019	44.5	44	54.6	48	34.3	42	3.92	34	0
2018	38.6	87	50.3	76	27	88	4.42	26	0
2017	48.9	18	59.3	19	38.5	18	4.25	28	0
2016	42.5	61	52.6	62	32.4	56	3.71	38	0
2015	45.5	34	56.9	30	34.2	44	4.49	24	0
2014	41.3	71	53.4	55	29.2	79	3.97	31	0
2013	48.7	20	59.2	20	38.2	21	1.83	80	0
2012	48.5	21	60.3	18	36.8	24	2.43	67	0
2011	39.3	80	49.6	83	29	82	2.85	57	0
2010	39.6	79	49.9	82	29.3	78	4.41	27	0
2009	42.5	61	52.3	64	32.7	55	1.85	77	0
2008	44.2	46	54.8	47	33.5	52	2.60	62	0
2007	47.2	25	57.8	27	36.7	25	3.52	43	0
2006	50.4	11	62	8	38.8	15	2.46	66	0
2005	45.5	34	55.9	35	35.1	37	2.40	68	0
2004	40.8	74	51.2	73	30.4	75	1.20	88	0
2003	38.9	85	48.9	85	28.8	83	2.21	71	0
2002	47.2	25	58.7	22	35.6	29	3.77	37	0
2001	43.8	49	54.9	46	32.8	54	2.19	72	0
2000	42.2	64	52.3	64	32.2	59	4.80	22	0
1999	49.3	16	61.5	10	37	23	3.43	47	0
1998	48.3	22	58.1	26	38.6	17			0
1994	41.8	66	52.9	60	30.7	73	6.75	9	0
1993	48.8	19	57.6	28	39.9	8	5.93	14	0
1992	45.8	32	56.3	34	35.3	35	7.04	5	0
1991	46.5	28	55.5	40	37.6	22	7.60	2	0
1990	51.4	7	63.7	6	39.1	13	3.10	53	0
1989	49.3	16	59	21	39.7	9	2.96	56	0
1988	41.1	73	50.1	77	32.2	59	5.43	17	0
1987	42.9	55	52.9	60	32.9	53	6.92	7	0
1986	42.7	58	54.5	50	30.9	68	3.36	48	0
1985	39.1	82	48.9	85	29.2	79	3.95	32	0
1984	41.4	69	51.6	70	31.2	65	2.31	70	0
1983	42.6	59	51.1	74	34	47	3.61	41	0
1982	41.4	69	51.7	69	31	67	5.57	15	0
1981	37.8	89	48.9	85	26.7	89	1.50	85	0
1980	45	43	53.6	54	36.4	27	3.94	33	0
1979	42.8	56	53.4	55	32.3	57	6.55	10	0
1978	40.7	75	50.4	75	30.9	68	6.82	8	0
1977	33.8	90	42.1	91	25.6	90	3.15	52	0
1976	43.6	52	55.6	37	31.5	62	1.77	82	0
1975	50.5	10	61.5	10	39.5	10	7.58	3	0
1974	56.2	3	65.3	3	47.2	2	2.83	58	0
1973	45.5	34	55.4	41	35.6	29	3.31	50	0
1972	51.8	6	61.3	13	42.3	4	6.94	6	0
1971	42.8	56	51.8	68	33.8	51	5.57	15	0
1970	37.9	88	47.5	89	28.4	84	2.99	55	0
1969	42.1	65	52.2	66	32.1	61	2.81	59	0
1968	39	83	50	79	27.9	87	4.86	21	0
1967	45.6	33	55.7	36	35.5	32	3.62	40	0
1966	39.3	80	48.1	88	30.5	74	8.08	1	0
1965	43.1	54	55	44	31.3	63	1.84	78	0
1964	45.5	34	56.7	31	34.3	42	6.25	12	0
1963	40.6	76	51.5	71	29.7	76	5.07	20	0
1962	45.1	42	55.6	37	34.6	41	4.45	25	0
1961	41.2	72	53.2	58	29.2	79	1.84	78	0
1960	45.3	39	54.6	48	36.1	28	5.97	13	0
1959	43.7	50	56.4	32	30.9	68	1.97	76	0
1958	39.8	78	50	79	29.5	77	4.25	28	0
1957	45.3	39	55.6	37	34.9	40	2.63	60	1
1956	40.5	77	50.1	77	30.9	68	2.19	72	0
1955	41.8	66	51.4	72	32.3	57	3.85	35	0
1954	46.3	30	58.6	23	34.1	45	3.10	53	2
1953	50	14	60.8	16	39.2	11	3.52	43	0
1952	50.2	12	61.7	9	38.3	19	1.82	81	2
1951	46.3	30	58.5	24	34.1	45	0.77	90	0
1950	56.6	2	67.5	2	45.7	3	2.37	69	0
1949	53.2	4	64.5	5	41.9	5	1.28	87	0
1948	38.7	86	49.4	84	28.1	85	6.45	11	0
1947	50.8	9	61.4	12	40.1	7	3.68	39	0
1946	48.2	23	57.6	28	38.7	16	3.50	46	0
1945	43.5	53	52.1	67	35	39	1.60	84	1
1944	45.5	34	55.3	42	35.6	29	5.43	17	0
1943	46.5	28	56.4	32	36.7	25	3.79	36	0
1942	44.5	44	55	44	33.9	49	2.48	64	0
1941	44.2	46	53.1	59	35.4	33	1.99	75	0
1940	33.6	91	44.5	90	22.8	91	3.24	51	0
1939	48	24	61	15	35.1	37	3.36	48	0
1938	44.2	46	54.5	50	33.9	49	2.55	63	0
1937	58.7	1	67.9	1	49.5	1	5.26	19	0
1936	41.7	68	52.5	63	31.3	63	7.44	4	1
1935	45.3	39	55.3	42	35.4	33	3.52	43	0
1934	49.9	15	60.8	16	38.3	19	1.75	83	1
1933	52.8	5	64.9	4	40.7	6	2.62	61	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	58.7
1950	56.6
1974	56.2
1949	53.2
1933	52.8
1972	51.8
1990	51.4
2023	50.9
1947	50.8
1975	50.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	33.6
1977	33.8
1981	37.8
1970	37.9
2018	38.6
1948	38.7
2003	38.9
2025	39
1968	39
1985	39.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1966	8.08
1991	7.60
1975	7.58
1936	7.44
1992	7.04
1972	6.94
1987	6.92
1978	6.82
1994	6.75
1979	6.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	0.77
2025	0.93
2004	1.20
1949	1.28
2026	1.44
1981	1.50
1945	1.60
1934	1.75
1976	1.77
1952	1.82

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 30 January 2026, 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.81 in; 18 January 2026

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The hottest day of January 2026 in New Bern, NC: 76°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in New Bern, NC: a low of 18°F on Friday 30 January 2026 and Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in New Bern, NC: 0.81 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.