New Brunswick, NJ: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 27.8°F in New Brunswick, NJ, the coldest January since 2015, 32nd coldest of 133.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 27.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 32nd coldest of 133
Precipitation: 2.79 in; Driest since 2025; 54th driest of 131

A normal January in New Brunswick, NJ (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.4°F, between 26.4°F and 37.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.45 in of precipitation, between 2.25 in and 5.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in New Brunswick, NJ since 1893: 27.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 19.5°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 26.4 to 37.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in New Brunswick, NJ 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	27.8	102	35.7	105	20	94	2.79	78	0
2025	29.7	80	37.3	90	22.2	69	0.79	129	0
2024	34.8	25	42	34	27.7	17	6.43	5	0
2023	41.3	2	49	3	33.5	2	5.08	21	0
2022	29.3	86	37.7	81	20.9	88	4.56	32	0
2021	33.8	30	41.4	43	26.3	27	2.21	106	0
2020	37.5	10	46.2	11	28.7	12	2.01	114	0
2019	31.9	54	41.1	48	22.7	65	5.10	20	0
2018	28.6	94	38.8	72	18.5	110	2.16	109	0
2017	36.4	15	43.6	22	29.1	9	4.60	30	0
2016	31.3	61	41.4	43	21.3	81	4.92	25	0
2015	27.4	105	36	101	18.8	107	5.02	24	0
2014	25.5	116	35.9	103	15.2	123	2.86	75	0
2013	34	29	41.8	40	26.1	28	2.75	80	0
2012	34.7	26	44.5	16	24.9	37	3.56	55	0
2011	26.9	108	36	101	17.9	113	3.71	50	0
2010	31.5	58	40.5	55	22.5	66	2.37	96	0
2009	26.7	111	35	109	18.4	111	2.98	72	0
2008	34.4	28	43.2	25	25.6	31	2.31	100	1
2007	35.8	18	44.9	14	27.3	20	3.23	63	1
2006	38.6	8	48.3	5	28.9	11	5.07	22	0
2005	28.9	92	37.4	87	21.1	83	4.49	34	1
2004	24.3	121	31.8	123	16.7	116	2.26	102	0
2003	26.5	112	34.1	115	18.9	106	3.28	61	0
2002	37.2	13	45.9	13	28.5	14	2.36	98	0
2001	29.5	83	39	71	20.2	93	3.65	52	1
2000	30.1	75	38.5	74	21.3	81	3.28	61	1
1999	32.2	51	42.4	30	22	71	7.18	3	0
1998	39	6	47.1	8	31	4	4.65	28	0
1997	30.1	75	39.1	69	21	86	3.84	46	0
1996	28.4	98	37.4	87	19.1	104	5.97	9	1
1995	35.3	20	43.3	24	27.3	20	3.34	57	0
1994	23.6	124	31.3	126	14.7	124	6.46	4	2
1993	34.9	24	43.1	26	26.7	22	2.61	90	0
1992	32.4	47	41.4	43	23.5	51	2.07	110	0
1991	30.8	65	40.2	61	21.4	79	4.14	42	0
1990	37.5	10	46.2	11	28.7	12	5.18	18	0
1989	33.5	35	42.7	27	24.3	45	2.04	112	0
1988	24	122	33.6	120	14.4	126	3.29	60	0
1987	29.2	89	36.8	95	21.6	76	5.87	11	0
1986	31.1	63	40.6	54	21.5	78	3.78	47	0
1985	25.9	114	33.7	118	18	112	0.97	127	0
1984	25.5	116	34.5	112	16.6	117	2.19	107	0
1983	31.4	59	39.5	67	23.3	54	4.28	39	0
1982	22.2	128	31.4	125	13	129	5.12	19	1
1981	22.7	126	32.8	121	12.6	131	0.50	131	0
1980	30.8	65	39.2	68	22.5	66	1.99	115	0
1979	30.8	65	38.7	73	22.9	60	9.18	1	0
1978	26.8	110	34.6	111	19	105	8.30	2	0
1977	19.5	133	27.6	133	11.5	133	1.99	115	0
1976	26	113	34.4	113	17.6	114	5.91	10	0
1975	35	22	42.7	27	27.4	18	5.79	13	0
1974	32.5	46	40.8	50	25	36	3.71	50	1
1973	33.8	30	42.2	31	25.4	33	4.56	32	0
1972	33.6	33	42.7	27	23.8	47	2.31	100	1
1971	25.6	115	33.7	118	17.5	115	2.70	84	0
1970	22.6	127	29.8	131	15.5	122	0.90	128	0
1969	28.5	95	35.4	108	21.7	73	1.56	123	0
1968	27.5	104	35.6	106	19.5	101	3.78	47	0
1967	36.3	16	44.5	16	28.1	16	1.70	120	0
1966	30.1	75	37.4	87	22.8	62	2.61	90	0
1965	28.1	99	36.4	98	19.8	99	3.04	69	0
1964	33.3	38	42	34	24.7	38	3.91	45	0
1963	29.1	90	37.2	92	21.1	83	2.18	108	0
1962	30.7	68	40.4	58	20.9	88	2.71	83	0
1961	25.1	119	34	116	16.3	119	2.86	75	0
1960	33	43	40.5	55	25.5	32	3.58	54	0
1959	31.2	62	40.5	55	21.9	72	2.36	98	0
1958	30.7	68	37.9	79	23.6	49	5.46	14	0
1957	27.7	103	36.1	100	19.3	103	2.02	113	0
1956	31.8	55	39.1	69	24.5	41	2.22	104	0
1955	29.5	83	37.3	90	21.7	73	0.71	130	0
1954	30.1	75	39.8	64	20	94	1.91	118	1
1953	36	17	44.5	16	27.4	18	5.31	16	0
1952	35.4	19	44.1	20	26.7	22	4.81	27	0
1951	35.1	21	43.9	21	26.4	25	3.02	70	0
1950	40.9	3	50.9	1	31	4	2.37	96	0
1949	38.5	9	47.1	8	29.8	8	6.14	7	0
1948	24.4	120	32.7	122	16	121	4.42	38	0
1947	37.4	12	46.3	10	28.5	14	2.89	74	0
1946	33.2	40	41.9	38	24.5	41	1.48	125	0
1945	25.2	118	33.8	117	16.5	118	2.62	89	0
1944	33.3	38	41.5	42	25.2	35	4.46	36	0
1943	30.7	68	38.1	77	23.4	53	2.65	85	0
1942	29.1	90	37.8	80	20.4	92	3.12	67	0
1941	29.4	85	36.6	96	22.1	70	3.30	59	0
1940	22.2	128	29.9	129	14.6	125	1.62	122	0
1939	30.2	73	37.5	85	22.9	60	3.53	56	0
1938	30.9	64	38.4	75	23.1	57	3.34	57	1
1937	39.4	5	47.2	7	31.7	3	5.86	12	0
1936	26.9	108	34.9	110	18.8	107	6.21	6	0
1935	28.5	95	37.1	93	19.9	96	2.99	71	0
1934	33.6	33	42	34	25.3	34	3.23	63	0
1933	38.8	7	47.5	6	30	7	1.77	119	0
1932	42.9	1	50.5	2	35.4	1	4.45	37	0
1931	32.3	50	40.7	52	23.8	47	2.24	103	0
1930	31.8	55	40.4	58	23.2	55	2.65	85	0
1929	31.4	59	39.6	66	23.2	55	2.78	79	0
1928	32.9	44	41.8	40	24	46	1.54	124	0
1927	29.3	86	37	94	21.6	76	1.97	117	0
1926									7
1925	27.2	106	35.5	107	18.8	107	3.62	53	0
1924	32.6	45	42.1	33	23.1	57	5.03	23	0
1923	30.4	72	37.7	81	23.1	57	4.60	30	0
1922	28.1	99	36.4	98	19.8	99	2.06	111	0
1921	33.8	30	43.4	23	24.7	38	2.63	88	1
1920	24	122	31.7	124	16.3	119	2.64	87	0
1919	34.5	27	42.2	31	26.7	22	2.96	73	0
1918	20.2	132	27.7	132	12.7	130	2.72	82	0
1917	32	53	40.4	58	23.6	49	2.57	93	0
1916	35	22	44.5	16	26.4	25	1.48	125	1
1915	33.4	36	40.8	50	25.9	29	6.03	8	0
1914	28.5	95	35.9	103	21.1	83	4.82	26	0
1913	39.6	4	48.4	4	30.8	6	3.10	68	0
1912	21.9	130	29.9	129	13.8	128	2.73	81	0
1911	33.2	40	42	34	24.5	41	2.81	77	0
1910	29.7	80	38.2	76	20.7	90			2
1909	32.4	47	41.2	47	23.5	51			0
1908	31.8	55	40.7	52	22.8	62	4.22	40	0
1907	30.7	68	39.7	65	21.7	73	3.97	44	0
1906	37	14	44.9	14	29.1	9	3.17	66	0
1905	27.1	107	34.3	114	19.9	96	3.75	49	0
1904	22.8	125	31.2	127	14.3	127	3.98	43	0
1903	30.1	75	38	78	22.3	68	4.15	41	0
1902	28.7	93	37.5	85	19.9	96	3.18	65	0
1901	32.2	51	40.1	62	24.4	44	2.52	94	0
1900	32.4	47	41.9	38	22.8	62	4.63	29	0
1899	30.2	73	40	63	20.5	91	5.26	17	0
1898	33.4	36	41	49	25.8	30	4.47	35	0
1897	29.6	82	37.7	81	21.4	79	2.51	95	0
1896	29.3	86	37.6	84	21	86	1.65	121	0
1895	28.1	99	36.6	96	19.5	101	5.44	15	0
1894	33.1	42	41.4	43	24.7	38	2.22	104	0
1893	21.4	131	30.8	128	12	132	2.61	90	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	42.9
2023	41.3
1950	40.9
1913	39.6
1937	39.4
1998	39
1933	38.8
2006	38.6
1949	38.5
2020	37.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	19.5
1918	20.2
1893	21.4
1912	21.9
1982	22.2
1940	22.2
1970	22.6
1981	22.7
1904	22.8
1994	23.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	9.18
1978	8.30
1999	7.18
1994	6.46
2024	6.43
1936	6.21
1949	6.14
1915	6.03
1996	5.97
1976	5.91

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.50
1955	0.71
2025	0.79
1970	0.90
1985	0.97
1946	1.48
1916	1.48
1928	1.54
1969	1.56
1940	1.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 55°F; 15 January 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 21 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.27 in; 26 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.79 in of precipitation in New Brunswick, NJ, the driest January since 2025, 54th driest of 131.
The hottest day of January 2026 in New Brunswick, NJ: 55°F on Thursday 15 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in New Brunswick, NJ: a low of 3°F on Wednesday 21 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in New Brunswick, NJ: 1.27 in on Monday 26 January 2026.