New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 29.8°F in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the coldest January since 2014, 21st coldest of 78.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 29.8°F; Coldest since 2014; 21st coldest of 78
Precipitation: 2.47 in; Driest since 2025; 32nd driest of 70

A normal January in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.2°F, between 28.5°F and 38.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.96 in of precipitation, between 1.83 in and 4.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY since 1949: 29.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 21.9°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 28.5 to 38.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY from 1949 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	29.8	58	36	59	23.5	55	2.47	39	0
2025	33	36	39.1	37	27	34	0.65	68	0
2024	36	21	41.3	28	30.7	13	5.84	4	0
2023	41.8	1	47.6	2	35.9	1	3.91	21	0
2022	30.3	55	38	40	22.6	62	4.37	17	0
2021	34.8	28	41.1	30	28.4	29	2.28	47	0
2020	38.7	7	45.4	7	31.9	8	1.93	56	0
2019	32.4	38	39.4	34	25.5	45	4.01	20	0
2018	30.2	56	37.5	48	22.9	60	1.84	58	0
2017	38.6	8	43.9	11	33.3	3	4.64	12	0
2016	34.6	30	41.5	24	27.6	31	4.59	13	0
2015	30.7	51	37.3	53	24.1	52	5.31	7	0
2014	28.6	65	36.1	58	21.1	71	3.01	32	0
2013	35	26	41.5	24	28.6	28	2.39	42	0
2012	37.2	13	44.6	9	29.7	20	2.19	49	0
2011	29.1	61	34.8	63	23.4	58	3.55	25	0
2010	32.1	42	38.6	39	25.6	44	1.67	61	0
2009	28.7	63	34.6	66	22.7	61	2.85	36	0
2008	35.3	25	41.9	22	28.7	26	2.33	45	0
2007	37.3	12	43.8	12	30.7	13	3.09	31	0
2006	39.1	5	46.6	3	31.7	11	4.36	18	0
2005	30.5	53	36.8	54	24.3	51	3.39	26	0
2004	24.6	77	30.9	77	18.3	77	1.92	57	0
2003	27.6	70	33.5	71	21.7	68	1.77	59	0
2002	38.9	6	45.5	4	32.3	6	2.04	53	0
2001	31.8	44	37.7	42	25.9	40	2.90	34	0
2000	30.6	52	37.6	44	23.7	53	2.46	40	0
1999	33.9	32	41.1	30	26.7	37	8.05	2	0
1998	39.6	3	45.5	4	33.7	2	5.05	8	0
1997	32	43	39.1	37	25	47	2.37	44	0
1996	31.2	45	37.5	48	24.8	48	3.90	22	0
1995	37.8	11	43.4	13	32.3	6	3.33	28	0
1994	26.3	75	33.6	70	19.1	75	4.92	10	0
1993	36.8	15	43.2	15	30.4	15	2.00	54	0
1992	35.7	22	42.7	20	28.7	26	1.34	65	0
1991	34.7	29	41.6	23	27.7	30	3.73	24	0
1990	39.4	4	45.5	4	33.2	4	4.41	16	0
1989	36.4	17	43.4	13	29.5	22	2.08	51	0
1988	28.7	63	35.2	60	22.3	63	3.13	30	0
1987	32.4	38	37.6	44	27.2	33	5.62	6	0
1986	33.3	34	40.8	32	25.8	42	3.86	23	0
1985	28.8	62	35.2	60	22.3	63	1.06	67	0
1984	29.2	59	34.8	63	23.7	53	1.60	62	0
1983	35.7	22	41.5	24	30	17	4.14	19	0
1982	26.7	72	33.4	72	20	74	4.83	11	0
1981	26.5	74	32.2	76	20.8	72	0.49	70	0
1980	32.2	41	37.6	44	26.7	37	1.55	63	0
1979	33.2	35	39.4	34	27	34	8.33	1	0
1978	29.2	59	34.9	62	23.5	55	7.74	3	0
1977	21.9	78	28	78	15.9	78	2.67	38	0
1976	28	68	34.5	67	21.6	70	4.55	15	0
1975	37.9	10	44	10	31.8	9	5.05	8	0
1974	35	26	41.3	28	28.8	25	2.83	37	0
1973	36.5	16	42.9	17	30.2	16	3.37	27	0
1972	36.4	17	42.9	17	29.8	19	1.74	60	0
1971	27.9	69	34.1	69	21.7	68	2.31	46	0
1970	26.7	72	32.6	74	20.8	72	0.56	69	0
1969	31.2	45	36.6	56	25.9	40	1.10	66	0
1968	25.6	76	32.3	75	18.9	76	1.99	55	0
1967	36.3	19	43.1	16	29.6	21	1.47	64	0
1966	31.2	45	37.9	41	24.5	49	3.18	29	0
1965	28.5	66	34.8	63	22.1	66	2.99	33	0
1964	33.5	33	40.2	33	26.8	36	4.59	13	0
1963	30	57	36.7	55	23.2	59	2.05	52	0
1962	30.5	53	37.5	48	23.5	55	2.39	42	0
1961	27.6	70	33.2	73	22	67	2.43	41	0
1960	34.2	31	39.3	36	29.1	23	2.90	34	0
1959	31.1	48	37.7	42	25.1	46	2.10	50	2
1958	32.4	38	37.6	44	26.6	39			2
1957	28.2	67	34.2	68	22.2	65			0
1956	32.5	37	37.5	48	27.6	31			0
1955	31.1	48	36.4	57	25.8	42			0
1954	30.9	50	37.5	48	24.4	50			0
1953	37.1	14	42.4	21	31.8	9			0
1952	35.7	22	41.5	24	29.9	18			0
1951	36.3	19	42.9	17	29	24			3
1950	40.5	2	47.8	1	33.2	4	2.20	48	0
1949	38.1	9	44.8	8	31.5	12	5.77	5	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	41.8
1950	40.5
1998	39.6
1990	39.4
2006	39.1
2002	38.9
2020	38.7
2017	38.6
1949	38.1
1975	37.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	21.9
2004	24.6
1968	25.6
1994	26.3
1981	26.5
1982	26.7
1970	26.7
2003	27.6
1961	27.6
1971	27.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	8.33
1999	8.05
1978	7.74
2024	5.84
1949	5.77
1987	5.62
2015	5.31
1998	5.05
1975	5.05
1994	4.92

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.49
1970	0.56
2025	0.65
1985	1.06
1969	1.10
1992	1.34
1967	1.47
1980	1.55
1984	1.60
2010	1.67

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 31 January 2026, 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.13 in; 25 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.47 in of precipitation in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the driest January since 2025, 32nd driest of 70.
The hottest day of January 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 54°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: a low of 9°F on Saturday 31 January 2026 and Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 1.13 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.