New York-LGA, NY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 30.8°F in New York-LGA, NY, the coldest January since 2015, tied 27th coldest of 87 (with 1969 and 1942).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 30.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 27th coldest of 87
Precipitation: 2.21 in; Driest since 2025; 26th driest of 87

A normal January in New York-LGA, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 34°F, between 28.6°F and 39.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.05 in of precipitation, between 1.81 in and 4.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in New York-LGA, NY since 1940: 30.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 22.3°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 28.6 to 39.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in New York-LGA, NY from 1940 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	30.8	59	36.3	60	25.2	56	2.21	62	0
2025	32.4	45	37.6	51	27.3	40	0.51	86	0
2024	37.1	17	41.9	23	32.4	12	5.81	4	0
2023	43.3	1	48.4	3	38.1	1	4.66	15	0
2022	31.7	52	38.5	44	24.9	59	3.76	29	0
2021	36.7	21	41.4	28	32	15	2.18	63	0
2020	38.9	8	44.6	9	33.2	8	1.62	78	0
2019	33.2	39	39.6	36	26.7	46	3.93	28	0
2018	31.4	56	38.3	46	24.5	61	2.12	65	0
2017	39.7	7	44.4	10	35	4	4.13	23	0
2016	35.6	26	41.9	23	29.4	27	4.17	21	0
2015	29.8	64	36	63	23.6	66	4.98	11	0
2014	28.7	71	35.5	66	21.9	77	2.36	58	0
2013	35.8	25	41.5	27	30.2	22	2.64	49	0
2012	37.5	16	44.3	11	30.7	19	2.51	55	0
2011	31.9	50	36.6	58	27.2	43	3.95	27	0
2010	33	40	38.3	46	27.7	36	1.79	75	0
2009	28.9	70	34.2	74	23.5	67	2.63	50	0
2008	37.6	14	43.3	19	31.8	16	2.85	43	0
2007	38.9	8	44.8	7	33.1	9	3.17	37	0
2006	41.5	2	48.5	2	34.6	6	4.83	12	0
2005	30.7	62	36.5	59	24.9	59	3.71	31	0
2004	25.6	83	31.8	82	19.4	81	1.97	68	0
2003	28	76	33.1	78	22.9	72	1.81	74	0
2002	40.4	5	45.5	5	35.2	3	1.95	69	0
2001	34.1	35	39.1	40	29.1	31	2.75	46	0
2000	32	48	38.7	41	25.4	53	3.06	39	0
1999	33.9	37	40.5	32	27.3	40	6.35	2	0
1998	40.2	6	45.4	6	35	4	4.67	14	0
1997	32.7	42	39.5	37	25.9	48	3.68	32	0
1996	32	48	38.5	44	25.6	51	4.11	24	0
1995	37.9	12	43.5	16	32.3	14	3.43	34	0
1994	25.8	81	33.3	77	18.4	86	4.74	13	0
1993	36.5	23	42.3	21	30.7	19	3.05	40	0
1992	35.9	24	42.1	22	29.7	23	1.39	80	0
1991	35.4	28	41.4	28	29.4	27	3.03	41	0
1990	41.1	4	46.7	4	35.5	2	4.10	25	0
1989	37.6	14	43.5	16	31.6	17	2.54	54	0
1988	29.8	64	35.7	64	23.9	64	2.58	52	0
1987	32.7	42	37.3	55	28.1	35	5.43	8	0
1986	34	36	40.7	30	27.3	40	4.50	16	0
1985	28.4	75	34	75	22.8	74	0.76	84	0
1984	29.2	68	34.8	71	23.7	65	1.51	79	0
1983	34.4	32	39.2	39	29.5	26	4.14	22	0
1982	25.3	84	31.8	82	18.8	85	4.09	26	0
1981	24.7	86	30.4	85	18.9	84	0.51	86	0
1980	32.6	44	37.6	51	27.7	36	1.94	70	0
1979	31.5	53	37.9	50	25.2	56	8.68	1	0
1978	28.7	71	34.3	73	23.2	70	6.11	3	0
1977	22.3	87	27.7	87	16.9	87	2.02	66	0
1976	28.7	71	35	70	22.5	75	5.42	9	0
1975	37.1	17	43	20	31.2	18	4.50	16	0
1974	35.6	26	41.9	23	29.3	30	2.78	44	0
1973	35.1	29	41.6	26	28.6	34	3.47	33	0
1972	34.2	34	40.7	30	27.7	36	2.02	66	0
1971	28.7	71	34.4	72	23.1	71	2.27	60	0
1970	26	79	31.5	84	20.4	79	0.76	84	0
1969	30.8	59	36.2	62	25.5	52	0.93	82	0
1968	26.7	78	33	79	20.5	78	1.67	77	0
1967	38.2	11	43.8	14	32.6	10	1.06	81	0
1966	31.8	51	36.7	57	26.9	44	2.36	58	0
1965	30.2	63	35.1	69	25.3	54	2.93	42	0
1964	34.4	32	39.7	35	29	33	4.22	20	0
1963	29.3	67	35.2	68	23.4	69	2.18	63	0
1962	32.2	47	38.6	43	25.8	49	2.59	51	0
1961	27.9	77	33.5	76	22.3	76	3.20	36	0
1960	34.5	31	39.3	38	29.7	23	2.77	45	0
1959	31.5	53	38.1	48	25	58	2.58	52	0
1958	32.3	46	37.6	51	26.9	44	5.23	10	0
1957	29.1	69	35.3	67	22.9	72	1.86	73	0
1956	32.8	41	38	49	27.5	39	1.73	76	0
1955	31.4	56	37	56	25.7	50	0.85	83	0
1954	31.5	53	38.7	41	24.3	63	1.91	72	0
1953	37.9	12	43.5	16	32.4	12	5.50	7	0
1952	36.7	21	43.9	12	29.4	27	5.51	6	0
1951	36.8	20	43.9	12	29.7	23	4.27	19	0
1950	41.2	3	48.6	1	33.8	7	2.50	56	0
1949	38.6	10	44.7	8	32.5	11	5.77	5	0
1948	25.9	80	32.1	81	19.7	80	4.38	18	0
1947	37	19	43.7	15	30.3	21	3.17	37	0
1946	33.6	38	40.5	32	26.6	47	1.94	70	0
1945	25.7	82	32.4	80	19	83	2.71	48	0
1944	34.8	30	40.5	32	29.1	31	3.74	30	0
1943	31	58	37.5	54	24.5	61	2.25	61	0
1942	30.8	59	36.3	60	25.3	54	2.74	47	0
1941	29.6	66	35.7	64	23.5	67	3.31	35	0
1940	24.9	85	30.4	85	19.3	82	2.44	57	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	43.3
2006	41.5
1950	41.2
1990	41.1
2002	40.4
1998	40.2
2017	39.7
2020	38.9
2007	38.9
1949	38.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	22.3
1981	24.7
1940	24.9
1982	25.3
2004	25.6
1945	25.7
1994	25.8
1948	25.9
1970	26
1968	26.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	8.68
1999	6.35
1978	6.11
2024	5.81
1949	5.77
1952	5.51
1953	5.50
1987	5.43
1976	5.42
1958	5.23

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.51
1981	0.51
1985	0.76
1970	0.76
1955	0.85
1969	0.93
1967	1.06
1992	1.39
1984	1.51
2020	1.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 10°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.15 in; 25 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.21 in of precipitation in New York-LGA, NY, the driest January since 2025, 26th driest of 87.
The hottest day of January 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: 54°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: a low of 10°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: 1.15 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.