New York-Central Park, NY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 30.4°F in New York-Central Park, NY, the coldest January since 2022, 56th coldest of 158.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 30.4°F; Coldest since 2022; 56th coldest of 158
Precipitation: 2.70 in; Driest since 2025; 60th driest of 158

A normal January in New York-Central Park, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.8°F, between 27.9°F and 39.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.41 in of precipitation, between 2.07 in and 5.27 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in New York-Central Park, NY since 1869: 30.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 21.7°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 27.9 to 39.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in New York-Central Park, NY from 1869 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	30.4	103	36.1	107	24.7	93	2.70	99	0
2025	31.2	92	36.5	102	25.9	77	0.61	157	0
2024	37	26	41.9	36	32	16	5.28	19	0
2023	43.5	1	48.7	2	38.2	1	4.38	48	0
2022	30.3	104	37.1	97	23.5	111	4.29	49	0
2021	34.8	45	39.7	58	29.8	31	2.31	117	0
2020	39.1	12	45.2	12	33.1	13	1.93	134	0
2019	32.5	72	39	70	26	75	3.58	66	0
2018	31.7	85	38.6	75	24.7	93	2.18	125	0
2017	38	15	42.7	29	33.3	11	4.83	33	0
2016	34.5	48	40.8	48	28.1	52	4.41	46	0
2015	29.9	107	36.1	107	23.6	108	5.23	21	0
2014	28.6	122	35.4	119	21.8	130	2.79	93	0
2013	35.1	41	40.8	48	29.3	39	2.76	96	0
2012	37.3	22	44.2	15	30.4	26	3.23	76	0
2011	29.7	111	34.7	126	24.6	96	4.93	30	0
2010	32.5	72	38.1	82	27	61	2.08	128	0
2009	27.9	130	33.5	132	22.4	120	2.98	85	0
2008	36.5	27	42.4	32	30.6	24	2.85	91	0
2007	37.5	19	43.6	19	31.4	21	3.63	65	0
2006	40.9	5	47.5	5	34.2	5	4.99	27	0
2005	31.3	89	37.4	92	25.2	84	4.67	38	0
2004	24.7	148	31	148	18.5	147	2.13	126	0
2003	27.5	133	32.9	139	22.1	124	2.30	118	0
2002	39.9	10	45.4	11	34.5	4	1.93	134	0
2001	33.6	62	38.8	73	28.5	46	3.16	81	0
2000	31.3	89	37.9	85	24.7	93	3.23	76	0
1999	33.9	57	40.8	48	27	61	7.02	5	0
1998	40	9	45.8	9	34.2	5	5.20	23	0
1997	32.1	77	39.2	68	25.1	86	3.65	63	0
1996	30.5	100	37	98	24	102	5.64	13	0
1995	37.5	19	43.1	27	31.9	17	3.75	62	0
1994	25.5	142	33.2	137	17.9	150	5.62	14	0
1993	36.3	29	42.5	30	30.1	30	3.44	69	0
1992	35.7	34	42.5	30	28.9	41	1.68	145	0
1991	34.9	43	41.2	43	28.5	46	3.38	72	0
1990	41.4	4	47.5	5	35.2	3	5.34	16	0
1989	37.4	21	44	17	30.7	23	2.29	119	0
1988	29.5	114	35.8	113	23.2	116	3.64	64	0
1987	32.3	74	37.5	89	27.1	60	5.81	11	0
1986	34.1	53	40.8	48	27.4	58	4.23	51	0
1985	28.8	120	34.6	127	23	118	1.00	152	0
1984	29.9	107	35.1	121	24.6	96	1.87	139	0
1983	34.5	48	39.6	59	29.4	36	5.01	25	0
1982	26.1	139	32.5	140	19.6	139	6.46	7	0
1981	26.2	138	32.3	142	20.2	136	0.58	158	0
1980	33.7	60	39.4	66	28	54	1.72	143	0
1979	33.5	63	40.2	55	26.9	65	10.52	1	0
1978	28	129	33.9	131	22	126	8.27	2	0
1977	22	157	27.7	157	16.4	155	2.25	123	0
1976	27.3	135	34.2	130	20.5	135	5.78	12	0
1975	37.3	22	43.3	25	31.3	22	4.76	35	0
1974	35.2	40	41.4	41	29.1	40	3.80	58	0
1973	35.5	38	42.1	33	28.8	43	4.53	42	0
1972	35	42	42.1	33	28	54	2.41	112	0
1971	26.9	136	33.1	138	20.8	133	2.67	102	0
1970	25.1	146	31.5	144	18.7	145	0.66	156	0
1969	31.8	84	37.3	94	26.3	71	1.10	151	0
1968	26.7	137	33.3	135	20.1	138	2.04	130	0
1967	37.3	22	43.2	26	31.5	19	1.39	149	0
1966	32.2	75	38.6	75	25.7	79	2.63	103	0
1965	29.6	112	35.6	115	23.7	107	3.09	82	0
1964	35.6	36	41.8	37	29.5	33	4.62	40	0
1963	30.1	105	36.2	106	24	102	1.93	134	0
1962	32.6	69	39.6	59	25.5	82	2.62	105	0
1961	27.7	131	33.5	132	21.9	128	1.88	137	0
1960	33.9	57	38.9	71	28.8	43	2.40	113	0
1959	31.2	92	38.1	82	24.3	99	2.34	115	0
1958	31.9	82	37.5	89	26.3	71	3.79	60	0
1957	28.5	123	34.8	124	22.2	123	1.70	144	0
1956	32	80	37.3	94	26.7	68	1.54	148	0
1955	30.9	94	36.7	100	25.2	84	0.77	155	0
1954	30.8	96	38.1	82	23.5	111	1.65	147	0
1953	37.6	17	43.4	22	31.8	18	4.90	31	0
1952	36.2	32	43.4	22	28.9	41	4.55	41	0
1951	36.4	28	43.4	22	29.4	36	3.31	75	0
1950	41.8	3	49.1	1	34.2	5	2.26	122	2
1949	38.6	13	44.6	14	32.6	15	6.04	8	0
1948	25.4	143	31.2	145	19.6	139	4.74	36	0
1947	37.1	25	44.1	16	30.2	29	2.74	97	0
1946	34.1	53	41.2	43	27	61	1.86	141	0
1945	25.2	145	32.5	140	17.9	150	2.24	124	0
1944	33.9	57	40	57	27.8	57	3.20	79	0
1943	30.7	98	37.2	96	24.3	99	2.46	111	0
1942	30.7	98	37.5	89	23.9	106	2.88	90	0
1941	29.4	115	35.6	115	23.2	116	3.23	76	0
1940	25	147	31	148	18.9	143	2.61	107	0
1939	32.1	77	37.8	86	26.5	69	3.80	58	0
1938	32.1	77	38.3	78	25.9	77	3.99	54	0
1937	40.2	8	46.7	7	33.7	9	5.97	10	0
1936	29.3	116	35.3	120	23.3	114	7.54	4	0
1935	28.8	120	36.1	107	21.6	131	3.91	56	0
1934	34.6	46	40.8	48	28.5	46	3.42	71	0
1933	40.3	7	46.7	7	33.9	8	1.78	142	0
1932	43.2	2	48.6	3	37.7	2	4.45	44	0
1931	32.7	68	39.2	68	26.3	71	2.56	108	0
1930	33.3	65	39.5	64	27	61	2.37	114	0
1929	31.9	82	38.8	73	25	87	3.33	73	0
1928	34	56	41	46	26.9	65	1.87	139	0
1927	30.9	94	37.8	86	24	102	2.03	131	0
1926	32	80	38.2	79	25.7	79	2.85	91	0
1925	28.4	124	34.8	124	22	126	5.42	15	0
1924	32.6	69	40.4	54	24.9	89	4.90	31	0
1923	29.9	107	36.3	105	23.6	108	6.99	6	0
1922	28.2	127	34.4	128	21.9	128	2.73	98	0
1921	33.4	64	40.8	48	26	75	2.94	88	0
1920	23.4	155	30.8	150	16.1	157	2.09	127	0
1919	35.6	36	41.8	37	29.4	36	3.51	68	0
1918	21.7	158	27.7	157	15.6	158	3.53	67	0
1917	32.8	67	39.6	59	26.1	74	2.96	87	0
1916	36	33	43.6	19	28.3	50	1.28	150	0
1915	34.5	48	40.2	55	28.7	45	7.94	3	0
1914	31.5	87	38.2	79	24.8	91	5.27	20	0
1913	40.8	6	48.2	4	33.5	10	3.43	70	0
1912	23.7	153	30.5	152	16.9	153	2.56	108	0
1911	36.3	29	42	35	30.5	25	2.79	93	0
1910	31.5	87	37.4	92	25.7	79	4.64	39	0
1909	34.5	48	40.9	47	28.1	52	3.32	74	0
1908	33	66	39.6	59	26.4	70	3.76	61	0
1907	34.9	43	41.8	37	27.9	56	2.89	89	0
1906	38.4	14	43.5	21	33.3	11	2.69	100	0
1905	29.3	116	35	123	23.6	108	2.77	95	0
1904	25.3	144	31.1	146	19.5	141	2.97	86	0
1903	30.5	100	36.7	100	24.3	99	4.18	53	0
1902	30.5	100	36.5	102	24.5	98	2.27	121	0
1901	32.6	69	38.2	79	26.9	65	1.66	146	0
1900	32.2	75	38.9	71	25.5	82	4.22	52	0
1899	31.3	89	37.7	88	25	87	3.97	55	0
1898	35.4	39	41.3	42	29.5	33	4.26	50	0
1897	30.8	96	36.8	99	24.8	91	3.00	84	0
1896	30	106	36	110	24	102	0.96	153	0
1895	29.6	112	35.8	113	23.5	111	5.01	25	0
1894	33.7	60	39.3	67	28.2	51	2.01	133	0
1893	23.8	152	29.9	156	17.6	152	2.33	116	0
1892	31.7	85	38.4	77	24.9	89	4.69	37	0
1891	34.1	53	39.6	59	28.5	46	6.00	9	0
1890	37.6	17	44.8	13	30.4	26	2.29	119	0
1889	35.7	34	41.2	43	30.3	28	4.97	28	0
1888	23.2	156	30.2	154	16.3	156	4.96	29	0
1887	28.3	125	36	110	20.6	134	4.42	45	0
1886	26	140	31.7	143	20.2	136	3.91	56	0
1885	29.1	118	35.9	112	22.3	122	3.06	83	0
1884	24.5	150	30.8	150	18.1	149	5.22	22	0
1883	24.4	151	30	155	18.8	144	2.68	101	0
1882	28.3	125	34.3	129	22.4	120	5.08	24	0
1881	24.6	149	31.1	146	18.2	148	4.80	34	0
1880	39.2	11	45.7	10	32.8	14	2.02	132	0
1879	25.9	141	33.5	132	18.7	145	2.63	103	2
1878	29.9	107	36.5	102	23.3	114	4.46	43	0
1877	27.7	131	33.3	135	22.1	124	2.62	105	0
1876	36.3	29	43.1	27	29.5	33	0.94	154	0
1875	23.6	154	30.4	153	16.8	154	3.17	80	1
1874	34.4	52	41.7	40	27.2	59	5.33	18	0
1873	27.4	134	35.5	117	19.2	142	5.34	16	0
1872	29.1	118	35.5	117	22.7	119	1.88	137	0
1871	28.1	128	35.1	121	20.9	132	2.07	129	2
1870	37.8	16	44	17	31.5	19	4.41	46	2
1869	34.6	46	39.5	64	29.7	32	2.53	110	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	43.5
1932	43.2
1950	41.8
1990	41.4
2006	40.9
1913	40.8
1933	40.3
1937	40.2
1998	40
2002	39.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	21.7
1977	22
1888	23.2
1920	23.4
1875	23.6
1912	23.7
1893	23.8
1883	24.4
1884	24.5
1881	24.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	10.52
1978	8.27
1915	7.94
1936	7.54
1999	7.02
1923	6.99
1982	6.46
1949	6.04
1891	6.00
1937	5.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.58
2025	0.61
1970	0.66
1955	0.77
1876	0.94
1896	0.96
1985	1.00
1969	1.10
1916	1.28
1967	1.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 30 January 2026, 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.80 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.70 in of precipitation in New York-Central Park, NY, the driest January since 2025, 60th driest of 158.
The hottest day of January 2026 in New York-Central Park, NY: 54°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in New York-Central Park, NY: a low of 9°F on Friday 30 January 2026 and Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in New York-Central Park, NY: 1.80 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.