Newark, NJ: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 30.1°F in Newark, NJ, the coldest January since 2022, 78th coldest of 176.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 30.1°F; Coldest since 2022; 78th coldest of 176
Precipitation: 2.28 in; Driest since 2025; 43rd driest of 166

A normal January in Newark, NJ (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.8°F, between 27.5°F and 38.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.34 in of precipitation, between 1.83 in and 4.96 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Newark, NJ since 1844: 30.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 19°F, in 1857.

Normal range, 27.5 to 38.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Newark, NJ from 1844 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	30.1	99	37.2	98	23	98	2.28	124	0
2025	31.4	80	38.3	84	24.5	75	0.47	165	0
2024	37.3	16	43.3	27	31.3	11	5.52	19	0
2023	44	1	50.6	1	37.4	1	4.31	46	0
2022	28.6	120	36.6	106	20.6	135	4.06	49	0
2021	34.5	38	41.1	45	27.8	37	2.50	115	0
2020	38.7	11	46.2	10	31.2	12	1.67	148	0
2019	31.9	74	39.5	64	24.2	77	3.79	56	0
2018	30.9	89	39.5	64	22.4	114	2.06	129	0
2017	37.8	12	43.5	22	32.1	8	4.65	36	0
2016	33.3	50	41.2	42	25.3	64	4.01	51	0
2015	28.5	122	35.9	115	21.1	130	4.42	42	0
2014	27.1	139	35.3	122	18.9	150	2.78	100	0
2013	35.4	31	42.5	33	28.3	31	2.49	116	0
2012	37	18	45	12	28.9	25	2.89	92	0
2011	29.5	107	35.7	117	23.3	91	4.40	44	0
2010	32.4	67	39.7	61	25.1	70	1.66	150	0
2009	27.9	128	34.4	133	21.4	127	2.86	94	0
2008	35.7	28	43.2	29	28.2	33	2.30	122	0
2007	37	18	44.2	16	29.9	20	3.50	66	0
2006	39.6	7	47.5	6	31.8	10	4.82	31	0
2005	30	100	36.7	105	23.3	91	3.93	53	0
2004	24.2	158	30.8	162	17.6	159	1.89	134	0
2003	27.5	135	33.8	138	21.2	129	2.94	88	0
2002	39.4	8	46.4	9	32.4	6	1.85	135	0
2001	32.2	71	38.9	74	25.5	57	2.57	109	0
2000	31.5	77	38.9	74	24.1	81	3.39	71	0
1999	33.4	48	41.2	42	25.7	55	6.87	4	0
1998	40.1	5	46.7	7	33.5	3	4.93	28	0
1997	31.1	85	38.7	77	23.5	86	3.50	66	0
1996	29.6	104	36.9	100	22.4	114	5.24	21	0
1995	37.5	15	43.8	18	31.2	12	3.29	77	0
1994	25.4	150	33.2	145	17.6	159	6.09	11	0
1993	37.6	13	44.6	14	30.6	16	2.75	103	0
1992	35.1	35	42.7	32	27.6	39	1.27	156	0
1991	33.6	45	41.1	45	26	52	3.72	59	0
1990	40.4	3	47.7	4	33.1	4	4.72	35	0
1989	37	18	44.4	15	29.6	24	1.98	132	0
1988	28.6	120	35.9	115	21.4	127	3.74	58	0
1987	31.5	77	37.5	96	25.5	57	6.21	9	0
1986	33	54	40.8	50	25.2	69	4.44	41	0
1985	24.9	156	31.9	153	17.9	156	1.22	158	0
1984	27.8	129	34.6	129	20.9	132	2.78	100	0
1983	34.9	36	42	34	27.9	36	4.37	45	0
1982	24.1	160	32.2	150	16.1	168	6.77	5	0
1981	24	162	31.9	153	16.2	167	0.45	166	0
1980	33.9	44	40.4	55	27.5	40	1.66	150	0
1979	32.5	64	39.5	64	25.5	57	10.10	1	0
1978	27.1	139	33.8	138	20.5	136	7.76	3	0
1977	20.9	174	27.7	176	14	176	1.55	152	0
1976	26.8	141	34.6	129	18.9	150	5.04	26	0
1975	36.9	21	43.8	18	29.9	20	3.99	52	0
1974	35.4	31	42	34	28.7	28	2.84	97	0
1973	35.5	30	43.3	27	27.7	38	3.65	61	0
1972	35.4	31	43.5	22	27.3	43	2.26	125	0
1971	27.3	137	33.9	136	20.7	133	2.74	104	0
1970	24.2	158	30.9	160	17.5	161	0.87	163	0
1969	31.3	82	37.7	92	24.9	71	1.47	154	0
1968	27.7	132	35.1	124	20.4	138	1.71	143	0
1967	36.9	21	43.7	20	30.1	19	1.15	159	0
1966	30.4	96	36.9	100	23.9	82	2.29	123	0
1965	28.3	125	35	125	21.5	124	2.86	94	0
1964	34.3	42	41.1	45	27.5	40	5.12	23	0
1963	29.6	104	36.3	111	22.8	105	2.19	126	0
1962	30.8	90	38.2	85	23.4	89	2.56	110	0
1961	26.6	142	33.8	138	19.4	147	3.34	73	0
1960	34.4	39	40.3	56	28.5	30	2.79	99	0
1959	31.4	80	39.1	71	23.6	84	2.40	119	0
1958	31.6	76	38	89	25.3	64	3.55	63	0
1957	28	126	35.5	120	20.5	136	1.77	138	0
1956	32	73	38.1	87	25.8	54	1.50	153	0
1955	30.7	91	37.1	99	24.3	76	0.81	164	0
1954	29.7	103	37.4	97	21.9	121	1.36	155	0
1953	36.5	23	43.2	29	29.9	20	5.57	16	0
1952	35.7	28	43.4	24	28.1	34	4.92	30	0
1951	35.4	31	43.7	20	27.1	45	4.06	49	0
1950	40.3	4	48.1	3	32.5	5	2.42	118	0
1949	37.6	13	44.8	13	30.5	17	6.33	7	0
1948	24.5	157	31.4	157	17.5	161	4.58	37	0
1947	36.5	23	44.2	16	28.8	26	3.32	76	0
1946	32.4	67	40.7	51	24.2	77	1.68	146	0
1945	24	162	32.1	151	15.8	170	2.94	88	0
1944	32.5	64	39.7	61	25.3	64	4.45	40	0
1943	29.8	102	36.2	112	23.3	91	2.80	98	0
1942	29.1	112	36.8	103	21.5	124	3.27	79	0
1941	29	114	35.6	119	22.3	117	3.15	84	0
1940	23.7	164	30.6	163	16.8	164	2.52	113	0
1939	31.5	77	38.1	87	24.8	72	3.53	64	0
1938	31	87	37.7	92	24.2	77	3.48	68	0
1937	39	9	45.7	11	32.2	7	6.25	8	0
1936	27.7	132	34.7	128	20.7	133	6.08	12	0
1935	27.8	129	35.2	123	20.4	138	2.85	96	0
1934	33.5	46	40.5	52	26.4	49	3.23	83	0
1933	38.8	10	46.6	8	31.1	15	1.94	133	0
1932	42	2	48.3	2	35.6	2	3.53	64	0
1931	32.6	60	41.9	37	23.3	91	2.59	108	1
1930	32.6	60	41.5	40	23.6	84	2.64	107	0
1929	31	87	39.4	67	22.9	102	3.25	82	2
1928					23	98	2.55	112	6
1927			38.6	80			2.72	105	7
1926	31.3	82	39.2	69	23.5	86	2.13	128	0
1925					18.5	155	5.55	17	14
1924	32.5	64	39.3	68	25.7	55	4.80	34	0
1923	28.8	116	35	125	22.5	110	6.68	6	0
1922	27.5	135	33.6	142	21.5	124	1.77	138	0
1921	32.2	71	39.7	61	24.8	72	2.67	106	0
1920	22.8	168	30.3	167	15.3	172	2.05	130	0
1919	33.4	48	40	59	26.8	46	3.07	85	0
1918	20.7	175	28.5	175	12.9	177	3.56	62	0
1917	33.2	52	41	48	25.5	57	2.92	91	0
1916	34.4	39	43.2	29	25.5	57	1.14	160	0
1915	34	43	41.7	39	26.3	51	8.10	2	0
1914	31.8	75	39.9	60	23.7	83	6.15	10	0
1913	39.9	6	47.7	4	32	9	3.75	57	0
1912	22.9	166	30.5	164	15.2	173	2.34	121	0
1911	33.5	46	41	48	25.9	53	3.34	73	0
1910	30.6	92	38.7	77	22.5	110	5.12	23	0
1909	32.6	60	40.5	52	24.8	72	2.93	90	0
1908	32.3	69	40.5	52	24.2	77	4.50	38	0
1907	31.1	85	39.1	71	23.1	97	4.93	28	0
1906	36.1	25	43.4	24	28.8	26	2.36	120	0
1905	26.6	142	33.3	143	19.9	141	3.67	60	0
1904	21.8	172	29.3	170	14.3	174	3.27	79	0
1903	29	114	36.5	109	21.6	123	4.26	47	0
1902	27.2	138	34.6	129	19.8	144	2.77	102	0
1901	29.2	111	36	114	22.4	114	1.67	148	0
1900	30.5	94	38.5	81	22.6	107			0
1899	29.3	109	36.6	106	22	120	5.10	25	0
1898	32.8	56	39.1	71	26.5	47	4.99	27	0
1897	29.1	112	35.7	117	22.5	110	1.71	143	0
1896	28	126	33.9	136	22.1	119	1.26	157	0
1895	28.5	122	34.5	132	22.6	107	5.55	17	0
1894	32.7	59	38.9	74	26.4	49	2.19	126	0
1893	22.2	171	28.8	172	15.6	171	3.45	69	0
1892							5.63	15	31
1888	25	155	30.2	168	19.7	145	5.86	14	0
1887	28.8	116	34.9	127	22.6	107	3.84	55	0
1886	28.8	116	34	134	23.5	86	2.56	110	0
1885	30.6	92	37.9	90	23.3	91	3.27	79	0
1884	23.6	165	30.5	164	17	163			1
1883	25.2	151	30.9	160	19.6	146	2.88	93	0
1882	28.4	124	34	134	22.7	106	4.82	31	0
1881	24.1	160	30.5	164	17.8	157			0
1880	37.3	16	43.4	24	31.2	12	2.52	113	0
1879	25.5	148	32	152	19	149	1.74	141	0
1878	31.2	84	36.8	103	25.5	57			0
1877	25.7	147	31.6	156	19.9	141			0
1876	34.7	37	41.2	42	28.3	31	0.96	162	0
1875	22.7	170	28.7	173	16.6	165	3.34	73	0
1874	32.6	60	38.7	77	26.5	47			0
1873	25.1	153	31.3	158	18.8	152	5.15	22	0
1872	29.3	109	35.5	120	23.2	96	1.85	135	0
1871	26.5	144	33	146	20	140	3.04	87	0
1870	35.8	27	42	34	29.7	23			0
1869	32.8	56	38.2	85	27.4	42	3.07	85	0
1868	26.3	145	32.7	148	19.9	141	3.28	78	0
1867	22.9	166	29.3	170	16.5	166	2.47	117	0
1866	25.2	151	31.7	155	18.8	152	1.76	140	0
1865	22.8	168	29.6	169	15.9	169	4.10	48	0
1864	29.5	107	36.6	106	22.3	117	1.74	141	0
1863	32.9	55	38.5	81	27.3	43			0
1862	27.6	134	32.6	149	22.5	110	5.42	20	0
1861	27.8	129	33.8	138	21.7	122	4.48	39	0
1860	29.9	101	36.9	100	23	98	1.68	146	0
1859	29.6	104	36.2	112	23	98	6.06	13	0
1858	36	26	41.8	38	30.2	18	3.41	70	0
1857	19	176	26.2	177	11.9	178			0
1856	21.4	173	28.7	173	14.1	175			0
1855	32.3	69	39.2	69	25.4	63			0
1854	28.8	116	36.5	109	21.1	130			0
1853	30.5	94	37.6	95	23.4	89	1.04	161	0
1852	25.5	148	33.3	143	17.7	158	1.71	143	0
1851	33.3	50	41.4	41	25.3	64	2.02	131	0
1850	34.4	39	40.2	58	28.6	29	4.82	31	0
1849	25.8	146	32.9	147	18.7	154			0
1848	32.8	56	40.3	56	25.3	64	1.85	135	1
1847	30.4	96	37.7	92	22.9	102	3.92	54	2
1846	30.2	98	37.8	91	22.9	102			1
1845	33.2	52	38.5	81	28	35	3.38	72	0
1844	25.1	153	31.2	159	19.1	148	4.42	42	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	44
1932	42
1990	40.4
1950	40.3
1998	40.1
1913	39.9
2006	39.6
2002	39.4
1937	39
1933	38.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1857	19
1918	20.7
1977	20.9
1856	21.4
1904	21.8
1893	22.2
1875	22.7
1920	22.8
1865	22.8
1912	22.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	10.10
1915	8.10
1978	7.76
1999	6.87
1982	6.77
1923	6.68
1949	6.33
1937	6.25
1987	6.21
1914	6.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.45
2025	0.47
1955	0.81
1970	0.87
1876	0.96
1853	1.04
1916	1.14
1967	1.15
1985	1.22
1896	1.26

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 9 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.35 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.28 in of precipitation in Newark, NJ, the driest January since 2025, 43rd driest of 166.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Newark, NJ: 54°F on Friday 9 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Newark, NJ: a low of 5°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Newark, NJ: 1.35 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.