Norfolk, NE: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 22.8°F in Norfolk, NE, the warmest January since 2025, tied 46th warmest of 124 (with 1984 and 1938).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 22.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 46th warmest of 124
Precipitation: 0.34 in; Driest since 2022; 47th driest of 132

A normal January in Norfolk, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 22.6°F, between 17°F and 29.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.57 in of precipitation, between 0.16 in and 1.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Norfolk, NE since 1894: 22.8°F in 2026; the highest is 36.6°F, in 2006.

Normal range, 17 to 29.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Norfolk, NE from 1894 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	22.8	46	35.2	33	10.4	63	0.34	84	0
2025	23.2	43	34.6	37	11.7	58	1.15	19	0
2024	19.1	75	26.5	98	11.8	57	1.22	15	0
2023	23.5	40	31.6	58	15.4	24	1.58	9	0
2022	23.9	35	38.8	19	8.9	75	0.04	132	0
2021	27.8	15	35.6	29	20.1	3	0.74	43	0
2020	24.3	34	32.4	48	16.2	19	0.99	25	0
2019	23.1	44	32	51	14.2	35	0.16	116	0
2018	20.6	66	31.1	62	10	68	1.07	24	0
2017	23.9	35	32	51	15.7	22	1.25	14	0
2016	23.5	40	31.7	56	15.2	27	0.57	58	0
2015	25.9	23	36.8	28	15	28	0.57	58	0
2014	21.6	57	35.4	31	7.8	83	0.14	119	0
2013	23.8	37	34.4	38	13.2	42	0.24	101	0
2012	29.4	10	42.1	8	16.8	14	0.18	113	0
2011	15.8	101	25.3	103	6.2	99	1.56	10	0
2010	16.4	94	23.5	111	9.4	72	0.78	36	0
2009	21.5	59	33.4	43	9.7	69	0.64	52	0
2008	18.2	81	28.3	84	8.2	78	0.41	74	0
2007	21.6	57	30.5	71	12.6	46	0.80	34	0
2006	36.6	1	48	1	25.2	1	0.35	82	0
2005	20.8	64	29.1	79	12.5	48	0.44	70	0
2004	20.5	68	30.6	69	10.3	64	0.60	55	0
2003	23.3	42	33	44	13.6	40	0.39	77	0
2002	29.5	8	41.8	9	17.1	12	0.37	79	0
2001	24.8	30	34.8	35	14.9	29	1.16	18	0
2000	25.8	24	37.3	26	14.4	31	0.16	116	0
1999	22.5	50	32.3	50	12.6	46	0.23	102	0
1998	25	29	33.8	40	16.2	19	0.20	108	0
1997	17.1	85	27.7	91	6.5	94	0.10	124	0
1996	16.4	94	27	95	5.8	101	0.90	30	0
1995	22.7	49	31.7	56	13.7	37	0.50	65	0
1994	17.2	84	27.8	90	6.6	93	0.78	36	0
1993	17.6	83	27.3	94	8	80	1.30	12	0
1992	33.5	2	45	3	21	2	0.61	54	1
1991	17.1	85	27.9	86	6.4	96	0.87	31	0
1990	31.4	4	43.7	4	19	4	0.66	50	0
1989	30.5	6	42.8	7	18.3	8	1.18	17	0
1988	16.2	98	27.4	93	5	106	0.74	43	0
1987	27.3	18	39	15	15.6	23	0.28	93	0
1986	30.9	5	42.9	5	18.9	5	0.06	128	0
1985	18	82	28.3	84	7.8	83	0.25	99	0
1984	22.8	46	31.1	62	14.4	31	0.34	84	0
1983	24.5	32	32	51	17	13	0.75	40	0
1982	9	118	20.2	122	-2.1	126	1.63	7	0
1981	26.7	21	39	15	14.3	33	0.14	119	0
1980	21.8	56	30.8	67	12.8	45	0.25	99	0
1979	5.6	124	13.8	128	-2.5	127	1.09	22	0
1978	8.2	120	17.4	126	-0.9	124	0.21	107	0
1977	12.5	110	23.5	111	1.4	115	0.26	97	0
1976	21.5	59	30.6	69	12.3	52	0.29	90	0
1975	20.6	66	31	66	10.3	64	1.26	13	0
1974	16.7	92	27.5	92	5.9	100	0.36	80	0
1973	21.2	61	30.5	71	11.9	56	1.12	21	0
1972	17.1	85	27.9	86	6.3	97	0.42	72	0
1971	16	100	25.2	104	6.8	92	0.28	93	0
1970	13.4	106	23.3	113	3.4	112	0.10	124	0
1969	13.4	106	22.6	116	4.2	110	1.21	16	0
1968	19.8	73	29.9	76	9.7	69	0.19	112	0
1967	20.9	63	31.6	58	10.2	66	0.48	67	0
1966	11.1	113	22	117	0.3	121	0.52	64	0
1965	20	71	32.4	48	7.5	86	0.35	82	0
1964	25.6	26	38.8	19	12.4	50	0.22	103	0
1963	10.5	116	21.6	118	-0.6	123	0.59	56	0
1962	16.5	93	27.9	86	5.2	103	0.30	88	0
1961	20.3	69	32.9	45	7.7	85	0.20	108	0
1960	15.5	102	24.7	107	6.3	97	1.74	4	0
1959	16.3	96	27.9	86	4.7	109	0.33	87	0
1958	24.4	33	35.1	34	13.7	37	0.65	51	0
1957	13.9	105	24.5	109	3.4	112	0.17	114	0
1956	16.3	96	25.5	102	7.2	88	0.70	47	0
1955	22.9	45	33.7	41	12.1	54	0.41	74	0
1954	16.9	89	29	81	4.8	107	0.15	118	0
1953	21.9	54	31.3	61	12.5	48	0.75	40	0
1952	20.3	69	30.5	71	10.1	67	0.86	32	0
1951	19.1	75	30.7	68	7.5	86	0.12	123	0
1950	12.6	109	24.7	107	0.5	119	0.64	52	0
1949	10.9	114	20.3	121	1.5	114	2.33	1	0
1948	18.3	80	29.4	78	7.2	88	0.17	114	0
1947	26	22	37.6	25	14.3	33	0.47	69	0
1946	25.7	25	37.2	27	14.2	35	0.10	124	0
1945	23.7	38	32.9	45	14.8	30			3
1944			41.5	10			1.65	6	9
1943			26.6	97	3.8	111	0.71	45	4
1942	24.7	31	35.3	32	13.5	41	0.34	84	1
1941	22.5	50	31.1	62	13.7	37	1.59	8	2
1940	6.6	123	16.2	127	-3.1	128	0.54	61	3
1939	29.3	11	40.3	13	18.4	7	0.83	33	0
1938	22.8	46	34.2	39	11.4	60	0.49	66	0
1937	6.8	122	18.4	125	-4.8	130	1.33	11	0
1936	8.3	119	18.5	124	-2	125	1.72	5	0
1935	21.1	62	31.1	62	11.2	61	0.38	78	0
1934	27.7	16	39	15	16.4	17	0.59	56	0
1933	31.7	3	45.3	2	18.2	9	0.42	72	0
1932	15.5	102	23.8	110	7.1	90	2.16	2	1
1931	29.8	7	42.9	5	16.7	15	0.41	74	0
1930	10.3	117	20.4	120	0.2	122	0.78	36	0
1929	11.9	112	22.9	114	0.9	117	0.29	90	0
1928	25.5	28	38.9	18	12.1	54	0.05	129	0
1927	23.7	38	34.8	35	12.2	53	0.10	124	1
1926	22.5	50	31.9	54	13.2	42	1.09	22	0
1925	17	88	28.5	83	5.3	102	0.44	70	1
1924	12.9	108	25	106	0.8	118	0.26	97	0
1923	27.6	17	38.6	22	16.6	16	0.70	47	0
1922	18.7	78	30.3	74	7.1	90	1.80	3	0
1921	28.4	14	38.7	21	18.1	10	0.80	34	0
1920	22.5	50	31.9	54	13	44	0.22	103	0
1919	28.5	12	41	12	16.1	21	0.22	103	0
1918	10.7	115	20.9	119	0.5	119	0.71	45	0
1917	19.6	74	29.8	77	8.9	75	0.75	40	1
1916	16.2	98	25.8	101	5.1	105	0.92	28	2
1915	19	77	29.1	79	9.4	72	1.14	20	1
1914	29.5	8	40.2	14	18.8	6	0.48	67	0
1913					8.2	78	0.22	103	4
1912	7.8	121	18.8	123	-3.6	129	0.76	39	2
1911					11.7	58	0.27	95	4
1910	18.4	79	28.9	82	8	80	0.55	60	1
1909	20	71	30.3	74	9.7	69	0.94	26	0
1908	28.5	12	41.1	11	15.3	26	0.29	90	2
1907	16.9	89	25.1	105	8.7	77	0.36	80	0
1906	27	20	38.6	22	15.4	24	0.54	61	0
1905	12.1	111	22.8	115	1.3	116	0.94	26	0
1904					5.2	103	0.54	61	5
1903	21.9	54	31.6	58	12.4	50	0.14	119	1
1902					11.1	62	0.91	29	6
1901			35.5	30			0.05	129	11
1900	27.1	19	37.9	24	16.4	17	0.14	119	0
1899	20.7	65	32.7	47	8	80	0.05	129	1
1898	25.6	26	33.7	41	17.6	11	0.30	88	0
1897			26.1	99	9	74	0.70	47	5
1896							0.27	95	24
1895	15.4	104	26.1	99	4.8	107	0.20	108	0
1894	16.9	89	26.9	96	6.5	94	0.20	108	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	36.6
1992	33.5
1933	31.7
1990	31.4
1986	30.9
1989	30.5
1931	29.8
2002	29.5
1914	29.5
2012	29.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	5.6
1940	6.6
1937	6.8
1912	7.8
1978	8.2
1936	8.3
1982	9
1930	10.3
1963	10.5
1918	10.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	2.33
1932	2.16
1922	1.80
1960	1.74
1936	1.72
1944	1.65
1982	1.63
1941	1.59
2023	1.58
2011	1.56

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.04
1928	0.05
1901	0.05
1899	0.05
1986	0.06
1997	0.10
1970	0.10
1946	0.10
1927	0.10
1951	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 63°F; 12 January 2026
Coldest night: -13°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.12 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.34 in of precipitation in Norfolk, NE, the driest January since 2022, tied 47th driest of 132 (with 1984 and 1942).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Norfolk, NE: 63°F on Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Norfolk, NE: a low of -13°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Norfolk, NE: 0.12 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.