Norfolk, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 39.8°F in Norfolk, VA, the coldest January since 2025, 62nd coldest of 153.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 39.8°F; Coldest since 2025; 62nd coldest of 153
Precipitation: 1.82 in; Driest since 2025; 25th driest of 153

A normal January in Norfolk, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42°F, between 37°F and 46.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.55 in of precipitation, between 1.78 in and 4.91 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Norfolk, VA since 1874: 39.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 29.1°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 37 to 46.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Norfolk, VA from 1874 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
2026	39.8	92	48.6	83	31	106	1.82	128
2025	37.4	121	45.6	115	29.2	127	1.43	146
2024	45	34	53.5	31	36.5	33	3.20	73
2023	47.8	11	56.5	9	39.2	14	3.12	75
2022	38.3	114	47.1	103	29.5	124	5.47	17
2021	42.3	58	49.4	72	35.3	48	3.81	50
2020	47.6	13	55.5	18	39.7	11	3.58	57
2019	42.6	55	51	54	34.2	61	3.81	50
2018	37.1	128	46.4	108	27.8	138	3.51	62
2017	45.1	31	52.6	37	37.7	22	4.41	34
2016	41.1	79	49.5	70	32.7	86	4.62	25
2015	39.7	93	47.7	93	31.7	97	3.64	53
2014	37.1	128	47.5	96	26.7	143	3.23	72
2013	43.4	49	51.7	44	35	52	2.76	91
2012	47.2	16	56.4	10	38	20	1.80	130
2011	36	136	42.8	142	29.2	127	3.64	53
2010	37.8	117	45.3	121	30.4	110	3.81	50
2009	37.7	119	45.4	119	30.1	117	1.82	128
2008	42.2	60	50.3	61	34.1	64	1.36	149
2007	46.1	20	54.5	22	37.7	22	2.71	94
2006	47.4	14	56	14	38.7	16	2.68	96
2005	41.7	66	49.9	68	33.4	71	2.48	104
2004	38.7	108	46.4	108	31.1	105	1.59	137
2003	36.2	135	43.2	138	29.3	126	2.34	109
2002	44.6	36	53.9	28	35.2	50	4.22	36
2001	39.2	100	47.3	98	31.2	104	1.46	144
2000	40.1	90	47.4	97	32.9	80	5.07	19
1999	46	24	55.8	16	36.3	36	3.51	62
1998	46.5	18	53.7	30	39.3	13	6.02	10
1997	41.3	73	49.2	75	33.4	71	2.09	119
1996	38.6	110	46.8	105	30.5	109	5.49	16
1995	45.1	31	52.1	39	38	20	2.40	106
1994	36.5	132	45.2	122	27.7	139	4.06	41
1993	44.2	39	51.6	47	36.8	30	4.89	21
1992	42.7	54	51.1	52	34.3	59	4.48	31
1991	43.5	47	51.7	44	35.3	48	4.74	24
1990	47.3	15	58.3	6	36.3	36	3.26	70
1989	45.3	29	54	27	36.6	32	2.69	95
1988	37.3	125	44.9	124	29.7	123	3.12	75
1987	39.6	95	46.4	108	32.8	85	9.93	1
1986	39.2	100	48.1	88	30.4	110	2.52	101
1985	34.8	144	43.1	140	26.6	144	3.98	45
1984	35.5	139	43.3	137	27.7	139	2.77	89
1983	40.2	88	46.3	112	34.1	64	2.21	114
1982	35.4	140	43.8	134	27	141	3.35	68
1981	32.7	149	41.6	146	23.7	151	1.05	151
1980	40.3	85	46.9	104	33.7	69	4.54	28
1979	39.4	98	47.9	91	30.8	107	6.47	5
1978	37	131	44.9	124	29.1	129	6.32	8
1977	29.1	153	36.4	153	21.9	153	3.33	69
1976	38.8	105	49.2	75	28.5	134	2.51	102
1975	46	24	55.5	18	36.4	35	4.18	37
1974	48.5	8	56.4	10	40.7	8	3.52	60
1973	40.5	83	48.5	84	32.5	90	2.54	99
1972	46.3	19	54.2	23	38.5	17	2.94	82
1971	38.5	111	45.6	115	31.5	99	4.03	42
1970	33.8	147	41.9	145	25.8	148	2.27	112
1969	38.5	111	45.5	117	31.5	99	2.26	113
1968	34.8	144	43.2	138	26.4	146	3.62	56
1967	45.7	27	53.9	28	37.5	26	5.44	18
1966	35.8	138	43.1	140	28.5	134	4.86	23
1965	39.6	95	49.4	72	29.9	121	2.73	93
1964	42.3	58	51.7	44	32.9	80	4.56	26
1963	37.1	128	44.3	131	29.8	122	3.36	67
1962	38.9	104	47.7	93	30.1	117	5.56	15
1961	35	142	43.5	136	26.5	145	3.52	60
1960	41.7	66	48.9	80	34.5	55	3.85	48
1959	39.7	93	49.1	79	30.3	113	1.52	140
1958	37.3	125	45.1	123	29.5	124	4.16	38
1957	39.6	95	47.6	95	31.7	97	4.11	39
1956	37.2	127	43.7	135	30.7	108	2.49	103
1955	38.4	113	45.4	119	31.3	102	2.41	105
1954	41.7	66	50.7	56	32.7	86	6.40	6
1953	46.1	20	54.7	21	37.5	26	1.72	132
1952	45.1	31	54.2	23	36	41	4.56	26
1951	44.2	39	54.1	25	34.3	59	1.68	135
1950	53.3	1	62.5	1	44.1	3	2.12	118
1949	48.4	9	56.1	13	40.7	8	1.60	136
1948	34.9	143	42.7	143	27	141	4.02	44
1947	47.9	10	56.2	12	39.7	11	3.95	46
1946	42.1	62	50.1	66	34.2	61	2.89	85
1945	37.8	117	44.1	133	31.5	99	1.72	132
1944	41.7	66	48.8	82	34.6	54	4.47	32
1943	43.3	50	50.9	55	35.7	45	2.80	87
1942	41.1	79	48.9	80	33.3	75	2.76	91
1941	40.3	85	47.2	101	33.4	71	2.07	122
1940	31	151	37.2	152	24.8	149	2.35	108
1939	45.2	30	53.1	35	37.3	28	3.93	47
1938	41.2	76	48.5	84	33.8	67	2.80	87
1937	51.8	3	58.7	5	45	2	8.46	2
1936	37.4	121	44.5	128	30.2	116	6.60	4
1935	39.9	91	47.2	101	32.6	88	3.10	77
1934	45.6	28	53.5	31	37.7	22	1.88	127
1933	49.3	7	57	8	41.6	7	2.99	80
1932	52.8	2	60.6	2	45.1	1	4.53	29
1931	43.2	51	52.1	39	34.4	58	1.57	138
1930	44	44	51.6	47	36.3	36	4.09	40
1929	42.2	60	50.3	61	34.2	61	1.72	132
1928	41.2	76	50.4	59	32	95	1.51	141
1927	40.2	88	47.3	98	33.2	76	0.63	153
1926	41.6	70	50.3	61	32.9	80	4.52	30
1925	41.1	79	49.2	75	32.9	80	6.22	9
1924	42.1	62	51.4	51	32.9	80	1.96	124
1923	43.9	45	51.8	42	36	41	1.74	131
1922	39.2	100	46.3	112	32.1	94	3.49	64
1921	43.5	47	51.5	50	35.6	47	1.55	139
1920	37.4	121	45.8	114	29	130	2.14	116
1919	43.8	46	51.8	42	35.7	45	3.10	77
1918	31.7	150	38.9	150	24.4	150	2.77	89
1917	42.8	53	51.1	52	34.5	55	2.28	111
1916	47	17	55.9	15	38.1	18	2.07	122
1915	42.1	62	49.5	70	34.8	53	5.66	14
1914	44.1	41	52	41	36.2	39	2.32	110
1913	51.2	4	59.7	3	42.8	5	3.39	65
1912	33.5	148	40.6	148	26.4	146	3.39	65
1911	45	34	53.5	31	36.5	33	2.39	107
1910	41.6	70	50.2	64	33	78	2.53	100
1909	46.1	20	54.1	25	38.1	18	1.49	142
1908	41.5	72	49.2	75	33.8	67	2.92	84
1907	46	24	55.2	20	36.8	30	1.03	152
1906	46.1	20	53.3	34	39	15	2.57	97
1905	36.5	132	44.5	128	28.5	134	2.99	80
1904	36.4	134	44.2	132	28.7	132	3.19	74
1903	41.3	73	49.3	74	33.2	76	1.94	125
1902	37.4	121	44.5	128	30.3	113	2.15	115
1901	41.2	76	48.4	86	34	66	2.09	119
1900	41.9	65	50.4	59	33.5	70	2.13	117
1899	41.3	73	50.1	66	32.5	90	3.05	79
1898	44.5	37	52.7	36	36.2	39	1.44	145
1897	38.3	114	44.7	127	31.9	96	1.47	143
1896	38.8	105	45.5	117	32.2	93	1.89	126
1895	40.3	85	48	89	32.6	88	4.30	35
1894	44.1	41	50.5	57	37.7	22	3.54	59
1893	30.5	152	38.7	151	22.2	152	2.55	98
1892	40.6	82	47.8	92	33.4	71	4.99	20
1891	43.1	52	50.2	64	36	41	2.86	86
1890	51.2	4	59.4	4	43	4	1.13	150
1889	44.3	38	51.6	47	37.1	29	4.88	22
1888	38.8	105	47.3	98	30.4	110	4.42	33
1887	39.3	99	48.4	86	30.1	117	3.64	53
1886	35.3	141	42	144	28.6	133	2.93	83
1885	42.5	56	50.5	57	34.5	55	4.03	42
1884	38.3	114	46.6	107	30	120	5.94	12
1883	38.7	108	44.8	126	32.5	90	6.91	3
1882	42.4	57	49.6	69	35.2	50	6.40	6
1881	34.3	146	40.3	149	28.3	137	3.55	58
1880	49.6	6	57.2	7	42.1	6	1.42	147
1879	37.7	119	46.4	108	29	130	3.26	70
1878	40.5	83	48	89	33	78	6.02	10
1877	39	103	46.7	106	31.3	102	3.85	48
1876	47.8	11	55.8	16	39.8	10	1.37	148
1875	35.9	137	41.5	147	30.3	113	5.89	13
1874	44.1	41	52.3	38	35.9	44	2.09	119

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	53.3
1932	52.8
1937	51.8
1913	51.2
1890	51.2
1880	49.6
1933	49.3
1974	48.5
1949	48.4
1947	47.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	29.1
1893	30.5
1940	31
1918	31.7
1981	32.7
1912	33.5
1970	33.8
1881	34.3
1985	34.8
1968	34.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	9.93
1937	8.46
1883	6.91
1936	6.60
1979	6.47
1954	6.40
1882	6.40
1978	6.32
1925	6.22
1998	6.02
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1927	0.63
1907	1.03
1981	1.05
1890	1.13
2008	1.36
1876	1.37
1880	1.42
2025	1.43
1898	1.44
2001	1.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.87 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.82 in of precipitation in Norfolk, VA, the driest January since 2025, tied 25th driest of 153 (with 2009).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Norfolk, VA: 75°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Norfolk, VA: a low of 19°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Norfolk, VA: 0.87 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.