Oak Ridge, TN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 38.1°F in Oak Ridge, TN, the warmest January since 2023, tied 34th warmest of 78 (with 1995).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 38.1°F; Warmest since 2023; 34th warmest of 78
Precipitation: 4.75 in; Driest since 2025; 38th driest of 79

A normal January in Oak Ridge, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.7°F, between 34°F and 43.3°F in eight years of ten and 4.96 in of precipitation, between 2.92 in and 7.91 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Oak Ridge, TN since 1949: 38.1°F in 2026; the highest is 47.1°F, in 1974.

Normal range, 34 to 43.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Oak Ridge, TN from 1948 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	38.1	34	47.9	32	28.4	36	4.75	42	0
2025	32.6	67	41.4	72	23.8	62	3.82	54	1
2024	35.7	52	44.3	54	27.1	49	7.18	15	0
2023	44.9	6	53.2	7	36.6	5	7.28	14	0
2022	36.9	42	45.7	46	28.1	41	5.87	27	0
2021	40	26	47.6	34	32.4	20	2.77	68	0
2020	44.3	7	52.5	12	36.2	6	7.88	9	0
2019	41	19	49	26	33	15	6.10	23	0
2018	34.1	60	44.4	53	23.8	62	1.97	75	0
2017	46.8	2	54.6	1	39.1	3	4.44	47	0
2016	36.2	46	45.7	46	26.7	52	3.59	59	0
2015	37.5	36	46.7	38	28.2	38	3.63	58	0
2014	30.9	74	41.6	70	20.1	76	2.87	66	0
2013	42	17	50.1	21	34	11	10.51	3	0
2012	42.5	13	52.2	13	32.8	16	6.52	19	0
2011	35.7	52	44.3	54	27.2	48	3.99	51	0
2010	34.1	60	41.8	67	26.3	56	7.85	10	0
2009	36.2	46	45.3	50	27.1	49	5.82	28	0
2008	37.2	40	46.3	40	28.1	41	4.49	44	0
2007	41	19	50.4	20	31.5	22	2.93	64	0
2006	45	5	54.5	2	35.5	8	5.34	34	0
2005	42.3	14	51.1	17	33.5	13	4.94	37	0
2004	37.5	36	47.3	36	27.7	45	3.18	61	0
2003	33.5	62	42	66	25	60	2.17	74	0
2002	41	19	51.2	16	30.7	27	8.19	8	0
2001	35.6	55	44.5	52	26.7	52	3.95	53	0
2000	37.3	38	46	43	28.7	34	4.98	36	0
1999	42.9	11	53	9	32.8	16	8.60	6	0
1998	43.2	10	51.9	14	34.5	9	5.61	31	0
1997	39.4	29	49.4	24	29.4	31	5.76	30	0
1996	36.2	46	45.5	48	26.9	51	7.67	11	0
1995	38.1	34	47	37	29.3	32	6.30	20	0
1994	31.6	70	39.5	74	23.7	64	6.12	22	0
1993	42.2	16	51	18	33.4	14	3.98	52	0
1992	39.3	30	49.7	23	28.8	33	3.37	60	0
1991	40	26	48.4	29	31.6	21	2.97	62	0
1990	42.8	12	52.9	10	32.6	19	5.29	35	0
1989	42.3	14	53.3	6	31.3	23	6.94	17	0
1988	32.9	66	43.5	60	22.3	69	5.44	33	0
1987	36	49	44.2	56	27.7	45	4.87	40	0
1986	35.2	58	47.8	33	22.6	67	1.16	78	0
1985	27.9	76	36.9	76	19	78	2.88	65	0
1984	33.2	64	43.1	64	23.2	65	2.62	70	0
1983	35.4	57	44.1	57	26.6	54	1.75	77	0
1982	31.5	71	41.7	68	21.4	71	6.70	18	0
1981	32.3	69	43.2	62	21.4	71	0.93	79	0
1980	38.8	32	46.4	39	31.1	24	6.24	21	0
1979	31.1	73	39.6	73	22.6	67	7.60	12	0
1978	27.3	77	35	77	19.5	77	5.99	24	0
1977	24.7	78	34	78	15.5	79	2.52	71	0
1976	32.5	68	42.9	65	22.2	70	5.47	32	0
1975	41	19	51.3	15	30.8	26	5.88	26	0
1974	47.1	1	54.2	4	40	1	9.62	5	0
1973	37.3	38	46.3	40	28.4	36	4.21	49	0
1972	40.6	23	50.5	19	30.7	27	7.32	13	0
1971	36.8	44	45.4	49	28.2	38	4.88	39	0
1970	29.7	75	39.1	75	20.4	75	2.96	63	0
1969	35.6	55	43.2	62	28.1	41	4.30	48	0
1968	36.8	44	45.8	45	27.8	44	4.47	45	0
1967	40.5	24	49.8	22	31.1	24	3.78	55	0
1966	33	65	41.6	70	24.5	61	3.72	57	0
1965	38.4	33	48.2	31	28.7	34	4.17	50	0
1964	36.9	42	48.4	29	25.3	59	4.81	41	0
1963	31.2	72	41.7	68	20.7	74	2.83	67	0
1962	36	49	45.3	50	26.6	54	5.93	25	0
1961	33.3	63	43.4	61	23.1	66	1.86	76	0
1960	40.1	25	47.5	35	32.7	18	3.75	56	0
1959	35.9	51	45.9	44	25.9	58	5.81	29	0
1958	35.7	52	43.9	58	27.4	47	2.52	71	0
1957	41.4	18	48.8	27	33.9	12	10.08	4	0
1956	35	59	43.8	59	26.2	57	4.57	43	0
1955	37.2	40	46.2	42	28.2	38	2.44	73	0
1954	39.2	31	48.8	27	29.6	30	13.27	1	0
1953	43.7	9	53.2	7	34.3	10	4.45	46	0
1952	44.3	7	52.8	11	35.8	7	4.90	38	0
1951	40	26	49.3	25	30.6	29	7.10	16	0
1950	46.5	3	53.9	5	39.2	2	13.10	2	0
1949	46	4	54.5	2	37.6	4	8.60	6	0
1948					21.4	71	2.77	68	8

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	47.1
2017	46.8
1950	46.5
1949	46
2006	45
2023	44.9
2020	44.3
1952	44.3
1953	43.7
1998	43.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	24.7
1978	27.3
1985	27.9
1970	29.7
2014	30.9
1979	31.1
1963	31.2
1982	31.5
1994	31.6
1981	32.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	13.27
1950	13.10
2013	10.51
1957	10.08
1974	9.62
1999	8.60
1949	8.60
2002	8.19
2020	7.88
2010	7.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.93
1986	1.16
1983	1.75
1961	1.86
2018	1.97
2003	2.17
1955	2.44
1977	2.52
1958	2.52
1984	2.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.93 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 4.75 in of precipitation in Oak Ridge, TN, the driest January since 2025, 38th driest of 79.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 68°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: a low of 8°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 1.93 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.