Olympia, WA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 40.5°F in Olympia, WA, the warmest January since 2024, tied 22nd warmest of 79 (with 2019).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 40.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 22nd warmest of 79
Precipitation: 4.31 in; Driest since 2025; 16th driest of 79

A normal January in Olympia, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 40.3°F, between 36.2°F and 42.9°F in eight years of ten and 7.24 in of precipitation, between 3.90 in and 11.50 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Olympia, WA since 1948: 40.5°F in 2026; the highest is 44°F, in 1953.

Normal range, 36.2 to 42.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Olympia, WA 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
2026	40.5	22	47.4	23	33.5	36	4.31	64
2025	37.5	53	46.3	29	28.7	65	2.52	76
2024	41.4	18	47.5	21	35.3	13	8.82	32
2023	40.4	24	46.9	25	33.8	33	3.70	68
2022	41.5	17	48.6	13	34.3	21	10.78	15
2021	41.6	16	47.8	19	35.3	13	12.22	9
2020	42.9	4	47.5	21	38.4	2	15.56	3
2019	40.5	22	48.4	14	32.7	44	4.88	62
2018	42.6	8	48.3	15	36.9	5	9.87	21
2017	35.2	70	43	65	27.5	70	3.82	66
2016	40.4	24	47.1	24	33.6	34	8.47	36
2015	42.6	8	49.3	8	36	9	6.68	48
2014	40.4	24	46.8	26	33.9	31	4.69	63
2013	36.5	60	42.3	69	30.8	54	3.91	65
2012	37.4	55	44.4	44	30.4	56	8.72	33
2011	40.2	31	46.3	29	34.1	28	7.27	43
2010	43.7	2	50.1	2	37.4	4	6.78	46
2009	38.1	47	43.7	56	32.5	47	8.58	35
2008	36.2	64	43.2	63	29.1	64	6.69	47
2007	35.8	65	43.5	59	28.1	69	6.04	52
2006	42.8	6	47.9	17	37.7	3	15.86	2
2005	40.9	20	47.6	20	34.2	27	5.86	54
2004	39.2	38	44.1	49	34.3	21	7.85	41
2003	43.3	3	50.3	1	36.4	7	9.60	23
2002	39.2	38	44.5	42	34	30	11.42	13
2001	38.1	47	45.6	34	30.6	55	3.45	70
2000	37.5	53	43.9	53	31.2	50	8.13	38
1999	40.3	29	46.4	28	34.3	21	12.25	8
1998	40.4	24	46.3	29	34.5	20	10.43	19
1997	39.5	35	45.8	32	33.3	40	9.22	29
1996	38.9	40	44.5	42	33.4	37	7.22	44
1995	40.4	24	49.7	3	31	52	5.76	55
1994	42.9	4	49.5	6	36.3	8	3.80	67
1993	34.9	71	42.9	66	26.9	72	5.36	59
1992	41.2	19	48.3	15	34.1	28	9.45	24
1991	37.1	59	44.2	48	30	60	5.35	60
1990	40.3	29	45.6	34	35	15	14.53	5
1989	39.3	36	45.3	37	33.4	37	5.41	58
1988	37.9	51	44.6	40	31.2	50	5.18	61
1987	38.7	42	44.7	39	32.7	44	8.38	37
1986	42	12	49.1	9	34.9	16	12.14	11
1985	35.7	66	43.2	63	28.2	68	0.29	79
1984	41.7	15	49	10	34.3	21	6.97	45
1983	42.5	10	49.7	3	35.4	12	9.99	20
1982	38	50	43.3	62	32.6	46	7.79	42
1981	42.1	11	49.6	5	34.6	18	2.54	75
1980	31.6	75	40.2	73	23	76	6.27	51
1979	30.9	76	39.8	75	22	77	2.67	74
1978	41.8	13	47.9	17	35.7	10	6.61	49
1977	35.7	66	42.7	67	28.7	65	1.55	77
1976	40	32	46.7	27	33.4	37	9.40	26
1975	38.4	45	43.9	53	32.9	42	9.70	22
1974	37.4	55	44.4	44	30.3	57	10.57	18
1973	36.5	60	43.6	57	29.4	63	5.66	56
1972	34	72	40.7	72	27.3	71	12.43	7
1971	38.6	43	43.6	57	33.6	34	11.15	14
1970	38.1	47	44.3	46	31.8	48	12.48	6
1969	30.9	76	36	78	25.8	74	9.45	24
1968	38.3	46	43.8	55	32.8	43	9.04	30
1967	40.7	21	45.8	32	35.6	11	12.21	10
1966	39.3	36	44.1	49	34.6	18	7.89	39
1965	38.8	41	43.4	60	34.3	21	9.37	27
1964	39.8	33	45.2	38	34.3	21	15.13	4
1963	33	73	39.9	74	26.1	73	3.47	69
1962	36.5	60	44.3	46	28.7	65	3.22	71
1961	41.8	13	48.7	12	34.9	16	8.69	34
1960	36.5	60	42.6	68	30.3	57	6.35	50
1959	39.7	34	45.4	36	33.9	31	8.91	31
1958	42.7	7	48.8	11	36.5	6	7.87	40
1957	32.2	74	38.9	76	25.5	75	3.02	72
1956	37.9	51	44.6	40	31.3	49	10.75	16
1955	38.6	43	44	52	33.3	40	3.01	73
1954	35.6	69	41.5	71	29.6	62	11.96	12
1953	44	1	49.5	6	38.6	1	19.84	1
1952	35.7	66	41.6	70	29.8	61	5.65	57
1951	37.2	57	43.4	60	31	52	10.59	17
1950	25.8	79	32.4	79	19.3	79	9.31	28
1949	27.9	78	36.3	77	19.5	78	0.69	78
1948	37.2	57	44.1	49	30.3	57	5.87	53

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	44
2010	43.7
2003	43.3
2020	42.9
1994	42.9
2006	42.8
1958	42.7
2018	42.6
2015	42.6
1983	42.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	25.8
1949	27.9
1979	30.9
1969	30.9
1980	31.6
1957	32.2
1963	33
1972	34
1993	34.9
2017	35.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	19.84
2006	15.86
2020	15.56
1964	15.13
1990	14.53
1970	12.48
1972	12.43
1999	12.25
2021	12.22
1967	12.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.29
1949	0.69
1977	1.55
2025	2.52
1981	2.54
1979	2.67
1955	3.01
1957	3.02
1962	3.22
2001	3.45

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.93 in; 6 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 4.31 in of precipitation in Olympia, WA, the driest January since 2025, 16th driest of 79.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Olympia, WA: 58°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Olympia, WA: a low of 18°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Olympia, WA: 0.93 in on Tuesday 6 January 2026.