Parkersburg, WV: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 27.1°F in Parkersburg, WV, the coldest January since 2025, tied 20th coldest of 97 (with 2022).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 27.1°F; Coldest since 2025; 20th coldest of 97
Precipitation: 1.77 in; Driest since 2025; 20th driest of 97

A normal January in Parkersburg, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.5°F, between 25.9°F and 37.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.13 in of precipitation, between 1.95 in and 4.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Parkersburg, WV since 1926: 27.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 17.4°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 25.9 to 37.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Parkersburg, WV from 1926 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	27.1	77	36.2	75	17.9	84	1.77	77	0
2025	24.3	93	32.7	89	15.9	92	1.01	94	0
2024	33.1	41	40.2	48	26	36	4.94	7	0
2023	39.2	11	46.4	15	31.9	8	4.77	9	0
2022	27.1	77	36.4	73	17.9	84	3.47	29	0
2021	33.2	40	39.6	55	26.8	31	2.49	51	0
2020	38.5	14	46.6	13	30.4	14	3.37	33	0
2019	31.2	55	40	50	23.3	52	2.76	40	1
2018	28.6	72	38.7	60	18.5	79	3.69	26	0
2017	38.2	16	45.5	18	30.9	11	4.56	14	0
2016	29.8	65	39.3	59	20.3	70	1.75	79	0
2015	28.9	69	37.2	70	20.5	69	2.23	65	0
2014	25	90	35.3	78	14.6	95	2.26	64	2
2013	34.6	31	42.3	35	26.9	30	3.41	31	0
2012	36.3	23	45.1	20	27.5	25	4.21	17	0
2011	26.8	79	33.6	86	20	73	2.18	68	0
2010	27.9	73	33.8	84	22	61	2.37	58	0
2009	26.4	82	34.6	80	18.3	82	3.88	24	0
2008	31.8	51	41.3	40	22.6	56	2.37	58	1
2007	35.8	27	43.5	30	28.2	21	3.13	36	0
2006	42.3	3	51.4	3	33.1	5	3.91	23	0
2005	34.2	35	41.9	36	26.5	33	4.75	12	0
2004	26.6	80	34.4	82	18.9	78	3.69	26	0
2003	25.1	89	31.6	92	17.9	84	1.42	86	2
2002	37.1	19	45.8	17	28.5	20	2.69	46	0
2001	30.3	60	37.7	66	22.9	54	2.01	71	1
1997	31.5	53	41.1	43	21.9	63	2.31	61	0
1996	30.3	60	38.4	61	22.3	58	4.69	13	0
1995	32.3	48	39.6	55	25	42	4.37	15	0
1994	24.2	94	31.6	92	16.7	90	7.41	3	0
1993	37.2	18	45.1	20	29.2	17	2.38	57	0
1992	32.9	44	41.2	41	24.6	46	1.86	75	0
1991	33	43	41.2	41	24.9	45	3.17	35	0
1990	40.2	7	48.9	7	31.6	9	3.39	32	0
1989	38.7	13	47.9	10	29.5	16	3.46	30	0
1988	29	67	38.1	64	20	73	1.55	82	0
1987	31	58	37.4	67	24.6	46	1.56	81	0
1986	31.4	54	40.3	47	22.5	57	1.32	88	0
1985	25	90	31.5	94	18.4	81	2.00	72	0
1984	28.7	71	36.3	74	21	65	1.04	93	0
1983	32.8	45	39.6	55	26	36	1.65	80	0
1982	25.9	85	35.3	78	17.1	89	2.74	41	1
1981	26	84	32.6	90	19.4	75	0.17	97	0
1980	32.5	47	38.2	62	26.7	32	1.36	87	0
1979	25.2	88	31.8	91	18.5	79	4.05	20	0
1978	23.2	95	30.2	95	16.2	91	4.03	21	0
1977	17.4	97	25.4	97	9.5	97	1.28	90	0
1976	29	67	37.1	71	20.9	66	2.54	50	0
1975	36.2	24	44.5	25	27.8	24	2.77	39	0
1974	39.4	10	46.7	12	32.1	7	4.77	9	0
1973	33.1	41	41.6	38	24.5	48	2.22	66	0
1972	34.4	34	43.8	28	25	42	2.67	47	0
1971	28.8	70	37.3	69	20.3	70	2.43	54	0
1970	25.8	86	34.5	81	17.2	88	1.16	92	0
1969	30.2	62	38.1	64	22.3	58	2.44	53	0
1968	27.2	75	36.1	77	18.3	82	2.36	60	0
1967	37.7	17	46.3	16	29.1	19	0.93	95	0
1966	26.4	82	33.8	84	19	77	4.14	19	0
1965	31.8	51	40.5	44	23	53	2.31	61	0
1964	35.2	29	44.9	22	25.4	41	2.20	67	0
1963	26.6	80	37.4	67	15.8	93	1.80	76	0
1962	30.4	59	40.1	49	20.6	68	2.62	48	0
1961	27.4	74	36.2	75	19.4	75	1.95	73	2
1960	36.4	21	43.5	30	29.2	17	2.94	38	0
1959	30	64	39.7	53	20.3	70	4.81	8	0
1958	30.2	62	38.2	62	22.1	60	2.70	45	1
1957	29.4	66	37.1	71	21.7	64	3.35	34	0
1956									4
1955	32	49	39.7	53	24.2	49	1.53	83	0
1954	35.1	30	43.6	29	26.5	33	2.31	61	0
1953	39.6	9	48.5	8	30.8	12	4.29	16	0
1952	39.2	11	47.7	11	30.7	13	5.42	6	0
1951	36.1	25	44.8	23	27.4	26	5.81	4	0
1950	44	1	53.4	1	34.7	2	8.16	2	0
1949	41.2	6	49.1	6	33.3	3	4.76	11	0
1948	24.4	92	32.9	88	15.8	93	3.58	28	0
1947	39.8	8	48.3	9	31.2	10	5.74	5	0
1946	36.5	20	45.4	19	27.1	27	2.10	70	1
1945	27.2	75	33.6	86	20.7	67	2.41	55	0
1944	34.5	32	43.5	30	25.5	40	1.29	89	0
1943	35.6	28	44.2	26	27	28	2.41	55	0
1942	32	49	40.5	44	23.5	51	1.53	83	0
1941	33.4	38	39.8	52	27	28	2.72	42	0
1940	20.3	96	27	96	13.5	96	1.25	91	0
1939	38.3	15	46.5	14	30.1	15	2.71	43	0
1938	33.7	36	41.5	39	26	36	1.77	77	0
1937	41.9	4	50.7	4	33.1	5	8.99	1	0
1936	25.8	86	34.3	83	17.3	87	2.49	51	0
1935	33.5	37	42.9	33	24	50	2.71	43	0
1934	36.4	21	44.8	23	28	22	1.91	74	0
1933	41.5	5	49.8	5	33.3	3	2.96	37	0
1932	43.9	2	51.6	2	36.2	1	4.20	18	0
1931	36	26	44	27	27.9	23	0.91	96	0
1930	34.5	32	42.8	34	26.1	35	2.16	69	0
1929	31.2	55	40.4	46	22	61	2.57	49	0
1928	33.4	38	41.8	37	25	42	1.46	85	0
1927	32.8	45	39.9	51	25.6	39	4.01	22	0
1926	31.1	57	39.4	58	22.8	55	3.71	25	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	44
1932	43.9
2006	42.3
1937	41.9
1933	41.5
1949	41.2
1990	40.2
1947	39.8
1953	39.6
1974	39.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	17.4
1940	20.3
1978	23.2
1994	24.2
2025	24.3
1948	24.4
2014	25
1985	25
2003	25.1
1979	25.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	8.99
1950	8.16
1994	7.41
1951	5.81
1947	5.74
1952	5.42
2024	4.94
1959	4.81
2023	4.77
1974	4.77

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.17
1931	0.91
1967	0.93
2025	1.01
1984	1.04
1970	1.16
1940	1.25
1977	1.28
1944	1.29
1986	1.32

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -5°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.93 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.77 in of precipitation in Parkersburg, WV, the driest January since 2025, tied 20th driest of 97 (with 1938).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: 65°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: a low of -5°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: 0.93 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.