Philadelphia Center City, PA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 31°F in Philadelphia Center City, PA (2 days missing), the coldest January since 2015 (2018 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), tied 17th coldest of 81 (with 2003 and 1988).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 31°F; Coldest since 2015; 17th coldest of 81

The mean temperature of every January in Philadelphia Center City, PA since 1941: 31°F in 2026; the lowest is 24.6°F, in 1977.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Philadelphia Center City, PA from 1941 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	31	63	37.2	69	24.8	65			2
2025	31.4	61	37.5	67	25.3	61			0
2024	37.4	25	43	30	31.7	19			0
2023	44.2	1	50.3	2	38.2	1			0
2022	32.3	53	39.7	49	24.9	64			2
2021	37	28	42.6	31	31.4	23			0
2020	40.9	6	47.6	6	34.3	8	2.47	38	0
2019	35	37	43.2	29	26.9	46	5.42	8	0
2018			41.7	40			2.87	34	5
2017	39.1	11	44.3	25	34	9			0
2016	34	40	41.2	41	26.9	46	1.18	47	0
2015	30.2	68	36.8	72	23.6	72	3.12	27	0
2014	29.3	73	37.5	67	21	81	2.94	32	0
2013	36.8	30	42.5	34	31	25	3.47	21	0
2012	37.8	21	45.6	12	30	32	2.98	29	0
2011	30.8	66	36.1	76	25.5	58	4.00	17	0
2010	34.3	39	40.4	46	28.1	40	2.97	30	0
2009	28.6	75	34.1	82	23	77	2.95	31	0
2008			42.6	31	30.4	29	2.14	40	4
2007	38.8	14	45.2	16	32.3	15	4.17	14	1
2006	42.3	4	49.4	4	35.1	6	5.32	11	0
2005			39	54	27.2	44	5.36	10	4
2004	28.7	74	34.2	81	23.3	75			0
2003	31	63	36.1	76	25.8	55	2.09	42	3
2002	41.5	5	47.5	7	35.6	4	3.11	28	0
2001	34.9	38	40.2	47	29.7	36	3.37	23	0
2000	33.1	48	39.8	48	26.5	51	4.06	16	0
1999	35.3	35	42.6	31	28	41	5.99	4	0
1998			48.1	5	35.2	5	5.84	6	4
1997			36.9	71	22.1	78	3.29	24	4
1996	32	54	38.8	57	25.2	62	5.74	7	0
1995	38.1	20	44.2	26	31.6	20	3.13	26	1
1994	26.2	80	33.4	83	19	84	6.13	3	0
1993	39.1	11	45.5	14	32.6	12			0
1992	37	28	43.8	28	30.1	31			0
1991	37.1	27	44.4	24	29.7	36			0
1990	42.9	3	50	3	35.7	3			0
1989	39.2	10	45.9	11	32.5	14			0
1988	31	63	38.1	62	23.9	70			0
1987	36.4	32	42.1	35	30.7	26			0
1986	37.5	23	45.1	17	29.8	34			0
1985	30.3	67	37.1	70	23.5	73			0
1984	32.6	49	38.9	55	26.4	52			0
1983	37.4	25	44.2	26	30.6	27			0
1982	27.8	77	35.3	79	20.4	83			0
1981	29.8	72	36.2	75	23.5	73			0
1980	35.9	34	41.8	39	29.9	33			0
1979	33.7	43	40.8	45	26.6	50			0
1978	30	69	36.8	72	23.3	75	8.61	1	0
1977	24.6	81	31.4	86	17.8	85	2.50	36	0
1976	31.8	56	38.9	55	24.7	66	4.51	13	0
1975	38.6	15	45	18	32.2	16	3.74	20	0
1974	38.5	17	45	18	31.9	17	3.42	22	0
1973	38.2	19	44.9	20	31.5	21			0
1972	38.6	15	45.5	14	31.8	18			0
1971	30	69	36.4	74	23.7	71			0
1970	28.5	76	34.8	80	22.1	78			0
1969	32.5	51	38.4	60	26.7	49			0
1968	31.2	62	38	63	24.5	68			0
1967	40.9	6	47.3	8	34.5	7			0
1966	31.5	60	37.6	65	25.4	60			0
1965	31.8	56	38.8	57	24.7	66			0
1964	37.6	22	44.8	22	30.5	28	3.97	18	0
1963	31.9	55	38.7	59	25	63	2.10	41	0
1962	34	40	41.2	41	26.8	48			0
1961	29.9	71	35.7	78	24	69			0
1960	36.7	31	42	37	31.5	21			0
1959	33.6	44	41.1	43	26.1	53			0
1958	33.4	46	39.2	53	27.6	42			0
1957	31.6	59	37.6	65	25.6	57	1.31	46	0
1956	34	40	39.4	51	28.7	38	2.50	36	0
1955	33.5	45	39.4	51	27.5	43			0
1954	33.4	46	41.1	43	25.7	56	2.04	44	0
1953	38.9	13	44.9	20	32.9	11	5.94	5	0
1952	38.5	17	45.6	12	31.3	24	5.30	12	0
1951	37.5	23	44.5	23	30.4	29	4.14	15	0
1950	44	2	52	1	36.1	2	2.06	43	0
1949	40.5	8	47.2	9	33.8	10	6.33	2	0
1948	27.3	78	33.1	84	21.5	80	5.42	8	0
1947	39.8	9	46.9	10	32.6	12	3.81	19	0
1946	35.2	36	42	37	28.4	39	1.51	45	0
1945	26.8	79	32.9	85	20.7	82	2.73	35	0
1944	36	33	42.1	35	29.8	34	2.94	32	0
1943	32.6	49	38.3	61	27	45			0
1942	32.5	51	39.5	50	25.5	58	2.34	39	0
1941	31.8	56	37.7	64	26	54	3.16	25	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	44.2
1950	44
1990	42.9
2006	42.3
2002	41.5
2020	40.9
1967	40.9
1949	40.5
1947	39.8
1989	39.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	24.6
1994	26.2
1945	26.8
1948	27.3
1982	27.8
1970	28.5
2009	28.6
2004	28.7
2014	29.3
1981	29.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	8.61
1949	6.33
1994	6.13
1999	5.99
1953	5.94
1998	5.84
1996	5.74
2019	5.42
1948	5.42
2005	5.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	1.18
1957	1.31
1946	1.51
1954	2.04
1950	2.06
2003	2.09
1963	2.10
2008	2.14
1942	2.34
2020	2.47

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 55°F; 15 January 2026, 9 January 2026, 8 January 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 25 January 2026, 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.13 in; 11 January 2026

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The hottest day of January 2026 in Philadelphia Center City, PA: 55°F on Thursday 15 January 2026, Friday 9 January 2026 and Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Philadelphia Center City, PA: a low of 9°F on Sunday 25 January 2026 and Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Philadelphia Center City, PA: 1.13 in on Sunday 11 January 2026.