Philadelphia, PA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 31.5°F in Philadelphia, PA, the coldest January since 2025, tied 57th coldest of 153 (with 1959 and 1887).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 31.5°F; Coldest since 2025; 57th coldest of 153
Precipitation: 2.84 in; Driest since 2025; 67th driest of 155

A normal January in Philadelphia, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.8°F, between 28.5°F and 38.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.01 in of precipitation, between 1.91 in and 4.40 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Philadelphia, PA since 1874: 31.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 20°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 28.5 to 38.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Philadelphia, PA from 1872 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	31.5	95	38.4	94	24.5	93	2.84	89	0
2025	30.4	108	36.9	113	23.8	102	0.93	151	0
2024	36.6	32	42.8	45	30.4	25	5.91	6	0
2023	43.3	2	50.5	4	36.1	3	3.36	58	0
2022	32.4	84	40.3	73	24.5	93	3.35	59	0
2021	35.7	44	42	57	29.4	37	1.55	143	0
2020	38.9	15	46.4	15	31.4	19	2.64	103	0
2019	33.3	71	40.5	70	26.2	69	3.92	45	0
2018	32.8	76	41.4	63	24.1	97	2.85	87	0
2017	38.5	17	44.3	30	32.6	11	2.91	82	0
2016	34.2	62	42.3	54	26.1	73	2.63	104	0
2015	30.9	103	37.8	104	23.9	100	4.52	20	0
2014	28.3	128	37.1	112	19.4	138	3.55	53	0
2013	36.4	35	43.5	36	29.4	37	3.34	62	0
2012	37.9	24	45.9	16	29.9	31	2.59	107	0
2011	29.3	118	35.4	129	23.1	113	3.39	57	0
2010	33.2	72	40.1	76	26.2	69	2.19	122	0
2009	29	123	35.5	127	22.6	118	2.70	99	0
2008	35.9	42	43.1	41	28.6	43	1.74	137	0
2007	38.2	20	45.6	18	30.7	24	3.35	59	0
2006	40.7	10	49.1	6	32.4	12	4.34	29	0
2005	31.8	89	38.5	91	25.1	85	4.45	25	0
2004	26.1	140	32.3	146	19.9	135	1.70	138	0
2003	28.5	127	34.4	135	22.7	116	1.93	129	0
2002	39.2	14	46.7	14	31.7	15	2.43	113	0
2001	32.5	81	39.3	86	25.7	79	2.77	94	0
2000	32.1	86	39.6	83	24.6	92	3.22	66	0
1999	35	54	43.1	41	26.9	63	4.89	11	0
1998	40.9	9	48	10	33.9	6	4.24	32	0
1997	32.5	81	39.8	81	25.1	85	2.80	93	0
1996	30.2	111	37.3	108	23	114	4.39	28	0
1995	38.2	20	44.9	23	31.5	18	3.10	76	0
1994	27.4	133	34.5	133	20.3	131	4.27	31	0
1993	38.2	20	45.2	21	31.2	20	1.97	128	0
1992	35.6	45	43.8	34	27.5	55	0.88	152	0
1991	35.1	52	43.2	38	27.1	61	4.10	37	0
1990	40.3	11	49	7	31.6	16	4.09	39	0
1989	36.5	33	44.7	24	28.3	47	2.41	114	0
1988	27.3	135	35.7	126	18.8	142	2.72	97	0
1987	31.9	88	38.4	94	25.4	82	4.58	17	0
1986	32.8	76	41.6	59	23.9	100	4.13	35	0
1985	27.3	135	34.8	132	19.8	136	1.55	143	0
1984	26.2	139	33.7	137	18.6	143	2.22	121	0
1983	34.1	65	41.3	64	26.9	63	2.81	92	0
1982	24.7	149	32.5	144	16.9	152	4.45	25	0
1981	25.3	144	33.1	140	17.5	150	0.50	154	0
1980	31.7	92	37.7	105	25.8	78	2.27	120	0
1979	32.5	81	39.9	78	25.1	85	8.74	2	0
1978	28	129	35.1	131	20.8	130	8.86	1	0
1977	20	153	27.7	153	12.3	153	2.61	106	0
1976	28.7	126	36	124	21.3	127	4.50	22	0
1975	37.3	28	44.7	24	29.9	31	4.00	42	0
1974	35.9	42	42.9	43	28.8	41	2.95	79	0
1973	34.4	58	42.6	48	26.2	69	3.93	44	0
1972	35.1	52	42.5	49	27.7	54	2.34	116	0
1971	27.8	131	34.5	133	21	128	2.13	125	0
1970	24.5	150	31.3	150	17.7	148	0.74	153	0
1969	29.8	116	36.3	118	23.3	112	1.57	141	0
1968	28.8	125	36.2	120	21.5	126	2.90	84	0
1967	36	39	43.8	34	28.1	49	1.67	139	0
1966	29	123	36.1	122	22	121	2.82	91	0
1965	29.1	122	36.1	122	22.2	119	2.35	115	0
1964	33	74	42.4	52	23.6	106	3.92	45	0
1963	27.4	133	35.5	127	19.4	138	2.31	118	0
1962	30	114	38.3	97	21.6	124	2.95	79	0
1961	25	147	32.9	141	17.1	151	3.16	68	0
1960	34.2	62	41	69	27.4	57	3.11	75	0
1959	31.5	95	40.2	74	22.9	115	2.03	126	0
1958	31.8	89	38.4	94	25.1	85	3.53	54	0
1957	29.2	121	36.4	117	21.9	122	1.67	139	0
1956	32.1	86	38.3	97	25.9	75	2.30	119	0
1955	32.6	80	39	90	26.2	69	0.45	155	0
1954	31.6	94	39.9	78	23.4	111	1.93	129	0
1953	38	23	44.7	24	31.2	20	5.01	10	0
1952	37.3	28	44.6	27	30	30	4.75	13	0
1951	36	39	44.1	31	27.8	53	3.83	47	0
1950	43.3	2	52.3	1	34.3	5	1.85	134	0
1949	39.8	12	47.3	12	32.3	13	6.06	5	0
1948	25.9	141	32.8	142	19.1	140	4.68	15	0
1947	38.3	18	46.8	13	29.8	33	3.63	52	0
1946	33.7	68	41.6	59	25.9	75	1.39	149	0
1945	24.8	148	32	148	17.6	149	2.86	86	0
1944	34	67	41.5	61	26.5	68	2.99	77	0
1943	31.8	89	38.1	102	25.5	81	3.25	64	0
1942	30.4	108	39.2	88	21.6	124	2.49	111	0
1941	30.7	106	37.3	108	24.1	97	2.88	85	0
1940	25.3	144	31.6	149	19	141	0.96	150	0
1939	34.4	58	40.5	70	28.4	45	4.46	24	0
1938	33.5	70	40.2	74	26.9	63	2.32	117	0
1937	41.4	7	47.9	11	34.9	4	5.71	8	0
1936	29.9	115	36.3	118	23.5	108	6.44	4	0
1935	31	101	38.3	97	23.8	102	4.21	34	0
1934	37.8	25	43.9	33	31.6	16	2.91	82	0
1933	42.7	4	49	7	36.3	2	2.66	101	0
1932	46.2	1	52.2	2	40.2	1	4.69	14	0
1931	36.2	38	42.3	54	30.1	28	2.17	123	0
1930	35.6	45	42	57	29.3	39	3.15	71	0
1929	34.2	62	41.5	61	26.9	63	2.70	99	0
1928	35.6	45	43.2	38	27.9	51	1.91	131	0
1927	32.7	78	39.7	82	25.6	80	1.88	133	0
1926	34.3	61	41.1	67	27.5	55	2.85	87	0
1925	31.7	92	38.3	97	25.2	84	4.68	15	0
1924	34.7	57	42.7	46	26.6	67	4.45	25	0
1923	34.4	58	40.5	70	28.3	47	4.78	12	0
1922	31.2	100	37.4	107	25	90	3.16	68	0
1921	36	39	43.3	37	28.8	41	2.03	126	0
1920	26.8	137	33.5	138	20.1	134	2.71	98	0
1919	37.7	26	44.5	29	30.9	23	3.35	59	0
1918	24.1	151	30.4	151	17.9	146	4.06	40	0
1917	35.2	51	42.5	49	27.9	51	1.90	132	0
1916	38.3	18	45.5	19	31	22	1.50	147	0
1915	36.5	33	42.9	43	30.2	27	6.74	3	0
1914	35.4	49	42.7	46	28	50	3.46	56	0
1913	42.3	5	50.6	3	33.9	6	2.99	77	0
1912	25.4	143	32.8	142	18.1	144	2.57	109	0
1911	37.1	30	44.1	31	30.1	28	3.22	66	0
1910	33.6	69	40	77	27.3	58	4.23	33	0
1909	35.6	45	42.5	49	28.6	43	2.52	110	0
1908	34.8	55	41.2	65	28.4	45	3.14	72	0
1907	34.1	65	41.1	67	27.2	59	2.65	102	0
1906	39.5	13	45.9	16	33	10	3.16	68	0
1905	29.8	116	36.2	120	23.5	108	3.12	74	0
1904	25.9	141	32.4	145	19.5	137	3.14	72	0
1903	32.7	78	39.3	86	26	74	3.52	55	0
1902	31.3	99	38.5	91	24	99	2.77	94	0
1901	33.1	73	39.1	89	27.1	61	2.47	112	0
1900	34.8	55	42.4	52	27.2	59	3.34	62	0
1899	32.3	85	39.5	84	25.1	85	4.01	41	0
1898	35.3	50	41.2	65	29.5	35	4.10	37	0
1897	30.8	105	37.3	108	24.2	95	2.17	123	0
1896	31	101	36.6	115	25.4	82	1.57	141	0
1895	30.4	108	37.2	111	23.7	105	4.52	20	0
1894	36.4	35	42.3	54	30.4	25	1.78	136	0
1893	24	152	30.2	152	17.9	146	2.58	108	0
1892	30.9	103	38.1	102	23.8	102	4.48	23	0
1891	36.4	35	43.2	38	29.5	35	3.65	51	0
1890	41.6	6	49.4	5	33.9	6	1.83	135	0
1889	38.6	16	45	22	32.2	14	3.75	48	0
1888	27.8	131	35.4	129	20.2	132	4.30	30	0
1887	31.5	95	39.5	84	23.6	106	3.23	65	0
1886	29.3	118	35.8	125	22.7	116	3.69	49	0
1885	30.2	111	38.2	101	22.2	119	2.92	81	0
1884	30.2	111	36.9	113	23.5	108	5.46	9	0
1883	30.7	106	36.5	116	24.8	91	4.13	35	0
1882	31.4	98	38.5	91	24.2	95	4.57	19	0
1881	26.8	137	33.5	138	20.2	132	3.66	50	0
1880	41.1	8	48.6	9	33.5	9	1.51	146	0
1879	29.3	118	37.5	106	21	128	2.73	96	0
1878	32.9	75	39.9	78	25.9	75	3.94	43	0
1877	28	129	34.2	136	21.8	123	2.62	105	0
1876	37.6	27	45.4	20	29.8	33	1.52	145	0
1875	25.2	146	32.3	146	18	145	2.83	90	0
1874	36.9	31	44.6	27	29.2	40	4.58	17	0
1873							5.84	7	31
1872							1.49	148	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	46.2
2023	43.3
1950	43.3
1933	42.7
1913	42.3
1890	41.6
1937	41.4
1880	41.1
1998	40.9
2006	40.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	20
1893	24
1918	24.1
1970	24.5
1982	24.7
1945	24.8
1961	25
1875	25.2
1981	25.3
1940	25.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	8.86
1979	8.74
1915	6.74
1936	6.44
1949	6.06
2024	5.91
1873	5.84
1937	5.71
1884	5.46
1953	5.01

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.45
1981	0.50
1970	0.74
1992	0.88
2025	0.93
1940	0.96
1946	1.39
1872	1.49
1916	1.50
1880	1.51

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 57°F; 14 January 2026, 9 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 10°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.39 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.84 in of precipitation in Philadelphia, PA, the driest January since 2025, 67th driest of 155.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Philadelphia, PA: 57°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026, Friday 9 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Philadelphia, PA: a low of 10°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Philadelphia, PA: 1.39 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.