Phoenix, AZ: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 61.1°F in Phoenix, AZ, the warmest January since 2018, 4th warmest of 131.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 61.1°F; Warmest since 2018; 4th warmest of 131
Precipitation: 0.18 in; Driest since 2025; 34th driest of 131

A normal January in Phoenix, AZ (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.7°F, between 54.5°F and 58.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.60 in of precipitation, between 0.01 in and 1.78 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Phoenix, AZ since 1896: 61.1°F in 2026; the highest is 62°F, in 2003.

Normal range, 54.5 to 58.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Phoenix, AZ from 1896 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	61.1	4	72.3	5	50	1	0.18	97	0
2025	55.6	39	67.8	35	43.4	46	0.01	117	0
2024	56	29	66.1	70	45.8	22	0.73	56	0
2023	53.9	64	63.4	106	44.4	35	1.03	38	0
2022	57.7	13	69.5	16	45.9	21	0.12	103	0
2021	56.3	25	67.9	33	44.7	33	0.68	60	0
2020	56.8	18	68.6	29	45.1	25	0.19	95	0
2019	56	29	67	49	45	26	0.74	55	0
2018	61.2	3	73.9	3	48.5	6	0.21	94	0
2017	55.1	46	64.1	94	46.1	19	1.10	36	0
2016	55.7	36	66.4	62	44.9	30	1.31	26	0
2015	58.6	9	69.2	19	48	7	0.81	50	0
2014	59.9	5	73.1	4	46.7	13	0.00	127	0
2013	53.6	70	64.9	85	42.3	57	1.39	24	0
2012	58.7	7	70.9	6	46.5	14	trace	121	0
2011	55.7	36	67.8	35	43.5	45	0.04	111	0
2010	57.4	16	67.7	38	47.1	11	2.43	4	0
2009	58.7	7	70.5	9	46.9	12	0.15	99	0
2008	54.7	53	64.3	91	45	26	1.58	18	0
2007	52.9	79	63.6	103	42.2	58	0.49	69	0
2006	57.7	13	70.4	11	45	26	0.00	127	0
2005	57.8	12	66.5	59	49	4	1.85	11	0
2004	57.5	15	67.6	40	47.4	9	0.82	49	0
2003	62	1	74.6	1	49.3	3	0.57	64	0
2002	55.9	33	67.1	48	44.8	32	0.05	110	0
2001	54.1	61	63.7	102	44.4	35	1.77	13	0
2000	58	11	70.1	14	46	20	0.01	117	0
1999	56.8	18	69.4	18	44.2	39	0.01	117	0
1998	56.6	21	66.7	55	46.5	14	0.35	76	0
1997	55.7	36	64.9	85	46.5	14	0.90	44	0
1996	55.8	35	68.6	29	43.1	50	0.24	87	0
1995	54.5	55	63.1	110	45.8	22	1.41	23	0
1994	56.8	18	69.5	16	44.1	40	0.13	100	0
1993	58.2	10	66.6	57	49.8	2	5.22	1	0
1992	56.3	25	66.3	65	46.4	18	1.62	16	0
1991	55.9	33	66.4	62	45.4	24	0.63	63	0
1990	55.6	39	67.3	42	43.9	42	0.80	52	0
1989	54.4	57	65.9	74	42.9	53	1.19	31	0
1988	55	48	65.7	76	44.4	35	0.90	44	0
1987	54.7	53	66.3	65	43	51	0.67	61	0
1986	61.4	2	74.2	2	48.6	5	0.07	108	0
1985	54.3	58	64.2	92	44.3	38	0.95	41	0
1984	57.4	16	69.8	15	45	26	0.31	83	0
1983	56	29	67.3	42	44.7	33	0.70	59	0
1982	53.9	64	64.6	88	43.2	49	0.81	50	0
1981	59.1	6	70.4	11	47.9	8	0.71	58	0
1980	56.6	21	65.8	75	47.3	10	1.58	18	0
1979	50	114	59.2	126	40.9	72	2.16	10	0
1978	56.6	21	66.6	57	46.5	14	2.33	7	0
1977	53.8	67	64.8	87	42.8	55	0.35	76	0
1976	55.4	43	69.1	22	41.7	62	trace	121	0
1975	52.2	87	66.4	62	38.1	101	0.02	115	0
1974	54	62	66.3	65	41.7	62	0.57	64	0
1973	51.1	106	63.5	104	38.8	90	0.13	100	0
1972	51.4	99	67.2	45	35.5	119	0.00	127	0
1971	52.2	87	68.1	32	36.2	114	0.22	90	0
1970	52.1	90	66.5	59	37.6	106	trace	121	0
1969	54.9	50	66.1	70	43.6	43	1.37	25	0
1968	52.4	85	65.6	78	39.1	88	0.19	95	0
1967	50.6	108	67.2	45	34.1	126	0.25	86	0
1966	48.2	125	61.9	116	34.5	125	0.35	76	0
1965	52.6	83	64	99	41.3	68	1.22	29	0
1964	46.7	129	61	120	32.4	130	0.22	90	0
1963	48.4	124	62.1	115	34.6	124	0.55	66	0
1962	51.4	99	63.3	107	39.6	84	1.20	30	0
1961	54.2	60	68.7	27	39.7	81	0.23	88	0
1960	48.5	122	58.8	128	38.1	101	0.85	47	0
1959	53.7	69	67	49	40.5	75	0.23	88	0
1958	53	77	67.3	42	38.7	91	0.07	108	0
1957	54	62	63	111	44.9	30	1.57	20	0
1956	56	29	69.1	22	42.9	53	0.67	61	0
1955	48.7	120	59	127	38.4	93	2.41	5	0
1954	52.2	87	66.1	70	38.4	93	0.88	46	0
1953	56.5	24	70.9	6	42.2	58	0.22	90	0
1952	52	91	64.2	92	39.7	81	0.43	72	0
1951	52.8	82	66.2	68	39.5	85	1.56	21	0
1950	51.2	102	64.1	94	38.4	93	0.32	82	0
1949	44.7	130	53.5	131	35.8	117	1.61	17	0
1948	53.6	70	68.9	24	38.2	99	trace	121	0
1947	50.5	110	64	99	37	112	0.03	113	0
1946	51.4	99	63.2	109	39.5	85	1.18	32	0
1945	51.9	95	64.1	94	39.7	81	1.01	39	0
1944	51.8	96	65.2	83	38.3	98	0.47	70	0
1943	53.5	72	65.7	76	41.3	68	0.73	56	0
1942	54.3	58	67.7	38	41	71	0.35	76	0
1941	54.9	50	65.6	78	44.1	40	1.04	37	0
1940	55.6	39	68.8	25	42.5	56	0.04	111	0
1939	52.5	84	64.6	88	40.3	77	0.18	97	0
1938	55	48	68.8	25	41.2	70	0.52	67	0
1937	43.1	131	54.4	130	31.9	131	0.83	48	0
1936	52.9	79	67.2	45	38.5	92	0.80	52	0
1935	53.8	67	65.5	81	42	60	0.95	41	1
1934	54.5	55	69.2	19	39.8	80	0.40	74	0
1933	48.8	119	61.5	119	36.1	115	2.31	8	0
1932	47	128	60.3	123	33.8	128	0.10	106	0
1931	52.9	79	67.9	33	37.9	104	0.02	115	0
1930	52	91	62.4	114	41.6	66	1.69	14	0
1929	50.1	113	62.8	112	37.4	108	0.92	43	0
1928	53.2	75	69.2	19	37.2	110	trace	121	0
1927	56.2	27	70.7	8	41.7	62	0.01	117	0
1926	49.4	117	63.9	101	34.8	123	1.00	40	0
1925	52	91	67.8	35	36.1	115	0.03	113	0
1924	50.3	111	65.6	78	35.1	122	0.00	127	0
1923	55.4	43	70.2	13	40.7	74	0.28	85	0
1922	48.6	121	61.7	118	35.5	119	1.29	27	0
1921	52	91	66.5	59	37.5	107	0.13	100	0
1920	53.3	74	65.1	84	41.5	67	1.42	22	0
1919	50.6	108	66	73	35.2	121	0.22	90	0
1918	49.6	116	63.5	104	35.7	118	1.14	34	0
1917	49	118	60.3	123	37.7	105	2.20	9	0
1916	50.8	107	59.7	125	41.8	61	2.34	6	0
1915	50	114	61	120	39	89	1.79	12	0
1914	54.9	50	66.7	55	43	51	0.30	84	0
1913	47.2	126	60.4	122	34	127	0.38	75	0
1912	53	77	68.7	27	37.2	110	0.00	127	0
1911	55.2	45	66.8	54	43.6	43	1.14	34	0
1910	51.2	102	64.1	94	38.4	93	0.50	68	0
1909	55.5	42	67.6	40	43.3	47	0.09	107	0
1908	53.4	73	66.9	52	39.9	79	0.35	76	0
1907	51.7	98	62.5	113	40.9	72	1.15	33	0
1906	51.2	102	64.1	94	38.2	99	0.35	76	0
1905	55.1	46	67	49	43.3	47	3.31	3	0
1904	48.5	122	64.4	90	32.5	129	0.11	104	0
1903	51.8	96	65.3	82	38.4	93	trace	121	0
1902	52.4	85	66.9	52	38	103	0.79	54	0
1901	53.1	76	66.2	68	40.1	78	0.43	72	0
1900	56.1	28	70.5	9	41.7	62	0.11	104	0
1899	50.3	111	63.3	107	37.4	108	1.28	28	0
1898	47.2	126	57.9	129	36.5	113	1.63	15	0
1897	51.2	102	61.9	116	40.5	75	3.67	2	0
1896	53.9	64	68.6	29	39.2	87	0.46	71	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2003	62
1986	61.4
2018	61.2
2026	61.1
2014	59.9
1981	59.1
2012	58.7
2009	58.7
2015	58.6
1993	58.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	43.1
1949	44.7
1964	46.7
1932	47
1913	47.2
1898	47.2
1966	48.2
1963	48.4
1960	48.5
1904	48.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	5.22
1897	3.67
1905	3.31
2010	2.43
1955	2.41
1916	2.34
1978	2.33
1933	2.31
1917	2.20
1979	2.16

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	0.00
2006	0.00
1972	0.00
1924	0.00
1912	0.00
2012	trace
1976	trace
1970	trace
1948	trace
1928	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 31 January 2026, 14 January 2026
Coldest night: 39°F; 10 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.11 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.18 in of precipitation in Phoenix, AZ, the driest January since 2025, tied 34th driest of 131 (with 1939).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Phoenix, AZ: 81°F on Saturday 31 January 2026 and Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Phoenix, AZ: a low of 39°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Phoenix, AZ: 0.11 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.