Pocatello, ID: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 29.1°F in Pocatello, ID, the warmest January since 2020, tied 18th warmest of 88 (with 2012 and 1969).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 29.1°F; Warmest since 2020; 18th warmest of 88
Precipitation: 0.99 in; Wettest since 2024; 44th wettest of 88

A normal January in Pocatello, ID (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26.6°F, between 18°F and 32.4°F in eight years of ten and 1.02 in of precipitation, between 0.43 in and 1.87 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Pocatello, ID since 1939: 29.1°F in 2026; the highest is 36.2°F, in 1953.

Normal range, 18 to 32.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Pocatello, ID from 1939 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	29.1	18	37.7	14	20.5	21	0.99	44	0
2025	21.1	60	31	50	11.2	63	0.52	72	0
2024	27.7	29	35.2	32	20.2	24	1.37	25	0
2023	24.3	46	31	50	17.6	40	1.09	33	0
2022	21	61	29.7	61	12.4	59	0.50	73	0
2021	28.9	22	38.1	11	19.7	28	0.27	84	0
2020	29.9	13	37.5	19	22.3	15	1.12	32	0
2019	25	43	34	39	16.1	46	1.02	41	0
2018	34.4	2	43	2	25.7	4	0.71	56	0
2017	16.4	82	25.3	84	7.5	78	2.85	3	0
2016	25.7	39	33.2	44	18.2	36	1.41	20	0
2015	30.1	11	37	23	23.2	10	0.43	80	0
2014	28.9	22	38.7	8	19.1	33	0.63	64	0
2013	14.6	85	25.2	85	4.1	85	0.57	68	0
2012	29.1	18	39.5	6	18.6	34	1.64	12	0
2011	22.2	57	30.5	56	14	52	1.28	26	0
2010	27.2	32	36.2	27	18.2	36	0.56	70	0
2009	25.2	42	33.7	42	16.6	42	1.02	41	0
2008	20.2	63	29.9	59	10.5	65	0.49	74	0
2007	18.2	73	28.8	70	7.6	76	0.39	83	0
2006	30.4	9	37.6	17	23.2	10	1.20	28	0
2005	24.3	46	30.9	53	17.6	40	1.41	20	0
2004	19.8	65	27.3	76	12.3	61	0.97	46	0
2003	34	3	41.9	3	26.1	2	0.40	82	0
2002	22.8	52	29.4	64	16.2	45	0.72	54	0
2001	17.2	78	27.2	78	7.2	80	1.02	41	0
2000	29	21	35.2	32	22.9	12	1.45	18	0
1999	29.8	15	37.1	22	22.6	14	1.51	14	0
1998	33.1	4	40.1	5	26.1	2	1.98	8	0
1997	27.3	30	34.7	35	19.9	25	1.86	10	0
1996	27.8	27	35.6	31	19.9	25	1.15	31	0
1995	30.6	8	37.8	13	23.5	8	1.49	15	0
1994	32.3	5	41.3	4	23.3	9	0.59	66	0
1993	18.1	74	28.2	72	8	74	2.30	6	0
1992	26	38	37.7	14	14.2	51	0.21	87	0
1991	19.4	67	29.7	61	9	70	0.71	56	0
1990	30	12	38.9	7	21	19	0.53	71	0
1989	19.4	67	28.1	74	10.7	64	0.59	66	0
1988	21.2	58	30	58	12.5	58	1.06	37	0
1987	19.2	69	29.6	63	8.8	72	1.03	40	0
1986	23.4	49	33.3	43	13.5	54	1.07	36	0
1985	12.9	86	22.6	86	3.1	86	0.71	56	0
1984	17.7	76	26	82	9.4	69	0.49	74	0
1983	31.5	6	38.5	10	24.4	6	0.48	76	0
1982	20.2	63	28.5	71	11.9	62	1.40	22	0
1981	28.5	26	37.6	17	19.4	32	0.72	54	0
1980	24.6	45	31	50	18.3	35	3.24	1	0
1979	10.7	87	19.7	87	1.7	87	1.09	33	0
1978	31.1	7	37.4	21	24.8	5	1.17	29	0
1977	17.1	79	25.9	83	8.3	73	0.70	61	0
1976	26.9	34	33.9	41	19.8	27	0.45	77	0
1975	22.4	55	30.9	53	13.9	53	0.65	63	0
1974	22.5	53	29.9	59	15.1	47	1.55	13	0
1973	19.8	65	29.4	64	10.2	66	1.04	39	0
1972	22.9	50	30.9	53	14.8	49	1.45	18	0
1971	27.2	32	34.7	35	19.6	29	1.47	17	0
1970	29.9	13	35.9	30	23.9	7	1.98	8	0
1969	29.1	18	37.7	14	20.5	21	1.80	11	0
1968	21.2	58	32.4	47	10	68	0.75	53	0
1967	29.8	15	36.6	25	22.9	12	1.08	35	0
1966	25.7	39	34.8	34	16.6	42	0.27	84	0
1965	29.8	15	37.5	19	22.1	16	0.71	56	0
1964	19.1	70	29.4	64	8.9	71	0.76	52	0
1963	18	75	29.1	68	6.8	81	1.48	16	0
1962	15.6	84	26.5	80	4.8	83	1.17	29	0
1961	25.5	41	37.9	12	13.2	56	0.24	86	0
1960	19	71	27.8	75	10.2	66	0.98	45	0
1959	28.8	24	36.5	26	21.1	18	1.39	23	0
1958	22.9	50	32.7	45	13.1	57	1.06	37	0
1957	15.8	83	27.3	76	4.4	84	0.71	56	0
1956	28.6	25	36.7	24	20.6	20	2.92	2	0
1955	17	80	26.4	81	7.6	76	0.57	68	0
1954	30.3	10	38.7	8	22	17	0.83	50	0
1953	36.2	1	43.2	1	29.2	1	1.39	23	0
1952	20.7	62	29	69	12.4	59	0.68	62	0
1951	23.8	48	32.6	46	15	48	0.44	78	0
1950	22.4	55	30.4	57	14.4	50	2.54	4	0
1949	5.1	88	15.9	88	-5.7	88	1.26	27	0
1948	26.3	37	36.1	28	16.5	44	0.80	51	0
1947	18.5	72	29.2	67	7.9	75	0.42	81	0
1946	22.5	53	31.7	49	13.4	55	0.85	49	0
1945	27.8	27	36.1	28	19.5	31	0.20	88	0
1944	16.7	81	28.2	72	5.2	82	0.44	78	0
1943	26.8	35	34	39	19.6	29	0.89	48	0
1942	17.3	77	27	79	7.5	78	2.22	7	0
1941	26.4	36	34.7	35	18.2	36	0.62	65	0
1940	24.9	44	32	48	17.7	39	2.52	5	0
1939	27.3	30	34.2	38	20.4	23	0.94	47	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	36.2
2018	34.4
2003	34
1998	33.1
1994	32.3
1983	31.5
1978	31.1
1995	30.6
2006	30.4
1954	30.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	5.1
1979	10.7
1985	12.9
2013	14.6
1962	15.6
1957	15.8
2017	16.4
1944	16.7
1955	17
1977	17.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	3.24
1956	2.92
2017	2.85
1950	2.54
1940	2.52
1993	2.30
1942	2.22
1998	1.98
1970	1.98
1997	1.86

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1945	0.20
1992	0.21
1961	0.24
2021	0.27
1966	0.27
2007	0.39
2003	0.40
1947	0.42
2015	0.43
1951	0.44
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 51°F; 3 January 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.22 in; 5 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 0.99 in of precipitation in Pocatello, ID, the wettest January since 2024, 44th wettest of 88.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Pocatello, ID: 51°F on Saturday 3 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Pocatello, ID: a low of 8°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Pocatello, ID: 0.22 in on Monday 5 January 2026.