Poplar Bluff, MO: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 32.9°F in Poplar Bluff, MO, the coldest January since 2025, 25th coldest of 105.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 32.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 25th coldest of 105
Precipitation: 1.29 in; Driest since 2011; 18th driest of 118

A normal January in Poplar Bluff, MO (1991 to 2020): 3.08 in of precipitation, between 1.18 in and 5.98 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Poplar Bluff, MO since 1893: 32.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 20.2°F, in 1977.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Poplar Bluff, MO from 1893 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	32.9	81	43.3	73	22.5	89	1.29	101	0
2025	32	87	40.4	97	23.7	75	5.27	24	0
2024	32.4	84	40	100	24.7	68	8.73	6	0
2023	42.6	7	50.2	18	35	1	6.78	16	0
2022	33.5	73	44.1	64	23	83	4.92	31	0
2021	38	34	45.1	53	30.8	17	4.51	39	0
2020	40.1	17	47	46	33.2	6	5.39	21	0
2019	36.1	51	43.1	76	29.1	24	4.72	34	0
2018	32.3	85	41.9	89	22.6	88	2.28	79	1
2017	42.8	6	51.8	11	33.8	5	1.55	92	3
2016	35.9	52	45.1	53	26.7	43	1.35	100	0
2015	34.6	62	44	66	25.3	60	5.91	19	0
2014	32.2	86	42.5	85	21.8	95	2.53	70	0
2013	39	24	48.1	38	30	22	5.28	23	0
2012	41.1	14	50.5	15	31.8	11	3.08	56	0
2011	32.7	82	41.6	91	23.7	75	0.34	115	0
2010	32	87	40.6	94	23.5	80	2.12	83	0
2009									5
2008	34.6	62	43.1	76	26	50	2.55	69	0
2007	36.3	49	44.9	58	28.3	32	6.26	18	1
2006	43.7	2	54.2	5	33.2	6	3.55	51	0
2005	40.1	17	47.4	42	32.8	8	5.13	28	0
2004	35.3	56	43.6	71	26.9	41	2.06	85	0
2003	31	95	39.9	101	22	93	0.52	111	0
2002	38.1	33	49.2	30	27.6	38	7.75	10	1
2001	33.5	73	41.8	90	25.1	63	1.45	96	0
2000	37.2	43	46	50	28.4	30	1.85	88	2
1999	36.7	46	44.6	61	28.7	26	7.47	13	1
1998	41	15	49.1	32	32.4	10	3.66	50	3
1997	31.7	90	41.1	92	21.6	96	1.55	92	3
1996	33.3	77	42.5	85	24	74	3.97	45	1
1995	35	61	44.2	63	26	50	2.65	65	2
1994			36.6	109	21.5	97	4.63	37	4
1993			42.8	82	25.3	60	5.11	29	5
1992	35.1	58	45.1	53	25.1	63	0.25	116	1
1991			38.3	106			4.19	42	12
1990	41.3	12	51.5	12	31.2	15	5.39	21	2
1989	39.8	19	50.5	15	29.5	23	3.93	47	3
1988			38.9	104			2.14	82	10
1987			42.3	87			0.92	106	6
1986			47.9	41			0.19	117	7
1985	26.1	103	35.2	110	16.9	107	2.36	74	3
1984	29.4	99	37.3	108	20.4	104	1.12	103	3
1983	34.3	66	42	88	26.5	48	0.51	112	2
1982									16
1981							0.67	109	13
1980							1.63	90	11
1979									10
1978							3.14	55	12
1977	20.2	105	30.4	112	10	110	2.47	72	1
1976	32.7	82	44	66	21.4	98	2.31	77	0
1975	37.3	42	48.2	37	26.4	49	3.06	58	0
1974	35.5	54	43.2	75	27.8	35	4.05	43	0
1973	34.5	64	43.9	69	25.1	63	4.91	32	0
1972	33.3	77	43	79	23.6	77	2.60	68	0
1971	31.5	92	40.6	94	22.5	89	4.72	34	0
1970	27.7	101	38.7	105	16.7	108	0.75	108	0
1969	33.3	77	42.9	80	23.6	77	11.23	3	0
1968	31.7	90	40.5	96	22.9	84	2.34	76	0
1967	37.6	38	49.9	20	25.4	56	2.49	71	0
1966	31.1	93	40.3	98	21.9	94	3.36	54	0
1965	39.6	22	50.1	19	29.1	24	2.85	62	1
1964	38.2	30	49.8	21	26.6	47	1.48	95	0
1963	29.3	100	40.7	93	17.8	105	0.80	107	0
1962	33.2	80	42.9	80	23.5	80	4.93	30	0
1961	34.1	68	46.1	49	22.1	91	1.13	102	0
1960	38.2	30	46.6	47	30.8	17	3.03	61	2
1959	34	69	43.8	70	24.3	73	4.22	41	3
1958	35.4	55	45	56	25.7	54	2.61	67	0
1957	33.9	70	43.3	73	24.4	72	6.36	17	1
1956	33.9	70	44.9	58	22.9	84	1.76	89	0
1955	38.2	30	49.2	30	27.5	39	0.45	113	2
1954			49.6	23	26.7	43	3.98	44	4
1953							2.72	63	15
1952	43.5	4	52.9	7	34.1	4	2.25	80	1
1951	37.9	35	48	39	27.7	36	4.61	38	0
1950	44.7	1	54.4	4	34.8	2	12.12	2	2
1949	41.3	12	49.5	24	32.5	9	8.46	8	1
1948	30.6	96	40.3	98	21.2	99	2.35	75	1
1947	40.2	16	48.9	34	31.5	14	1.06	105	0
1946	37.6	38	48.6	36	26.7	43	3.54	52	3
1945	35.1	58	45	56	24.8	67	1.11	104	1
1944	38.8	28	50.7	14	26.8	42	0.35	114	0
1943	39	24	52.3	8	25.6	55	0.18	118	0
1942	33.4	75	44	66	22.1	91	5.24	26	1
1941	39.7	21	48.8	35	30.7	19	3.68	49	0
1940	23.1	104	34.2	111	12.1	109	2.30	78	0
1939	41.9	10	53.3	6	30.6	20	5.26	25	0
1938	36.6	47	48	39	25.3	60	3.97	45	0
1937	37.1	45	45.6	51	28.6	27	13.11	1	0
1936	31.8	89	42.6	83	21	101	0.66	110	0
1935	39	24	49.4	26	28.6	27	4.70	36	0
1934	37.7	37	47.2	45	28.2	33	2.43	73	0
1933	43.6	3	55.4	1	31.6	13	3.05	60	1
1932	42.5	8	54.6	3	30.9	16	7.29	15	3
1931	37.6	38	49.3	29	25.9	52	1.43	97	0
1930	27.7	101	38.3	106	17.1	106	7.85	9	0
1929	33.4	75	43.1	76	23.6	77	8.61	7	0
1928	36.3	49	49.4	26	23.3	82	1.93	87	0
1927	35.9	52	46.4	48	25.4	56	9.46	4	0
1926	36.4	48	47.4	42	25.4	56	3.40	53	0
1925	37.2	43	49.5	24	25	66	1.53	94	0
1924	30.5	97	39.5	102	21.1	100	2.65	65	2
1923	43.1	5	51.9	10	34.3	3	7.55	11	0
1922	35.1	58	43.5	72	26.7	43	2.02	86	0
1921	30.1	98	39.2	103	20.9	102	1.58	91	1
1920					24.7	68	5.20	27	14
1919	39.5	23	51	13	28	34	1.42	98	0
1918					6.1	111	4.75	33	4
1917	37.4	41	49.4	26	25.4	56	3.06	58	0
1916	38.8	28	50.5	15	27.2	40	9.31	5	0
1915	34.3	66	44.1	64	24.5	71	4.48	40	1
1909									18
1903							2.20	81	7
1902					22.7	86	3.77	48	16
1901	41.4	11	55	2	27.7	36	1.37	99	0
1900	39.8	19	49	33	30.6	20	2.72	63	0
1899	35.2	57	44.6	61	25.8	53	7.51	12	0
1898	42.4	9	52.3	8	31.8	11	7.31	14	3
1897	34.5	64	44.8	60	24.6	70	5.90	20	3
1896	37.9	35	47.3	44	28.6	27	2.09	84	0
1895	33.9	70	45.6	51	22.7	86	3.08	56	2
1894	39	24	49.7	22	28.4	30			0
1893	31.1	93	42.6	83	20.5	103			2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	44.7
2006	43.7
1933	43.6
1952	43.5
1923	43.1
2017	42.8
2023	42.6
1932	42.5
1898	42.4
1939	41.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	20.2
1940	23.1
1985	26.1
1970	27.7
1930	27.7
1963	29.3
1984	29.4
1921	30.1
1924	30.5
1948	30.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	13.11
1950	12.12
1969	11.23
1927	9.46
1916	9.31
2024	8.73
1929	8.61
1949	8.46
1930	7.85
2002	7.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	0.18
1986	0.19
1992	0.25
2011	0.34
1944	0.35
1955	0.45
1983	0.51
2003	0.52
1936	0.66
1981	0.67

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 8 January 2026, 6 January 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.49 in; 24 January 2026

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Poplar Bluff, MO the day's answers

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.29 in of precipitation in Poplar Bluff, MO, the driest January since 2011, 18th driest of 118.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: 69°F on Thursday 8 January 2026 and Tuesday 6 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: a low of 3°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: 0.49 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.