Portland, ME: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 21.2°F in Portland, ME, the coldest January since 2022, 49th coldest of 152.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 21.2°F; Coldest since 2022; 49th coldest of 152
Precipitation: 2.40 in; Driest since 2025; 31st driest of 151

A normal January in Portland, ME (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 23.4°F, between 17.4°F and 29.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.39 in of precipitation, between 1.36 in and 5.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Portland, ME since 1875: 21.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 12.1°F, in 1971.

Normal range, 17.4 to 29.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Portland, ME 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	21.2	104	29	110	13.5	89	2.40	121	0
2025	22.8	79	31	86	14.6	74	2.03	135	0
2024	27.4	17	34.2	32	20.6	16	7.92	4	0
2023	31.5	6	38.5	6	24.4	3	7.74	5	0
2022	20.6	110	30.1	100	11	115	2.73	104	0
2021	27.8	15	35	23	20.6	16	2.27	128	0
2020	29.8	10	38	7	21.7	13	3.53	69	0
2019	23.4	68	31.6	73	15.2	63	5.53	18	0
2018	21.9	90	31.1	83	12.8	95	3.29	81	0
2017	29.8	10	37.4	11	22.3	10	3.65	67	0
2016	27	21	35.1	22	18.8	25	3.37	78	0
2015	21.1	105	30.5	96	11.6	106	4.67	37	0
2014	21.4	96	30.2	99	12.6	98	4.05	57	0
2013	25.4	38	34.3	30	16.4	49	1.36	141	0
2012	26.9	22	35.4	19	18.4	29	4.29	53	0
2011	21.4	96	30.6	94	12.3	101	2.39	122	0
2010	25	44	33.3	45	16.7	45	2.86	99	0
2009	17.5	129	27.9	117	7.1	136	2.35	125	0
2008	26.5	30	35.3	20	17.8	32	3.21	83	0
2007	25.9	35	34.1	34	17.7	33	2.86	99	0
2006	30.2	8	37.7	9	22.7	8	3.71	65	0
2005	19.3	119	27.2	124	11.5	111	3.33	80	0
2004	15	144	23.4	145	6.6	137	0.28	151	0
2003	16.3	134	25.1	140	7.4	134	1.14	144	0
2002	30.4	7	37.5	10	23.3	7	2.98	93	0
2001	20.6	110	30.7	92	10.4	120	1.33	142	0
2000	21.5	93	31.2	82	11.8	105	3.41	73	0
1999	22.3	84	32.3	59	12.3	101	5.97	16	0
1998	27.1	19	33.4	43	20.8	15	4.83	32	0
1997	23.3	72	32.2	60	14.5	76	4.59	40	0
1996	21.4	96	30.5	96	12.3	101	5.30	23	0
1995	27.1	19	33.9	38	20.4	18	4.92	29	0
1994	14	149	23.9	143	4	147	5.34	22	0
1993	23.4	68	32.4	57	14.4	79	2.80	102	0
1992	23.9	55	32.8	51	15	66	4.80	33	0
1991	23.4	68	32.4	57	14.4	79	2.91	95	0
1990	30.1	9	38	7	22.3	10	3.19	85	0
1989	26.8	25	36.2	16	17.4	36	1.15	143	0
1988	21.6	91	31.5	76	11.6	106	1.97	137	0
1987	21.6	91	31.1	83	12.1	104	5.21	24	0
1986	24.9	45	34.5	27	15.4	59	6.58	10	0
1985	16.2	135	26	133	6.4	139	1.03	145	0
1984	19.8	115	27.9	117	11.6	106	2.56	114	0
1983	25.2	41	33.8	39	16.5	47	4.59	40	0
1982	15	144	25.2	139	4.7	146	5.17	25	0
1981	13.8	151	24.7	141	2.9	150	0.93	147	0
1980	22.7	80	31.9	65	13.5	89	0.98	146	0
1979	23.6	63	30.8	90	16.5	47	11.92	2	0
1978	21.1	105	29.7	103	12.5	100	6.91	7	0
1977	14.2	148	24.6	142	3.8	148	6.46	11	1
1976	15.7	137	26	133	5.4	142	4.44	45	0
1975	26.7	26	36.3	15	17.1	41	4.40	48	0
1974	23.1	75	31.4	78	14.9	69	3.41	73	0
1973	23.1	75	32.1	62	14.1	83	2.58	111	0
1972	22.2	87	32.7	53	11.6	106	2.09	133	0
1971	12.1	152	23.1	147	1.2	152	2.25	129	0
1970	16.7	131	26.2	132	7.2	135	0.76	149	0
1969	24.2	51	33	47	15.3	62	3.63	68	0
1968	16.5	132	27.9	117	5.2	143	3.00	91	0
1967	24.4	47	33.7	41	15	66	2.52	116	0
1966	22.3	84	31.3	80	13.3	93	4.97	28	0
1965	19.7	117	29.1	108	10.4	120	1.68	139	0
1964	24.4	47	34.8	25	14	85	4.74	34	0
1963	23.6	63	32.1	62	15.1	64	2.73	104	0
1962	20.6	110	31	86	10.2	123	2.68	107	0
1961	15.3	141	26.9	128	3.7	149	1.46	140	0
1960	23.7	61	32.9	49	14.5	76	2.65	108	0
1959	21.3	102	31.6	73	11	115	3.00	91	0
1958	26.6	28	34.3	30	18.9	23	9.41	3	0
1957	13.9	150	26.4	130	1.3	151	2.07	134	0
1956	27.3	18	34.5	27	20.2	19	5.82	17	0
1955	22.3	84	30.9	89	13.7	86	0.76	149	0
1954	17.8	126	27.4	121	8.3	128	2.63	110	0
1953	28.5	14	37.3	12	19.6	20	5.15	27	0
1952	23.4	68	34.1	34	12.7	96	5.39	20	0
1951	25.4	38	35.3	20	15.6	54	2.94	94	0
1950	26.9	22	36.5	13	17.3	39	4.43	46	0
1949	26.6	28	34.8	25	18.5	26	4.65	38	0
1948	15.6	138	26.3	131	4.9	145	2.39	122	0
1947	21.5	93	32.2	60	10.8	117	4.02	59	0
1946	19.8	115	29.9	101	9.8	124	3.74	64	0
1945	16.1	136	27.1	125	5	144	3.88	62	0
1944	22.7	80	32.7	53	12.7	96	2.28	127	0
1943	17.7	127	27.3	122	8.1	129	2.14	132	0
1942	20.9	107	31.3	80	10.6	119	3.20	84	0
1941	17.3	130	28.6	111	5.9	141	2.80	102	0
1940	19	121	26.5	129	11.6	106	3.69	66	0
1939	23.6	63	31.8	67	15.5	57	3.19	85	0
1938	23.8	58	31.7	69	15.9	51	4.13	55	0
1937	31.6	4	39.1	4	24	5			0
1936	24.6	46	32	64	17.2	40			0
1935	18	124	25.3	138	10.7	118	12.29	1	0
1934	23.6	63	31.7	69	15.4	59	4.40	48	0
1933	32.3	2	39.3	2	25.4	2	5.40	19	0
1932	32.6	1	38.9	5	26.3	1	6.71	8	0
1931	25.2	41	32.8	51	17.6	35	3.22	82	0
1930	24.3	49	31.6	73	17	43			0
1929	23.8	58	31.5	76	16.1	50	3.99	60	0
1928	26.2	34	33.2	46	19.2	22	2.83	101	0
1927	25.3	40	32.7	53	18	31	4.39	50	0
1926	24.1	52	31.1	83	17.1	41	3.38	77	0
1925	17.6	128	25.9	135	9.3	127	6.04	14	0
1924	24.3	49	33.5	42	15.1	64	4.50	44	0
1923	19.3	119	27.1	125	11.5	111			0
1922	20.8	108	28.1	115	13.5	89	3.40	75	0
1921	26.3	32	34.2	32	18.4	29	1.83	138	0
1920	14.6	146	22.8	148	6.5	138	3.49	70	0
1919	25.7	36	33	47	18.5	26	4.69	36	0
1918	15.1	143	22.1	152	8	132	3.48	71	0
1917	22.4	83	29.9	101	14.8	71	4.53	43	0
1916	26.7	26	35.6	18	17.7	33	2.15	131	0
1915	26.4	31	33.4	43	19.3	21	6.00	15	0
1914	20.5	114	27.9	117	13.1	94	3.19	85	0
1913	31.6	4	39.7	1	23.4	6	2.47	117	0
1912	15.3	141	22.5	150	8.1	129	4.86	31	0
1911	24.1	52	32.6	56	15.6	54	2.58	111	0
1910	27.7	16	34.4	29	21.1	14	2.90	96	0
1909	23	77	30.7	92	15.4	59	4.71	35	0
1908	25.7	36	34.1	34	17.4	36	2.42	120	0
1907	18.5	122	25.9	135	11.1	114	2.46	119	0
1906	29.2	12	36.5	13	22	12	2.87	98	0
1905	17.9	125	25.4	137	10.4	120	5.16	26	0
1904	15.6	138	23.5	144	7.8	133	4.04	58	0
1903	23	77	30.4	98	15.6	54	4.90	30	0
1902	22.2	87	29.7	103	14.6	74	2.73	104	0
1901	21.3	102	28.5	113	14.1	83	3.34	79	0
1900	23.9	55	32.9	49	14.9	69	6.28	12	0
1899	23.3	72	31.8	67	14.8	71	3.39	76	0
1898	21.4	96	29.2	107	13.6	87	6.61	9	0
1897	23.6	63	31.4	78	15.8	52	4.09	56	0
1896	20.8	108	27.3	122	14.4	79	2.00	136	0
1895	22	89	29.7	103	14.3	82	2.47	117	0
1894	22.5	82	30.6	94	14.5	76	3.13	88	0
1893	15.4	140	22.8	148	8.1	129	2.19	130	0
1892	23.9	55	31	86	16.8	44	4.22	54	0
1891	24.1	52	30.8	90	17.4	36	7.72	6	0
1890	23.8	58	31.7	69	15.8	52	2.89	97	0
1889	29.2	12	35.9	17	22.5	9	3.47	72	0
1888	14.3	147	22.4	151	6.2	140	6.05	13	0
1887	18.2	123	27	127	9.4	126	3.89	61	0
1886	21.5	93	28.2	114	14.7	73	4.65	38	0
1885	25.2	41	33.8	39	16.7	45	3.02	90	0
1884	21.4	96	29.5	106	13.4	92	4.54	42	0
1883	20.6	110	28.6	111	12.6	98	2.53	115	0
1882	23.7	61	31.9	65	15.5	57	4.39	50	0
1881	21.4	96	29.1	108	13.6	87	4.30	52	0
1880	31.8	3	39.3	2	24.2	4	5.36	21	0
1879	23.3	72	31.7	69	15	66	2.30	126	0
1878	26.3	32	34	37	18.5	26	3.83	63	0
1877	19.7	117	28	116	11.4	113	2.65	108	0
1876	26.9	22	35	23	18.9	23	2.38	124	0
1875	16.5	132	23.3	146	9.6	125	2.58	111	0
1874							3.13	88	31
1873							4.42	47	31
1872							0.77	148	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	32.6
1933	32.3
1880	31.8
1937	31.6
1913	31.6
2023	31.5
2002	30.4
2006	30.2
1990	30.1
2020	29.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1971	12.1
1981	13.8
1957	13.9
1994	14
1977	14.2
1888	14.3
1920	14.6
2004	15
1982	15
1918	15.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1935	12.29
1979	11.92
1958	9.41
2024	7.92
2023	7.74
1891	7.72
1978	6.91
1932	6.71
1898	6.61
1986	6.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.28
1970	0.76
1955	0.76
1872	0.77
1981	0.93
1980	0.98
1985	1.03
2003	1.14
1989	1.15
2001	1.33

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 48°F; 14 January 2026
Coldest night: -7°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.40 in of precipitation in Portland, ME, the driest January since 2025, 31st driest of 151.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Portland, ME: 48°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Portland, ME: a low of -7°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Portland, ME: 0.75 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.