Portland, OR: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 41.7°F in Portland, OR, the warmest January since 2023, tied 29th warmest of 86 (with 2011 and 2005).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 41.7°F; Warmest since 2023; 29th warmest of 86
Precipitation: 2.63 in; Driest since 2005; 14th driest of 86

A normal January in Portland, OR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.6°F, between 38.1°F and 45.1°F in eight years of ten and 4.80 in of precipitation, between 2.69 in and 7.35 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Portland, OR since 1941: 41.7°F in 2026; the highest is 47.3°F, in 1953.

Normal range, 38.1 to 45.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Portland, OR from 1941 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
2026	41.7	29	48.5	20	34.8	49	2.63	73
2025	41.3	34	48.4	22	34.3	53	2.93	68
2024	40.3	45	44.8	57	35.7	32	9.43	7
2023	43.3	16	48.3	23	38.3	11	3.34	64
2022	41.8	28	48.1	25	35.5	36	5.10	43
2021	44.8	6	49.9	11	39.6	6	7.03	23
2020	45.8	2	50.2	7	41.4	2	7.58	16
2019	43.1	19	49.2	16	37.1	19	2.79	70
2018	45.6	3	50.8	3	40.4	5	5.36	39
2017	33.5	80	39	81	28	80	4.13	56
2016	42.6	22	47.2	35	38	15	7.23	20
2015	43.4	15	49.9	11	37	20	3.33	65
2014	41.4	32	47.7	31	35.1	42	2.70	72
2013	37.8	70	42.7	72	33	64	3.49	63
2012	40.8	41	47.3	33	34.3	53	6.82	25
2011	41.7	29	47.3	33	36.1	29	4.73	48
2010	45	5	49.6	14	40.5	4	4.94	45
2009	40	49	46.2	41	33.9	57	4.50	52
2008	38.8	65	43.9	67	33.6	59	4.71	49
2007	38.1	68	44.4	63	31.8	69	2.72	71
2006	45.5	4	50.1	9	40.8	3	10.92	4
2005	41.7	29	47.9	26	35.6	34	1.94	80
2004	38.5	67	42.6	73	34.3	53	4.86	46
2003	44.7	7	50.7	4	38.8	7	7.64	14
2002	41.2	36	45.6	46	36.7	22	6.22	31
2001	41.1	37	46.8	36	35.5	36	1.47	82
2000	39.8	52	45.1	54	34.5	52	5.66	36
1999	42.8	21	47.9	26	37.7	16	6.63	27
1998	43	20	47.8	29	38.1	14	6.77	26
1997	41	38	45.7	43	36.3	26	7.32	19
1996	40.6	42	45.1	54	36.2	28	7.15	21
1995	43.3	16	48.2	24	38.5	9	5.56	37
1994	44.4	9	50.1	9	38.8	7	3.56	62
1993	36.5	72	42.2	74	30.8	74	3.06	67
1992	44.5	8	50.5	5	38.5	9	4.31	55
1991	38.9	63	46.6	40	31.2	71	2.56	74
1990	43.3	16	49	17	37.7	16	7.95	12
1989	42.2	25	47.8	29	36.6	23	3.30	66
1988	39	61	44.4	63	33.6	59	4.95	44
1987	39.6	55	45.7	43	33.5	61	6.93	24
1986	42.5	23	49.3	15	35.7	32	4.65	50
1985	36	73	43.2	70	28.9	77	0.06	86
1984	42.2	25	48.6	19	35.8	31	2.01	79
1983	44.3	10	50.4	6	38.3	11	6.23	30
1982	39.6	55	44.1	66	35.2	40	6.31	29
1981	43.8	11	51.2	2	36.5	24	1.47	82
1980	35.1	78	40.8	76	29.4	76	8.51	9
1979	30.7	84	35.4	84	26	83	2.55	75
1978	40	49	44.5	61	35.6	34	4.85	47
1977	35.7	74	43	71	28.3	79	1.07	84
1976	42.2	25	47.9	26	36.5	24	5.14	41
1975	41.4	32	46.8	36	36.1	29	8.43	11
1974	38	69	43.7	68	32.2	67	8.51	9
1973	38.9	63	45	56	32.9	65	3.69	60
1972	39.1	60	44.8	57	33.5	61	5.71	35
1971	40.4	44	45.3	50	35.5	36	7.09	22
1970	40.6	42	46.1	42	35	46	11.81	2
1969	31.9	82	36.4	83	27.4	81	7.60	15
1968	39.3	58	44.6	60	34	56	4.58	51
1967	43.6	12	48.9	18	38.2	13	6.21	32
1966	40.3	45	45.5	47	35	46	5.74	34
1965	40.2	48	45.3	50	35.1	42	7.44	18
1964	40.9	39	46.7	38	35.1	42	9.51	6
1963	34.9	79	41.2	75	28.7	78	2.27	77
1962	38.6	66	45.3	50	31.9	68	1.58	81
1961	43.6	12	50.2	7	37	20	4.50	52
1960	35.3	76	39.4	80	31.3	70	3.93	58
1959	40.3	45	45.4	49	35.3	39	7.57	17
1958	43.6	12	49.9	11	37.3	18	6.56	28
1957	31.2	83	36.5	82	25.9	84	2.23	78
1956	39.9	51	45.2	53	34.6	50	11.66	3
1955	39.7	54	44.8	57	34.6	50	2.30	76
1954	39	61	44.2	65	33.8	58	8.95	8
1953	47.3	1	52	1	42.6	1	12.83	1
1952	35.6	75	40.4	77	30.8	74	4.40	54
1951	39.8	52	44.5	61	35	46	7.71	13
1950	27	86	32.8	86	21.2	85	10.10	5
1949	27.7	85	34.5	85	21	86	1.02	85
1948	39.5	57	45.7	43	33.3	63	5.87	33
1947	37.2	71	43.4	69	31	72	3.72	59
1946	40.9	39	46.7	38	35.1	42	5.12	42
1945	42.4	24	48.5	20	36.3	26	4.10	57
1944	39.2	59	45.5	47	32.8	66	2.81	69
1943	33.2	81	40	78	26.5	82	5.50	38
1942	35.3	76	39.8	79	30.9	73	3.63	61
1941	41.3	34	47.4	32	35.2	40	5.27	40

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	47.3
2020	45.8
2018	45.6
2006	45.5
2010	45
2021	44.8
2003	44.7
1992	44.5
1994	44.4
1983	44.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	27
1949	27.7
1979	30.7
1957	31.2
1969	31.9
1943	33.2
2017	33.5
1963	34.9
1980	35.1
1960	35.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	12.83
1970	11.81
1956	11.66
2006	10.92
1950	10.10
1964	9.51
2024	9.43
1954	8.95
1980	8.51
1974	8.51

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.06
1949	1.02
1977	1.07
2001	1.47
1981	1.47
1962	1.58
2005	1.94
1984	2.01
1957	2.23
1963	2.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 61°F; 31 January 2026
Coldest night: 22°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.72 in; 6 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.63 in of precipitation in Portland, OR, the driest January since 2005, 14th driest of 86.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Portland, OR: 61°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Portland, OR: a low of 22°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Portland, OR: 0.72 in on Tuesday 6 January 2026.