Poughkeepsie, NY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 23.6°F in Poughkeepsie, NY, the coldest January since 2011, 29th coldest of 95.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 23.6°F; Coldest since 2011; 29th coldest of 95
Precipitation: 1.47 in; Driest since 2025; 19th driest of 95

A normal January in Poughkeepsie, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26.7°F, between 20.5°F and 32.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.43 in of precipitation, between 1.49 in and 5.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Poughkeepsie, NY since 1932: 23.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 14.3°F, in 1970.

Normal range, 20.5 to 32.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1931 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	23.6	67	32.4	70	14.9	62	1.47	76	0
2025	25.7	48	34.6	49	16.8	47	0.71	93	0
2024	30.9	21	38.3	26	23.5	12	5.28	7	0
2023	37	2	44	3	30	1	3.37	28	0
2022	23.7	65	33.2	61	14.2	68	1.47	76	0
2021	29	28	36.4	36	21.6	22	1.23	82	0
2020	33.1	9	42.1	9	24.1	11	1.45	78	0
2019	27.5	37	35.9	38	19	35	3.58	25	0
2018	24.9	54	35.5	40	14.4	66	2.88	39	0
2017	32.1	14	39.3	20	25	9	2.97	34	0
2016	31.5	16	41.2	12	21.9	21	1.21	84	0
2015	24.1	64	32.8	66	15.5	58	2.94	37	0
2014	24.2	62	33.9	54	14.5	65	1.50	74	0
2013	29.1	27	38.3	26	20	28	2.05	60	0
2012	32.2	13	41.6	11	22.8	18	2.14	56	0
2011	21.8	75	31.9	74	11.7	77	1.78	67	0
2010	26.1	44	35.3	43	16.8	47	2.04	62	0
2009	20.6	81	30.3	81	10.8	83	2.09	59	0
2008	29.7	24	39.1	23	20.4	27	1.53	72	0
2007	31.5	16	40.1	15	23	15	2.87	40	0
2006	33.8	6	43	6	24.5	10	5.76	6	0
2005	23.7	65	32.5	68	14.9	62	4.83	8	0
2004	19.5	85	27.7	89	11.3	79	1.96	63	0
2003	20	82	28.9	85	11.1	82	2.58	46	0
2002	32.8	11	42.5	8	23.2	13	1.06	87	0
2001	24.3	61	35.5	40	13.2	71	1.71	69	0
2000	23	69	33.5	58	12.5	73	2.95	35	0
1999	25.2	53	34.6	49	16	52	6.13	5	2
1998	32.6	12	40.1	15	25.1	7	3.72	21	0
1997	27.3	38	38.5	25	16	52	2.68	44	0
1996	22.9	71	34.4	53	11.4	78	7.41	2	0
1995	33	10	40.6	14	25.4	6	4.49	10	0
1994	16.1	92	27.9	88	5.3	92	2.43	48	2
1993	28.9	29	36.9	34	20.9	25			0
1992	27.7	35	36.6	35	18.9	36	1.70	70	0
1991	26.1	44	35	47	17.1	45	1.50	74	0
1990	34.8	4	42.6	7	26.9	3	4.10	13	0
1989	29.9	22	39.1	23	20.8	26	1.72	68	0
1988	21.1	78	31.7	75	10.5	86	2.11	58	0
1987	23.1	68	32.2	72	14	69	3.65	24	0
1986	25.7	48	34.5	51	16.8	47	3.48	27	0
1985	21.1	78	29.8	82	12.4	74	1.00	88	0
1984	20.9	80	29.8	82	12.1	75	1.33	80	0
1983	26.8	41	35.1	45	18.6	39	3.72	21	0
1982	17.2	89	26.9	90	7.5	90	3.76	20	0
1981	15.9	93	26.6	93	5.1	93	0.77	92	0
1980	27.6	36	36.4	36	18.8	37	0.64	94	0
1979	26.8	41	33.6	57	19.9	31	8.30	1	0
1978	23	69	32.3	71	13.6	70	6.19	4	0
1977	16.3	91	26.8	91	5.8	91	1.27	81	0
1976	21.2	76	31.2	77	11.3	79	3.67	23	0
1975	31	19	39.8	17	22.1	20	3.51	26	0
1974	27.9	33	37.3	33	18.5	40	4.20	12	0
1973	29.7	24	39.4	19	20	28	2.81	41	0
1972	27.8	34	37.8	31	17.8	43	2.23	53	0
1971	19	86	30.4	80	7.6	89	1.68	71	0
1970	14.3	95	26.7	92	1.9	96	0.43	95	0
1969	24.2	62	32.5	68	15.8	55	1.45	78	0
1968	18.5	88	28.5	87	8.5	88	1.20	85	0
1967	31	19	39.3	20	22.8	18	1.23	82	0
1966	24.6	57	33.1	63	16.1	51	1.89	64	0
1965	21.2	76	31.7	75	10.8	83	2.24	52	0
1964	27	40	38.1	29	15.9	54	2.12	57	0
1963	22.9	71	33.1	63	12.8	72	2.69	43	0
1962	25.3	52	35.1	45	15.5	58	3.03	32	0
1961	16.5	90	29.7	84	3.4	95	2.35	49	0
1960	26	46	35.4	42	16.4	50	2.34	50	1
1959	24.9	54	35	47	14.3	67	2.92	38	2
1958	25.5	51	33.4	59	17.5	44	4.32	11	1
1957	20	82	30.9	78	9	87	1.80	66	0
1956	26.8	41	33.9	54	19.7	32	1.84	65	0
1955	24.4	59	33.1	63	15.8	55	0.79	91	0
1954	22	74	32.2	72	11.8	76	1.52	73	0
1953	31.4	18	39.5	18	23.2	13	4.09	14	0
1952	28.1	31	37.5	32	18.8	37	4.01	16	0
1951	28	32	38.1	29	17.9	42	3.30	30	0
1950	33.9	5	41.9	10	26	4	3.79	19	0
1949	31.9	15	40.9	13	23	15	4.69	9	0
1948	19.7	84	28.7	86	10.6	85	3.06	31	0
1947	33.3	8	43.5	4	23	15	2.53	47	0
1946	29.8	23	39.3	20	20	28	1.14	86	1
1945	15	94	26.3	95	3.8	94	4.06	15	0
1944	29.7	24	38.2	28	21.3	23	0.98	89	0
1943	25.9	47	32.7	67	19.1	34	2.67	45	0
1942	24.7	56	34.5	51	15	61	2.76	42	0
1941	27.2	39	35.2	44	19.3	33	2.17	55	0
1940	18.9	87	26.4	94	11.2	81	0.98	89	1
1939	25.6	50	33.9	54	17.1	45	2.26	51	1
1938	24.5	58	33.3	60	15.7	57	2.95	35	0
1937	33.7	7	43.2	5	25.1	7	6.42	3	2
1936	24.4	59	33.2	61	15.5	58	3.94	18	2
1935	22.7	73	30.7	79	14.6	64	3.32	29	0
1934	28.5	30	35.9	38	21.2	24	3.02	33	1
1933	36	3	45.9	2	25.5	5	2.05	60	2
1932	37.9	1	46.9	1	28.7	2	3.95	17	3
1931					18.1	41	2.20	54	4

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	37.9
2023	37
1933	36
1990	34.8
1950	33.9
2006	33.8
1937	33.7
1947	33.3
2020	33.1
1995	33

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1970	14.3
1945	15
1981	15.9
1994	16.1
1977	16.3
1961	16.5
1982	17.2
1968	18.5
1940	18.9
1971	19

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	8.30
1996	7.41
1937	6.42
1978	6.19
1999	6.13
2006	5.76
2024	5.28
2005	4.83
1949	4.69
1995	4.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1970	0.43
1980	0.64
2025	0.71
1981	0.77
1955	0.79
1944	0.98
1940	0.98
1985	1.00
2002	1.06
1946	1.14

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 48°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.82 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.47 in of precipitation in Poughkeepsie, NY, the driest January since 2025, tied 19th driest of 95 (with 2022).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 48°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: a low of -9°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 0.82 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.