Raleigh, NC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 39.9°F in Raleigh, NC, the coldest January since 2025, 53rd coldest of 134.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 39.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 53rd coldest of 134
Precipitation: 1.34 in; Driest since 2008; 11th driest of 139

A normal January in Raleigh, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.7°F, between 36.9°F and 45.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.39 in of precipitation, between 1.36 in and 5.79 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Raleigh, NC since 1887: 39.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 26.6°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 36.9 to 45.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Raleigh, NC from 1887 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	39.9	82	50.4	73	29.4	91	1.34	129	0
2025	38.7	94	48.9	93	28.5	102	1.76	120	0
2024	45.1	28	55.9	19	34.4	38	4.45	32	0
2023	49.5	7	59.5	4	39.4	9	3.11	69	0
2022	39.7	84	50.2	77	29.3	94	5.97	13	0
2021	41	70	50.1	78	31.8	67	5.42	18	0
2020	46.9	14	56.2	18	37.6	13	4.91	22	0
2019	42.1	53	51.7	57	32.4	58	3.43	58	0
2018	36.9	114	48.2	101	25.5	127	3.92	49	0
2017	46.5	17	55.4	23	37.5	14	3.77	53	0
2016	39.3	87	48.2	101	30.4	82	1.73	121	0
2015	39.8	83	49.5	85	30	85	3.35	62	0
2014	36.7	117	48.1	104	25.2	129	1.96	110	0
2013	44.4	35	53.9	35	34.8	33	3.10	71	0
2012	45.7	23	56.6	17	34.7	34	1.96	110	0
2011	37.7	107	47.6	109	27.8	111	1.37	127	0
2010	37.8	106	48.4	99	27.3	115	3.89	50	0
2009	40	81	49.2	87	30.9	78	2.53	92	0
2008	41.5	60	51.4	59	31.7	68	1.26	132	0
2007	45.2	27	55.5	21	34.9	32	3.12	68	0
2006	47.8	12	58.1	10	37.5	14	2.07	107	0
2005	43.6	40	53.4	41	33.9	44	2.64	91	0
2004	38	104	48.1	104	27.9	109	1.23	133	0
2003	36.7	117	46.3	123	27.1	117	1.84	114	0
2002	42.7	50	53.6	38	31.7	68	5.97	13	0
2001	41.5	60	53.1	43	30	85	1.30	130	0
2000	38.4	98	48.5	97	28.2	106	6.27	10	0
1999	45.7	23	58.1	10	33.3	50	5.77	16	0
1998	44.7	33	53.6	38	35.8	26	7.49	2	0
1997	41.2	67	51.3	61	31.2	74	3.13	67	0
1996	38.3	100	47.6	109	29	98	4.24	39	0
1995	42.9	48	52.3	52	33.5	48	4.50	30	0
1994	36.9	114	47.5	113	26.3	120	3.55	56	0
1993	43.3	45	52.4	51	34.2	40	4.50	30	0
1992	43.4	42	53.9	35	32.9	53	3.80	52	0
1991	41.9	57	51.3	61	32.5	56	4.12	40	0
1990	48	11	59.5	4	36.5	19	3.07	72	0
1989	44.8	31	55.4	23	34.2	40	1.35	128	0
1988	34.7	126	43.5	134	25.8	123	3.15	65	0
1987	38.3	100	47.3	116	29.3	94	6.53	9	0
1986	38.5	97	49.1	89	27.9	109	1.88	113	0
1985	34	128	43.4	135	24.6	133	4.83	25	0
1984	36.3	121	46.5	119	26.1	121	4.93	21	0
1983	38.1	102	46.8	117	29.4	91	1.79	117	0
1982	35.5	124	44.1	133	26.8	119	3.43	58	0
1981	33.3	130	45.8	126	20.9	137	0.87	137	0
1980	40.5	76	49	90	32.1	63	4.39	33	0
1979	39.1	89	50.7	67	27.5	112	5.71	17	0
1978	35.3	125	45.4	129	25.2	129	7.03	5	0
1977	26.6	134	37.4	139	15.7	138	2.82	85	0
1976	37.6	108	49.3	86	25.9	122	3.07	72	0
1975	43.7	39	55.2	27	32.3	60	6.09	11	0
1974	49.2	8	58.2	8	40.3	7	4.39	33	0
1973	39.3	87	49.9	80	28.6	101	2.67	90	0
1972	44.7	33	55.1	28	34.3	39	1.97	109	0
1971	37	112	46.4	121	27.5	112	3.28	63	0
1970	32.8	131	44.2	132	21.5	136	2.26	102	0
1969	37.4	110	47.4	114	27.3	115	1.55	125	0
1968	37.1	111	48.5	97	25.7	124	2.88	79	0
1967	44.8	31	54.9	30	34.6	35	1.64	123	0
1966	35.8	123	44.6	130	27	118	5.42	18	0
1965	40.4	79	52.9	44	28	108	1.47	126	0
1964	41.1	69	52.5	47	29.8	88	3.66	55	0
1963	36.7	117	47.6	109	25.7	124	2.96	76	0
1962	38.7	94	49	90	28.5	102	6.56	8	0
1961	36.5	120	47.8	107	25.1	131	2.88	79	0
1960	41.5	60	50.6	70	32.5	56	4.59	28	0
1959	39.6	85	51.7	57	27.5	112	1.77	118	0
1958	35.9	122	46.3	123	25.5	127	3.43	58	0
1957	40.7	73	50.5	72	30.9	78	2.82	85	0
1956	38.9	91	48.8	95	28.9	99	1.05	136	0
1955	38.8	93	48.2	101	29.5	89	2.52	93	0
1954	41.6	59	52.3	52	30.9	78	7.52	1	0
1953	46.7	16	57.4	14	36	25	4.10	42	0
1952	46.8	15	57.4	14	36.3	22	4.51	29	0
1951	43.1	47	54.6	32	31.5	71	1.57	124	0
1950	52.2	1	62.3	1	42	4	2.40	97	0
1949	49.2	8	58.1	10	40.3	7	2.83	84	0
1948	34.4	127	44.3	131	24.7	132	4.39	33	2
1947	46.4	18	55.3	26	37.5	14	4.90	23	0
1946	41.3	66	50.4	73	32.2	61	3.53	57	0
1945	38.9	91	47.8	107	30.1	84	1.65	122	0
1944	41.4	64	50.7	67	32	65	4.26	37	0
1943	43.4	42	52.6	46	34.1	42	2.50	94	0
1942	40.6	74	51.3	61	29.9	87	1.29	131	0
1941	40.8	71	50.3	75	31.3	73	2.03	108	0
1940	31.6	133	39.2	138	24	134	2.46	95	0
1939	46.1	20	55.4	23	36.7	18	2.75	88	0
1938	42	55	50.1	78	33.8	45	2.46	95	0
1937	50.9	4	57.7	13	44	1	7.14	4	0
1936	38.1	102	46.8	117	29.5	89	6.62	7	0
1935			50.6	70	32.2	61	2.40	97	4
1934	46.2	19	54.9	30	37.5	14	1.77	118	0
1933	50	6	58.6	7	41.4	5	2.86	83	1
1932	51.8	2	60.3	3	43.2	2	4.12	40	0
1931	43.4	42	52.1	55	34.6	35	2.08	106	0
1930	43.9	37	53.2	42	34.6	35	2.95	77	0
1929	43.2	46	52.5	47	34	43	2.23	103	0
1928	42.9	48	52.9	44	32.6	55	0.86	138	2
1927	41.5	60	49.7	82	33.4	49	1.18	135	0
1926	41.2	67	49.7	82	32.8	54	4.29	36	0
1925			47.6	109			5.29	20	4
1924	40.8	71	51.2	66	30.4	82	3.84	51	0
1923	43.9	37	52.5	47	35.4	29	3.11	69	0
1922	38.7	94	46.3	123	31	76	4.09	43	0
1921	42.1	53	51.4	59	33.2	51	3.97	47	2
1920	39	90	48.9	93	29.2	97	3.28	63	2
1919	45.1	28	55	29	35.3	31	3.14	66	0
1918	32.4	132	41	137	23.9	135	4.80	26	0
1917	45.5	26	54.4	33	36.5	19	4.09	43	0
1916	47.8	12	57.4	14	38.1	10	2.69	89	0
1915	42	55	50.3	75	33.8	45	4.89	24	1
1914	44.9	30	54.1	34	35.8	26	2.87	81	0
1913	50.1	5	59.3	6	41	6	5.95	15	0
1912	33.7	129	41.7	136	25.6	126	2.38	100	0
1911	45.9	22	55.5	21	36.2	23	1.81	115	0
1910	41.9	57	51.3	61	32.4	58	4.05	45	1
1909	46	21	55.8	20	36.2	23	1.90	112	0
1908	40.4	79	49.2	87	31.6	70	4.26	37	0
1907	48.1	10	58.2	8	38	11	1.23	133	0
1906	45.7	23	53.6	38	37.8	12	3.67	54	0
1905	36.9	114	45.7	127	28.1	107	2.37	101	0
1904	37	112	45.7	127	28.3	105	2.80	87	0
1903	40.6	74	49.6	84	31.5	71	3.04	74	0
1902	37.6	108	46.4	121	28.9	99	2.39	99	0
1901	41.4	64	50.7	67	32.1	63	2.20	105	0
1900	42.6	51	52.3	52	33	52	2.95	77	0
1899	40.5	76	49.8	81	31.1	75	3.37	61	0
1898			53.8	37	36.4	21	1.81	115	4
1897	37.9	105	46.5	119	29.3	94	2.23	103	0
1896	39.5	86	48	106	30.8	81	2.87	81	2
1895			48.8	95	31	76	7.44	3	4
1894	43.6	40	52	56	35.4	29	4.66	27	2
1893									7
1892			48.3	100	28.5	102	6.87	6	6
1891	42.5	52	51.3	61	33.7	47	3.96	48	0
1890	51.6	3	60.5	2	42.6	3	0.83	139	0
1889	44.1	36	52.5	47	35.8	26	6.02	12	0
1888	40.5	76	49	90	32	65	3.98	46	0
1887	38.4	98	47.4	114	29.4	91	3.04	74	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	52.2
1932	51.8
1890	51.6
1937	50.9
1913	50.1
1933	50
2023	49.5
1974	49.2
1949	49.2
1907	48.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	26.6
1940	31.6
1918	32.4
1970	32.8
1981	33.3
1912	33.7
1985	34
1948	34.4
1988	34.7
1978	35.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	7.52
1998	7.49
1895	7.44
1937	7.14
1978	7.03
1892	6.87
1936	6.62
1962	6.56
1987	6.53
2000	6.27

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	0.83
1928	0.86
1981	0.87
1956	1.05
1927	1.18
2004	1.23
1907	1.23
2008	1.26
1942	1.29
2001	1.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 15°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 18 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.34 in of precipitation in Raleigh, NC, the driest January since 2008, 11th driest of 139.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Raleigh, NC: 76°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Raleigh, NC: a low of 15°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Raleigh, NC: 0.64 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.