Rhinelander, WI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 7.8°F in Rhinelander, WI, the coldest January since 2022, 27th coldest of 107.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 7.8°F; Coldest since 2022; 27th coldest of 107
Precipitation: 1.47 in; Wettest since 2023; 23rd wettest of 115

A normal January in Rhinelander, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 13.3°F, between 5.9°F and 18.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.76 in of precipitation, between 0.19 in and 1.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Rhinelander, WI since 1895: 7.8°F in 2026; the lowest is -5.3°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 5.9 to 18.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Rhinelander, WI from 1895 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	7.8	81	15.8	97	-0.3	71	1.47	23	0
2025	10.8	60	20.2	67	1.4	57	0.16	110	0
2024	19.8	5	24.6	31	15	3	0.88	51	0
2023	20.1	4	25.5	22	14.7	4	1.62	21	0
2022	6.6	87	17.2	90	-4	87	0.67	66	0
2021	17.9	14	25.8	18	10	12	0.66	71	0
2020	18.8	11	25.8	18	11.8	6	1.80	16	0
2019	10.7	61	19.4	75	2.1	53	0.82	56	0
2018	14.1	39	23.3	45	5	38	1.19	35	0
2017	17.6	15	25.4	24	9.7	13	1.93	12	0
2016	14.8	35	22.5	47	7.2	27	0.76	59	0
2015	11.2	54	18.9	81	3.5	43	0.68	65	0
2014	2.3	100	11.9	106	-7.3	101	1.38	28	0
2013	14.1	39	23.4	43	4.7	39	1.19	35	0
2012	17.5	17	27	13	8	22	1.33	31	0
2011	10.2	65	17.8	86	2.6	51	0.33	104	0
2010	14.9	34	22.3	49	7.4	24	0.16	110	0
2009	4.6	94	15.6	98	-6.5	96	0.35	102	0
2008	12.9	44	21.4	57	4.3	41	0.42	95	0
2007	16.5	24	24.2	36	8.8	16	0.19	109	0
2006	24	1	30.5	3	17.4	1	0.76	59	0
2005	11.1	55	19.4	75	2.8	48	0.47	91	0
2004	6.8	85	16	95	-2.4	83	0.62	73	1
2003	9.7	67	19.2	77	0.3	68	0.02	115	0
2002	21.1	3	29.2	5	13	5	0.07	114	0
2001	17.6	15	27	13	8.3	19	0.26	107	0
2000	10.7	61	22.1	51	-0.6	74	0.99	44	0
1999	11	58	20.4	64	1.5	55	2.30	9	0
1998	18.3	13	25.3	27	11.3	8	1.84	14	0
1997	10.1	66	20.4	64	-0.3	71	3.15	2	2
1996	6.1	92	19	79	-6.7	97	2.53	6	1
1995	15.9	27	24.4	34	7.3	25	0.39	99	0
1994	1.4	103	11.8	107	-9	105	0.90	48	0
1993	13.6	41	23.7	40	3.5	43	1.45	25	0
1992	16.1	26	25.4	24	6.8	29	0.70	62	0
1991	8.6	76	19	79	-1.7	78	0.70	62	0
1990	21.5	2	32.3	1	10.6	10	0.37	100	0
1989	18.9	10	29.4	4	8.3	19	1.26	32	0
1988			20.5	61			1.18	38	11
1987			27.6	9	6.3	34	0.85	54	5
1986							0.89	49	12
1985							0.14	112	12
1984			19.6	74			0.51	84	12
1983							1.49	22	17
1982							1.40	26	14
1981	11.1	55	24.6	31	-2.5	84	0.43	94	0
1980	11.5	52	22.1	51	0.9	63	1.81	15	0
1979	3.3	98	13.8	102	-7.3	101	1.65	19	0
1978	9.3	69	20.7	60	-1.9	79	0.55	81	1
1977	1.7	102	14.2	100	-10.9	108	0.58	76	0
1976	8.7	74	21	59	-3.5	85	1.70	17	0
1975	13.4	42	24.5	33	1.8	54	1.90	13	1
1974	9.7	67	20.1	71	-0.2	70	0.50	85	1
1973	14.4	37	25.6	21	3.1	46	0.92	46	0
1972	3.2	99	16.3	92	-10	107	1.13	39	0
1971	4.6	94	15.3	99	-6.1	94	2.50	7	0
1970	4.8	93	16.3	92	-6.8	98	0.92	46	0
1969	13.4	42	22.2	50	4.6	40	2.79	4	0
1968	12.6	47	22.4	48	2.8	48	0.99	44	0
1967	16.8	22	25.5	22	8.1	21	2.68	5	0
1966	6.2	90	17.9	84	-5.4	92	0.87	52	0
1965	10.4	64	20.5	61	0.4	67	0.44	93	0
1964	19.4	7	28.6	6	10.2	11	0.72	61	0
1963	4.1	96	12	105	-4.5	90	0.28	106	1
1962	9.1	71	17.5	87	0.7	64	0.67	66	0
1961	12.4	49	22.1	51	2.7	50	0.21	108	0
1960	15.6	29	23.6	41	7.5	23	1.05	43	0
1959	6.2	90	16.5	91	-4.2	89	0.42	95	0
1958	18.8	11	25.9	17	11.7	7	0.49	87	0
1957	7	84	15.9	96	-1.9	79	0.31	105	0
1956	15.3	30	26.3	15	4.3	41	0.58	76	0
1955	11.3	53	21.1	58	1.4	57	0.58	76	0
1954	10.6	63	20.5	61	0.7	64	0.67	66	0
1953	17	19	25.2	29	8.9	15	0.69	64	0
1952							1.64	20	14
1951	9	72	20.2	67	-2.2	82	0.52	83	0
1950	8.2	79	21.7	55	-5.2	91	3.54	1	0
1949	16.2	25	26	16	6.5	32	1.35	30	0
1948	6.5	88	20	72	-7	100	0.46	92	0
1947	16.9	20	27.1	12	6.7	31	0.41	98	0
1946	15	32	24.3	35	5.8	35	2.18	10	0
1945	9	72	17.9	84	0.1	69	0.61	74	0
1944					15.2	2	1.06	41	4
1943	8.7	74	18.1	83	-1.5	76	1.06	41	1
1942	15	32	23.4	43	6.5	32	0.89	49	1
1941	14.5	36	23.5	42	5.5	36	0.77	58	0
1940	8.5	78	17.5	87	-0.7	75	0.67	66	1
1939	15.8	28	25.3	27	6.8	29	3.04	3	2
1938	9.2	70	17.3	89	1.3	59	2.09	11	2
1937	6.8	85	20.2	67	-6.3	95			2
1936	7.1	83	16.3	92	-1.6	77	1.47	23	1
1935	8.1	80	20.2	67	-4.1	88			0
1934									9
1933	16.8	22	27.2	11	7.3	25	1.09	40	3
1932							1.67	18	7
1931	19.7	6	31.2	2	8.4	17	0.50	85	1
1930	3.6	97	13.9	101	-5.7	93	0.56	80	2
1929	-2.6	106	10	109	-14.7	110	1.19	35	3
1928	12.9	44	24.2	36	1	62	0.78	57	3
1927	6.5	88	19.8	73	-6.8	98	0.67	66	1
1926	11.1	55	21.7	55	-0.3	71	0.59	75	1
1925	10.9	59	20.3	66	1.1	60	0.49	87	1
1924	0	105	12.3	104	-11.2	109	0.86	53	3
1923	12.1	51	22.7	46	1.5	55	1.37	29	0
1922	7.5	82	18.6	82	-3.5	85	0.57	79	0
1921	16.9	20	25.8	18	8.4	17	0.84	55	2
1920	2.3	100	13.1	103	-9.3	106			2
1919	19	9	28.6	6	9.2	14			3
1918	1.1	104	10.8	108	-8.9	104	1.26	32	1
1917					-7.7	103	0.55	81	8
1916	12.6	47	23.8	39	0.7	64	2.47	8	2
1915	12.4	49	21.9	54	2.9	47	1.39	27	0
1914	19.4	7	28.3	8	10.9	9	1.26	32	1
1913	14.4	37	24.7	30	3.5	43	0.42	95	1
1912	-5.3	107	5	110	-15.7	111	0.36	101	0
1911					1.1	60	0.66	71	10
1910	12.9	44	23.9	38	2.4	52	0.48	90	2
1909	15.3	30	25.4	24	5.3	37	0.49	87	0
1908	17.3	18	27.6	9	7	28	0.34	103	0
1895	8.6	76	19.1	78	-2	81	0.14	112	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	24
1990	21.5
2002	21.1
2023	20.1
2024	19.8
1931	19.7
1964	19.4
1914	19.4
1919	19
1989	18.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	-5.3
1929	-2.6
1924	0
1918	1.1
1994	1.4
1977	1.7
2014	2.3
1920	2.3
1972	3.2
1979	3.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	3.54
1997	3.15
1939	3.04
1969	2.79
1967	2.68
1996	2.53
1971	2.50
1916	2.47
1999	2.30
1946	2.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	0.02
2002	0.07
1985	0.14
1895	0.14
2025	0.16
2010	0.16
2007	0.19
1961	0.21
2001	0.26
1963	0.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 37°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: -36°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.43 in; 16 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.47 in of precipitation in Rhinelander, WI, the wettest January since 2023, tied 23rd wettest of 115 (with 1936).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Rhinelander, WI: 37°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Rhinelander, WI: a low of -36°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Rhinelander, WI: 0.43 in on Friday 16 January 2026.