Roanoke, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 35°F in Roanoke, VA, the coldest January since 2025, 34th coldest of 114.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 35°F; Coldest since 2025; 34th coldest of 114
Precipitation: 2.78 in; Wettest since 2024; 54th wettest of 113

A normal January in Roanoke, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.2°F, between 33.5°F and 41.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.46 in of precipitation, between 1.43 in and 6.90 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Roanoke, VA since 1913: 35°F in 2026; the lowest is 23.6°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 33.5 to 41.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Roanoke, VA from 1912 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	35	81	45.1	69	24.9	86	2.78	54	0
2025	32.6	98	40.8	98	24.5	89	2.68	58	0
2024	38.8	41	47.3	48	30.4	30	4.59	18	0
2023	44.9	3	53.7	6	36.1	4	2.55	60	0
2022	34.5	84	43.7	81	25.3	83	3.76	32	0
2021	38.1	46	45.9	62	30.3	31	4.18	25	0
2020	41.5	18	49.6	32	33.3	11	3.26	44	0
2019	36.2	63	44.4	74	28	52	2.33	70	0
2018	34.1	86	44.2	76	24.1	93	2.14	77	0
2017	41.6	16	49.5	33	33.7	9	4.10	26	0
2016	33.5	89	42.6	88	24.3	90	2.99	49	0
2015	35.8	71	45	71	26.5	73	1.31	98	0
2014	30.2	108	40.5	102	19.8	109	1.81	85	0
2013	41.7	15	50.3	27	33	14	7.21	5	0
2012	41.4	20	51.2	19	31.6	21	1.69	89	0
2011	34.7	82	42.4	89	26.9	69	0.82	111	0
2010	33.5	89	41	97	26	77	4.61	17	0
2009	35.9	69	45.2	68	26.6	71	2.72	56	0
2008	37.5	51	46.8	52	28.2	50	0.96	109	0
2007	41.2	22	50.2	28	32.2	19	2.40	66	0
2006	43.5	10	52.8	9	34.3	7	3.56	40	0
2005	40.5	25	49	36	32	20	2.15	76	0
2004	34.6	83	43.4	85	25.8	80	1.63	91	0
2003	33.1	95	40.8	98	25.3	83	1.44	96	0
2002	42	14	52.4	12	31.5	22	1.77	88	0
2001	36.9	58	46.7	53	27.2	64	1.79	87	0
2000	35.3	76	44.7	73	25.9	78	2.08	79	0
1999	39.8	33	49	36	30.6	25	3.70	36	0
1998	41.2	22	48.9	39	33.4	10	7.97	1	0
1997	35.8	71	44.2	76	27.3	62	2.18	74	0
1996	33.6	88	42.4	89	24.9	86	6.87	6	0
1995	38.5	44	46.5	59	30.5	26	7.28	4	0
1994	30.5	106	39	108	22.1	106	4.52	20	0
1993	39.7	34	48.3	43	31.1	23	3.77	31	0
1992	39.6	35	49.3	35	29.8	35	2.51	63	0
1991	39.3	39	49	36	29.6	37	3.55	41	0
1990	43.6	9	54.1	4	33.2	12	2.33	70	0
1989	41.3	21	52.1	14	30.5	26	1.31	98	0
1988	30.7	105	40.7	100	20.8	107	1.87	82	0
1987	34.2	85	41.8	94	26.5	73	4.53	19	0
1986	35.2	79	46.2	61	24.2	92	0.93	110	0
1985	31.2	103	40.1	104	22.4	103	2.45	65	0
1984	33.5	89	42.3	92	24.8	88	1.35	97	0
1983	35.6	74	43.5	83	27.7	57	1.28	101	0
1982	28.6	110	37.6	110	19.7	110	3.76	32	0
1981	32	100	41.6	95	22.4	103	0.29	113	0
1980	37.4	52	44.9	72	30	32	4.10	26	0
1979	31.3	102	40.1	104	22.6	101	5.27	10	0
1978	27.8	111	36	111	19.6	111	6.12	7	0
1977	23.6	114	32.3	114	14.9	114	1.46	95	0
1976	33.4	92	43.6	82	23.1	97	2.16	75	0
1975	39.6	35	49.5	33	29.6	37	3.59	39	0
1974	45.2	2	54.1	4	36.4	3	3.33	42	0
1973	37.2	55	47.3	48	27.2	64	2.60	59	0
1972	39.6	35	49.9	31	29.2	42	2.49	64	0
1971	33.8	87	43.4	85	24.3	90	1.21	103	0
1970	29.7	109	39.5	106	20	108	1.31	98	0
1969	32.3	99	40.6	101	24	94	1.86	83	0
1968	33	96	42	93	23.9	96	3.33	42	0
1967	40.8	24	51.1	21	30.5	26	1.25	102	0
1966	30.5	106	38.3	109	22.8	100	4.26	24	0
1965	36	67	45.9	62	26.1	76	3.72	35	0
1964	37.3	54	47	51	27.6	59	5.20	11	0
1963	32.9	97	43.5	83	22.3	105	1.10	106	0
1962	35.6	74	44.3	75	27	68	2.54	61	0
1961	33.2	94	42.4	89	24	94	1.61	92	0
1960	38	48	45.5	66	30.5	26	1.92	81	0
1959	36	67	45.7	65	26.3	75	2.37	69	0
1958	33.4	92	41.3	96	25.4	82	3.66	37	0
1957	35.7	73	43.8	80	27.6	59	3.74	34	0
1956	35.3	76	43.4	85	27.3	62	0.60	112	0
1955	35.3	76	43.9	78	26.7	70	1.19	104	0
1954	37.4	52	47.5	45	27.2	64	4.77	14	0
1953	41.5	18	50	29	32.9	15	2.78	54	0
1952	42.1	13	51.5	18	32.7	16	4.44	22	0
1951	38.4	45	48.6	41	28.3	48	1.03	107	0
1950	47.5	1	57.6	1	37.5	1	2.40	66	0
1949	44.8	5	53.6	8	36	5	4.35	23	0
1948	30.8	104	39.1	107	22.5	102	3.64	38	0
1947	42.4	12	52.5	11	32.3	18	5.48	8	0
1946	38.1	46	47.4	46	28.9	44	3.25	45	1
1945	36.5	60	45.5	66	27.5	61	2.04	80	0
1944	39.3	39	50.5	25	28.2	50	2.38	68	0
1943	40.3	27	51.6	17	28.9	44	2.88	50	0
1942	36.4	62	47.4	46	25.3	83	1.68	90	0
1941	36.9	58	45.9	62	28	52	1.55	94	0
1940	27.2	112	35.5	112	18.9	113	2.23	73	0
1939	39.9	32	50	29	29.7	36	3.12	47	0
1938	37.2	55	46.7	53	27.7	57	2.52	62	0
1937	44.3	7	52.1	14	36.5	2	7.68	3	0
1936	31.7	101	40.3	103	23.1	97	7.73	2	0
1935	35.9	69	43.9	78	27.8	56	5.31	9	0
1934	41.6	16	52.3	13	31	24	1.02	108	1
1933	44.4	6	54.8	3	34	8	2.71	57	0
1932	44.9	3	55.7	2	35.6	6	3.92	30	3
1931	40.3	27	51.2	19	29.4	40	1.61	92	0
1930	40.3	27	50.8	24	29.9	34	2.86	52	0
1929	38	48	48.5	42	27.9	54	3.07	48	2
1928	39.4	38	51	23	27.9	54	1.83	84	0
1927	37.7	50	46.6	55	28.9	44	1.16	105	1
1926	36.1	65	46.6	55	25.9	78	4.51	21	2
1925	36.2	63	46.6	55	26.6	71	4.75	15	2
1924	35.1	80	47.3	48	23	99	5.08	12	1
1923	40.2	30	51.1	21	29.4	40	2.88	50	0
1922	36.5	60	46.3	60	27.2	64	3.20	46	3
1921	38.6	42	48.9	39	28.3	48	4.75	15	0
1920	36.1	65	46.6	55	25.6	81	2.12	78	0
1919	40.5	25	51.7	16	29.1	43	3.98	29	1
1918	26.6	113	34.2	113	19	112	4.85	13	0
1917	40	31	50.4	26	29.6	37	2.80	53	0
1916	43.8	8	53.7	6	33.2	12	1.81	85	1
1915	37	57	45.1	69	28.9	44	4.00	28	0
1914	38.6	42	47.6	44	30	32			1
1913	42.7	11	52.6	10	32.7	16	2.31	72	1
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Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	47.5
1974	45.2
2023	44.9
1932	44.9
1949	44.8
1933	44.4
1937	44.3
1916	43.8
1990	43.6
2006	43.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	23.6
1918	26.6
1940	27.2
1978	27.8
1982	28.6
1970	29.7
2014	30.2
1994	30.5
1966	30.5
1988	30.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	7.97
1936	7.73
1937	7.68
1995	7.28
2013	7.21
1996	6.87
1978	6.12
1947	5.48
1935	5.31
1979	5.27

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.29
1956	0.60
2011	0.82
1986	0.93
2008	0.96
1934	1.02
1951	1.03
1963	1.10
1927	1.16
1955	1.19

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 7°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.26 in; 10 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.78 in of precipitation in Roanoke, VA, the wettest January since 2024, tied 54th wettest of 113 (with 1953).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Roanoke, VA: 68°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Roanoke, VA: a low of 7°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Roanoke, VA: 1.26 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.