Rochester, MN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 13°F in Rochester, MN, the coldest January since 2022, 55th coldest of 111.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 13°F; Coldest since 2022; 55th coldest of 111
Precipitation: 0.81 in; Wettest since 2023; 53rd wettest of 111

A normal January in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 14.4°F, between 9.5°F and 21.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.88 in of precipitation, between 0.44 in and 1.67 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Rochester, MN since 1887: 13°F in 2026; the lowest is -3.8°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 9.5 to 21.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Rochester, MN 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	13	57	20	71	5.9	50	0.81	53	0
2025	15	45	24.5	36	5.6	54	0.02	111	0
2024	19.3	19	24.3	37	14.3	10	0.66	65	0
2023	19.3	19	25.4	30	13.3	14	2.41	3	0
2022	9.4	84	18.8	80	-0.1	82	0.83	49	0
2021	20.7	15	27.3	20	14.1	11	1.14	32	0
2020	18.9	24	25.6	27	12.1	18	1.01	42	0
2019	12.1	67	19.7	73	4.4	61	1.23	25	0
2018	14.6	48	22.9	51	6.3	48	1.42	20	0
2017	18.5	26	24.6	35	12.5	16	2.12	5	0
2016	14.8	47	21.9	58	7.8	41	0.75	56	0
2015	16.9	35	24.2	39	9.6	29	0.71	57	0
2014	6.5	92	17.1	94	-4	99	1.00	43	0
2013	17.5	32	26.3	23	8.8	33	0.78	54	0
2012	22.8	8	31.1	8	14.4	9	0.57	77	0
2011	11.4	71	18.7	82	4.2	62	0.84	48	0
2010	11	73	17.4	91	4.6	60	0.58	74	0
2009	8.5	88	17.5	90	-0.4	84	0.64	71	0
2008	12.8	58	20.9	67	5.4	57	0.67	63	1
2007	18.3	28	25.4	30	11.2	23	0.53	80	0
2006	28.1	1	34	4	22.3	1	0.30	99	0
2005	14.3	53	21.4	64	7.2	42	1.16	29	0
2004	12.4	64	20.6	69	4.1	63	0.32	97	0
2003	13.5	55	21.6	61	5.5	56	0.31	98	0
2002	24.3	6	31.6	6	16.9	2	0.65	68	0
2001	17.4	33	25.4	30	9.4	30	0.91	46	0
2000	14.4	52	22.9	51	5.9	50	1.30	22	0
1999	11.1	72	18.8	80	3.5	66	2.07	6	0
1998	19.7	18	25.5	29	13.9	13	1.47	18	0
1997	10.5	76	18	88	2.9	68	1.63	14	0
1996	9.6	83	19.6	75	-0.5	86	2.00	7	0
1995	16.3	36	22.5	54	10	26	0.45	86	0
1994	3.4	101	11.4	108	-4.7	100	1.21	28	0
1993	12.6	61	21.6	61	3.6	65	1.15	31	0
1992	21.4	11	28.3	17	14.5	8	1.03	40	0
1991	10	79	19.3	76	0.8	77	0.67	63	0
1990	25.8	2	35	1	16.6	3	0.55	79	0
1989	21.7	9	30.6	10	12.8	15	0.41	88	0
1988	8.3	89	17.8	89	-1.3	89	1.16	29	0
1987	19.2	22	26.6	22	11.8	22	0.58	74	0
1986	15.9	37	23.5	44	8.2	37	0.59	73	0
1985	10.2	78	20.1	70	0.4	80	0.63	72	0
1984	12.4	64	19.2	78	5.6	54	0.11	109	0
1983	17.8	30	25	34	10.5	25	0.82	51	0
1982	2.9	104	12.1	105	-6.2	105	1.70	10	0
1981	18.8	25	28.8	14	8.7	34	0.23	102	0
1980	15.4	42	23	49	7.9	39	1.52	17	0
1979	-1.5	108	7.3	113	-10.3	109	1.28	23	0
1978	3.5	100	12.8	103	-5.8	102	0.58	74	0
1977	-1.8	109	8.6	111	-12.2	111	0.37	94	0
1976	12.7	60	23.9	41	1.6	73	0.38	92	0
1975	14.6	48	24.1	40	5.1	58	1.91	8	0
1974	12.8	58	19.9	72	5.7	52	0.36	96	0
1973	15.8	39	23.6	42	7.9	39	1.05	39	0
1972	6.5	92	16.3	97	-3.3	93	0.71	57	0
1971	5.8	95	14.7	98	-3.1	91	1.12	35	0
1970	4.3	98	13.8	101	-5.2	101	0.38	92	0
1969	9.8	81	18.3	86	1.3	74	1.25	24	0
1968	14.6	48	23.4	45	5.7	52	0.77	55	0
1967	15.5	41	24.3	37	6.6	45	2.53	2	0
1966	3.2	103	12.5	104	-6.1	104	0.68	61	0
1965	9.7	82	18.5	85	0.8	77	0.45	86	0
1964	21.3	12	30.5	11	12.1	18	0.37	94	0
1963	4	99	11.6	106	-3.6	95	0.82	51	0
1962	9	87	17.2	92	0.8	77	0.17	106	0
1961	15.1	44	23.6	42	6.5	46	0.07	110	0
1960	19	23	26.1	24	11.9	21	0.49	81	0
1959	9.3	85	19.1	79	-0.4	84	0.47	83	0
1958	20.8	14	27.6	19	14.1	11	0.15	107	0
1957	10	79	19.7	73	0.2	81	0.18	105	0
1956	12.4	64	22.4	55	2.4	70	0.57	77	0
1955	14.6	48	22.4	55	6.9	43	0.40	91	0
1954	11.9	69	22.9	51	0.9	75	0.49	81	0
1953	17.2	34	26.1	24	8.4	35	1.23	25	0
1952	13.5	55	23	49	4.1	63	1.63	14	0
1951	7.3	91	18.2	87	-3.7	97	0.85	47	0
1950	10.3	77	21.7	59	-1.2	88	1.55	16	0
1949	14.9	46	23.3	46	6.4	47	1.86	9	0
1948	9.1	86	19.3	76	-1	87	0.20	103	0
1947	19.8	16	30.1	12	9.4	30	1.14	32	0
1946	15.9	37	25.6	27	6.7	44	1.39	21	2
1945	11.8	70	20.9	67	2.7	69	0.65	68	0
1944	24.5	5	34.3	3	14.7	7	0.68	61	0
1943	8.3	89	18.6	84	-1.9	90	1.10	37	1
1942	18.5	26	28	18	8.1	38	0.13	108	1
1941	17.6	31	25.2	33	10	26	1.67	12	0
1940	5	97	13.2	102	-3.3	93	0.41	88	0
1939	19.8	16	28.5	16	11.2	23	1.02	41	0
1938	13.9	54	21.5	63	6.3	48	0.66	65	0
1937	3.4	101	16.6	95	-9.2	108	1.08	38	1
1936	5.8	95	14.6	99	-3.1	91	0.47	83	0
1935	11	73	21	66	0.9	75	1.13	34	0
1934	21.1	13	29.9	13	12.3	17	0.71	57	1
1933	25.2	3	34.9	2	15.7	5	2.20	4	1
1932	18	29	26.8	21	9.3	32			0
1931	25	4	33.5	5	16.5	4	0.30	99	0
1930	6.3	94	17.2	92	-3.8	98	0.83	49	1
1929			14	100					6
1920			16.6	95			0.92	45	4
1919	21.5	10	31	9	12.1	18	0.47	83	0
1918	2	106	11.3	109	-6.9	106	0.65	68	2
1917			18.7	82	-3.6	95	1.23	25	4
1916							1.70	10	10
1915	12.1	67	21.1	65	3.3	67	0.41	88	1
1914	23.2	7	31.2	7	15.3	6	0.98	44	1
1913	15.3	43	25.9	26	4.8	59	0.19	104	0
1912	-3.8	111	5.9	114	-13.5	112	0.24	101	0
1911	10.7	75	21.7	59	-0.1	82	0.70	60	1
1910	12.5	63	23.2	48	1.9	71	1.65	13	1
1909							1.47	18	31
1894	12.6	61	23.3	46	1.9	71			0
1893	2.7	105	11.3	109	-5.9	103			0
1892	15.7	40	22.4	55	8.4	35			2
1889	19.3	19	28.6	15	10	26	1.12	35	0
1888	-2	110	7.6	112	-11.5	110	2.92	1	0
1887	1.3	107	11.5	107	-8.9	107	0.66	65	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	28.1
1990	25.8
1933	25.2
1931	25
1944	24.5
2002	24.3
1914	23.2
2012	22.8
1989	21.7
1919	21.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	-3.8
1888	-2
1977	-1.8
1979	-1.5
1887	1.3
1918	2
1893	2.7
1982	2.9
1966	3.2
1994	3.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1888	2.92
1967	2.53
2023	2.41
1933	2.20
2017	2.12
1999	2.07
1996	2.00
1975	1.91
1949	1.86
1982	1.70
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.02
1961	0.07
1984	0.11
1942	0.13
1958	0.15
1962	0.17
1957	0.18
1913	0.19
1948	0.20
1981	0.23

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 42°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: -22°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.53 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.81 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the wettest January since 2023, 53rd wettest of 111.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Rochester, MN: 42°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Rochester, MN: a low of -22°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Rochester, MN: 0.53 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.