Saint Cloud, MN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 9.6°F in Saint Cloud, MN, the coldest January since 2022, tied 59th coldest of 130 (with 1899).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 9.6°F; Coldest since 2022; 59th coldest of 130
Precipitation: 0.18 in; Driest since 2018; 12th driest of 131

A normal January in Saint Cloud, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 12.1°F, between 4.6°F and 18.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.54 in of precipitation, between 0.18 in and 1.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Saint Cloud, MN since 1895: 9.6°F in 2026; the lowest is -5.7°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 4.6 to 18.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Saint Cloud, MN from 1894 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	9.6	71	18.6	80	0.6	64	0.18	118	0
2025	12.4	49	22.9	36	2	52	0.28	107	0
2024	19.4	10	25.2	26	13.5	2	0.20	114	0
2023	17.2	23	24.3	30	10.1	12	1.60	13	0
2022	6.7	89	18.5	81	-5.1	97	0.58	64	0
2021	19.6	9	26.4	24	12.8	5	0.68	56	0
2020	15.9	31	23.4	34	8.5	20	1.09	23	0
2019	8	80	17.5	89	-1.5	77	0.41	90	0
2018	13.3	40	22.6	40	4	40	0.18	118	0
2017	17.1	24	24.5	29	9.7	15	0.54	70	0
2016	13.9	36	22	52	5.7	34	0.31	100	0
2015	16.5	28	24.1	31	8.8	18	0.24	111	0
2014	4.7	104	16.2	94	-6.9	110	1.34	17	0
2013	13.2	44	22.6	40	3.8	43	0.45	81	0
2012	20.2	8	29.5	6	10.9	9	0.57	66	0
2011	7.6	83	15.5	102	-0.4	71	0.97	31	0
2010	9.7	70	18.3	83	1.1	60	0.72	51	0
2009	3.3	112	14.5	106	-7.9	116	0.54	70	0
2008	9.3	73	18.8	78	-0.2	70	0.17	121	0
2007	17.1	24	24.7	28	9.5	17	0.16	123	0
2006	25.5	1	32.7	2	18.2	1	0.34	99	0
2005	11	57	19.9	66	2.1	51	1.80	9	0
2004	7.3	85	15.7	98	-1	74	0.42	86	0
2003	12.5	47	21.7	53	3.3	46	0.17	121	0
2002	21.2	5	30	5	12.3	6	0.28	107	0
2001	16	29	25.5	25	6.5	30	0.66	59	0
2000	11.6	54	22.3	47	1	61	0.42	86	0
1999	8.4	79	17.8	87	-0.9	73	0.61	62	0
1998	15.4	32	22.5	44	8.3	23	0.79	46	0
1997	6.3	92	15.7	98	-3.1	86	1.71	10	0
1996	2.5	116	14.2	109	-9.3	120	1.37	16	0
1995	13.4	38	22.8	37	4	40	0.48	76	0
1994	0.1	123	10	123	-9.8	121	1.06	24	0
1993	10.8	59	21.6	54	-0.1	68	0.99	29	0
1992	18.5	14	27.4	18	9.6	16	0.69	54	0
1991	8.8	77	19.5	68	-1.9	79	0.39	96	0
1990	22	3	33.1	1	10.9	9	0.06	129	0
1989	16	29	27.8	15	4.2	38	0.85	42	0
1988	6.8	88	17.9	86	-4.3	91	0.51	73	0
1987	17.8	19	27.1	19	8.5	20	0.41	90	0
1986	14.5	34	22.8	37	6.1	33	0.71	52	0
1985	7.2	86	18.9	77	-4.4	92	0.43	83	0
1984	9.2	75	19.5	68	-1.1	76	0.67	57	0
1983	14.2	35	24.1	31	4.3	37	0.61	62	0
1982	-3.1	129	8.3	128	-14.5	129	0.97	31	0
1981	15.3	33	27.1	19	3.5	45	0.44	82	0
1980	10.8	59	20.3	62	1.3	59	1.17	22	0
1979	-2.5	128	8.1	129	-13	128	1.28	19	0
1978	3.4	110	13.8	111	-7.1	111	0.19	117	0
1977	-2.2	127	8.5	125	-12.9	127	0.58	64	0
1976	5.9	95	18	85	-6.3	105	0.85	42	0
1975	9.8	69	21.6	54	-1.9	79	2.39	3	0
1974	7.5	84	19	76	-4	88	0.09	126	0
1973	12.5	47	23.3	35	1.7	53	0.52	72	0
1972	3.5	108	13.3	114	-6.4	106	0.55	68	0
1971	2.8	113	12.4	116	-6.7	109	0.86	39	0
1970	2.8	113	12.2	117	-6.6	108	0.24	111	0
1969	5.2	100	14.5	106	-4.1	90	2.52	2	0
1968	10.7	62	20.8	61	0.5	65	0.86	39	0
1967	12.1	52	22.6	40	1.7	53	1.99	6	0
1966	-1.4	125	8.5	125	-11.4	125	0.70	53	0
1965	5.3	99	16.3	93	-5.7	100	0.48	76	0
1964	16.8	26	26.7	22	7	29	0.18	118	0
1963	1.9	119	11.2	121	-7.4	113	0.43	83	0
1962	6.2	93	15.9	97	-3.5	87	0.67	57	0
1961	10.9	58	22.4	46	-0.6	72	0.07	127	0
1960	11.9	53	20.9	60	2.9	50	0.92	34	0
1959	5.8	96	16.4	92	-4.8	94	0.20	114	0
1958	17.5	21	26.5	23	8.5	20	0.69	54	0
1957	4.9	101	15.7	98	-5.9	101	0.40	94	0
1956	8.7	78	19.5	68	-2.1	81	1.01	28	0
1955	10	66	20	65	-0.1	68	0.57	66	0
1954	3.5	108	14.6	105	-7.6	115	0.49	74	0
1953	13.2	44	22.3	47	4.1	39	0.92	34	0
1952	7.1	87	19.1	75	-4.9	95	1.33	18	0
1951	3.9	107	15.6	101	-7.9	116	0.35	98	0
1950	0.6	122	12.1	118	-10.8	123	2.12	5	0
1949	10	66	19.2	73	0.8	63	1.61	11	0
1948	6.4	91	17.7	88	-5	96	0.16	123	0
1947	18.2	17	28.9	10	7.5	28	0.31	100	0
1946	10.8	59	21.5	56	0	67	0.43	83	0
1945	8	80	18.5	81	-2.5	82	0.87	38	0
1944	22.8	2	32.5	3	13.2	3	0.63	61	0
1943	2.7	115	13.5	113	-8	118	0.77	49	0
1942	18.6	13	28.5	13	8.6	19	0.02	130	0
1941	12.8	46	22.2	50	3.3	46	0.86	39	0
1940	2.2	117	13	115	-8.6	119			1
1939	16.6	27	25.1	27	8.2	24	1.26	20	0
1938	10.4	65	19.2	73	1.5	57	0.41	90	0
1937	1.5	121	13.7	112	-10.6	122	1.04	26	0
1936	-1.5	126	9.3	124	-12.4	126	0.79	46	0
1935	5.6	98	16.2	94	-5.1	97	0.89	36	0
1934	17.3	22	27.5	16	6.2	31	0.74	50	1
1933	18.4	15	29.2	8	7.7	25	0.48	76	0
1932	13.8	37	21.4	57	6.2	31	1.02	27	0
1931	21.8	4	30.8	4	12.9	4	0.07	127	0
1930	2.2	117	11.5	120	-7.2	112	0.82	44	0
1929	-1.3	124	8.4	127	-11.1	124	0.93	33	0
1928	13.4	38	22.3	47	4.6	35	0.40	94	0
1927	10.5	64	19.3	71	1.7	53	0.41	90	0
1926	12.4	49	23.5	33	1.4	58	0.98	30	0
1925	9.1	76	19.3	71	-1	74	0.39	96	0
1924	4.8	103	16	96	-6.5	107	0.14	125	0
1923	13.3	40	22.1	51	4.4	36	1.42	15	0
1922	9.3	73	20.2	63	-1.7	78	1.88	7	0
1921	20.3	7	29.3	7	11.4	8	0.29	105	0
1920	4.9	101	14.5	106	-4.7	93	1.61	11	0
1919	19.4	10	28.7	11	10.2	11	0.30	102	0
1918	1.8	120	11.1	122	-7.5	114	0.48	76	0
1917	4.6	105	15.4	103	-6.2	104	1.85	8	0
1916	5.7	97	17.5	89	-6.1	102	2.16	4	0
1915	10.7	62	19.6	67	1.7	53	0.23	113	0
1914	18.8	12	27.5	16	10	13	0.88	37	0
1913	10	66	22.5	44	-2.5	82	0.42	86	0
1912	-5.7	130	3.3	130	-14.7	130	0.26	110	0
1911	7.7	82	18.2	84	-2.7	85	0.55	68	0
1910	13.3	40	22.6	40	4	40	0.65	60	0
1909	12.2	51	21.2	59	3.1	48	1.56	14	0
1908							0.29	105	8
1907	4.1	106	14.2	109	-6.1	102	0.79	46	0
1906	17.8	19	27.9	14	7.7	25	1.20	21	0
1905	6.5	90	17	91	-4	88	0.49	74	0
1904									11
1903	11.2	56	21.4	57	0.9	62	0.20	114	0
1902	18.2	17	28.7	11	7.7	25	0.30	102	0
1901	13.3	40	22.7	39	3.8	43	0.42	86	0
1900	20.5	6	29.2	8	11.8	7	0.27	109	0
1899	9.6	71	18.8	78	0.5	65	0.30	102	0
1898	18.4	15	26.9	21	9.8	14	trace	131	0
1897	6.2	93	15	104	-2.5	82	2.75	1	0
1896	11.6	54	20.1	64	3.1	48	1.05	25	0
1895	3.4	110	12	119	-5.2	99	0.48	76	0
1894							0.81	45	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	25.5
1944	22.8
1990	22
1931	21.8
2002	21.2
1900	20.5
1921	20.3
2012	20.2
2021	19.6
2024	19.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	-5.7
1982	-3.1
1979	-2.5
1977	-2.2
1936	-1.5
1966	-1.4
1929	-1.3
1994	0.1
1950	0.6
1937	1.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1897	2.75
1969	2.52
1975	2.39
1916	2.16
1950	2.12
1967	1.99
1922	1.88
1917	1.85
2005	1.80
1997	1.71

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1898	trace
1942	0.02
1990	0.06
1961	0.07
1931	0.07
1974	0.09
1924	0.14
2007	0.16
1948	0.16
2008	0.17
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 42°F; 13 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: -26°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 18 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.18 in of precipitation in Saint Cloud, MN, the driest January since 2018, tied 12th driest of 131 (with 2018 and 1964).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Saint Cloud, MN: 42°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Saint Cloud, MN: a low of -26°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Saint Cloud, MN: 0.06 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.