Salina, KS: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 29.4°F in Salina, KS, the coldest January since 2025, tied 53rd coldest of 123 (with 1902).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 29.4°F; Coldest since 2025; 53rd coldest of 123
Precipitation: 1.91 in; Wettest since 2017; 8th wettest of 123

A normal January in Salina, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.2°F, between 26.3°F and 34.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.63 in of precipitation, between 0.15 in and 1.54 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Salina, KS since 1900: 29.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 14.2°F, in 1979.

Normal range, 26.3 to 34.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Salina, KS from 1900 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	29.4	70	42.1	57	16.7	84	1.91	8	0
2025	22.9	109	33.8	109	12	111	1.07	33	0
2024	25.5	100	34.2	104	16.8	82	0.82	42	0
2023	32.9	33	42.5	51	23.4	22	1.21	24	0
2022	30.7	61	44.9	30	16.5	87	0.37	74	0
2021	34.8	21	45.7	23	23.9	17	0.99	37	0
2020	33.5	29	43.3	41	23.7	20	0.98	38	0
2019	31.3	52	40.9	66	21.7	34	1.20	26	0
2018	31.5	50	44.2	36	18.9	67	0.34	78	0
2017							2.02	5	12
2016	33.4	31	43.8	38	23.2	23	0.72	48	2
2015	32.5	37	45.7	23	19.3	64	1.20	26	0
2014	29.5	68	41.7	59	17.4	80	0.49	66	0
2013	32.9	33	45.5	25	20.3	53	0.88	41	0
2012	35.4	17	49.1	12	21.7	34	0.15	99	0
2011	26.2	93	37.9	82	14.4	104	0.39	72	0
2010	26.1	96	33.9	106	18.3	72	0.18	94	0
2009	31.1	56	44.7	33	17.5	79	0.02	119	0
2008	29.1	73	40.2	73	18	76	0.22	89	0
2007	29	74	38	81	20	55	0.60	59	0
2006	42.7	1	57.1	1	28.4	2	0.14	101	0
2005	29	74	36.9	86	21.2	44	1.15	30	0
2004	30.3	63	40.9	66	19.7	58	0.36	75	0
2003	32.1	39	43.5	39	20.6	49	0.13	104	0
2002	34.4	23	47.6	17	21.3	42	0.63	56	0
2001	31.4	51	41.6	60	21.2	44	1.05	34	0
2000	32.1	39	42.5	51	21.8	30	0.27	85	0
1999	31.1	56	40.6	71	21.6	37	2.12	3	0
1998	32.7	35	40.8	68	24.6	13			0
1997	29.2	72	41.1	64	17.3	81			0
1995	31	58	40.7	69	21.4	40	2.05	4	0
1994	28.4	79	38.6	77	18.2	75	1.03	35	0
1993	26.3	90	34.1	105	18.5	70	1.22	23	0
1992	39.1	4	48.9	13	29.3	1	0.69	51	0
1991	26.2	93	35.6	95	16.7	84	0.51	65	0
1990	38.6	6	50.4	8	26.9	6	0.28	84	0
1989	37.9	8	50.7	7	25	11	0.46	67	0
1988	26.3	90	36.7	88	15.8	94	0.65	54	0
1987	30.4	62	40.2	73	20.6	49	1.21	24	0
1986	37.6	11	51.5	6	23.8	18	trace	120	0
1985	21.6	113	32.7	112	10.4	116	1.41	17	0
1984	26.3	90	36.2	92	16.3	90	0.66	52	0
1983	31.2	55	38.5	78	23.8	18	1.46	16	0
1982	23.2	108	34.6	100	11.8	112	0.60	59	0
1981	34	25	46.1	22	21.8	30	0.33	79	0
1980	30.1	64	38.4	79	21.8	30	1.49	15	0
1979	14.2	123	23.2	124	5.3	124	2.88	2	0
1978	19	119	27.4	121	10.7	114	0.33	79	0
1977	21.4	114	31.6	115	11.2	113	0.78	46	0
1976	30.8	59	42.8	49	18.8	69	0.10	111	0
1975	31.7	45	41.1	64	22.2	27	0.66	52	0
1974	24.3	103	33.3	110	15.3	97	0.22	89	0
1973	27.8	81	36.7	88	18.9	67	1.30	21	0
1972	27.2	85	38.1	80	16.2	91	0.15	99	0
1971	24.8	101	34.5	102	15.1	98	0.94	39	0
1970	25.7	99	36.3	91	15.1	98	0.27	85	0
1969	27.2	85	34.6	100	19.7	58	0.35	77	0
1968	28.5	78	38.7	76	18.3	72	0.13	104	0
1967	31.3	52	42.7	50	19.8	57	0.14	101	0
1966	25.9	97	36.1	93	15.7	96	0.13	104	0
1965	32.6	36	43.2	44	22.1	28	1.75	9	0
1964	34.7	22	48.3	15	21.2	44	0.10	111	0
1963	19.5	118	30.2	118	8.7	120	0.75	47	0
1962	24.3	103	35.5	96	13.3	108	1.09	32	1
1961	29.9	67	43.9	37	15.9	93	0.05	116	0
1960	27.3	84	35.5	96	19	66	1.57	13	0
1959	22.9	109	33.3	110	12.6	109	1.25	22	0
1958	31.8	43	42.2	55	21.4	40	0.80	44	0
1957	24	105	33.9	106	14	106	0.12	108	0
1956	25.8	98	37.2	85	14.4	104	1.33	20	0
1955	31.7	45	41.6	60	21.7	34	1.98	7	0
1954	27.6	82	40.7	69	14.5	103	0.04	118	0
1953	33.8	27	44.9	30	22.7	24	trace	120	0
1952	31.6	49	44.9	30	18.3	72	0.31	81	0
1951	30.8	59	43.1	46	18.4	71	0.40	71	0
1950									4
1949	23.4	107	32	113	14.7	102	3.45	1	0
1948	27.5	83	38.8	75	16.2	91	0.58	61	0
1947	33.2	32	45.3	26	21	47	0.56	62	0
1946	36.5	13	47.2	20	25.7	8	0.64	55	0
1945	35.3	18	45.2	28	25.4	10	0.81	43	0
1944	37.9	8	48.2	16	27.6	4	0.42	70	0
1943	30.1	64	40.5	72	19.7	58	0.26	87	0
1942	32.5	37	43.3	41	21.6	37	0.46	67	0
1941	33.8	27	42	58	25.5	9	1.66	10	0
1940	15.7	122	24.6	122	6.7	122	0.63	56	0
1939	40.2	3	52.1	5	28.3	3	0.36	75	0
1938	36.6	12	49.5	10	23.7	20	trace	120	0
1937	21.4	114	30.2	118	12.6	109	1.51	14	0
1936	26.2	93	35	98	17.6	78	0.71	49	1
1935	35	19	47.6	17	22.5	25	0.16	98	0
1934	36.1	14	47.5	19	24.6	13	0.30	82	0
1933	40.6	2	53.7	2	27.5	5	0.18	94	0
1932	27	87	34.5	102	19.5	62	1.59	12	0
1931	38.7	5	52.9	3	24.5	15	0.08	114	0
1930	19.6	117	29.8	120	9.4	118	0.79	45	0
1929	24.5	102	33.9	106	15	100	2.02	5	0
1928	35.6	16	49.5	10	21.8	30	0.13	104	0
1927	31.3	52	43.2	44	19.4	63	0.18	94	0
1926	32.1	39	43.4	40	20.8	48	1.12	31	0
1925	22.4	112	34.7	99	10.2	117	0.43	69	0
1924	24	105	37.5	84	10.5	115	0.22	89	0
1923	38.6	6	52.7	4	24.4	16	trace	120	0
1922	29.5	68	42.5	51	16.6	86	0.12	108	0
1921	37.7	10	48.8	14	26.7	7	1.01	36	0
1920	31.9	42	43.1	46	20.6	49	0.19	93	0
1919	30.1	64	42.3	54	17.9	77	0.05	116	0
1918	17.9	120	30.4	117	5.5	123	0.70	50	0
1917	31.7	45	44.3	35	19.2	65	0.14	101	0
1916	22.7	111	31.7	114	13.7	107	1.39	18	0
1915	26.8	89	36.9	86	16.8	82	1.36	19	0
1914	35	19	45.2	28	24.9	12	0.11	110	3
1913	28.7	76	41.5	62	15.8	94	0.61	58	0
1912	16	121	24.4	123	8	121	0.21	92	1
1911	34	25	45.3	26	20.4	52	0.24	88	3
1910	27.9	80	36	94	19.7	58	1.16	29	0
1909	27	87	37.6	83	16.4	88	0.55	63	0
1908	35.8	15	50.1	9	21.6	37	0.06	115	0
1907			36.5	90	21.3	42	1.61	11	4
1906	34.3	24	46.6	21	22	29	0.53	64	0
1905	20	116	31	116	9.1	119	0.89	40	0
1904	28.6	77	42.2	55	15	100	0.18	94	0
1903	31.7	45	43.3	41	20.1	54	0.39	72	0
1902	29.4	70	41.4	63	16.4	88	1.17	28	2
1901	31.8	43	43.1	46	20	55	0.30	82	2
1900	33.5	29	44.7	33	22.4	26	0.10	111	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	42.7
1933	40.6
1939	40.2
1992	39.1
1931	38.7
1990	38.6
1923	38.6
1989	37.9
1944	37.9
1921	37.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	14.2
1940	15.7
1912	16
1918	17.9
1978	19
1963	19.5
1930	19.6
1905	20
1977	21.4
1937	21.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	3.45
1979	2.88
1999	2.12
1995	2.05
2017	2.02
1929	2.02
1955	1.98
2026	1.91
1965	1.75
1941	1.66

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	trace
1953	trace
1938	trace
1923	trace
2009	0.02
1954	0.04
1961	0.05
1919	0.05
1908	0.06
1931	0.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 8 January 2026, 7 January 2026, 6 January 2026
Coldest night: -16°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.28 in; 8 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.91 in of precipitation in Salina, KS, the wettest January since 2017, 8th wettest of 123.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Salina, KS: 64°F on Thursday 8 January 2026, Wednesday 7 January 2026 and Tuesday 6 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Salina, KS: a low of -16°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Salina, KS: 1.28 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.