Salisbury, MD: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 32.9°F in Salisbury, MD, the coldest January since 2025, 27th coldest of 117.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 32.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 27th coldest of 117
Precipitation: 2.52 in; Driest since 2025; 29th driest of 114

A normal January in Salisbury, MD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36°F, between 31.4°F and 41.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.34 in of precipitation, between 1.71 in and 5.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Salisbury, MD since 1907: 32.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 23.6°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 31.4 to 41.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Salisbury, MD from 1907 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	32.9	91	43	83	22.8	95	2.52	86	0
2025	30.4	106	39.3	107	21.5	106	2.05	100	0
2024	40.5	18	49.4	31	31.6	17	5.44	12	0
2023	44.7	4	54.7	4	34.8	4	2.28	94	0
2022	33.6	83	43.8	77	23.5	93	4.42	23	0
2021	37.5	49	46	58	29	38	2.85	77	0
2020	41.6	12	51.3	12	31.9	14	3.33	59	0
2019	36	61	45.8	60	26.1	67	3.08	70	0
2018	33.8	79	44	75	23.6	92	3.53	48	0
2017	40.2	22	47.8	45	32.6	12	3.35	58	0
2016	35.6	66	45.6	63	25.6	73	3.21	61	0
2015	36	61	44.7	67	27.4	52	4.56	21	0
2014	32.2	95	43.8	77	20.6	110	3.33	59	0
2013	40.1	23	49.9	22	30.2	30	3.00	73	0
2012	41.6	12	52.1	10	31.1	20	2.09	98	0
2011	31.6	99	39.6	106	23.7	90	3.01	72	0
2010	33.4	86	41.4	91	25.5	76	4.34	28	0
2009	31.1	103	40.4	99	21.8	103	1.17	111	0
2008	35.2	68	46.5	54	23.9	88	1.48	108	0
2007	39.7	27	49.4	31	30.1	31	4.04	33	0
2006	42.2	10	52.5	9	31.8	16	3.11	69	0
2005	35	70	44.2	74	25.9	70	4.04	33	0
2004	29.5	109	38.2	111	20.9	108	3.43	53	0
2003	29	111	37.8	112	20.3	111	1.38	109	0
2002	38.9	38	49.9	22	27.9	50	3.39	55	0
2001	36.7	56	46.8	52	26.6	60	3.14	66	0
2000	34.9	71	44.4	73	25.3	77	3.37	56	0
1999	40.8	17	51.2	13	30.4	24	6.06	9	0
1998	43.3	9	51.7	11	34.9	3	8.39	3	0
1997	35.9	63	45.8	60	26.1	67	2.16	97	0
1996	34.5	75	44	75	25.1	79	5.17	14	0
1995	40.3	20	48.7	35	31.9	14	2.90	75	0
1994	31.4	100	40.4	99	22.3	99	4.07	32	0
1993	39.5	34	47.8	45	31.2	19	4.30	30	0
1992	37.5	49	47.9	43	27	56	1.74	105	0
1991	38.1	41	48.3	40	28	48	5.20	13	0
1990	43.4	8	54.1	7	32.6	12	3.60	44	0
1989	40.1	23	49.8	25	30.4	24	2.06	99	0
1988	31.3	101	40.5	97	22.1	101	3.54	46	0
1987	33.8	79	42	87	25.6	73	7.75	4	0
1986	34.2	77	43.4	79	25	80	4.93	19	0
1985	29.4	110	37.7	113	21	107	2.28	94	0
1984	34.3	76	43.4	79	25.2	78	3.17	64	0
1983	36.7	56	44.9	65	28.5	45	2.30	93	0
1982	29.9	108	38.9	109	20.8	109	4.42	23	0
1981	28.5	113	37.6	114	19.4	113	0.49	114	0
1980	36.8	55	44.6	68	29	38	4.39	26	0
1979	34.8	72	43.2	81	26.5	62	8.59	2	0
1978	34	78	42.3	86	25.7	72	7.53	5	0
1977	23.9	115	31.7	118	16	115	2.96	74	0
1976	33.7	81	42.7	85	24.8	81	3.67	42	0
1975	39.3	35	48.4	39	30.3	26	5.09	15	0
1974	41.3	15	49.9	22	32.7	10	3.02	71	0
1973	37.5	49	46.8	52	28.3	46	2.31	92	0
1972	39.6	30	48.3	40	30.9	21	3.73	39	0
1971	31.2	102	40.2	103	22.1	101	2.64	83	0
1970	28.6	112	37.5	115	19.7	112	2.61	84	0
1969	33	90	41.3	92	24.8	81	2.33	91	0
1968	31.8	98	40.9	96	22.8	95	2.49	87	0
1967	41.6	12	50.5	16	32.8	9	2.04	101	0
1966	32.4	93	40.4	99	24.5	85	3.14	66	0
1965	33.5	84	43.2	81	23.7	90	2.85	77	0
1964	38.8	39	49	34	28.6	43	4.33	29	0
1963	32.7	92	41.3	92	24.2	87	2.83	79	0
1962	35.5	67	44.5	71	26.5	62	5.00	17	0
1961	30.9	105	39.9	104	21.8	103	3.16	65	0
1960	38	43	45.7	62	30.3	26	2.34	89	0
1959	34.8	72	44.8	66	24.7	84	1.30	110	0
1958	32.4	93	41	94	23.8	89	3.54	46	0
1957	32	96	40.5	97	23.5	93	3.18	63	1
1956	33.5	84	40.4	99	26.7	58	2.90	75	0
1955	33.4	86	41	94	25.8	71	0.77	113	0
1954	35.7	64	44.6	68	26.8	57	2.76	82	0
1953	41.9	11	51.2	13	32.7	10	3.46	52	0
1952	40	25	49.8	25	30.3	26	4.85	20	0
1951	39.6	30	50	21	29.1	37	1.68	107	0
1950	48	1	57.9	1	38	2	1.86	103	0
1949	43.5	7	53.3	8	33.8	8	3.72	40	0
1948	31.1	103	39.7	105	22.5	97	6.67	8	0
1947	44.5	5	54.7	4	34.2	6	5.45	10	0
1946	39.2	36	48.6	37	29.8	34	1.89	102	0
1945	33.7	81	41.8	89	25.6	73	3.13	68	0
1944	39.2	36	49.1	33	29.4	35	3.88	37	1
1943	39.7	27	49.6	28	29.9	33	3.48	51	0
1942	33.4	86	44.5	71	22.2	100	3.53	48	0
1941	34.6	74	42.9	84	26.3	65	3.40	54	0
1940	23.7	116	33.3	116	14.2	117	3.90	36	0
1939	38.1	41	48.5	38	27.6	51	4.40	25	0
1938	35.7	64	44.6	68	26.6	60	3.57	45	1
1937							9.86	1	10
1936	32	96	41.9	88	22.4	98	7.12	6	1
1935	36.4	59	46.5	54	26.3	65	4.97	18	0
1934	40.3	20	50.3	18	30.3	26	1.71	106	0
1933	44.3	6	54.4	6	34.2	6	2.60	85	0
1932	47.5	2	56.4	3	38.5	1	5.45	10	1
1931	37.9	46	46.9	51	29	38	1.75	104	0
1930	39.7	27	49.7	27	30.1	31	3.75	38	2
1929	37.4	53	47.6	47	27.4	52	2.25	96	2
1928	37.4	53	48.1	42	26.7	58			0
1927	36.6	58	45.1	64	28.1	47	1.08	112	0
1926			46.4	56			2.83	79	4
1925	37.6	48	47.5	49	27.2	55	5.04	16	1
1924	37.7	47	49.5	29	26	69	3.70	41	0
1923	38.6	40	48.7	35	28.7	41	4.01	35	1
1922	33.3	89	41.7	90	24.8	81			0
1921									29
1920	30.3	107	39.3	107	21.8	103	3.37	56	2
1919	38	43	47.9	43	28	48	4.26	31	0
1918	23.6	117	32.4	117	15.1	116	3.52	50	1
1917	37.5	49	47.6	47	27.4	52	2.34	89	0
1916	41.3	15	51.1	15	31.6	17	2.39	88	0
1915	38	43	47.5	49	28.7	41	6.77	7	2
1914	40	25	49.5	29	30.5	23			0
1913	45.5	3	56.9	2	34.4	5	4.49	22	2
1912	28.4	114	38.5	110	18.4	114	3.65	43	0
1911	40.5	18	50.1	20	30.9	21	2.81	81	0
1910	36.3	60	46.1	57	26.5	62	4.37	27	0
1909	39.6	30	50.2	19	29.3	36	3.19	62	1
1908	35.2	68	45.9	59	24.4	86			2
1907	39.6	30	50.5	16	28.6	43			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	48
1932	47.5
1913	45.5
2023	44.7
1947	44.5
1933	44.3
1949	43.5
1990	43.4
1998	43.3
2006	42.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	23.6
1940	23.7
1977	23.9
1912	28.4
1981	28.5
1970	28.6
2003	29
1985	29.4
2004	29.5
1982	29.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	9.86
1979	8.59
1998	8.39
1987	7.75
1978	7.53
1936	7.12
1915	6.77
1948	6.67
1999	6.06
1947	5.45
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.49
1955	0.77
1927	1.08
2009	1.17
1959	1.30
2003	1.38
2008	1.48
1951	1.68
1934	1.71
1992	1.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 11 January 2026, 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.42 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.52 in of precipitation in Salisbury, MD, the driest January since 2025, 29th driest of 114.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Salisbury, MD: 66°F on Sunday 11 January 2026 and Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Salisbury, MD: a low of 5°F on Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Salisbury, MD: 1.42 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.