Saranac Lake, NY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 brought 1.68 in of precipitation in Saranac Lake, NY, the driest January since 2025, 33rd driest of 103.

January 2026

Precipitation: 1.68 in; Driest since 2025; 33rd driest of 103

A normal January in Saranac Lake, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 14.8°F, between 6.7°F and 21.3°F in eight years of ten and 2.03 in of precipitation, between 0.75 in and 3.62 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Saranac Lake, NY since 1904: the highest is 27.1°F, in 1932.

Normal range, 6.7 to 21.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Saranac Lake, NY from 1904 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							1.68	71	5
2025	13.3	62	21.4	84	5.2	45	0.78	94	0
2024	20.8	12	26.9	45	14.8	3	2.09	60	0
2023	22.7	8	30.6	19	14.7	4	3.07	24	0
2022	6.2	85	21.1	86	-8.7	96	0.63	99	0
2021	16.2	41	24.3	68	8.2	23	1.13	89	0
2020	19.9	16	30.1	22	9.6	17	2.87	33	0
2019	11.9	66	23.1	73	0.8	70	2.47	47	3
2018	13.4	60	24.5	65	2.3	65	3.28	21	0
2017	21.1	11	30	23	12.2	11	2.17	58	0
2016	16.6	37	28	36	5.3	43	0.69	97	2
2015	7.9	82	21.5	83	-5.8	89	0.61	102	3
2014	9.1	77	21.2	85	-1.2	74	1.55	73	2
2013	15.3	49	27.9	38	2.6	62	1.23	84	0
2012	17.9	28	29.3	25	6.5	36	2.33	54	0
2011	11.1	70	20.8	88	1.5	67	0.81	93	0
2010							0.89	91	4
2009	8.6	80	19.8	92	-2.6	83	0.93	90	0
2008	18.5	27	29.1	28	7.9	26	1.26	83	0
2007	15	52	26.1	53	3.9	54	2.37	52	0
2006	23.2	6	33.5	9	12.8	9	2.52	45	0
2005	10.8	72	22.8	77	-1.3	76	1.64	72	0
2004	3.2	91	13.3	103	-6.9	91	0.78	94	3
2003	4.8	90	16.5	102	-6.9	91	0.62	101	1
2002	20.3	14	29.6	24	10.9	13	1.88	65	0
2001	14.8	54	24.8	64	4.9	47	1.15	86	0
2000	10.7	73	22.6	78	-1.2	74	2.40	49	0
1999	13.4	60	25.5	59	1.3	68	3.67	14	0
1998	21.5	10	32.3	11	10.6	14	7.04	1	0
1997			26.1	53					4
1996			26.2	52					6
1995	24.1	5	32.4	10	14.5	5	2.97	30	3
1994	2.7	92	17.4	99	-11.8	98	3.60	16	1
1993	19.1	22	28.5	33	9.6	17	3.75	12	0
1992	14.6	55	25.7	57	3.5	58	1.80	67	0
1991	15.5	47	25.2	62	5.7	40	2.36	53	2
1990	26.5	2	34.9	5	18.1	1			0
1989	19.7	18	30.7	18	8.8	21			0
1988	15.7	45	27.7	40	3.7	57			0
1987	14.4	56	25.5	59	3.5	58	2.65	41	1
1986			28	36			3.05	25	11
1985			20.1	91			1.71	70	10
1984			23.4	71			0.88	92	9
1983			27.4	42					12
1982			18.5	96			1.86	66	12
1981	5.3	88	18.5	96	-8	94	0.63	99	0
1980	15.5	47	26	55	4.9	47	1.14	88	0
1979	15.1	51	24.5	65	5.6	42	5.06	3	0
1978	11.9	66	19.7	94	4.2	52	2.79	37	1
1977	8.7	79	18.4	98	-0.7	73	2.86	35	2
1976	8.9	78	21.7	81	-3.4	84	3.01	28	1
1975	20.6	13	30.5	20	10.6	14	2.07	62	0
1974	17.1	33	25.7	57	8.4	22	2.76	39	1
1973	17.5	29	28.6	32	6.4	38	1.77	68	0
1972	17.5	29	27.9	38	7.1	31	1.51	75	0
1971	8.5	81	19.1	95	-2.1	80	2.31	55	0
1970	6	86	16.8	101	-4.8	86	1.31	81	0
1969	16.4	38	26.3	50	6.5	36	2.45	48	0
1968	9.8	75	21.7	81	-2.2	82	1.47	78	0
1967	22.3	9	31.1	15	13.6	7	1.49	77	0
1966	13	64	23.6	70	2.4	63	5.04	4	1
1965	11.9	66	23.1	73	0.8	70	0.38	103	0
1964	19.3	20	29.3	25	9.4	19	3.55	17	0
1963	14	59	23.3	72	4.6	51	2.39	51	0
1962	13.3	62	25.4	61	1.2	69	2.99	29	0
1961	6.3	84	19.8	92	-6.5	90	2.96	31	3
1960	16	42	27.4	42	4.7	49	3.32	20	0
1959	13	64	24	69	2.8	61	4.71	6	2
1958	17.2	32	27.7	40	6.7	35	3.05	25	0
1957							2.89	32	7
1956	17.1	33	26	55	8.2	23	1.54	74	2
1955			21.8	80	-2.1	80	0.67	98	4
1954	11	71	23.1	73	-1.6	78	3.10	22	2
1953			30.5	20	9.8	16	2.08	61	4
1952	18.6	25	31	16	6.8	34	2.30	56	3
1951									8
1950			36	2	12.1	12	3.98	10	4
1948							3.05	25	4
1946	19.7	18	34	8	5.3	43	2.40	49	2
1945	5.1	89	20.2	89	-10.5	97	4.54	8	1
1944	18.7	23	31.4	14	6	39	2.77	38	0
1943							1.89	64	31
1942	16.4	38	26.4	47	7.1	31	1.29	82	3
1941									19
1940					-7.6	93			9
1939									19
1938									24
1937	23.2	6	34.2	6	12.8	9			2
1936									8
1935					-4.4	85	4.84	5	4
1934									12
1933	25	3	35.5	4	14.4	6	2.30	56	0
1932	27.1	1	36.8	1	16.1	2	3.33	19	3
1931	16	42	28.4	35	3.5	58	4.68	7	0
1930	18.6	25	29.3	25	7.4	30	1.15	86	3
1929	15	52	25.2	62	4.7	49	2.52	45	1
1928	17	35	26.4	47	7.6	28	3.10	22	0
1927	15.2	50	26.3	50	4.1	53	2.87	33	1
1926	16.9	36	26.8	46	7	33	2.14	59	0
1925	10.5	74	22.4	79	-1.4	77	4.35	9	1
1924	16	42	27	44	5.1	46	3.93	11	0
1923	11.5	69	22.9	76	0	72	3.70	13	0
1922							2.81	36	31
1921	17.5	29	28.8	31	5.7	40	2.60	44	2
1920							1.73	69	5
1919	19.8	17	31.7	13	8.1	25	1.44	80	2
1918	1.7	93	11.5	104	-8	94	1.47	78	2
1917	14.4	56	24.5	65	3.9	54	3.65	15	1
1916	20	15	32.2	12	7.9	26			0
1915	19.3	20	31	16	7.6	28			0
1914	14.1	58	26.4	47	1.9	66	2.73	40	0
1913	24.4	4	35.9	3	12.9	8	5.45	2	0
1912	5.8	87	17.3	100	-5.2	87	1.51	75	1
1911	15.7	45	29.1	28	2.4	63	2.07	62	1
1910	18.7	23	28.5	33	8.9	20	2.65	41	0
1909	16.4	38	29	30	3.9	54	2.61	43	0
1907							1.19	85	7
1906			34.1	7			0.70	96	6
1905	9.4	76	20.9	87	-1.7	79			1
1904	7.3	83	20.2	89	-5.6	88	3.50	18	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	27.1
1990	26.5
1933	25
1913	24.4
1995	24.1
2006	23.2
1937	23.2
2023	22.7
1967	22.3
1998	21.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	1.7
1994	2.7
2004	3.2
2003	4.8
1945	5.1
1981	5.3
1912	5.8
1970	6
2022	6.2
1961	6.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	7.04
1913	5.45
1979	5.06
1966	5.04
1935	4.84
1959	4.71
1931	4.68
1945	4.54
1925	4.35
1950	3.98

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	0.38
2015	0.61
2003	0.62
2022	0.63
1981	0.63
1955	0.67
2016	0.69
1906	0.70
2025	0.78
2004	0.78

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 45°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -29°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.30 in; 10 January 2026

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Saranac Lake, NY the day's answers

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Every answer in words

The hottest day of January 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: 45°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: a low of -29°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: 0.30 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.