Scottsbluff, NE: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 30.5°F in Scottsbluff, NE, the warmest January since 2021, 28th warmest of 128.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 30.5°F; Warmest since 2021; 28th warmest of 128
Precipitation: 0.16 in; Driest since 2020; 29th driest of 129

A normal January in Scottsbluff, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28.2°F, between 22.5°F and 31.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.30 in of precipitation, between 0.07 in and 0.84 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Scottsbluff, NE since 1893: 30.5°F in 2026; the highest is 35.7°F, in 1953.

Normal range, 22.5 to 31.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Scottsbluff, NE from 1893 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	30.5	28	45.7	20	15.4	37	0.16	98	0
2025	24	91	37.6	84	10.4	93	0.33	58	0
2024	23.1	96	37.6	84	8.6	102	0.37	51	0
2023	25	77	35.2	105	14.8	46	1.56	2	0
2022	29.6	39	43.6	42	15.6	36	0.70	24	0
2021	31.5	19	44.2	35	18.8	12	0.17	93	0
2020	32.4	11	46.2	15	18.6	13	0.09	110	0
2019	30.3	31	45.3	26	15.4	37	0.27	69	0
2018	27.3	63	39.5	67	15.2	40	0.32	60	0
2017	24.4	87	36.5	93	12.3	79	1.02	8	0
2016	27.5	60	38.7	72	16.3	30	0.21	84	0
2015	26.6	71	39.1	70	14.1	54	0.45	47	0
2014	30.2	32	43.8	39	16.5	27	0.46	42	0
2013	28.1	54	43.4	44	12.8	70	0.26	72	0
2012	30.4	29	47.8	9	13.1	66	0.16	98	0
2011	26.9	67	39.4	69	14.3	52	0.46	42	0
2010	28	56	39.9	65	16.1	32	0.03	118	0
2009	28.9	46	43.8	39	14	56	0.92	11	0
2008	19	119	31.4	120	6.7	113	0.01	122	0
2007	22.7	98	35.1	106	10.3	95	0.08	111	0
2006	34.8	2	50.3	1	19.3	8	0.49	40	0
2005	28.4	52	40.6	61	16.2	31	0.66	27	0
2004	28.3	53	42.2	56	14.4	51	0.13	104	0
2003	32	15	47.5	11	16.5	27	0.12	105	0
2002	29.3	43	44	37	14.5	50	0.05	115	0
2001	28.9	46	42.9	49	14.9	43	0.28	68	0
2000	29.8	36	42.5	53	17.2	20	0.48	41	0
1999	31.5	19	44.5	31	18.6	13	0.07	112	0
1998	28.8	48	42.9	49	14.6	48	0.20	85	0
1997	24.7	81	37.1	87	12.4	77	0.26	72	0
1996	21.3	104	36.4	95	6.3	116	0.83	13	0
1995	24.5	85	37.8	82	11.1	89	1.07	7	0
1994	27.8	57	38.8	71	16.7	23	0.59	31	0
1993	20.8	108	30.9	123	10.8	91	0.45	47	0
1992	31.1	23	45.2	27	17.1	21	0.81	14	0
1991	22.6	99	36.1	99	9.2	99	0.46	42	0
1990	32.3	12	45.6	21	18.9	11	0.59	31	0
1989	30.4	29	48	7	12.7	72	trace	124	0
1988	18.1	122	30.8	124	5.4	118	0.80	15	0
1987	29	45	43.1	46	14.9	43	0.34	56	0
1986	32.9	8	44.8	28	21	4	0.07	112	0
1985	20.8	108	34	111	7.5	110	0.64	29	0
1984	27.2	64	38	80	16.5	27	0.44	49	0
1983	32.6	9	45.6	21	19.6	7	0.29	66	0
1982	22.5	100	35.9	101	9.1	100	0.32	60	0
1981	32.5	10	48.2	5	16.7	23	0.69	25	0
1980	23	97	34.2	109	11.9	82	1.21	4	0
1979	10.4	127	23.1	129	-2.4	128	0.74	21	0
1978	18.3	121	29	125	7.6	109	1.26	3	0
1977	20.8	108	34.2	109	7.3	112	0.52	38	0
1976	25	77	36.5	93	13.6	60	0.96	9	0
1975	26.6	71	39.7	66	13.5	62	0.32	60	0
1974	19.6	116	31.4	120	7.8	106	0.57	34	0
1973	24.6	83	36.7	91	12.5	75	0.58	33	0
1972	24.9	79	39.5	67	10.3	95	0.35	55	0
1971	26.8	69	37.7	83	15.8	35	0.23	81	0
1970	24.5	85	35.9	101	13	68	0.57	34	0
1969	23.5	94	35.7	104	11.4	87	0.72	23	0
1968	25.2	75	38.7	72	10.7	92	0.15	102	1
1967	31	24	44.2	35	17.8	18	0.18	90	0
1966	19.6	116	32.7	117	6.5	115	0.46	42	0
1965	32.2	13	45.9	18	18.5	15	0.46	42	0
1964	28.7	49	42.4	54	15	41	0.04	117	0
1963	14.8	124	28.7	126	0.9	124	1.14	6	0
1962	21	107	34.5	108	7.4	111	0.37	51	0
1961	27.4	62	41.7	59	13.1	66	trace	124	0
1960	24	91	36.2	97	11.8	84	0.26	72	0
1959	24.2	90	36.8	89	11.6	85	0.26	72	0
1958	29.4	42	44.6	30	14.2	53	0.01	122	0
1957	19.7	115	33.9	113	5	120	0.19	87	1
1956	26.8	69	38.7	72	14.9	43	0.27	69	0
1955	19.8	114	33	115	6.7	113	0.65	28	0
1954	30.2	32	45.5	23	14.1	54	0.02	121	1
1953	35.7	1	49.1	3	22.3	1	0.24	77	0
1952	27.5	60	41.9	58	13.2	64	0.23	81	0
1951	24.3	88	38.3	78	10.4	93	0.36	53	0
1950	21.3	104	38.7	72	3.8	122	0.16	98	0
1949	9.2	128	20.6	130	-2.2	127	0.75	19	0
1948	25.2	75	38.5	77	11.9	82	0.11	107	0
1947	28.1	54	42.9	49	13.2	64	0.17	93	0
1946	29.5	41	44.3	33	14.7	47	0.11	107	0
1945	28.7	49	40.1	63	16.6	25	0.31	63	2
1944	23.7	93	38	80	9.4	98	0.63	30	0
1943	28.7	49	43.8	39	13.6	60	0.24	77	0
1942	18.6	120	33.9	113	2.7	123	0.34	56	1
1941	30.1	34	45.5	23	14.6	48	0.17	93	2
1940	20.7	111	31.1	122	8.8	101			2
1939	33	6	44.5	31	21.5	3			0
1938	31	24	42.1	57	19.8	5	0.24	77	0
1937	11.3	126	24.4	128	-1.9	125	0.52	38	0
1936	26.9	67	40.4	62	13.5	62	0.30	64	0
1935	29.8	36	47.1	12	12.6	73	0.17	93	0
1934	34.4	3	50.3	1	18.5	15	0.22	83	0
1933	30.8	27	46.2	15	15.4	37	trace	124	0
1932	24.3	88	36.6	92	12	81	0.11	107	0
1931	32.1	14	48.2	5	16	33	0.03	118	0
1930	12.1	125	26.1	127	-1.9	125	0.67	26	0
1929	22.1	102	36.3	96	7.9	105	0.18	90	0
1928	31.7	16	46.6	13	16.8	22	0.33	58	0
1927	27.8	57	43	47	12.5	75	0.19	87	0
1926	26	73	38.3	78	13.7	57	0.77	18	1
1925	27.2	64	42.3	55	12.2	80	0.05	115	0
1924	20.6	112	36	100	5.2	119	0.19	87	0
1923	33.5	4	47.9	8	19	10	0.07	112	0
1922	21.6	103	34.8	107	8.4	104	0.27	69	0
1921	29.8	36	42.9	49	16.6	25	0.94	10	0
1920	31.6	17	45.9	18	17.3	19	0.43	50	0
1919	33	6	47.6	10	18.5	15	0.03	118	0
1918	19.4	118	32.1	118	6.3	116			1
1917	26	73	40	64	11.6	85			2
1916	18	123	31.9	119	4	121			0
1915	22.4	101	36.8	89	8.5	103	0.17	93	1
1914	33.3	5	44.7	29	21.8	2	0.12	105	0
1913	27.7	59	43	47	12.9	69	0.20	85	2
1912	20.2	113	32.8	116	7.7	107	0.56	37	0
1911	29.6	39	44.3	33	15	41	0.57	34	0
1910	24.7	81	37.1	87	12.4	77	0.16	98	0
1909	24.8	80	38.6	76	11.1	89	0.73	22	0
1908	29.1	44	46.1	17	11.3	88	0.36	53	1
1907	21.3	104	34	111	7.7	107	0.80	15	1
1906	30.9	26	49.1	3	12.6	73	0.00	129	0
1905	24.6	83	35.8	103	13.7	57	1.17	5	2
1904	27	66	41.3	60	12.8	70	0.18	90	0
1903	31.5	19	43.6	42	19.7	6	0.30	64	1
1902							0.15	102	13
1901			43.2	45			trace	124	8
1900	31.2	22	46.4	14	16	33	trace	124	0
1899							0.80	15	15
1898							0.90	12	8
1897			36.2	97			0.24	77	6
1896	29.9	35	45.4	25	13.7	57	1.65	1	3
1895	23.5	94	37.2	86	9.5	97	0.75	19	1
1894							0.29	66	16
1893	31.6	17	44	37	19.2	9	0.25	76	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	35.7
2006	34.8
1934	34.4
1923	33.5
1914	33.3
1939	33
1919	33
1986	32.9
1983	32.6
1981	32.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	9.2
1979	10.4
1937	11.3
1930	12.1
1963	14.8
1916	18
1988	18.1
1978	18.3
1942	18.6
2008	19

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	1.65
2023	1.56
1978	1.26
1980	1.21
1905	1.17
1963	1.14
1995	1.07
2017	1.02
1976	0.96
1921	0.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1906	0.00
1989	trace
1961	trace
1933	trace
1901	trace
1900	trace
2008	0.01
1958	0.01
1954	0.02
2010	0.03
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 12 January 2026, 4 January 2026, 3 January 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 30 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.16 in of precipitation in Scottsbluff, NE, the driest January since 2020, tied 29th driest of 129 (with 2012, 1950 and 1910).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Scottsbluff, NE: 62°F on Monday 12 January 2026, Sunday 4 January 2026 and Saturday 3 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Scottsbluff, NE: a low of -20°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Scottsbluff, NE: 0.06 in on Friday 30 January 2026.