Seattle Tacoma, WA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 43.4°F in Seattle Tacoma, WA, the warmest January since 2023, 22nd warmest of 82.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 43.4°F; Warmest since 2023; 22nd warmest of 82
Precipitation: 4.27 in; Driest since 2025; 27th driest of 82

A normal January in Seattle Tacoma, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42°F, between 38.2°F and 45.8°F in eight years of ten and 5.69 in of precipitation, between 3.70 in and 8.15 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Seattle Tacoma, WA since 1945: 43.4°F in 2026; the highest is 47°F, in 2010.

Normal range, 38.2 to 45.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Seattle Tacoma, WA from 1945 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
2026	43.4	22	49	17	37.8	24	4.27	56
2025	39.1	55	44.9	46	33.4	63	1.92	79
2024	41.6	33	46.5	29	36.7	32	6.52	31
2023	43.5	21	48.4	22	38.6	16	3.09	70
2022	41	37	46.2	32	35.7	41	7.06	25
2021	43.8	17	48.8	19	38.8	15	8.75	8
2020	45	6	49.3	14	40.8	3	9.23	6
2019	45	6	51.1	3	38.9	13	3.83	64
2018	45	6	49.7	10	40.3	7	8.12	15
2017	37.9	68	43.7	56	32	71	4.22	58
2016	43.7	18	49.1	16	38.4	19	7.45	20
2015	45.1	5	50.3	8	39.8	10	3.66	67
2014	44.3	14	49.3	14	39.4	12	3.70	66
2013	38.2	65	43	69	33.5	62	4.16	60
2012	39.7	49	44.7	48	34.8	51	6.83	29
2011	41.8	31	46.2	32	37.3	28	4.99	47
2010	47	1	51.5	2	42.5	1	6.17	34
2009	39	57	43.7	56	34.4	55	5.40	42
2008	38.7	60	43.6	58	33.8	59	4.26	57
2007	38	66	43.6	58	32.4	67	6.22	33
2006	46.6	2	50.8	5	42.3	2	11.65	2
2005	42.1	27	47.4	26	36.8	31	4.44	53
2004	40.3	43	44.8	47	35.7	41	6.36	32
2003	45.7	4	51.1	3	40.4	5	8.39	12
2002	40.7	40	44.7	48	36.7	32	5.98	36
2001	42	28	47.6	24	36.4	36	2.70	72
2000	40.3	43	45.2	43	35.3	46	3.77	65
1999	42	28	46	34	37.9	23	6.84	28
1998	42.2	26	46.9	28	37.4	27	7.15	23
1997	41.1	35	45.7	36	36.5	34	7.02	26
1996	39.7	49	44.2	54	35.1	49	7.34	21
1995	46.4	3	52	1	40.7	4	4.48	51
1994	44.9	9	49.4	13	40.4	5	2.51	73
1993	37.9	68	43.5	62	32.2	68	4.09	61
1992	43.9	16	49.5	12	38.3	20	7.82	17
1991	40	46	45	45	34.9	50	4.46	52
1990	42.5	24	47.3	27	37.7	25	9.41	4
1989	40.5	41	45.3	42	35.7	41	2.78	71
1988	40	46	45.4	41	34.7	53	4.07	63
1987	40.5	41	45.7	36	35.2	47	5.98	36
1986	44.9	9	50.8	5	38.9	13	8.54	11
1985	37.1	71	42.9	71	31.3	74	0.58	82
1984	43.2	23	47.8	23	38.5	17	3.62	68
1983	44.9	9	50	9	39.9	9	7.07	24
1982	39.3	53	43.2	67	35.4	45	5.35	43
1981	44.4	12	50.5	7	38.2	22	2.42	75
1980	34.8	77	39.9	77	29.7	76	4.09	61
1979	37.8	70	43.4	66	32.2	68	2.25	77
1978	44.4	12	48.7	20	40	8	4.30	54
1977	39.4	52	44.7	48	34.1	57	1.77	80
1976	41.7	32	46.3	31	37.2	29	5.55	39
1975	38.7	60	43.1	68	34.4	55	6.01	35
1974	38.7	60	43.5	62	33.8	59	7.78	18
1973	38.7	60	43.5	62	33.9	58	4.29	55
1972	36.9	72	41.7	73	32.2	68	7.24	22
1971	39.7	49	43.6	58	35.7	41	5.32	44
1970	41.2	34	45.5	39	36.9	30	8.22	14
1969	33.1	79	36.8	81	29.4	77	5.71	38
1968	40.9	38	45.7	36	36.1	39	6.90	27
1967	42.3	25	46.4	30	38.3	20	9.32	5
1966	41.1	35	45.9	35	36.3	37	5.43	41
1965	40.2	45	44.6	52	35.8	40	5.27	46
1964	39.9	48	44.7	48	35.2	47	9.76	3
1963	33.9	78	38.7	78	29.1	78	2.25	77
1962	38.4	64	43.9	55	32.8	65	2.43	74
1961	43.6	19	49.7	10	37.5	26	7.71	19
1960	38.9	59	43	69	34.8	51	5.48	40
1959	40.8	39	45.1	44	36.5	34	7.98	16
1958	43.6	19	48.7	20	38.5	17	8.72	9
1957	32.6	80	37.9	79	27.3	80	2.41	76
1956	39	57	44.3	53	33.6	61	8.67	10
1955	39.1	55	43.6	58	34.6	54	3.35	69
1954	36	75	40.7	76	31.4	73	8.36	13
1953	44.3	14	49	17	39.6	11	12.92	1
1952	36.4	74	41.5	74	31.3	74	4.89	48
1951	36.9	72	42.2	72	31.7	72	6.80	30
1950	24.9	82	30.7	82	19.1	82	8.91	7
1949	29.9	81	37.3	80	22.6	81	0.77	81
1948	38	66	43.5	62	32.5	66	4.49	50
1947	35	76	40.9	75	29.1	78	4.20	59
1946	39.3	53	45.5	39	33.2	64	5.29	45
1945	41.9	30	47.6	24	36.2	38	4.62	49

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	47
2006	46.6
1995	46.4
2003	45.7
2015	45.1
2020	45
2019	45
2018	45
1994	44.9
1986	44.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	24.9
1949	29.9
1957	32.6
1969	33.1
1963	33.9
1980	34.8
1947	35
1954	36
1952	36.4
1972	36.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	12.92
2006	11.65
1964	9.76
1990	9.41
1967	9.32
2020	9.23
1950	8.91
2021	8.75
1958	8.72
1956	8.67

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.58
1949	0.77
1977	1.77
2025	1.92
1979	2.25
1963	2.25
1957	2.41
1981	2.42
1962	2.43
1994	2.51

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: 26°F; 25 January 2026, 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 3 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 4.27 in of precipitation in Seattle Tacoma, WA, the driest January since 2025, 27th driest of 82.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Seattle Tacoma, WA: 58°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Seattle Tacoma, WA: a low of 26°F on Sunday 25 January 2026 and Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Seattle Tacoma, WA: 0.64 in on Saturday 3 January 2026.