Seattle City, WA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 44.6°F in Seattle City, WA, the warmest January since 2018, tied 18th warmest of 132 (with 2006).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 44.6°F; Warmest since 2018; 18th warmest of 132
Precipitation: 3.19 in; Driest since 2025; 30th driest of 132

A normal January in Seattle City, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.6°F, between 39.2°F and 45.4°F in eight years of ten and 5.10 in of precipitation, between 2.83 in and 8.05 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Seattle City, WA since 1894: 44.6°F in 2026; the highest is 47.1°F, in 1953.

Normal range, 39.2 to 45.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Seattle City, WA from 1894 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	44.6	18	50.6	13	38.6	40	3.19	103	0
2025	40.6	84	47.2	47	34.1	110	2.15	124	0
2024	41.8	62	47	51	36.6	76	6.33	37	0
2023	43.5	33	48.9	23	38.1	45	4.11	84	0
2022	41.4	73	46.5	61	36.2	81	6.50	33	0
2021	43.7	30	48.6	27	38.7	38	7.61	20	0
2020	44.2	23	48.7	24	39.6	22	7.96	16	0
2019	44	26	50.9	9	37.2	67	2.87	111	0
2018	44.9	16	49.5	18	40.3	14	8.42	12	0
2017	38.7	111	44.8	90	32.5	118	3.70	94	0
2016	43.5	33	49	22	37.9	50	7.19	24	0
2015	45.4	12	50.8	10	40	17	2.66	115	0
2014	42.9	42	47.6	40	38.1	45	4.02	87	0
2013	39	107	43.6	106	34.3	106	5.27	53	0
2012	40.3	88	45.5	78	35.2	96	5.26	54	0
2011	42.6	50	47.3	44	38	47	4.85	69	0
2010	46.1	4	50.8	10	41.5	3	6.28	39	0
2009	39.7	97	44.2	100	35.3	94	3.42	99	0
2008	39.5	100	44.4	96	34.7	101	4.17	83	0
2007	39.2	103	45.1	87	33.2	114	3.29	101	0
2006	44.6	18	48.7	24	40.5	10	10.12	3	0
2005	42.8	45	48.1	34	37.5	59	3.28	102	0
2004	41.1	78	45.5	78	36.5	78	7.14	26	2
2003	45.8	7	51.5	3	40.1	16	6.74	31	0
2002	41.7	65	45.7	75	37.6	58	5.68	47	0
2001	42.5	53	48.3	32	36.8	71	3.05	107	0
2000	41	79	46.6	57	35.4	92	3.65	96	0
1998	43	40	48.1	34	38	47	8.91	7	0
1997	42	60	47	51	37.1	69	6.33	37	0
1996	41.4	73	46.1	67	36.6	76	5.61	48	0
1995	44.3	22	51.9	1	36.7	73	5.10	61	0
1994	45.6	10	50.2	14	41	9	2.20	122	0
1993	39.2	103	45.7	75	32.7	116	2.61	117	0
1992	43.2	37	48.5	28	37.9	50	7.57	21	0
1991	40.7	83	46.1	67	35.3	94	3.97	88	0
1990	43.5	33	48.1	34	38.9	31	8.72	9	0
1989	41.8	62	46.1	67	37.5	59	3.31	100	0
1988	41.3	77	46.6	57	35.9	87	4.33	75	0
1987	42.8	45	47.6	40	38	47	6.51	32	0
1986	45.3	14	51.3	6	39.3	25	10.38	2	0
1985	39.1	105	45	89	33.2	114	0.60	132	0
1984	44.5	20	49.5	18	39.6	22	2.68	114	0
1983	46	5	51.4	4	40.5	10	6.84	29	0
1982	40.8	81	44.5	94	37.2	67	4.68	70	0
1981	45.5	11	51.6	2	39.3	25	2.58	119	0
1980	36.6	119	42	117	31.2	122	4.96	66	0
1979	36.2	121	42.1	115	30.3	124	2.20	122	0
1978	43.6	32	48.5	28	38.6	40	5.57	51	0
1977	39.6	98	44.5	94	34.8	99	2.13	125	0
1976	44	26	48.1	34	39.8	19	4.33	75	0
1975	41.7	65	45.5	78	37.9	50	5.03	63	0
1974	39.3	102	44.3	99	34.3	106	8.53	11	0
1973	39.5	100	45.3	83	33.7	112	4.61	72	0
1972	38.2	114	42.2	114	34.2	108	5.15	60	0
1971	41.6	70	45.3	83	37.9	50	4.25	80	0
1970	42.9	42	46.7	55	39	28	8.11	15	0
1969	34.8	124	37.9	128	31.7	120	5.83	45	0
1968	43	40	47.1	49	38.9	31	7.39	23	0
1967	45	15	48.5	28	41.5	3	9.02	5	0
1966	43.8	28	47.3	44	40.4	13	6.40	34	0
1965	42.7	47	46.2	65	39.3	25	5.83	45	0
1964	43.4	36	47.3	44	39.5	24	8.16	14	0
1963	37.4	117	41.2	119	33.6	113	1.91	129	0
1962	41.5	71	45.7	75	37.3	66	2.50	121	0
1961	46.5	2	51.4	4	41.5	3	6.76	30	0
1960	42.2	59	45.8	73	38.5	43	5.59	50	0
1959	42.7	47	46.6	57	38.8	34	8.94	6	0
1958	46.2	3	50.2	14	42.1	2	7.62	19	0
1957	36	122	40.8	121	31.3	121	2.74	113	0
1956	41.7	65	45.8	73	37.5	59	7.82	18	0
1955	42.5	53	46	72	39	28	2.07	126	0
1954	39.1	105	43	111	35.1	98	8.64	10	0
1953	47.1	1	51.1	8	43.2	1	10.93	1	0
1952	39.8	95	43.8	105	35.7	90	4.25	80	0
1951	40.2	90	45.1	87	35.4	92	6.13	40	0
1950	28.7	132	33.4	132	24.1	132	7.50	22	0
1949	33.6	128	38.9	124	28.2	128	1.43	131	0
1948	41.4	73	46.1	67	36.7	73	3.97	88	0
1947	38.8	109	43.2	109	34.5	105	3.79	91	0
1946	43.2	37	47.5	43	38.9	31	4.45	74	0
1945	44.5	20	49.2	21	39.8	19	3.01	109	0
1944	44.1	25	49.5	18	38.8	34	3.53	98	0
1943	36.9	118	40.9	120	32.5	118	3.15	104	1
1942	42.7	47	48	38	37.5	59	2.83	112	0
1941	45.9	6	51.3	6	40.5	10	5.16	59	0
1940	45.4	12	50.7	12	40.2	15	3.10	106	0
1939	44.7	17	48.2	33	41.2	7	5.19	58	0
1938	42.5	53	47.1	49	37.9	50	3.77	92	1
1937	31.7	130	36.2	130	27.2	130	2.59	118	0
1936	44.2	23	48.4	31	39.9	18	7.18	25	0
1935	41.5	71	46.3	63	36.8	71	8.90	8	0
1934	45.7	8	49.9	17	41.5	3	5.98	44	2
1933	39.6	98	43.2	109	36.1	84	5.20	57	0
1932	38.5	113	42.4	113	34.7	101	3.55	97	1
1931	45.7	8	50.2	14	41.2	7	6.36	35	0
1930	32.8	129	37.6	129	27.9	129	2.62	116	0
1929	34.5	125	38.9	124	30.2	125	2.54	120	0
1928	42.3	58	46.7	55	37.9	50	5.21	56	0
1927	40.6	84	44.2	100	37.1	69	4.95	67	0
1926	42	60	46.6	57	37.4	63	4.67	71	0
1925	42.6	50	46.5	61	38.7	38	4.97	65	0
1924	41	79	45.2	86	36.7	73	4.10	85	0
1923	40.1	92	44.4	96	36.2	81	8.22	13	1
1922	35.5	123	39.8	123	31.2	122	1.89	130	0
1921	40.5	87	44.8	90	36.1	84	5.56	52	0
1920	40.3	88	44.6	93	35.9	87	3.92	90	0
1919	41.4	73	46.2	65	36.5	78	7.95	17	0
1918	43.7	30	47.7	39	39.7	21	2.94	110	0
1917	38.1	115	42.1	115	34	111	2.02	127	0
1916	30.9	131	35.6	131	26.3	131	4.32	77	0
1915	40.6	84	45.5	78	35.7	90	6.35	36	0
1914	43.2	37	47.6	40	38.8	34	9.82	4	0
1913	36.5	120	40.4	122	32.7	116	4.89	68	0
1912	42.6	50	47.2	47	37.9	50	4.52	73	0
1911	38	116	41.7	118	34.2	108	3.67	95	0
1910	39	107	43.3	108	34.7	101	5.08	62	0
1909	34.2	126	38.6	126	29.9	126	6.90	28	0
1908	41.7	65	46.1	67	37.4	63	4.10	85	0
1907	33.7	127	38.5	127	28.9	127	4.18	82	0
1906	42.5	53	46.3	63	38.6	40	5.03	63	0
1905	40.8	81	45.3	83	36.4	80	5.61	48	0
1904	41.8	62	45.4	82	38.2	44	4.26	78	0
1903	42.9	42	46.8	54	39	28	3.12	105	0
1902	39.8	95	44.4	96	35.2	96	5.25	55	0
1901	40.2	90	44.2	100	36.2	81	4.26	78	0
1900	43.8	28	48.7	24	38.8	34	3.04	108	0
1899	41.7	65	44.8	90	37.8	57	6.10	42	3
1898	39.9	94	43.9	103	35.9	87	1.99	128	0
1897	40	93	43.9	103	36.1	84	3.74	93	0
1896	42.4	57	46.9	53	37.4	63	7.06	27	2
1895	38.7	111	43.4	107	34.7	101	6.13	40	2
1894	38.8	109	42.7	112	34.8	99	6.01	43	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	47.1
1961	46.5
1958	46.2
2010	46.1
1983	46
1941	45.9
2003	45.8
1934	45.7
1931	45.7
1994	45.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	28.7
1916	30.9
1937	31.7
1930	32.8
1949	33.6
1907	33.7
1909	34.2
1929	34.5
1969	34.8
1922	35.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	10.93
1986	10.38
2006	10.12
1914	9.82
1967	9.02
1959	8.94
1998	8.91
1935	8.90
1990	8.72
1954	8.64

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.60
1949	1.43
1922	1.89
1963	1.91
1898	1.99
1917	2.02
1955	2.07
1977	2.13
2025	2.15
1994	2.20
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 31 January 2026, 13 January 2026
Coldest night: 26°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.50 in; 3 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.19 in of precipitation in Seattle City, WA, the driest January since 2025, 30th driest of 132.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Seattle City, WA: 58°F on Saturday 31 January 2026 and Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Seattle City, WA: a low of 26°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Seattle City, WA: 0.50 in on Saturday 3 January 2026.