Springfield, MO: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 31°F in Springfield, MO, the coldest January since 2025, 42nd coldest of 139.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 31°F; Coldest since 2025; 42nd coldest of 139
Precipitation: 1.06 in; Driest since 2016; 36th driest of 139

A normal January in Springfield, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.6°F, between 29.1°F and 38.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.59 in of precipitation, between 0.86 in and 4.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Springfield, MO since 1888: 31°F in 2026; the lowest is 16.1°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 29.1 to 38.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Springfield, MO from 1888 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	31	98	42.4	81	19.6	111	1.06	104	0
2025	30	108	40	102	20	105	1.83	69	0
2024	30.3	104	39.2	114	21.4	96	2.43	51	0
2023	39	11	48.5	14	29.5	12	2.82	39	0
2022	32	88	43.7	57	20.2	102	1.56	78	0
2021	35.4	45	43	67	27.7	30	4.19	15	0
2020	36.8	28	45.3	37	28.4	22	5.90	7	0
2019	34.3	57	42.8	73	25.7	52	2.71	42	0
2018	31.7	93	43.3	63	20.2	102	1.96	64	0
2017	39	11	49.3	8	28.8	19	4.07	17	0
2016	34.2	58	44.3	51	24.1	68	0.92	112	0
2015	34.6	53	45.7	34	23.5	78	0.81	117	0
2014	29	117	40.9	92	17.2	126	1.29	97	0
2013	36.7	30	47.4	22	25.9	48	3.06	35	0
2012	38.1	14	50.1	7	26.1	43	0.95	110	0
2011	29.8	110	39.9	103	19.7	110	0.26	135	0
2010	28	123	35.9	130	20.1	104	2.52	48	0
2009	30.5	100	41.1	90	19.9	108	1.31	96	0
2008	33.5	71	44.4	47	22.5	89	3.52	24	0
2007	32.5	84	41.1	90	23.9	72	4.25	14	0
2006	43.9	2	55.5	1	32.2	4	1.75	72	0
2005	36.7	30	45.3	37	28.1	24	6.70	4	0
2004	32.8	81	42.5	78	23.1	85	3.88	21	0
2003	28.7	119	39.6	109	17.9	123	0.43	131	0
2002	35.2	48	47	26	23.5	78	3.47	25	0
2001	30.8	99	39.9	103	21.6	94	1.45	87	0
2000	34.7	52	44.8	41	24.7	58	1.16	100	0
1999	35.1	49	44.1	54	26.1	43	3.95	19	0
1998	38.1	14	45.8	32	30.3	9	2.67	45	0
1997	29.1	115	39.8	107	18.3	121	1.39	91	0
1996	30.4	102	40.9	92	19.9	108	3.70	23	0
1995	33.6	68	42.9	70	24.4	63	3.99	18	0
1994	30.1	107	38	117	22.2	91	1.40	90	0
1993	33.4	73	42.3	83	24.6	60	2.82	39	0
1992	37.6	21	47.5	20	27.8	27	0.87	115	0
1991	30.5	100	37.6	120	23.4	82	3.00	37	0
1990	41.3	4	53.3	2	29.3	16	5.26	10	0
1989	39.6	7	50.7	5	28.5	21	1.60	75	0
1988	29.6	111	40.4	96	18.8	118	1.34	94	0
1987	32.7	82	40.9	92	24.4	63	2.07	62	0
1986	36.5	34	48.9	11	24.2	66	0.09	137	0
1985	24.4	131	33.4	131	15.4	130	1.55	79	0
1984	29.4	113	39.9	103	18.9	116	1.08	103	0
1983	34.9	51	43.2	64	26.6	38	0.77	118	0
1982	26.1	128	36.9	124	15.4	130	4.51	11	0
1981	33.6	68	44.7	43	22.5	89	1.10	102	0
1980	36.5	34	45.3	37	27.6	31	0.85	116	0
1979	17.5	138	26.7	138	8.4	138	2.35	55	0
1978	19.7	135	28.5	136	11	135	1.54	81	0
1977	18.9	136	29.1	135	8.6	137	1.54	81	0
1976	32.6	83	43.6	59	21.5	95	0.52	126	0
1975	36.4	36	47.4	22	25.4	54	3.95	19	0
1974	32.9	78	42.6	76	23.1	85	2.12	60	0
1973	33.1	77	42.4	81	23.9	72	4.41	12	0
1972	32.9	78	44.4	47	21.4	96	0.45	129	0
1971	31.4	94	42.8	73	20	105	1.23	98	0
1970	25.8	129	36.1	127	15.5	129	0.58	124	0
1969	33.4	73	43	67	23.8	74	3.33	29	0
1968	33.2	75	42.5	78	24	70	3.07	34	0
1967	35	50	48.4	15	21.7	93	1.17	99	0
1966	29	117	40.2	98	17.8	124	1.59	76	0
1965	36.2	38	47.8	18	24.5	61	2.47	49	0
1964	37	25	50.6	6	23.4	82	0.53	125	0
1963	25.3	130	37.1	123	13.6	134	0.59	123	0
1962	27	126	37.5	121	16.5	128	2.03	63	0
1961	31.2	97	43.6	59	18.8	118	0.08	138	0
1960	34.6	53	43.2	64	26.1	43	0.95	110	0
1959	29.5	112	39.8	107	19.2	113	1.79	71	0
1958	33.5	71	42.6	76	24.5	61	0.90	113	0
1957	29.1	115	37.7	119	20.4	100	1.48	85	0
1956	30.2	105	39.6	109	20.9	99	1.00	105	0
1955	34.2	58	43	67	25.3	55	0.47	128	0
1954	33.7	67	44.1	54	23.4	82	1.64	74	0
1953	37.6	21	47	26	28.2	23	1.90	68	0
1952	37.3	23	47.4	22	27.2	33	0.97	109	0
1951	33.6	68	44.2	53	23	87	2.39	53	0
1950	37.2	24	48.6	13	25.8	51	6.77	3	0
1949	32	88	39.5	112	24.4	63	4.18	16	0
1948	26.8	127	36.3	126	17.4	125	0.44	130	0
1947	35.7	42	44.8	41	26.6	38	0.52	126	0
1946	34	61	43.1	66	25.5	53	2.65	46	2
1945	32	88	40.4	96	23.6	75	0.88	114	0
1944	36.4	36	46	30	26.8	37	0.98	107	0
1943	32.9	78	44.7	43	21.1	98	0.07	139	0
1942	31.4	94	42.5	78	20.3	101	1.55	79	0
1941	36.8	28	44.7	43	28.9	17	2.82	39	0
1940	16.1	139	25.4	139	6.7	139	0.71	121	0
1939	40.8	5	49	10	32.5	3	2.70	43	0
1938	35.8	41	44.6	46	26.9	35	3.14	33	0
1937	30.2	105	38.5	116	22	92	6.94	2	0
1936	28.1	122	36.1	127	20	105	0.17	136	0
1935	35.3	47	43.7	57	27	34	2.43	51	0
1934	37.9	19	46.3	28	29.4	13	1.42	88	0
1933	44.3	1	53	3	35.6	1	2.68	44	0
1932	38.9	13	47.2	25	30.5	7	3.79	22	0
1931	38.1	14	45.7	34	30.5	7	0.63	122	0
1930	23.8	133	32.3	133	15.3	132	5.27	9	0
1929	29.4	113	39.6	109	19.1	115	2.53	47	0
1928	37	25	46.1	29	27.9	26	0.72	120	0
1927	34.4	55	42.3	83	26.4	40	3.47	25	0
1926	34	61	42.1	85	26	46	2.28	58	0
1925	33.2	75	41.7	88	24.7	58	1.58	77	0
1924	28.4	120	38	117	18.8	118	1.50	83	0
1923	42.7	3	51.2	4	34.2	2	3.43	27	0
1922	31.8	92	40.1	101	23.5	78	1.38	92	0
1921	39.8	6	47.6	19	32.1	5	1.36	93	0
1920	31.4	94	39.3	113	23.6	75	2.36	54	0
1919	36.6	33	45.4	36	27.8	27	0.34	132	0
1918	18.4	137	27	137	9.8	136	1.96	64	0
1917	36	40	45.8	32	26.3	41	1.46	86	0
1916	33.8	66	43.4	61	24.2	66	9.31	1	0
1915	32.1	87	40.2	98	24.1	68	2.35	55	0
1914	39.5	8	48.7	12	30.3	9	1.80	70	0
1913	34.1	60	44.3	51	24	70	3.40	28	0
1912	23.7	134	32.8	132	14.6	133	1.00	105	0
1911	38	17	48.1	17	27.8	27	0.28	134	0
1910	34.4	55	42.9	70	25.9	48	0.98	107	0
1909	34	61	42	86	25.9	48	1.71	73	0
1908	33.9	64	42.9	70	24.9	56	2.20	59	0
1907	39.3	9	48.4	15	30.2	11	6.41	6	0
1906	36.7	30	46	30	27.4	32	4.29	13	0
1905	24.4	131	32.3	133	16.6	127	3.21	32	0
1904	32.3	86	41.8	87	22.9	88	3.32	30	0
1903	33.9	64	41.6	89	26.2	42	1.32	95	0
1902	32.4	85	39.9	103	24.8	57	1.12	101	0
1901	38	17	47.5	20	28.6	20	0.73	119	0
1900	36.9	27	44.4	47	29.4	13	1.96	64	0
1899	32	88	40.5	95	23.5	78	1.94	67	0
1898	37.7	20	44.4	47	31	6	3.06	35	0
1897	30.4	102	37.2	122	23.6	75	6.47	5	0
1896	35.4	45	42.7	75	28.1	24	1.50	83	0
1895	27.6	124	36	129	19.2	113	2.33	57	0
1894	35.6	43	45.2	40	26	46	2.88	38	0
1893	29.9	109	40.2	98	19.5	112	0.34	132	0
1892	27.6	124	36.4	125	18.9	116	3.23	31	0
1891	36.1	39	43.4	61	28.9	17	2.10	61	0
1890	39.3	9	49.2	9	29.4	13	5.51	8	0
1889	35.5	44	44.1	54	26.9	35	2.45	50	0
1888	28.4	120	38.6	115	18.1	122	1.42	88	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	44.3
2006	43.9
1923	42.7
1990	41.3
1939	40.8
1921	39.8
1989	39.6
1914	39.5
1907	39.3
1890	39.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	16.1
1979	17.5
1918	18.4
1977	18.9
1978	19.7
1912	23.7
1930	23.8
1985	24.4
1905	24.4
1963	25.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1916	9.31
1937	6.94
1950	6.77
2005	6.70
1897	6.47
1907	6.41
2020	5.90
1890	5.51
1930	5.27
1990	5.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	0.07
1961	0.08
1986	0.09
1936	0.17
2011	0.26
1911	0.28
1919	0.34
1893	0.34
2003	0.43
1948	0.44

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: -11°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.52 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.06 in of precipitation in Springfield, MO, the driest January since 2016, 36th driest of 139.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Springfield, MO: 68°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Springfield, MO: a low of -11°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Springfield, MO: 0.52 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.