Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 30.6°F in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the coldest January since 2025, tied 25th coldest of 65 (with 1965).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 30.6°F; Coldest since 2025; 25th coldest of 65
Precipitation: 3.18 in; Wettest since 2024; 19th wettest of 64

A normal January in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.7°F, between 28.4°F and 39.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.68 in of precipitation, between 1.75 in and 4.56 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA since 1962: 30.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 20.9°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 28.4 to 39.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA from 1962 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	30.6	40	39.8	40	21.5	40	3.18	19
2025	30.4	42	38.6	45	22.1	36	1.99	48
2024	36.9	13	45.5	14	28.3	12	6.00	3
2023	42.3	1	50.9	3	33.8	1	1.36	58
2022	31.4	37	40.1	39	22.8	33	3.90	14
2021	35.5	18	43.8	24	27.3	15	1.88	49
2020	38.9	8	47.6	7	30.2	7	3.33	16
2019	32.4	33	41.1	35	23.7	27	3.96	13
2018	32.4	33	43.3	26	21.4	41	1.79	52
2017	39.4	5	46.7	9	32.1	2	2.73	26
2016	31.5	36	41.5	32	21.4	41	4.47	9
2015	29.7	46	38.1	47	21.3	43	3.26	17
2014	27.2	60	36.9	55	17.5	58	2.69	28
2013	37.4	11	46	13	28.7	11	3.70	15
2012	37.7	9	47.8	6	27.7	14	1.85	51
2011	30	43	37.8	51	22.1	36	1.87	50
2010	33.4	27	41.5	32	25.3	22	2.01	47
2009	29.6	47	38	50	21.2	44	2.64	32
2008	35.5	18	44.4	21	26.5	18	1.26	60
2007	39.1	6	47.5	8	30.7	5	2.11	44
2006	41.8	2	51.5	1	32.1	2	2.39	36
2005	34.7	22	42.6	29	26.9	16	3.14	20
2004	28	55	36	60	19.9	51	1.41	56
2003	28.4	50	35.8	61	21	45	2.69	28
2002	39.1	6	49.2	4	29	10	1.22	61
2001	32	35	41.5	32	22.6	34	2.54	33
2000	32.5	30	41.8	30	23.2	31	2.50	34
1999	34.9	21	45.1	18	24.7	23	5.39	7
1998	40.1	4	48.3	5	31.9	4	5.43	6
1997	32.5	30	41.6	31	23.4	30	2.16	42
1996	30	43	39	42	20.9	46	5.61	4
1995	37.1	12	44.7	19	29.6	8	4.18	11
1994	26	62	34.5	63	17.6	57	4.12	12
1993	36.7	14	45.3	16	28.2	13	2.72	27
1992	35	20	45.4	15	24.6	24	2.13	43
1991	34	24	44.1	23	23.9	26	2.67	30
1990	40.8	3	51.3	2	30.3	6	3.14	20
1989	36.3	16	46.6	10	26	21	2.65	31
1988	27.6	57	38.1	47	17.1	61	2.47	35
1987	31.1	38	40.5	37	21.8	38	4.53	8
1986	32.5	30	43.2	27	21.8	38	1.58	54
1985	28.1	53	37.7	52	18.5	54	2.32	37
1984	25.8	63	35.7	62	15.8	63	1.42	55
1983	34.7	22	43	28	26.3	19	1.40	57
1982	26.1	61	36.2	57	16.1	62	2.10	45
1981	27.8	56	38.1	47	17.5	58	0.40	64
1980	32.7	29	40.7	36	24.6	24	2.95	23
1979	31.1	38	38.7	44	23.6	29	6.61	1
1978	27.3	59	36.1	59	18.5	54	6.55	2
1977	20.9	65	30.8	65	11.1	65	1.10	63
1976	27.5	58	36.5	56	18.5	54	2.81	24
1975	34	24	44.2	22	23.7	27	2.76	25
1974	37.7	9	46.2	12	29.3	9	3.07	22
1973	33.6	26	44.6	20	22.6	34	2.25	41
1972	35.7	17	45.2	17	26.3	19	2.28	39
1971	28.5	49	37.5	53	19.5	52	2.27	40
1970	23.9	64	34.4	64	13.4	64	1.32	59
1969	29.3	48	38.6	45	20.1	50	2.07	46
1968	28.1	53	38.9	43	17.4	60	2.31	38
1967	36.6	15	46.5	11	26.6	17	1.12	62
1966	28.4	50	36.2	57	20.6	49	4.22	10
1965	30.6	40	40.5	37	20.8	47	3.24	18
1964	33.4	27	43.8	24	23	32	5.56	5
1963	28.4	50	37.2	54	19.5	52
1962	30	43	39.2	41	20.8	47	1.72	53

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	42.3
2006	41.8
1990	40.8
1998	40.1
2017	39.4
2007	39.1
2002	39.1
2020	38.9
2012	37.7
1974	37.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	20.9
1970	23.9
1984	25.8
1994	26
1982	26.1
2014	27.2
1978	27.3
1976	27.5
1988	27.6
1981	27.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	6.61
1978	6.55
2024	6.00
1996	5.61
1964	5.56
1998	5.43
1999	5.39
1987	4.53
2016	4.47
1966	4.22

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.40
1977	1.10
1967	1.12
2002	1.22
2008	1.26
1970	1.32
2023	1.36
1983	1.40
2004	1.41
1984	1.42

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.84 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.18 in of precipitation in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the wettest January since 2024, 19th wettest of 64.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 62°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: a low of 3°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 1.84 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.