Topeka, KS: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 28.5°F in Topeka, KS, the coldest January since 2025, tied 58th coldest of 139 (with 1980 and 1950).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 28.5°F; Coldest since 2025; 58th coldest of 139
Precipitation: 1.58 in; Wettest since 2025; 25th wettest of 139

A normal January in Topeka, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.4°F, between 25.1°F and 34.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.82 in of precipitation, between 0.24 in and 1.52 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Topeka, KS since 1888: 28.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 11.8°F, in 1979.

Normal range, 25.1 to 34.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Topeka, KS 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
2026	28.5	80	40.2	56	16.8	94	1.58	25
2025	22.6	122	33.4	117	11.7	126	2.14	14
2024	26.6	94	35.2	105	18	80	2.25	12
2023	34.3	18	44.4	21	24.2	20	1.15	45
2022	30.5	55	43.1	28	18	80	0.52	92
2021	34.8	15	44	22	25.6	11	2.32	11
2020	33.4	24	42.7	32	24.1	21	1.64	23
2019	29.6	65	38.8	72	20.4	56	1.66	22
2018	29.4	67	41	47	17.7	86	0.94	56
2017	33.4	24	43.7	24	23	33	1.28	36
2016	30.9	52	40.6	50	21.2	48	0.90	59
2015	31.5	41	44.7	15	18.3	79	1.12	47
2014	27.5	92	39.8	62	15.1	106	0.37	107
2013	34.5	17	46	13	22.9	34	0.55	87
2012	36.4	10	50.1	3	22.7	37	0.02	137
2011	24.2	113	35.2	105	13.2	121	1.26	37
2010	24.5	111	31.2	124	17.9	82	0.45	99
2009	29.5	66	41.7	40	17.3	91	0.12	125
2008	28.7	75	39.4	64	17.9	82	0.65	81
2007	29.4	67	39	70	19.8	65	0.67	80
2006	41	2	53.1	1	28.9	2	0.48	97
2005	29.1	70	36.6	94	21.7	44	2.50	8
2004	27.6	90	37.5	86	17.8	84	0.84	65
2003	28.7	75	40.1	57	17.4	90	0.50	94
2002	34.6	16	46.5	12	22.6	40	1.51	28
2001	30.3	58	40.1	57	20.4	56	1.22	40
2000	32.3	34	43.4	26	21.2	48	0.19	117
1999	28.6	79	37.4	87	19.8	65	1.17	44
1998	32.4	32	41.3	45	23.5	26	0.79	68
1997	26.2	99	37.9	84	14.5	112	0.24	114
1996	24.5	111	34.5	110	14.5	112	0.76	71
1995	29.3	69	38.8	72	19.8	65	1.49	30
1994	26	100	35	107	17.1	92	0.42	103
1993	26.4	98	34.1	112	18.7	75	1.11	49
1992	37.2	7	47.5	10	26.9	9	0.89	61
1991	25.2	108	34.9	108	15.5	103	0.76	71
1990	37.3	6	49.8	4	24.7	16	1.22	40
1989	38	5	49.5	5	26.4	10	1.24	38
1988	28	87	38.6	75	17.5	87	2.04	15
1987	29.7	64	38.7	74	20.7	54	1.09	50
1986	35.8	12	48.6	7	22.9	34	trace	139
1985	19.9	130	30.6	127	9.2	130	0.70	77
1984	26	100	35.3	104	16.6	96	0.11	126
1983	32.5	30	39.6	63	25.3	12	0.69	79
1982	21.9	125	31.8	122	11.9	124	1.67	21
1981	31.4	44	42.9	29	19.8	65	0.32	110
1980	28.5	80	38.5	77	18.6	76	1.34	32
1979	11.8	139	21.8	139	1.7	139	1.81	19
1978	17.3	132	26.5	134	8	134	0.19	117
1977	15.1	137	26.3	135	4	138	0.90	59
1976	27.8	88	39	70	16.5	97	0.41	104
1975	30.6	53	40.9	48	20.4	56	1.50	29
1974	22.3	123	31.7	123	12.8	123	0.99	54
1973	27.5	92	36.5	95	18.4	77	2.67	5
1972	25.6	105	36.3	96	14.9	107	0.47	98
1971	24	115	32.3	120	15.8	101	1.20	42
1970	23.3	120	32.8	118	13.7	117	0.19	117
1969	25.7	104	34	114	17.5	87	0.84	65
1968	26.6	94	36.7	92	16.4	99	0.89	61
1967	31.5	41	42.7	32	20.3	61	1.06	52
1966	26	100	36.2	98	15.8	101	0.16	121
1965	31	50	42.1	36	19.9	64	1.60	24
1964	34.2	19	48.1	9	20.3	61	0.54	89
1963	18	131	27.5	131	8.4	133	0.56	86
1962	21.2	127	31.2	124	11.2	129	1.99	16
1961	28.8	72	42.7	32	14.9	107	0.07	131
1960	28.2	84	36.8	90	19.5	69	1.09	50
1959	23.9	117	33.8	116	14.1	116	0.77	70
1958	30.5	55	40.6	50	20.4	56	1.32	34
1957	23.1	121	32.7	119	13.5	118	0.35	108
1956	25.6	105	35.8	102	15.5	103	0.75	73
1955	31.1	48	41.1	46	21.1	50	1.34	32
1954	27.6	90	39.1	69	16.1	100	0.06	134
1953	33.8	23	43.6	25	23.9	22	0.10	128
1952	31.9	38	42.9	29	21	52	0.24	114
1951	29	71	40.1	57	17.8	84	1.00	53
1950	28.5	80	39.9	61	17.1	92	0.84	65
1949	23.4	119	32	121	14.8	109	5.24	1
1948	23.7	118	34.1	112	13.4	120	0.49	96
1947	33	29	42.5	35	23.6	25	0.85	63
1946	33.4	24	42	37	24.8	15	1.98	17
1945	31.5	41	38.5	77	24.4	18	0.44	100
1944	36	11	44.5	17	27.5	6	0.54	89
1943	28.1	86	37.8	85	18.4	77	0.15	122
1942	31	50	40.5	52	21.5	46	0.11	126
1941	31.8	39	38.6	75	24.9	14	3.79	2
1940	13.8	138	22	138	5.6	137	1.32	34
1939	38.5	4	48.2	8	28.8	3	0.70	77
1938	32.1	37	41.5	42	22.7	37	1.14	46
1937	22.1	124	30.8	126	13.5	118	1.82	18
1936	21.3	126	29.6	129	12.9	122	1.73	20
1935	32.2	36	41.6	41	22.7	37	0.85	63
1934	35.1	14	44.9	14	25.3	12	0.29	112
1933	41.3	1	52.5	2	30.2	1	0.17	120
1932	30.3	58	38	83	22.6	40	0.78	69
1931	37.1	8	46.7	11	27.5	6	0.55	87
1930	16.7	136	24.9	137	8.6	132	0.91	58
1929	21	128	30.4	128	11.6	127	2.42	9
1928	33.4	24	42.8	31	23.9	22	0.02	137
1927	30.5	55	39.3	67	21.8	43	0.73	74
1926	31.3	46	39.4	64	23.1	30	1.12	47
1925	26.5	97	36.3	96	16.7	95	0.28	113
1924	24.6	110	34.9	108	14.3	114	0.61	84
1923	38.6	3	49.1	6	28.1	5	0.07	131
1922	28.7	75	38.4	80	19	74	0.34	109
1921	36.6	9	44.5	17	28.8	3	1.55	27
1920	30	61	38.4	80	21.5	46	0.24	114
1919	32.5	30	42	37	23.1	30	0.06	134
1918	17.2	133	26.7	133	7.7	135	0.51	93
1917	31.2	47	41.8	39	20.6	55	0.31	111
1916	24.8	109	34.2	111	15.4	105	2.69	4
1915	27.8	88	36	101	19.5	69	1.23	39
1914	35.7	13	44.5	17	27	8	0.07	131
1913	28.8	72	38.5	77	19.1	73	0.50	94
1912	17.1	134	25.4	136	8.9	131	0.14	123
1911	32.3	34	41.4	43	23.3	28	0.54	89
1910	28.8	72	36.7	92	20.9	53	2.42	9
1909	28.2	84	37	88	19.5	69	0.44	100
1908	34	22	44.7	15	23.3	28	0.09	129
1907	30	61	38.3	82	21.7	44	3.08	3
1906	34.2	19	43.9	23	24.5	17	0.63	82
1905	20	129	28.5	130	11.5	128	0.98	55
1904	26.6	94	35.7	103	17.5	87	0.92	57
1903	31.1	48	39.4	64	22.9	34	0.44	100
1902	30.3	58	40.3	55	20.4	56	1.56	26
1901	33.1	28	43.2	27	23.1	30	0.13	124
1900	34.1	21	44.5	17	23.7	24	0.09	129
1899	30.6	53	40	60	21.1	50	0.39	106
1898	31.8	39	39.3	67	24.3	19	2.18	13
1897	28.4	83	36.8	90	20	63	1.45	31
1896	32.4	32	41.4	43	23.4	27	0.41	104
1895	25.5	107	36.2	98	14.7	110	0.57	85
1894	29.9	63	40.5	52	19.2	72	0.72	75
1893	24.1	114	34	114	14.2	115	0.06	134
1892	24	115	36.2	98	11.8	125	1.18	43
1891	31.4	44	40.4	54	22.5	42	2.58	6
1890	25.8	103	36.9	89	14.7	110	2.54	7
1889	28.7	75	40.9	48	16.5	97	0.63	82
1888	17	135	27.4	132	6.6	136	0.72	75

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	41.3
2006	41
1923	38.6
1939	38.5
1989	38
1990	37.3
1992	37.2
1931	37.1
1921	36.6
2012	36.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	11.8
1940	13.8
1977	15.1
1930	16.7
1888	17
1912	17.1
1918	17.2
1978	17.3
1963	18
1985	19.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	5.24
1941	3.79
1907	3.08
1916	2.69
1973	2.67
1891	2.58
1890	2.54
2005	2.50
1929	2.42
1910	2.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	trace
2012	0.02
1928	0.02
1954	0.06
1919	0.06
1893	0.06
1961	0.07
1923	0.07
1914	0.07
1908	0.09
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: -7°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.12 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.58 in of precipitation in Topeka, KS, the wettest January since 2025, 25th wettest of 139.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Topeka, KS: 69°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Topeka, KS: a low of -7°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Topeka, KS: 1.12 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.