Tri-Cities, WA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 36.3°F in Tri-Cities, WA, the warmest January since 2021, 35th warmest of 116.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 36.3°F; Warmest since 2021; 35th warmest of 116
Precipitation: 0.31 in; Driest since 1984; 10th driest of 118

A normal January in Tri-Cities, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.2°F, between 30.5°F and 40.1°F in eight years of ten and 1.05 in of precipitation, between 0.39 in and 1.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Tri-Cities, WA since 1895: 36.3°F in 2026; the highest is 46.5°F, in 1953.

Normal range, 30.5 to 40.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Tri-Cities, WA from 1895 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	36.3	35	43.3	37	29.3	40	0.31	109	0
2025	33.4	66	42.2	48	24.6	79	0.91	59	0
2024	31	82	37	93	25	76			0
2023	34.8	48	43	40	26.5	65	0.44	96	0
2022	31.7	77	37.4	90	26.4	68	0.53	88	2
2021	39	16	47.5	11	30.5	28	0.51	91	0
2020	40.8	5	49	6	32.5	10	1.00	52	0
2019	36.2	36	42.3	46	30.2	32	1.59	20	0
2018	38.9	18	45.4	24	32.4	12	0.97	54	0
2017	21.5	110	28.1	114	14.8	113	0.95	56	0
2016	35.1	45	41.3	59	29	42	1.19	40	0
2015	35.6	40	40.7	63	30.4	29	0.69	79	0
2014	35.5	41	41.5	54	29.4	38	0.36	103	0
2013	32.4	72	37.7	89	27.1	57	0.36	103	0
2012	33.9	56	43.7	34	24.1	84	1.01	51	0
2011	36.4	34	44	32	28.8	43	0.62	82	0
2010	39	16	46	20	31.9	15	1.46	28	0
2009	33.9	56	40.7	63	27	59	1.18	42	0
2008	30.8	84	38.6	78	23	94	1.47	26	0
2007	30.3	90	38.1	83	22.5	97	0.39	102	0
2006	41.7	4	49.4	5	34.1	5	1.59	20	0
2005	32.4	72	38.6	78	26.2	69	0.59	83	0
2004	30.5	87	36.2	97	24.8	77	1.73	15	0
2003	40.1	7	45.5	23	34.7	4	1.98	11	0
2002	38	23	46.5	16	29.6	36	0.35	105	0
2001	34.4	52	39.3	71	29.4	38	0.57	85	0
2000	35.2	44	42.3	46	28	48	1.14	45	0
1999	39.7	9	47.8	8	31.7	18	0.70	78	0
1998	37.4	27	44.6	28	30.4	29	1.30	33	1
1997	34.6	49	42.1	49	27.3	55	1.51	23	1
1996	33.3	67	40	68	26.6	64	1.43	30	0
1995	33.3	67	39.1	74	27.5	53	2.04	8	0
1994	40.1	7	47.1	12	33.2	7	1.09	47	0
1993	24.6	102	30	108	19.2	103	1.48	25	0
1992	39.4	14	45.3	25	33.6	6	0.72	75	0
1991	30.5	87	37.3	91	23.6	89	0.55	87	0
1990	42.1	3	48.1	7	36.2	3	0.53	88	0
1989	39.4	14	46.3	18	32.5	10	0.90	60	0
1988	33.8	61	40.4	67	27.1	57	0.72	75	1
1987	32.1	74	38.1	83	26	72	1.15	44	0
1986	34.3	53	41.5	54	27	59	2.16	5	0
1985	27	99	31.5	105	22.5	97	0.42	98	0
1984			42.5	44			0.23	113	8
1983			47.7	9			1.19	40	9
1982			41.1	61			0.86	63	9
1981	37.9	24	43.3	37	32.4	12	0.50	92	0
1980	27.2	98	35.1	99	19.3	102	2.26	4	0
1979	16.6	112	22.8	118	10.5	116	1.08	49	0
1978	32.8	71	38.1	83	27.5	53	1.84	13	0
1977	26.7	100	30.4	107	23	94	0.29	110	0
1976	37.2	31	44.3	30	30	33	0.69	79	0
1975	33.9	56	41.4	57	26.5	65	1.79	14	0
1974	31.7	77	38.9	76	24.4	82	1.05	50	0
1973	30.9	83	38.4	81	23.4	90	0.93	58	0
1972	34.6	49	41.9	51	27.3	55	0.45	95	0
1971	39.6	12	47.7	9	31.6	19	0.46	94	1
1970	33	70	39.2	73	26.8	63	2.44	3	0
1969	22.2	108	29.5	110	15.8	110	3.87	1	2
1968	38.4	22	46.4	17	30.4	29	0.94	57	0
1967	43.6	2	50.6	3	36.6	2	0.42	98	1
1966	37.6	26	43.5	35	31.8	16	0.87	61	0
1965	37	32	41.9	51	32.2	14	1.20	39	0
1964	39.7	9	46.6	14	32.8	9	0.23	113	0
1963	28.7	95	36.6	94	20.8	101	0.58	84	0
1962	33.5	64	41.2	60	25.9	73	0.18	118	0
1961	37.4	27	43	40	31.8	16	0.71	77	0
1960	22.7	105	29.3	111	17	108	0.74	72	3
1959	35	47	42	50	27.9	50	2.15	6	1
1958	38.6	21	46	20	31.2	23	2.06	7	0
1957	20.3	111	26.3	115	14.3	114	0.40	101	0
1956	34	55	39.5	69	27.8	51	2.00	9	1
1955	33.5	64	38.5	80	28.4	46	0.76	69	1
1954	33.8	61	40.9	62	26.2	69	0.83	65	1
1953	46.5	1	52.8	1	40.3	1	2.49	2	0
1952	28.4	96	34.6	100	22.2	100	0.75	71	0
1951	35.8	38	42.5	44	29.1	41	0.73	73	0
1950	15.3	114	23.2	117	7.4	117	1.33	32	0
1949	15.6	113	24.8	116	6.4	118	0.20	116	0
1948	33.8	61	40.7	63	26.5	65	1.50	24	2
1947	30.6	86	38	87	23.2	92	0.20	116	0
1946					27.6	52	0.78	68	31
1945	37.4	27	43.3	37	31.5	21	1.46	28	0
1944	32.1	74	39.5	69	24.6	79	0.42	98	0
1943	26.2	101	33.5	103	18.8	105	0.32	107	0
1942	24.1	103	30.5	106	17.8	107	1.12	46	0
1941	33.9	56	39.3	71	28.5	45	1.68	17	0
1940	32.1	74	37.2	92	27	59	1.71	16	0
1939	38.8	19	46.6	14	31.1	24			0
1938	35.9	37	41.9	51	30	33	0.79	67	0
1937	13.6	115	22.4	119	4.9	119	1.09	47	0
1936	36.5	33	41.4	57	31.6	19			0
1935	35.1	45	41.5	54	28.6	44	0.25	112	0
1934									6
1933	37.8	25	45.7	22	29.9	35	0.83	65	1
1932	31.3	81	37.8	88	24.8	77	0.87	61	0
1931	37.4	27	43.4	36	31.4	22	1.17	43	0
1930	12.3	116	21.5	120	3.8	120	1.23	37	1
1929	22.5	107	28.2	113	16.7	109	1.25	35	0
1928	30.3	90	34.6	100	25.9	73			2
1927	30.3	90	36.5	95	24	86	1.53	22	3
1926	35.8	38	40.6	66	31.1	24	1.61	19	2
1925					31	26			11
1924	27.5	97	35.9	98	18.9	104	0.84	64	1
1923	39.7	9	46.3	18	33.2	7	0.57	85	0
1922	21.6	109	28.6	112	14.3	114	0.43	97	1
1921	35.5	41	44.1	31	27	59	0.65	81	1
1920	31.5	79	38.7	77	24.3	83			0
1919	34.6	49	45.3	25	24.1	84	1.47	26	2
1918	38.8	19	46.8	13	30.9	27	0.96	55	0
1917	34.1	54	42.7	43	25.4	75	0.53	88	1
1916							1.99	10	11
1915	29.9	93	36.5	95	23.2	92	0.27	111	1
1914									9
1912					18.8	105	1.88	12	5
1911	33.9	56	44.9	27	22.3	99	0.49	93	2
1910	30.5	87	38.1	83	22.8	96	1.23	37	0
1909	23.7	104	31.9	104	15.5	111	0.99	53	0
1908	35.3	43	44.4	29	26.1	71	0.32	107	0
1907	22.6	106	29.7	109	15.5	111	1.25	35	0
1906			43.9	33	28	48	0.23	113	4
1904									14
1900	39.6	12	49.8	4	29.5	37	0.76	69	0
1899	33.3	67	42.8	42	24.5	81	1.65	18	3
1898	31.5	79	39.1	74	23.8	87	0.73	73	0
1897	29	94	34.5	102	23.8	87	1.30	33	2
1896	40.7	6	52.5	2	28.3	47	0.35	105	2
1895	30.8	84	38.4	81	23.4	90	1.35	31	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	46.5
1967	43.6
1990	42.1
2006	41.7
2020	40.8
1896	40.7
2003	40.1
1994	40.1
1999	39.7
1964	39.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1930	12.3
1937	13.6
1950	15.3
1949	15.6
1979	16.6
1957	20.3
2017	21.5
1922	21.6
1969	22.2
1929	22.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	3.87
1953	2.49
1970	2.44
1980	2.26
1986	2.16
1959	2.15
1958	2.06
1995	2.04
1956	2.00
1916	1.99

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1962	0.18
1949	0.20
1947	0.20
1984	0.23
1964	0.23
1906	0.23
1935	0.25
1915	0.27
1977	0.29
2026	0.31

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 12 January 2026
Coldest night: 13°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.19 in; 1 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.31 in of precipitation in Tri-Cities, WA, the driest January since 1984 (2024 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), 10th driest of 118.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Tri-Cities, WA: 64°F on Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Tri-Cities, WA: a low of 13°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Tri-Cities, WA: 0.19 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.