Wallops Island, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 34.8°F in Wallops Island, VA, the coldest January since 2025, tied 20th coldest of 60 (with 1976).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 34.8°F; Coldest since 2025; 20th coldest of 60
Precipitation: 2.40 in; Driest since 2012; 19th driest of 63

A normal January in Wallops Island, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.7°F, between 33.1°F and 42.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.00 in of precipitation, between 1.78 in and 4.25 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Wallops Island, VA since 1967: 34.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 25.7°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 33.1 to 42.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Wallops Island, VA from 1949 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	34.8	40	43.9	34	25.8	43	2.40	45	0
2025	33.4	46	41.1	47	25.6	46	2.67	37	0
2024	40.6	15	49.1	12	32.1	16	4.28	9	0
2023	44	1	53.1	1	34.9	3	2.53	42	0
2022	35.1	37	44.3	31	25.9	42	5.24	6	0
2021	38.7	21	46.5	23	31	21	3.52	23	0
2020	42.3	7	50.8	7	33.8	6	3.58	20	0
2019	39.1	20	48.5	16	29.7	25	4.20	10	0
2018	35	38	43.9	34	26.1	41	3.67	16	0
2017	41.4	11	48.6	15	34.1	5	4.79	7	0
2016	37.2	28	46.3	24	28.2	32	2.62	40	0
2015	35.2	35	43.5	38	27	38	4.73	8	0
2014	33.4	46	43.7	36	23	56	2.96	33	0
2013	40.4	16	49	14	31.8	18	3.61	19	0
2012	42.4	6	52.3	3	32.5	13	2.12	50	0
2011	33.2	48	40.6	49	25.8	43	3.04	28	0
2010	34.7	42	41.8	43	27.5	35	2.92	34	0
2009	33.5	44	41.5	44	25.6	46	1.87	54	0
2008	38.1	23	46.9	22	29.3	28	1.69	58	0
2007	41.6	10	50.4	8	32.7	11	2.19	48	0
2006	43.7	2	51.8	4	35.5	2	2.72	36	0
2005	37.3	27	45	27	29.6	26	3.93	14	0
2004	32.4	51	40.3	52	24.5	50	2.10	52	0
2003	31.5	54	38.9	56	24.2	51	1.48	61	0
2002	42.2	8	51.5	5	32.8	10	3.04	28	0
2001	36.3	31	44.9	28	27.7	33	1.78	56	0
2000	35.2	35	43.4	41	27.1	36	3.64	17	0
1999	41.1	12	50.4	8	31.7	19	3.56	22	0
1998	42.6	5	50.3	10	34.9	3	7.34	1	0
1997	37.2	28	45.4	26	29	29	2.12	50	0
1996	35.4	34	43.6	37	27.1	36	4.08	12	0
1995	40.2	18	47.7	21	32.7	11	2.61	41	0
1994	32.1	53	41.3	45	22.9	57	2.67	37	0
1993	41	13	48.5	16	33.5	9	3.42	24	0
1992	38.7	21	48	20	29.5	27	1.74	57	0
1991	39.7	19	49.1	12	30.3	22	4.20	10	0
1990	43.4	3	53.1	1	33.6	7	3.05	27	0
1989	41.7	9	51	6	32.4	14	1.51	60	0
1988	32.8	50	41.3	45	24.2	51	3.29	26	0
1987	36	32	43.5	38	28.6	30	6.86	2	0
1986	34.9	39	44	33	25.7	45	3.85	15	0
1985	31.2	55	39.2	53	23.3	54	2.82	35	0
1984	32.3	52	39.2	53	25.4	49	3.63	18	0
1983	38.1	23	44.9	28	31.4	20	2.99	32	0
1982	31.2	55	39.2	53	23.2	55	3.30	25	0
1981	30.4	58	37.8	58	22.9	57	0.88	63	0
1980	37.8	26	45.6	25	30.1	23	3.57	21	0
1979	36	32	43.5	38	28.5	31	6.79	3	0
1978	33.5	44	40.6	49	26.5	40	6.14	4	0
1977	25.7	60	32.6	60	18.7	60	3.02	31	0
1976	34.8	40	42	42	27.6	34	2.27	47	0
1975	40.3	17	48.3	18	32.4	14	5.29	5	0
1974	43	4	49.6	11	36.4	1	3.96	13	0
1973	37.2	28	44.6	30	29.9	24	2.67	37	0
1972	40.9	14	48.2	19	33.6	7	3.04	28	0
1971	33	49	40.5	51	25.5	48	2.14	49	0
1970	29.6	59	36.7	59	22.5	59	2.41	44	0
1969	34	43	40.9	48	27	38	1.82	55	0
1968	31	57	38.2	57	23.7	53	2.47	43	0
1967	38.1	23	44.2	32	32.1	16	2.39	46	0
1951							1.19	62	31
1950							1.61	59	31
1949							1.96	53	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	44
2006	43.7
1990	43.4
1974	43
1998	42.6
2012	42.4
2020	42.3
2002	42.2
1989	41.7
2007	41.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	25.7
1970	29.6
1981	30.4
1968	31
1985	31.2
1982	31.2
2003	31.5
1994	32.1
1984	32.3
2004	32.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	7.34
1987	6.86
1979	6.79
1978	6.14
1975	5.29
2022	5.24
2017	4.79
2015	4.73
2024	4.28
2019	4.20
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.88
1951	1.19
2003	1.48
1989	1.51
1950	1.61
2008	1.69
1992	1.74
2001	1.78
1969	1.82
2009	1.87

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 12°F; 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.52 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.40 in of precipitation in Wallops Island, VA, the driest January since 2012, 19th driest of 63.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Wallops Island, VA: 64°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Wallops Island, VA: a low of 12°F on Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Wallops Island, VA: 1.52 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.