Wheeling, WV: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 24.5°F in Wheeling, WV, the coldest January since 2014, 18th coldest of 115.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 24.5°F; Coldest since 2014; 18th coldest of 115
Precipitation: 1.01 in; Driest since 2025; 7th driest of 125

A normal January in Wheeling, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 30.4°F, between 22.5°F and 35.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.80 in of precipitation, between 1.48 in and 4.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Wheeling, WV since 1900: 24.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 14.5°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 22.5 to 35.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Wheeling, WV from 1880 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	24.5	98	32.4	106	16.6	98	1.01	119	0
2025	25	92	31.3	109	18.7	83	0.44	125	0
2024	32.9	31	38.3	62	27.5	16	4.02	22	0
2023	39.1	5	44.6	18	33.7	1	3.06	49	0
2022	25.6	91	33.5	98	17.7	93	2.05	82	0
2021	31.6	43	37.1	77	26.2	23	1.38	109	0
2020	36.4	13	43.4	22	29.4	8	2.81	57	0
2019	29.2	63	37	78	21.4	57	2.04	83	0
2018	26.6	87	35	90	18.3	86	3.19	43	0
2017	35.1	19	42	35	28.3	14	3.61	27	0
2016	28.3	73	36.5	80	20	74	1.22	112	0
2015	26	90	33.3	100	18.7	83	2.02	85	0
2014	22.5	106	31.8	107	13.2	116	1.48	106	1
2013	32.4	37	39.1	52	25.6	28	2.14	80	0
2012	32.8	32	40.9	41	24.7	32	3.21	42	0
2011	24.7	95	31.2	110	18.2	87	1.61	100	0
2010	26.1	89	31.4	108	20.8	69	3.02	51	0
2009	23.3	105	30.8	112	15.8	107	2.78	58	0
2008	31.2	49	38.7	59	23.7	36	1.74	94	0
2007	33.1	28	40.2	47	25.9	27	3.46	33	0
2006	39.8	3	47.4	6	32.1	3	3.92	23	0
2005	31.3	47	39	53	23.5	38	5.94	5	1
2004	22.5	106	29.9	115	15.1	110	4.67	18	0
2003	22.2	109	28	118	16.3	101	1.53	104	0
2002	35.7	17	42.8	26	28.6	12	1.48	106	0
2001	28.7	67	34.7	92	22.8	47	1.37	110	0
2000	28.3	73	36.2	82	20.5	71	1.61	100	0
1999	31.6	43	40.6	45	22.5	52	5.36	11	0
1998	38.2	7	45.7	13	31	6	3.61	27	2
1997	29.6	60	37.6	70	21.2	60	2.41	70	1
1996	28.7	67	37.2	72	20	74	4.94	15	1
1995	31.1	50	38.8	57	23.4	40	2.17	78	0
1994	22	111	29.8	116	14.3	113	5.25	12	0
1993	35.3	18	42.4	32	28.5	13	2.86	56	1
1992	31.1	50	39.8	49	22.6	49	2.19	77	1
1991	31.5	45	39.2	51	23.8	35	3.22	41	1
1990	37.6	9	46.2	10	29	11	3.19	43	0
1989	36.6	12	46.2	10	27.2	17	2.01	86	1
1988	27.4	81	37.2	72	17.7	93	1.75	92	0
1987					23.2	43	0.89	121	5
1986					22.9	46	2.21	76	6
1985					16.2	102	0.76	123	8
1984	27.9	79	35	90	19.6	80	1.52	105	3
1982			34.1	95	14.4	112	2.58	65	4
1981	24.4	99	32.6	103	16.1	103	0.54	124	0
1980	30.1	55	36.9	79	23.3	42	1.59	102	0
1979	24.3	100	31	111	17.3	97			1
1978	22.5	106	29.5	117	15.5	109	4.68	17	0
1977	14.5	115	22.6	121	6.4	122	1.03	117	0
1976	26.4	88	34.6	93	18.2	87	4.41	19	0
1975	34.6	20	42.7	28	26.5	19	3.54	31	0
1974	37	10	44.9	16	29.1	10	3.41	36	0
1973	31.7	42	41.8	37	21.6	55	2.00	88	0
1972	31.9	41	42.7	28	21.1	62	2.04	83	0
1971	26.7	86	35.9	83	17.4	96	1.74	94	0
1970	23.4	104	32.5	104	14.3	113	1.06	116	0
1969	29.1	64	38.3	62	19.8	78	2.54	66	0
1968	24.1	101	35.4	85	12.7	117	2.91	54	0
1967	34.5	21	45.7	13	23.2	43	1.02	118	0
1966	25	92	33.8	96	16.1	103	4.23	20	0
1965	28.5	71	38.4	60	18.5	85	3.47	32	0
1964	30.2	54	42.2	34	18.1	89	2.29	74	0
1963	24	103	34.3	94	13.6	115	2.01	86	0
1962	27.2	84	37.8	67	16.6	98	2.34	72	0
1961	24.6	96	33.2	102	16	106	1.09	114	0
1960	33.8	24	41.3	39	26.3	22	2.59	64	1
1959	27.4	81	38.3	62	16.4	100	2.92	53	1
1958	28.9	65	37.6	70	20.2	72	2.75	59	0
1957	27.1	85	35.3	86	19	82	1.64	99	0
1956	29.5	61	37.8	67	21.3	58	1.72	97	0
1955	29.4	62	38.9	55	19.9	76	1.17	113	0
1954	31.5	45	41.7	38	21.1	62	2.65	63	1
1953	36	16	45.6	15	26.5	19	3.81	25	0
1952	36.4	13	46.8	9	26.1	25	5.50	9	0
1951	33.1	28	42.7	28	23.5	38	3.05	50	0
1950	42.5	1	52.8	1	31.7	4	6.70	2	1
1949	39.5	4	47.8	5	31.3	5	5.09	13	0
1948	22.1	110	32.5	104	11.7	120			0
1947	36.7	11	47.3	7	26.2	23	3.91	24	0
1946	32.5	35	44.8	17	20.2	72	0.94	120	2
1945	24.9	94	33.7	97	15.8	107	2.17	78	1
1944	32.2	38	43.2	23	21.2	60	1.26	111	0
1943	32.6	34	40.8	43	23.6	37	2.37	71	1
1942	29.7	59	40.3	46	19.4	81	1.58	103	1
1941	29.9	58	38	66	22.1	53	1.87	91	1
1940	17.9	114	26.9	120	9.2	121	1.07	115	1
1939	34.1	23	44.6	18	23.4	40	2.34	72	1
1938	30.4	53	39.9	48	20.9	66			0
1937	39	6	48	4	29.8	7	9.09	1	1
1936	24.6	96	33.3	100	16.1	103	2.90	55	1
1935	32.1	39	42.4	32	21.9	54	3.18	45	0
1934	34.5	21	44.1	20	25	31	2.48	69	0
1933			49.1	3	28.1	15			4
1932	42.2	2	51.4	2	32.8	2	5.37	10	1
1931	32.7	33	42.8	26	22.6	49	0.84	122	0
1930			41.3	39	20.9	66			4
1929	28.3	73	38.3	62	17.8	91	3.59	30	1
1928	31.3	47	40.8	43	21.3	58	1.45	108	2
1927	30.1	55	37.8	67	22.6	49	3.79	26	1
1926	27.5	80	37.2	72	17.7	93	2.51	67	0
1925	30.6	52	39.5	50	21	64	2.49	68	2
1924	28.4	72	38.8	57	18	90	5.82	7	0
1923	33	30	40.9	41	25.2	30	3.41	36	0
1922	28.1	77	38.4	60	17.8	91	1.74	94	0
1921	33.4	26	42.9	25	23.9	34	3.43	35	0
1920	24.1	101	33.4	99	14.8	111	3.09	47	0
1919	33.2	27	43.6	21	22.7	48	1.71	98	0
1917	28.6	69	37.2	72	19.9	76	3.30	40	0
1916	36.4	13	46.1	12	26.7	18	2.66	62	1
1915	28	78	35.3	86	20.8	69	4.08	21	1
1914	32.5	35	38.9	55	26	26	3.07	48	0
1913	38.1	8	47	8	29.4	8	5.93	6	1
1912	19.5	113	27.1	119	11.8	119	1.89	90	1
1911	33.8	24	41.9	36	25.5	29	4.70	16	2
1910	28.3	73	35.1	88	21.6	55	6.69	3	0
1909			43	24	26.4	21	3.34	38	4
1908	28.6	69	36.3	81	21	64	1.94	89	2
1907							6.33	4	7
1906			42.5	31			2.29	74	6
1905			30.3	113			3.34	38	4
1904	20.7	112	30.2	114	12.2	118	2.71	60	1
1903	28.8	66	35.9	83	20.9	66	2.94	52	1
1902	27.4	81	35.1	88	19.8	78	2.68	61	0
1901	30.1	55	37.2	72	23	45	1.75	92	0
1900	32	40	39	53	24.5	33	2.14	80	1
1885							5.00	14	31
1884							3.60	29	31
1882							5.54	8	31
1881							3.12	46	31
1880							3.45	34	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	42.5
1932	42.2
2006	39.8
1949	39.5
2023	39.1
1937	39
1998	38.2
1913	38.1
1990	37.6
1974	37

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	14.5
1940	17.9
1912	19.5
1904	20.7
1994	22
1948	22.1
2003	22.2
2014	22.5
2004	22.5
1978	22.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	9.09
1950	6.70
1910	6.69
1907	6.33
2005	5.94
1913	5.93
1924	5.82
1882	5.54
1952	5.50
1932	5.37

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.44
1981	0.54
1985	0.76
1931	0.84
1987	0.89
1946	0.94
2026	1.01
1967	1.02
1977	1.03
1970	1.06

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -8°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.47 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.01 in of precipitation in Wheeling, WV, the driest January since 2025, 7th driest of 125.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Wheeling, WV: 66°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Wheeling, WV: a low of -8°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Wheeling, WV: 0.47 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.