Williston, ND: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 13.5°F in Williston, ND, the warmest January since 2023 (2024 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), 46th warmest of 130.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 13.5°F; Warmest since 2023; 46th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 0.48 in; Wettest since 2020; 62nd wettest of 131

A normal January in Williston, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 11.2°F, between 3.9°F and 18.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.45 in of precipitation, between 0.18 in and 1.11 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Williston, ND since 1894: 13.5°F in 2026; the highest is 26.6°F, in 2006.

Normal range, 3.9 to 18.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Williston, ND from 1894 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	13.5	46	21.9	57	5.2	35	0.48	62	0
2025	10.7	63	19.3	72	2.1	53	0.17	109	0
2024			24.4	40			0.29	96	5
2023	15.2	34	22.2	56	8.2	20	0.20	103	0
2022	12.1	52	23.5	47	0.7	59	0.36	82	0
2021	22.1	8	29.6	15	14.6	4	0.33	89	0
2020	14	43	21.4	61	6.7	27	0.55	52	0
2019	16.8	27	25.9	34	7.7	23	0.54	54	0
2018	12.2	51	24.4	40	0.1	63	0.19	104	0
2017	10.7	63	19.1	74	2.3	51	0.44	72	0
2016	16.8	27	26.2	31	7.5	24	0.38	78	0
2015	17.9	22	27.7	25	8.1	22	0.48	62	0
2014	14.8	38	26.2	31	3.4	47	0.18	106	0
2013	12.5	49	21.7	60	3.3	48	0.43	74	0
2012	20.9	11	32	7	9.7	14	0.10	120	0
2011	9.1	71	18.1	79	0.1	63	1.30	5	0
2010	11.5	58	19.8	66	3.1	49	1.09	11	0
2009	7.7	75	18.7	77	-3.2	81	0.90	20	0
2008	10.9	61	24	43	-2.3	73	0.19	104	0
2007	15.7	33	27.8	24	3.6	46	0.12	118	0
2006	26.6	1	37.4	1	15.8	1	0.27	97	0
2005	5.2	93	17.3	84	-7	100	0.47	65	0
2004	4.1	98	14	102	-5.7	93	1.25	8	0
2003	9.7	69	20.4	64	-1	70	0.58	41	0
2002	16.6	30	26.5	30	6.7	27	0.70	34	0
2001	17.5	24	27.5	27	7.5	24	0.30	94	0
2000	11.6	57	24.6	38	-1.3	71	0.38	78	0
1999	7.4	80	18.1	79	-3.3	82	1.83	2	0
1998	8.6	73	19.6	69	-2.3	73	0.36	82	0
1997	1.7	106	12.4	106	-9.5	111	0.18	106	1
1996	-0.1	113	9.9	114	-10.2	116	0.79	26	0
1995	9.3	70	19.2	73	-0.5	68	0.91	19	0
1994	2.2	105	12.1	107	-7.7	105	0.96	17	0
1993	5.6	89	16.4	87	-5.1	91	0.23	100	0
1992	22.7	6	34.5	3	10.9	10	0.48	62	0
1991	7.7	75	18.8	76	-3.4	84	0.18	106	0
1990	22.9	5	32.5	6	13.3	7	0.36	82	0
1989	12.8	48	23.4	49	2.3	51	1.00	14	0
1988	7.5	78	19.8	66	-4.7	89	0.75	29	0
1987	20.7	12	30.7	11	10.6	12	0.32	91	0
1986	22.1	8	30.3	13	14	5	0.35	86	0
1985	7	81	17.8	81	-3.8	86	0.13	117	0
1984	15.2	34	25.9	34	4.5	40	0.81	24	0
1983	20	13	29.8	14	10.2	13	0.35	86	0
1982	-5.7	126	6.1	124	-17.6	126	1.28	6	0
1981	21.8	10	31.4	9	12.2	9	0.08	123	0
1980	7.7	75	19.4	71	-4	87	0.58	41	0
1979	-2.2	119	7.9	122	-12.3	120	0.12	118	0
1978	-2.4	121	8.1	121	-12.9	122	0.30	94	0
1977	-0.3	114	11.9	108	-12.5	121	0.97	16	0
1976	10.8	62	21.9	57	-0.3	66	0.58	41	0
1975	12	54	24.4	40	-0.4	67	0.14	115	0
1974	6.9	82	18.6	78	-4.7	89	0.47	65	1
1973	16.9	25	26.9	29	6.8	26	0.03	129	0
1972	3.2	101	13.7	103	-7.2	102	0.43	74	0
1971	1.6	108	10.4	113	-7.2	102	0.79	26	0
1970	3.6	100	13.5	104	-6.3	95	0.56	48	0
1969	-4.2	125	5.7	126	-14.1	124	1.03	12	0
1968	8.8	72	20.4	64	-2.9	77	0.53	56	0
1967	11.7	56	23.4	49	-0.1	65	1.42	4	0
1966	-2.7	123	8.8	116	-14.1	124	0.42	76	0
1965	3	103	14.2	99	-8.2	107	0.71	32	0
1964	16.2	31	28.6	19	3.8	45	0.45	70	0
1963	2.7	104	14.5	97	-9.1	110	0.35	86	0
1962	10.6	66	21	62	0.3	62	0.47	65	0
1961	19.2	16	27.6	26	10.7	11	0.09	121	0
1960	10.2	68	19.6	69	0.8	58	0.61	38	0
1959	5.7	87	14.9	94	-3.5	85	0.23	100	0
1958	22.2	7	31.1	10	13.4	6	0.22	102	0
1957	1.7	106	10.5	112	-7.1	101	0.60	39	0
1956	6.8	83	16	88	-2.4	75	0.14	115	0
1955	14	43	23.7	44	4.3	41	0.80	25	0
1954	-0.6	116	9.3	115	-10.5	117	1.27	7	0
1953	16.1	32	26	33	6.2	30	1.00	14	0
1952	5.5	91	14.2	99	-3.1	80	0.57	46	0
1951	5.7	87	14.5	97	-3	79	0.75	29	0
1950	-12.1	130	-3.1	131	-21.2	130	1.21	9	0
1949	1	110	10.9	111	-9	108	0.57	46	0
1948	15.1	36	25.9	34	4.3	41	0.45	70	0
1947	18.3	20	28.1	23	8.6	19	0.36	82	1
1946	14.4	41	23.7	44	5	38	0.15	112	0
1945	15	37	24.5	39	5.5	34	0.47	65	0
1944	24.3	3	35.5	2	13.1	8	0.26	99	0
1943	-1.3	118	7.3	123	-9.9	114	1.51	3	0
1942	19.7	14	30.4	12	9	16	0.15	112	0
1941	13.3	47	22.5	54	4.1	43	0.33	89	0
1940	3.1	102	13.1	105	-6.9	99	0.04	127	0
1939	18.9	18	29.1	18	8.7	18	0.77	28	0
1938	14.1	42	23.5	47	4.7	39	0.83	23	0
1937	-8.5	128	0.9	130	-18	128	0.50	60	0
1936	-2.4	121	6	125	-10.8	118	0.71	32	0
1935	4.3	97	15.1	92	-6.4	96	0.69	35	0
1934	16.7	29	27.4	28	6.1	31	0.17	109	0
1933	14.8	38	25.8	37	3.9	44	0.49	61	0
1932	10.6	66	19.7	68	1.5	56	0.59	40	0
1931	24.5	2	34.2	4	14.9	2	0.06	125	0
1930	-2.3	120	5.2	127	-9.8	113	0.17	109	0
1929	-2.8	124	8.3	119	-13.9	123	0.90	20	0
1928	14.6	40	23.6	46	5.6	33	0.05	126	0
1927	10.7	63	19	75	2.5	50	0.62	37	0
1926	19.4	15	29.5	16	9.4	15	0.68	36	0
1925	12.1	52	22.4	55	1.8	55	0.31	92	0
1924	5.1	94	15.7	89	-5.6	92	0.38	78	0
1923	12.5	49	22.9	52	2.1	53	0.56	48	0
1922	7.5	78	17.8	81	-2.9	77	0.51	59	0
1921	18.7	19	28.6	19	8.8	17	0.15	112	0
1920	5.8	86	14.9	94	-3.3	82	0.92	18	0
1919	24.3	3	33.8	5	14.9	2	0.07	124	0
1918	0.3	111	8.7	117	-8.1	106	0.75	29	0
1917	5.3	92	16.5	86	-6	94	0.47	65	0
1916	-8.2	127	1.2	129	-17.7	127	1.17	10	0
1915	8.5	74	17.8	81	-0.8	69	0.38	78	0
1914	17.6	23	29.3	17	5.9	32	0.55	52	0
1913	5	95	17.2	85	-7.3	104	0.52	57	0
1912	-0.5	115	8.5	118	-9.5	111	0.44	72	0
1911	0.2	112	11.8	109	-11.4	119	0.56	48	0
1910	11.1	59	21.8	59	0.4	61	0.27	97	0
1909	4.5	96	15.5	90	-6.6	97	0.31	92	0
1908	16.9	25	28.6	19	5.1	36	0.04	127	0
1907	-8.9	129	1.5	128	-19.4	129	1.03	12	0
1904	4.1	98	14.9	94	-6.6	97	0.58	41	0
1903	11.9	55	23.1	51	0.7	59	0.40	77	0
1902	13.9	45	22.6	53	5.1	36	0.09	121	0
1901	11	60	20.5	63	1.5	56	0.54	54	0
1900	19.1	17	31.8	8	6.4	29	0.03	129	0
1899	5.6	89	15.5	90	-4.3	88	0.58	41	0
1898	18.3	20	28.5	22	8.2	20	0.01	131	0
1897	6.1	85	15	93	-2.8	76	0.56	48	0
1896	6.3	84	14.1	101	-1.5	72	2.02	1	0
1895	-1	117	8.2	120	-10.1	115	0.52	57	0
1894	1.1	109	11.2	110	-9	108	0.88	22	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	26.6
1931	24.5
1944	24.3
1919	24.3
1990	22.9
1992	22.7
1958	22.2
2021	22.1
1986	22.1
1981	21.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	-12.1
1907	-8.9
1937	-8.5
1916	-8.2
1982	-5.7
1969	-4.2
1929	-2.8
1966	-2.7
1978	-2.4
1936	-2.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	2.02
1999	1.83
1943	1.51
1967	1.42
2011	1.30
1982	1.28
1954	1.27
2004	1.25
1950	1.21
1916	1.17

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1898	0.01
1973	0.03
1900	0.03
1940	0.04
1908	0.04
1928	0.05
1931	0.06
1919	0.07
1981	0.08
1961	0.09
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 40°F; 12 January 2026
Coldest night: -30°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.13 in; 21 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.48 in of precipitation in Williston, ND, the wettest January since 2020, tied 62nd wettest of 131 (with 2015 and 1992).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Williston, ND: 40°F on Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Williston, ND: a low of -30°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Williston, ND: 0.13 in on Wednesday 21 January 2026.