Worcester, MA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 21.8°F in Worcester, MA, the coldest January since 2015, tied 27th coldest of 129 (with 2014 and 1905).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 21.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 27th coldest of 129
Precipitation: 3.88 in; Wettest since 2024; 39th wettest of 129

A normal January in Worcester, MA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 24.6°F, between 18.8°F and 29.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.11 in of precipitation, between 2.06 in and 5.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Worcester, MA since 1892: 21.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 14.9°F, in 1970.

Normal range, 18.8 to 29.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Worcester, MA from 1892 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	21.8	101	28.5	110	15.1	94	3.88	39	0
2025	24.6	68	31.1	88	18.1	55	2.04	106	0
2024	29.4	17	35.1	40	23.6	12	8.18	3	0
2023	34.7	1	39.9	7	29.5	1	6.13	6	0
2022	22.5	94	31.3	84	13.7	105	3.12	59	0
2021	27.5	29	33.4	59	21.7	24	2.27	97	0
2020	30.8	10	37.5	11	24.2	7	2.10	104	0
2019	23.1	85	30.9	91	15.3	90	5.08	19	0
2018	24	74	31.7	76	16.3	74	3.62	44	0
2017	29.8	11	35.7	29	23.9	10	3.91	38	0
2016	27.2	33	34.2	51	20.1	28	2.12	102	0
2015	20.9	105	28.4	114	13.5	108	5.03	21	0
2014	21.8	101	29.5	103	14.1	103	3.10	61	0
2013	26.8	38	33.9	54	19.6	35	1.95	111	0
2012	29.2	19	36.6	18	21.8	23	3.03	66	0
2011	21.9	100	28.5	110	15.2	91	4.10	34	0
2010	24.5	69	30.8	93	18.2	51	3.29	53	0
2009	18.9	115	26	122	11.7	113	3.49	48	0
2008	27.9	25	35.2	36	20.6	27	2.45	88	0
2007	28.4	23	35.4	34	21.3	26	3.11	60	0
2006	32.4	5	39.4	8	25.3	5	5.23	17	0
2005	22.1	98	28.9	107	15.4	88	5.84	9	0
2004	15.1	128	21.7	134	8.5	129	1.43	120	0
2003	17.7	121	24.2	130	11.2	118	2.36	95	0
2002	31.8	7	37.7	10	25.9	3	2.18	100	0
2001	24.7	66	31.5	81	17.8	58	1.49	118	0
2000	23	86	31	90	14.9	96	2.87	74	0
1999	26	49	34.5	47	17.5	63	6.01	8	0
1998	29.6	14	35.2	36	24	8			2
1997	23.6	80	31.5	81	15.7	82	3.25	55	0
1996	23.4	83	30.9	91	15.9	79			0
1995	29.8	11	36.2	22	23.4	14	3.71	43	0
1994	15.9	126	25	127	6.8	134	4.78	26	0
1993	26	49	33.5	58	18.5	45	2.56	84	0
1992	25.3	60	33.3	60	17.3	66	3.01	68	0
1991	23.8	77	31.6	78	16	78	2.98	71	0
1990	31.3	9	38.9	9	23.7	11	3.75	41	0
1989	28.5	22	37.1	14	19.9	32	1.18	123	0
1988	23	86	31.1	88	14.8	98	2.71	79	0
1987	24	74	31.4	83	16.6	71	5.52	14	0
1986	25.9	54	34.2	51	17.5	63	5.56	13	0
1985	20.1	111	27	119	13.2	111	1.16	124	0
1984	22.7	92	29.9	99	15.5	85	2.44	89	0
1983	26	49	32.8	64	19.3	37	4.85	24	0
1982	17	123	25.8	124	8.3	130	5.00	22	0
1981	15.9	126	24	131	7.7	132	0.93	127	0
1980	25	62	32.6	67	17.3	66	0.95	126	0
1979	25.2	61	32	72	18.5	45	11.16	1	0
1978	20.9	105	28	116	13.8	104	9.90	2	0
1977	16.2	125	23.7	132	8.6	128	2.76	77	0
1976	19.2	113	28.4	114	10	125	6.03	7	0
1975	27.4	30	34.9	41	20	30	5.35	16	0
1974	26.3	44	33.9	54	18.8	42	3.54	46	0
1973	26.1	47	34.6	45	17.5	63	4.04	36	0
1972	26.4	43	34.9	41	17.8	58	2.34	96	0
1971	17.7	121	25.9	123	9.5	126	1.97	109	0
1970	14.9	129	22.5	133	7.3	133	0.89	128	0
1969	23.2	84	30.2	95	16.2	76	1.29	121	0
1968	19.2	113	27.3	117	11.1	119	3.00	69	0
1967	29.4	17	36.2	22	22.6	16	2.38	94	0
1966	22.1	98	29.5	103	14.8	98	4.22	31	0
1965	20.9	105	28.7	108	13.1	112	1.71	116	0
1964	27.2	33	34.9	41	19.5	36	5.42	15	0
1963	22.5	94	30	97	14.9	96	3.10	61	0
1962	23.5	81	31.8	74	15.1	94	4.15	33	0
1961	18.7	116	26.5	120	10.9	121	3.02	67	0
1960	24.7	66	31.3	84	18.2	51	3.09	63	0
1959	23	86	31.3	84	14.6	101	3.92	37	0
1958	25	62	31.6	78	18.4	49	8.11	4	0
1957	16.8	124	25.6	125	8	131	1.60	117	0
1956	25.9	54	31.9	73	20	30	5.07	20	0
1955	23.7	78	30.8	93	16.6	71	0.59	129	0
1954	21.4	104	29.3	105	13.4	109	1.78	114	0
1953	29.6	14	36.6	18	22.5	17	5.73	12	0
1952	27.2	33	35.6	31	18.7	44	4.43	28	0
1951	27.9	25	36.1	25	19.7	33	3.05	64	0
1950	31.5	8	40.2	5	22.8	15	4.21	32	0
1949	29.8	11	37.4	12	22.2	18	3.83	40	0
1948	18.6	117	28.5	110	8.8	127	3.15	57	0
1947	27.6	27	37.1	14	18.5	45	2.85	75	1
1946	24.3	71	33	62	15.6	84	3.32	52	0
1945	20.2	110	29.8	101	10.6	124	3.38	50	0
1944	26.8	38	35.2	36	18.4	49	1.29	121	0
1943	22.7	92	30	97	15.4	88	2.53	86	0
1942	23.7	78	33.9	54	13.6	107	3.57	45	2
1941	22.3	97	29.9	99	14.7	100	2.81	76	1
1940	19.3	112	27.1	118	11.5	114	2.89	73	0
1939	24.1	73	32.3	70	15.8	80	2.61	82	0
1938	23.5	81	33.7	57	13.4	109	4.54	27	0
1937	32.8	3	41.9	3	24	8	4.85	24	1
1936	24	74	32.5	69	15.5	85	7.45	5	0
1935	20.9	105	31.3	84	10.8	123	5.79	10	1
1934	27	37	35.7	29	18.2	51	4.32	30	0
1933	32.6	4	41.9	3	23.5	13	2.20	98	1
1932	33.8	2	42.2	2	25.7	4	4.88	23	2
1931	24.9	64	34.6	45	15.2	91	3.51	47	0
1930	26.7	41	35.4	34	18	57	1.99	108	0
1929	22.9	89	32.2	71	13.7	105	4.10	34	1
1928	27.3	31	36.5	21	18.2	51	2.03	107	0
1927			34.4	48	15.5	85	3.45	49	4
1926	25.9	54	35.2	36	16.6	71	2.71	79	0
1925	20.8	109	30.1	96	11.4	116	3.34	51	0
1924	26.3	44	34.7	44	17.8	58	3.05	64	1
1923	22.4	96	28.5	110	16.3	74	4.33	29	0
1922	22.9	89	29.6	102	16.2	76	1.01	125	0
1921	27.6	27	35.6	31	19.7	33	1.92	113	0
1920	18.3	119	25	127	11.5	114	2.46	87	0
1919			36	26	21.9	20	2.99	70	4
1918			25	127	11	120	2.13	101	4
1917	26.3	44	33.3	60	19.3	37	2.44	89	2
1916	29.5	16	37.2	13	21.9	20	1.78	114	0
1915	28.2	24	35.5	33	21.9	20	5.74	11	2
1914	26.1	47	32.6	67	19.1	40	2.40	91	2
1913			42.7	1	26.1	2	2.60	83	4
1912	18.3	119	25.4	126	11.3	117	2.54	85	0
1911	29.1	20	36	26	22.1	19	2.40	91	0
1910	28.8	21	35.8	28	21.7	24	5.10	18	0
1909	26.7	41	34.4	48	18.9	41	2.39	93	0
1908	27.3	31	36.9	16	18.1	55	2.19	99	3
1907	24.3	71	31.7	76	16.8	70	2.69	81	0
1906	32.4	5	40	6	24.9	6	2.05	105	0
1905	21.8	101	29.1	106	14.6	101	3.73	42	0
1904	18.5	118	26.1	121	10.9	121	3.16	56	0
1903	25.7	58	32.8	64	18.5	45	2.75	78	0
1902	24.8	65	31.6	78	17.2	68	1.97	109	3
1901	25.5	59	32.7	66	17.6	62	1.49	118	2
1900			36.2	22	15.8	80	3.13	58	6
1899	25.9	54	36.6	18	15.7	82			2
1898	26	49	33	62	18.8	42			3
1897	26.8	38	34.1	53	19.3	37	3.26	54	2
1896	22.8	91	28.6	109	17	69	1.93	112	0
1895	24.5	69	31.8	74	17.7	61	2.12	102	2
1894	27.1	36	34.3	50	20.1	28	2.98	71	2
1892	26	49	36.9	16	15.2	91			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	34.7
1932	33.8
1937	32.8
1933	32.6
2006	32.4
1906	32.4
2002	31.8
1950	31.5
1990	31.3
2020	30.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1970	14.9
2004	15.1
1994	15.9
1981	15.9
1977	16.2
1957	16.8
1982	17
2003	17.7
1971	17.7
1920	18.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	11.16
1978	9.90
2024	8.18
1958	8.11
1936	7.45
2023	6.13
1976	6.03
1999	6.01
2005	5.84
1935	5.79

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.59
1970	0.89
1981	0.93
1980	0.95
1922	1.01
1985	1.16
1989	1.18
1969	1.29
1944	1.29
2004	1.43

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 47°F; 14 January 2026, 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -3°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.59 in; 25 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 3.88 in of precipitation in Worcester, MA, the wettest January since 2024, 39th wettest of 129.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Worcester, MA: 47°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026 and Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Worcester, MA: a low of -3°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Worcester, MA: 1.59 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.