Yakima, WA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 32.6°F in Yakima, WA, the warmest January since 2023, 28th warmest of 80.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 32.6°F; Warmest since 2023; 28th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 0.48 in; Driest since 2014; 15th driest of 80

A normal January in Yakima, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.4°F, between 27.1°F and 36°F in eight years of ten and 1.06 in of precipitation, between 0.30 in and 2.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Yakima, WA since 1947: 32.6°F in 2026; the highest is 39.9°F, in 1981.

Normal range, 27.1 to 36°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Yakima, WA from 1947 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
2026	32.6	28	39.5	32	25.7	22	0.48	66
2025	31.8	32	40.4	28	23.2	36	0.88	51
2024	29.1	48	35.2	60	23.1	37	1.91	17
2023	33.1	23	41	23	25.1	26	0.87	53
2022	27.4	61	34	68	20.7	52	1.39	35
2021	36.1	9	43.3	12	28.8	8	1.52	26
2020	35.8	11	45.3	6	26.3	19	1.05	44
2019	33.8	20	41.3	22	26.3	19	1.42	33
2018	38.6	3	46.1	3	31	3	0.90	49
2017	23.2	72	29.8	73	16.6	69	2.16	11
2016	33.7	21	39.3	35	28.1	10	2.31	6
2015	34.7	16	40.9	24	28.5	9	0.70	55
2014	34.6	18	42.3	17	26.9	17	0.30	71
2013	30.7	37	37.4	49	24.1	30	0.10	79
2012	29.6	45	40.9	24	18.3	63	1.50	29
2011	32.8	25	41.8	19	23.8	32	0.61	57
2010	36	10	41.6	21	30.3	4	1.97	14
2009	30.2	38	38	43	22.3	42	0.97	45
2008	27.1	64	35.6	58	18.6	59	0.81	54
2007	27.8	57	37.1	52	18.6	59	0.30	71
2006	35.3	12	42.6	15	28	11	1.81	20
2005	30	40	37.2	50	22.9	39	1.07	43
2004	28.2	54	34.2	67	22.3	42	1.55	25
2003	36.8	6	42.5	16	31.1	2	2.21	10
2002	34.8	15	43.8	10	25.7	22	0.33	70
2001	32.5	29	38.2	41	26.7	18	0.54	65
2000	29.9	43	36.9	53	22.8	40	1.65	24
1999	34.5	19	43.6	11	25.4	25	1.37	36
1998	30	40	38.3	40	21.7	49	1.96	16
1997	27.1	64	34.7	65	19.5	55	1.15	41
1996	26.6	66	35.1	61	18.2	64	1.31	39
1995	32.3	31	38.4	39	26.2	21	3.68	1
1994	36.3	8	45.6	4	27	15	0.36	68
1993	23.6	71	30.7	71	16.5	70	0.91	47
1992	34.9	13	42.1	18	27.7	13	0.27	73
1991	27.6	59	38.2	41	17.1	67	0.34	69
1990	36.5	7	44.9	7	28	11	1.47	31
1989	33.7	21	43.3	12	24.1	30	0.19	74
1988	28.8	51	35.9	55	21.6	50	0.68	56
1987	28.1	56	34.9	63	21.3	51	1.46	32
1986	30	40	38	43	22.1	44	1.82	19
1985	26.4	67	29.3	74	23.4	34	0.09	80
1984	31.1	34	39.2	36	23.1	37	0.13	76
1983	37.6	5	45.6	4	29.6	5	1.97	14
1982	26.2	68	34.6	66	17.8	66	0.58	60
1981	39.9	1	44.5	8	35.3	1	0.95	46
1980	20.7	75	29.3	74	12.2	74	2.23	9
1979	14.8	78	23.7	79	5.9	78	0.91	47
1978	32.7	26	38.5	38	27	15	2.30	7
1977	24.5	70	30.7	71	18.2	64	0.13	76
1976	32.4	30	40.5	27	24.4	29	0.56	62
1975	30.1	39	37.7	47	22.5	41	2.28	8
1974	27.4	61	37.8	46	17	68	1.67	23
1973	27.5	60	35.9	55	19.2	56	1.19	40
1972	29.4	46	39.5	32	19.2	56	0.88	51
1971	34.7	16	43.9	9	25.6	24	1.48	30
1970	28.4	52	34.9	63	21.8	45	3.66	2
1969	18.1	76	26	77	10.3	76	1.52	26
1968	30.9	36	40	30	21.8	45	1.76	21
1967	38.5	4	47.5	2	29.6	5	0.60	58
1966	29.1	48	36.5	54	21.8	45	1.73	22
1965	28.9	50	37.2	50	20.5	53	1.33	38
1964	33.1	23	41.8	19	24.5	28	0.60	58
1963	25.2	69	35.4	59	14.9	72	1.42	33
1962	29.9	43	39.9	31	19.9	54	0.16	75
1961	32.7	26	40.3	29	25.1	26	0.55	64
1960	22.2	73	32	69	12.4	73	0.89	50
1959	31	35	38.6	37	23.4	34	2.03	12
1958	34.9	13	42.7	14	27.1	14	1.37	36
1957	16	77	25.7	78	6.2	77	0.56	62
1956	27.2	63	35.8	57	18.6	59	3.25	3
1955	29.4	46	35	62	23.8	32	0.58	60
1954	28.2	54	37.9	45	18.5	62	1.98	13
1953	38.8	2	48.4	1	29.3	7	2.67	4
1952	20.9	74	30.8	70	11	75	1.12	42
1951	28.4	52	37.6	48	19.1	58	1.87	18
1950	12.4	80	23.5	80	1.4	79	2.45	5
1949	14.6	79	28.6	76	0.6	80	0.13	76
1948	31.2	33	40.6	26	21.8	45	1.52	26
1947	27.8	57	39.5	32	16.1	71	0.41	67

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1981	39.9
1953	38.8
2018	38.6
1967	38.5
1983	37.6
2003	36.8
1990	36.5
1994	36.3
2021	36.1
2010	36

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	12.4
1949	14.6
1979	14.8
1957	16
1969	18.1
1980	20.7
1952	20.9
1960	22.2
2017	23.2
1993	23.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	3.68
1970	3.66
1956	3.25
1953	2.67
1950	2.45
2016	2.31
1978	2.30
1975	2.28
1980	2.23
2003	2.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.09
2013	0.10
1984	0.13
1977	0.13
1949	0.13
1962	0.16
1989	0.19
1992	0.27
2014	0.30
2007	0.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 56°F; 13 January 2026
Coldest night: 12°F; 25 January 2026, 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.17 in; 29 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.48 in of precipitation in Yakima, WA, the driest January since 2014, 15th driest of 80.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Yakima, WA: 56°F on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Yakima, WA: a low of 12°F on Sunday 25 January 2026 and Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Yakima, WA: 0.17 in on Thursday 29 January 2026.