Zanesville, OH: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 23.4°F in Zanesville, OH, the coldest January since 2014, 18th coldest of 124.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 23.4°F; Coldest since 2014; 18th coldest of 124
Precipitation: 0.92 in; Driest since 2025; 6th driest of 126

A normal January in Zanesville, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.5°F, between 23.4°F and 36.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.44 in of precipitation, between 1.30 in and 4.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Zanesville, OH since 1901: 23.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 13°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 23.4 to 36.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Zanesville, OH from 1896 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	23.4	107	32.7	100	14.1	113	0.92	120	0
2025	24.3	101	32	107	16.6	99	0.63	125	0
2024	32.5	39	38.7	59	26.3	27	4.20	18	0
2023	38.1	8	44.7	14	31.5	4	3.60	30	0
2022	24.7	98	33.8	94	15.5	107	2.75	48	0
2021	32.4	40	38	64	26.9	21	1.93	79	0
2020	37.1	12	44.7	14	29.5	9	3.68	28	0
2019	29.3	66	37.4	69	21.2	65	3.07	38	0
2018	26.7	87	36.3	82	17	95	2.11	71	0
2017	36.6	17	43.5	23	29.6	7	2.91	46	0
2016	29.1	67	39.1	55	19.2	81	0.92	120	0
2015	25.5	91	33.8	94	17.1	93	2.45	54	0
2014	22	113	32.2	105	11.7	121	1.30	109	0
2013	31.4	46	39.5	49	23.3	47	2.12	69	0
2012	33	37	42	32	24.1	41	2.73	49	0
2011	24	102	31.3	113	16.6	99	1.27	110	0
2010	25.6	88	31.9	108	19.2	81	1.67	88	0
2009	23.9	103	31.9	108	15.9	104	1.57	96	0
2008	30.2	59	39.1	55	21.3	64	1.60	94	0
2007	33.6	31	40.8	41	26.5	24	3.90	24	0
2006	40.3	2	48.5	4	32	3	2.85	47	0
2005	31.3	48	38.8	58	23.9	43	8.40	2	0
2004	23.5	105	31.3	113	15.7	106	4.63	12	0
2003	22.4	111	29.4	119	15.5	107	1.18	115	0
2002	34.7	25	43.5	23	25.9	31	1.78	81	0
2001	27.6	81	35.2	91	20.1	74	1.41	100	0
2000	28	78	36.7	76	19.4	79	3.07	38	0
1999	31.5	44	40.5	42	22.5	53	5.94	5	0
1998	37.5	10	44.2	19	30.8	5	4.26	16	0
1997	28.9	70	38.1	63	19.6	76	1.98	77	2
1996	27.5	82	35.6	87	19.3	80	3.65	29	0
1995	29.6	63	36.9	75	22.5	53	3.79	26	1
1994	21.5	118	29.4	119	13.6	117	3.00	40	0
1993	35.1	21	42.3	30	28	16	2.43	56	0
1992	31.4	46	39.3	52	23.5	45	1.55	97	0
1991	30.7	53	38.6	61	22.7	50	2.40	58	0
1990	38.1	8	46.5	8	29.6	7	2.57	53	0
1989	37	13	46	10	27.9	17	2.25	63	0
1988	26.9	85	36.4	79	17.4	92	1.63	90	0
1987	29.1	67	35.8	85	22.4	56	1.76	83	0
1986	29	69	37.2	73	20.7	69	1.95	78	0
1985	22.5	110	29.1	121	16	102	1.62	92	0
1984	24.5	99	31.9	108	17.1	93	1.01	119	0
1983	30.3	57	37.1	74	23.5	45	1.16	116	0
1982	22	113	31.3	113	12.7	118	4.14	19	0
1981	22.2	112	30.8	117	13.7	116	0.49	126	0
1980	29.5	65	36.4	79	22.6	51	1.63	90	0
1979	21.6	116	29	122	14.3	112	4.37	14	0
1978	19.7	120	27.5	123	12	120	5.07	9	0
1977	13	124	22.5	127	3.6	127	1.58	95	0
1976	25	95	33.2	97	16.9	97	2.37	59	0
1975	32.3	42	40.5	42	24.2	39	2.19	64	0
1974	34.3	28	42.5	29	26.2	29	2.70	50	0
1973	30.4	56	39.3	52	21.5	61	2.17	65	0
1972	30.2	59	40.1	45	20.3	72	2.11	71	0
1971	25.2	93	34.4	93	16	102	1.71	86	0
1970	21.8	115	31	116	12.6	119	1.09	117	0
1969	27.4	83	35.6	87	19.1	83	2.98	42	0
1968	23	108	32.1	106	13.9	115	2.65	52	0
1967	33.3	34	42.6	28	24.1	41	0.91	122	0
1966	22.8	109	31.5	112	14.1	113	3.78	27	0
1965	28.1	76	37.3	70	18.9	86	2.30	61	0
1964	30.9	51	41	39	20.8	68	2.03	73	0
1963	21.6	116	32.6	101	10.6	123	1.86	80	0
1962	25.2	93	35.3	90	15.9	104	2.68	51	2
1961	23.7	104	32.6	101	14.9	110	1.19	114	0
1960	32.8	38	40.1	45	25.9	31	2.97	43	1
1959	25.6	88	35.8	85	15.4	109	3.88	25	0
1958	27.2	84	35.4	89	19	85	1.62	92	0
1957	25.6	88	33	98	18.1	90	2.30	61	0
1956	26.9	85	35	92	18.8	88	2.00	76	0
1955	27.9	79	36.4	79	19.5	77	1.33	105	0
1954	30.9	51	39.6	48	22.1	59	2.41	57	0
1953	35.3	20	44.2	19	26.3	27	4.22	17	0
1952	35	23	43.6	22	26.5	24	4.37	14	0
1951	31	50	39.5	49	22.5	53	4.74	11	0
1950	39.6	4	49.7	2	29.5	9	6.80	4	0
1949	36.7	15	45.3	12	28.1	15	5.36	6	0
1948	20.4	119	29.5	118	11.2	122	2.12	69	0
1947	36	18	44.3	18	27.7	19	5.09	8	0
1946			41.6	35	20.7	69	0.85	123	6
1945	25.3	92	32.5	103	18.1	90	1.38	102	0
1944	33.6	31	43.1	25	24.2	39	1.24	112	0
1943	33.4	33	42.1	31	24.7	35	2.44	55	0
1942	30.5	54	39.9	47	21.1	66	1.31	108	0
1941	32.3	42	39.2	54	25.4	34	2.32	60	0
1940	18.8	121	27.1	124	10.6	123	1.68	87	0
1939	36.7	15	46.4	9	27.1	20	2.15	66	0
1938	32.4	40	41.2	38	23.6	44	2.13	68	0
1937	39.7	3	47.3	7	32.1	2	10.48	1	0
1936	25	95	33	98	17	95	1.72	85	0
1935	34.6	26	44.5	16	24.6	36			0
1934	37.2	11	45.8	11	28.6	12	1.78	81	0
1933	38.6	6	47.9	6	29.2	11	1.42	99	1
1932	41.5	1	50.5	1	32.6	1	3.49	32	0
1931	33.2	35	42	32	24.5	38	1.03	118	1
1930	31.5	44	40.5	42	22.4	56	2.92	45	0
1929	27.9	79	37.3	70	18.5	89	3.22	35	0
1928							1.38	102	11
1927	29.9	62	37.3	70	22.6	51	3.99	22	0
1926	28.2	75	36.2	83	20.3	72	2.14	67	0
1925	30	61	38.2	62	22.3	58			1
1924	28.5	73	37.9	65	19.1	83	4.03	20	0
1923	34.3	28	41.8	34	26.7	22	3.11	37	0
1922	28.7	71	37.8	66	20.1	74	1.33	105	1
1921	35.6	19	44.5	16	26.7	22	3.46	33	0
1920	24.8	97	33.3	96	16.2	101	3.14	36	0
1919	35	23	44.1	21	25.9	31	1.27	110	0
1918	17.1	123	25.2	126	9	126	3.00	40	0
1917	30.5	54	39.4	51	21.5	61	3.58	31	0
1916	38.2	7	48.2	5	28.2	14	2.97	43	0
1915	28.1	76	36.7	76	19.5	77	3.99	22	0
1914	34.6	26	41.4	37	27.9	17	1.33	105	0
1913	39.5	5	48.9	3	30.1	6	7.72	3	0
1912	18.1	122	26.5	125	10.5	125	1.46	98	2
1911	35.1	21	42.9	27	26.5	24	5.16	7	2
1910	28.5	73	36.1	84	21	67	4.61	13	2
1909	33.9	30	41.5	36	26.2	29	4.02	21	0
1908	30.3	57	38.7	59	21.9	60	1.39	101	0
1907	33.2	35	43.1	25	24.6	36	5.01	10	2
1906	36.8	14	45.2	13	28.5	13	1.65	89	0
1905	24.4	100	31.9	108	16.9	97	1.24	112	0
1904	23.5	105	32.5	103	14.4	111	1.76	83	0
1903	29.6	63	37.6	67	21.5	61	3.32	34	0
1902	28.6	72	36.7	76	20.5	71	1.36	104	0
1901	31.1	49	39	57	23.2	48	0.67	124	1
1900			40.9	40	22.8	49	2.03	73	6
1899			37.6	67	18.9	86	2.03	73	4
1898									8
1897									8
1896									9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	41.5
2006	40.3
1937	39.7
1950	39.6
1913	39.5
1933	38.6
1916	38.2
2023	38.1
1990	38.1
1998	37.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	13
1918	17.1
1912	18.1
1940	18.8
1978	19.7
1948	20.4
1994	21.5
1979	21.6
1963	21.6
1970	21.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	10.48
2005	8.40
1913	7.72
1950	6.80
1999	5.94
1949	5.36
1911	5.16
1947	5.09
1978	5.07
1907	5.01

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.49
2025	0.63
1901	0.67
1946	0.85
1967	0.91
2026	0.92
2016	0.92
1984	1.01
1931	1.03
1970	1.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -17°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.40 in; 25 January 2026

Every month, season and year

Months

Seasons

Years

Zanesville, OH the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 0.92 in of precipitation in Zanesville, OH, the driest January since 2025, tied 6th driest of 126 (with 2016).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Zanesville, OH: 68°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Zanesville, OH: a low of -17°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Zanesville, OH: 0.40 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.