January 2026 in USA (Lower 48 States)
had an average temperature of 33.19F which is +0.84F above the 1991/2020 normal.

In Alaska the average temperature was 0.7F with an anomaly of -3.5F

Graph by NOAA

Among the most exceptional temperatures yesterday in The Central States (85F in Oklahoma,84F in Kansas),
Nebraska was more at records level:
78F Aurora missed by 1F its monthly record ,despite we are well into the first half of the month.

January 2026 Globally,according to Copernicus,
had an average temperature of 12.95C which is +0.51C above the 1991/2020 normal and ranked the 5th warmest January on record behind:
2025:+0.79C
2024:+0.70C
2020:+0.58C
2016:+0.55C