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Weather records, January 2026
Every story from the Ryan Hall, Y'all news desk on Weather records, January 2026, newest first: 2 stories so far, the latest updated November 11, 2026, 8:16 PM ET.
The latest: The U.S. had its warmest January through October on record, and 18 states set their own records, including California, Colorado, Texas, Tennessee and Alabama. Ryan Hall says November and December would have to form one of the coldest stretches in more than a decade across the country to keep 2026 from setting the annual record. The coldest air of the season so far reaches Alabama and the Carolinas Saturday night, Nov. 14, but he says preventing the annual record is a long shot.
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- U.S. had its warmest January-October on record, 18 states set marks
The U.S. had its warmest January through October on record, and 18 states set their own records, including California, Colorado, Texas, Tennessee and Alabama. Ryan Hall says November and December would have to form one of the coldest stretches in more than a decade across the country to keep 2026 from setting the annual record. The coldest air of the season so far reaches Alabama and the Carolinas Saturday night, Nov. 14, but he says preventing the annual record is a long shot.
- Lower 48 has its warmest January-October on record, 18 states at the top
The contiguous U.S. averaged 59.19 degrees from January through October 2026, its warmest start to a year in 132 years of records and 4.22 degrees above the 20th-century average. Eighteen states, from California and Arizona to Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee, set their own records for those ten months. The numbers are preliminary, and with November and December still ahead, 2026 is not yet the warmest year on record.