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Alice Springs in January: every year compared

In January, Alice Springs averages highs of 36.3 °C and lows of 22.8 °C, with 41 mm of precipitation. The warmest January was 2019 (33.6 °C), the coldest 1976 (23.6 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 36.3 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 22.8 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 41 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 4

Day by day through January

Normal high and low for each day of January in Alice Springs.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every January in Alice Springs, ranked

86 months of January since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 3 of 86 (+2.6 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 32.5 °C · +2.6 °C vs normal · rank 3 of 86

Warmest years

1201933.6 °C
2200632.8 °C
3202532.5 °C
4200832.2 °C
5202432.0 °C

Coldest years

1197623.6 °C
2197424.4 °C
3198425.0 °C
4196626.0 °C
5194026.0 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Rainy days
2025	32.5 °C	39.5 °C	23.9 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 days
2024	32.0 °C	38.5 °C	25.1 °C	7 mm	31 days	2 days
2023	27.8 °C	33.3 °C	22.2 °C	119 mm	23 days	11 days
2022	29.9 °C	36.0 °C	23.7 °C	119 mm	28 days	9 days
2021	28.4 °C	34.2 °C	22.1 °C	13 mm	28 days	2 days
2020	31.2 °C	37.2 °C	24.1 °C	21 mm	31 days	2 days
2019	33.6 °C	40.3 °C	25.3 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 days
2018	30.8 °C	37.5 °C	22.8 °C	16 mm	31 days	5 days
2017	29.3 °C	35.1 °C	23.6 °C	76 mm	29 days	8 days
2016	28.2 °C	34.5 °C	21.7 °C	19 mm	26 days	5 days
2015	27.0 °C	32.4 °C	21.2 °C	141 mm	20 days	9 days
2014	29.2 °C	34.9 °C	22.8 °C	78 mm	27 days	5 days
2013	31.9 °C	38.7 °C	23.8 °C	5 mm	31 days	3 days
2012	29.8 °C	35.9 °C	22.8 °C	21 mm	29 days	2 days
2011	29.8 °C	36.5 °C	22.5 °C	88 mm	30 days	6 days
2010	29.0 °C	35.0 °C	22.5 °C	138 mm	28 days	5 days
2009	29.4 °C	35.2 °C	22.8 °C	35 mm	28 days	5 days
2008	32.2 °C	39.0 °C	23.7 °C	1 mm	31 days	0 days
2007	27.9 °C	33.4 °C	22.4 °C	74 mm	25 days	10 days
2006	32.8 °C	39.1 °C	26.2 °C	5 mm	31 days	1 day
2005	29.3 °C	36.0 °C	21.2 °C	21 mm	28 days	2 days
2004	31.4 °C	38.1 °C	24.3 °C	4 mm	30 days	1 day
2003	29.5 °C	36.0 °C	22.0 °C	11 mm	28 days	3 days
2002	28.4 °C	35.3 °C	20.5 °C	27 mm	29 days	3 days
2001	29.7 °C	36.1 °C	23.1 °C	114 mm	28 days	5 days
2000	29.2 °C	35.6 °C	22.1 °C	36 mm	28 days	4 days
1999	31.3 °C	37.8 °C	23.6 °C	10 mm	31 days	2 days
1998	31.3 °C	37.9 °C	23.9 °C	9 mm	31 days	3 days
1997	28.6 °C	34.7 °C	22.3 °C	82 mm	27 days	11 days
1996	29.6 °C	36.6 °C	21.2 °C	20 mm	28 days	2 days
1995	29.0 °C	35.1 °C	22.6 °C	128 mm	28 days	8 days
1994	31.3 °C	38.3 °C	23.0 °C	1 mm	31 days	0 days
1993	30.1 °C	36.6 °C	23.0 °C	14 mm	31 days	6 days
1992	28.4 °C	35.2 °C	21.0 °C	8 mm	31 days	2 days
1991	28.8 °C	34.4 °C	22.7 °C	36 mm	29 days	5 days
1990	30.8 °C	37.2 °C	24.2 °C	32 mm	28 days	7 days
1989	28.6 °C	34.9 °C	21.1 °C	6 mm	28 days	1 day
1988	31.3 °C	37.8 °C	24.2 °C	1 mm	31 days	0 days
1987	31.1 °C	37.2 °C	24.4 °C	1 mm	31 days	0 days
1986	29.8 °C	36.3 °C	22.5 °C	11 mm	31 days	2 days
1985	30.9 °C	37.9 °C	22.8 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 days
1984	25.0 °C	30.6 °C	20.0 °C	144 mm	15 days	14 days
1983	28.2 °C	35.2 °C	20.4 °C	20 mm	28 days	4 days
1982	30.6 °C	36.7 °C	24.2 °C	20 mm	30 days	3 days
1981	28.4 °C	33.6 °C	22.8 °C	229 mm	22 days	10 days
1980	29.4 °C	35.8 °C	22.7 °C	36 mm	27 days	7 days
1979	29.6 °C	35.6 °C	22.9 °C	103 mm	27 days	4 days
1978	28.4 °C	34.6 °C	22.1 °C	98 mm	29 days	11 days
1977	28.6 °C	35.4 °C	21.3 °C	23 mm	31 days	5 days
1976	23.6 °C	29.1 °C	18.0 °C	104 mm	11 days	8 days
1975	29.4 °C	36.3 °C	21.3 °C	4 mm	31 days	2 days
1974	24.4 °C	28.4 °C	21.0 °C	376 mm	15 days	20 days
1973	31.0 °C	36.9 °C	24.6 °C	32 mm	29 days	7 days
1972	28.2 °C	34.8 °C	20.7 °C	15 mm	27 days	3 days
1971	31.7 °C	38.3 °C	24.0 °C	1 mm	31 days	0 days
1970	30.4 °C	37.3 °C	22.2 °C	0 mm	28 days	0 days
1969	31.6 °C	38.1 °C	24.4 °C	10 mm	31 days	3 days
1968	28.9 °C	35.3 °C	22.3 °C	43 mm	30 days	7 days
1967	30.4 °C	37.1 °C	23.5 °C	21 mm	31 days	3 days
1966	26.0 °C	31.6 °C	20.7 °C	86 mm	24 days	11 days
1965	29.7 °C	36.8 °C	21.7 °C	1 mm	31 days	0 days
1964	29.9 °C	36.6 °C	22.6 °C	8 mm	28 days	2 days
1963	30.1 °C	36.5 °C	22.8 °C	28 mm	30 days	4 days
1962	27.1 °C	32.4 °C	21.6 °C	100 mm	21 days	8 days
1961	28.9 °C	35.3 °C	22.1 °C	12 mm	27 days	4 days
1960	29.7 °C	36.2 °C	23.3 °C	60 mm	28 days	7 days
1959	30.5 °C	37.0 °C	23.1 °C	9 mm	31 days	2 days
1958	29.1 °C	35.5 °C	22.2 °C	2 mm	29 days	1 day
1957	30.8 °C	37.1 °C	23.5 °C	6 mm	29 days	3 days
1956	28.6 °C	35.0 °C	20.9 °C	9 mm	27 days	2 days
1955	30.2 °C	36.5 °C	22.7 °C	4 mm	31 days	2 days
1954	28.3 °C	34.6 °C	21.5 °C	15 mm	28 days	7 days
1953	27.1 °C	32.9 °C	21.0 °C	33 mm	24 days	8 days
1952	28.7 °C	35.1 °C	21.6 °C	55 mm	27 days	7 days
1951	28.4 °C	34.5 °C	21.7 °C	46 mm	27 days	3 days
1950	30.8 °C	37.0 °C	23.5 °C	2 mm	31 days	0 days
1949	28.5 °C	34.9 °C	21.3 °C	42 mm	30 days	3 days
1948	27.2 °C	34.1 °C	18.7 °C	8 mm	25 days	2 days
1947	31.8 °C	38.5 °C	23.1 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 days
1946	30.6 °C	36.5 °C	24.4 °C	28 mm	28 days	5 days
1945	29.2 °C	35.6 °C	22.2 °C	26 mm	30 days	3 days
1944	31.1 °C	38.0 °C	23.0 °C	22 mm	31 days	4 days
1943	30.1 °C	36.6 °C	23.5 °C	29 mm	31 days	6 days
1942	31.8 °C	38.2 °C	24.5 °C	9 mm	31 days	2 days
1941	30.2 °C	36.7 °C	22.7 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 days
1940	26.0 °C	31.4 °C	21.5 °C	111 mm	20 days	21 days

January records

Hottest day

44.8 °C

January 5, 1994 estimate

Nearby station: 46.0 °C on January 20, 2015 measured

Coldest night

11.3 °C

January 3, 1970 estimate

Nearby station: 10.0 °C on January 3, 1970 measured

Wettest day

130 mm

January 25, 1981 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Alice Springs in January?

Highs average 36.3 °C and lows 22.8 °C. A typical January brings 29 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Alice Springs in January?

About 41 mm falls in January, over some 4 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest January was 1974 (376 mm), the driest 1941 (0 mm).

What was the warmest January in Alice Springs?

2019, with a mean temperature of 33.6 °C. The coldest was 1976 (23.6 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 3 of 86.