The coldest month of the year in Boston is January which has an average daily temperature of just 28.6 degrees. But what is the hottest temperature ever recorded in Boston in January the coldest month of the year in the city?
Weather temperatures have officially been kept in Boston since 1872. So the hottest temperature record for January in Boston is from 1872 until the present day.
What's the Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Boston in January?
- 72 degrees on January 26, 1950
That's right the hottest temperature ever recorded in Boston in the month of January is a balmy 72 degrees. That record hottest temperature for the month of January in Boston was set on January 26, 1950.
Since 1872 there have actually been two days when the temperature soared to 70 degrees or more in Boston as it was exactly 70 degrees on January 1, 1876 in addition to the record date above. So it can certainly get warm in Boston in January but only on rare occasions.
Sixty degree temperature days in Boston in January are not all that rare. In fact, there have only been three days in January, the 10th, 17th and 25th, that have never had a 60 degree weather temperature day in any year since 1872. Every other day in January has been at least 60 degrees in at least one year since 1872.
The last time it reached 60 degrees in January in Boston was in 2008 when it 67 degrees on January 8th. The coldest day in January in Boston history in terms of hottest temperature has been the 10th which has never been above 58 degrees since 1872. The record of 58 degrees for January 10 was set in 2016.
Will the temperature rise to 70 degrees or above this January in Boston? Since it has only happened two times since 1872 the odds are pretty high it will not be 70 degrees this January in Boston but since it has happened in the past it could happen this year too.
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