Alpena, MI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 20.5°F in Alpena, MI, the coldest winter since 2015, 44th coldest of 108.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 20.5°F; Coldest since 2015; 44th coldest of 108
Precipitation: 5.82 in; Wettest since 2023; 32nd wettest of 109

A normal winter in Alpena, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 22.4°F, between 17.3°F and 27°F in eight years of ten and 4.76 in of precipitation, between 2.98 in and 7.81 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Alpena, MI since 1917: 20.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 12.6°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 17.3 to 27°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Alpena, MI from 1917 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	20.5	65	27.9	79	13	50	5.82	32	0
2025	23	33	30	43	16	26	5.13	49	0
2024	30.3	1	36.8	1	23.9	1	5.15	47	0
2023	27.4	5	33.8	11	21	4	6.09	27	0
2022	20.8	57	29.5	54	12.1	63	4.46	68	0
2021	24.4	21	31.3	29	17.5	15	3.32	97	0
2020	26.4	10	33.2	13	19.6	9	6.25	23	0
2019	21	53	29.3	57	12.6	57	7.80	9	0
2018	20.9	54	29.8	49	12.1	63	5.13	49	0
2017	26.7	9	33.3	12	20	5	7.53	12	0
2016	27.3	6	34.9	4	19.7	7	8.27	5	0
2015	16.6	98	25.3	100	7.9	96	3.48	90	0
2014	13.4	107	22.3	109	4.5	106	4.67	62	0
2013	24.7	18	31.6	25	17.7	14	7.32	15	0
2012	27	7	34.3	5	19.7	7	4.48	67	0
2011	19.5	75	26.9	92	12	65	3.52	86	0
2010	22.7	34	29.1	59	16.2	24	3.33	96	0
2009	17.4	97	26.5	96	8.3	95	7.93	8	0
2008	21.4	49	29.5	54	13.3	47	7.28	16	0
2007	23.5	30	30.6	33	16.3	21	4.13	75	0
2006	23.6	28	30.6	33	16.6	19	6.23	24	0
2005	20.8	57	28.7	72	12.8	54	5.71	35	0
2004	20.3	67	29.1	59	11.5	71	2.62	106	0
2003	18.8	84	26.9	92	10.7	78	1.03	109	0
2002	27.9	3	35.7	3	20	5	3.66	80	0
2001	20.2	68	27.5	85	13	50	2.82	104	0
2000	23.3	32	31.9	24	14.6	36	5.38	42	0
1999	23.9	23	32.1	21	15.7	30	5.12	51	0
1998	27.7	4	33.9	10	21.5	3	5.28	45	0
1997	21.4	49	29.1	59	13.6	44	13.07	1	0
1996	18	92	26.9	92	9	94	4.29	71	0
1995	24.5	19	32.6	18	16.4	20	3.00	103	0
1994	15.3	103	24.6	102	5.9	105	3.40	92	0
1993	22	39	30.1	41	13.8	40	3.38	93	0
1992	23.6	28	31.3	29	15.9	28	4.84	56	0
1991	23.7	25	31.6	25	15.8	29	3.24	99	0
1990	20.4	66	29.6	52	11.3	74	5.14	48	0
1989	22.3	36	30.6	33	13.9	39	3.27	98	0
1988	21.2	51	29.5	54	12.9	52	4.72	60	0
1987	25	17	33	15	17	18	2.76	105	0
1986	19	80	26.6	95	11.5	71	4.70	61	0
1985	20.7	61	28.8	68	12.7	56	6.70	18	0
1984	19.9	71	28	77	11.8	67	3.62	83	0
1983	26.2	11	33.2	13	19.2	11	6.09	27	0
1982	18.3	89	26	98	10.5	81	3.35	94	0
1981	19.1	78	28.2	74	9.9	85	4.58	66	0
1980	21.7	43	29	63	14.4	37	3.51	88	0
1979	15.6	101	24.1	105	7.2	100	5.11	52	0
1978	17.6	93	25.9	99	9.4	90	6.19	25	0
1977	14.7	104	22.9	108	6.4	103	3.52	86	0
1976	19.9	71	29.2	58	10.6	79	4.90	54	0
1975	24.2	22	32.1	21	16.2	24	4.44	69	0
1974	19.4	76	28	77	10.9	76	6.59	19	0
1973	21.1	52	29.6	52	12.5	60	5.45	41	0
1972	20.9	54	30	43	11.8	67	5.99	30	0
1971	18.9	83	28.2	74	9.6	88	8.91	3	0
1970	17.6	93	27.2	89	7.9	96	3.34	95	0
1969	20.9	54	29.1	59	12.8	54	5.59	39	0
1968	19.6	74	28.2	74	10.9	76	5.33	43	0
1967	19	80	28.9	66	9.2	92	7.64	11	0
1966	22.2	38	30.3	38	14.1	38	4.61	64	0
1965	19.1	78	27.9	79	10.4	83	6.17	26	0
1964	20.6	62	30.2	40	11	75	3.49	89	0
1963	13.7	106	23.8	107	3.5	109	3.24	99	0
1962	17.6	93	26.2	97	9.1	93	6.45	22	0
1961	18.3	89	28.8	68	7.8	99	2.53	107	0
1960	22.6	35	30.5	37	14.7	34	5.31	44	0
1959	15.4	102	24.6	102	6.1	104	3.47	91	3
1958			30.8	31	13.8	40	3.06	102	10
1957			29	63			2.35	108	14
1956	21.7	43	29.7	51	13.8	40	3.65	81	3
1955	21.5	47	29.8	49	13.1	48	3.13	101	8
1954	25.8	12	34.2	6	17.3	16	4.18	74	7
1953	26.8	8	34.1	8	19.6	9	5.60	38	0
1952	23.4	31	31.6	25	15.3	32	5.67	37	0
1951	21.8	42	30.1	41	13.5	45	4.83	57	1
1950	23.8	24	32	23	15.5	31	5.72	34	0
1949	25.6	14	34	9	17.2	17	6.01	29	0
1948	18.8	84	27.8	82	9.8	87	3.63	82	0
1947	21.6	45	30.7	32	12.5	60	6.54	21	0
1946	20.2	68	28.8	68	11.6	70	8.05	7	0
1945	18.7	87	27.5	85	9.9	85	4.75	59	0
1944	24.5	19	32.7	17	16.3	21	3.56	85	0
1943	19.3	77	27.9	79	10.6	79	8.72	4	0
1942	22.3	36	30	43	14.7	34	5.70	36	0
1941	21.6	45	30.3	38	12.9	52	7.80	9	0
1940	21.5	47	30	43	13.1	48	5.95	31	0
1939	22	39	30.6	33	13.4	46	8.15	6	0
1938	20.8	57	28.9	66	12.6	57	6.58	20	0
1937	25.3	15	34.2	6	16.3	21	4.67	62	1
1936	15.8	99	24.3	104	7.2	100	5.56	40	0
1935	18.8	84	27.4	87	10.2	84	4.82	58	0
1934	17.5	96	27	91	7.9	96	7.41	14	0
1933	23.7	25	32.5	19	14.9	33	4.87	55	0
1932	28.9	2	36	2	21.8	2	6.94	17	0
1931	23.7	25	31.5	28	16	26	3.58	84	0
1930	20.6	62	28.5	73	12.6	57	5.75	33	0
1929	19	80	27.4	87	10.5	81	3.85	79	1
1928	21.9	41	30	43	13.8	40	5.24	46	0
1927	20.6	62	28.8	68	12.3	62	4.33	70	0
1926	19.8	73	27.6	84	12	65	3.95	76	0
1925	18.7	87	27.8	82	9.6	88	3.87	78	0
1924	20.8	57	29.9	48	11.7	69	7.42	13	0
1923	18.2	91	27.1	90	9.4	90	4.25	72	0
1922	20.2	68	29	63	11.4	73	10.16	2	0
1921	25.3	15	32.4	20	18.2	13	5.02	53	0
1920	14.2	105	23.9	106	4.5	106	4.21	73	0
1919	25.7	13	32.8	16	18.7	12			0
1918	12.6	108	21.6	110	3.7	108	4.60	65	0
1917	15.8	99	24.8	101	6.8	102	3.90	77	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	30.3
1932	28.9
2002	27.9
1998	27.7
2023	27.4
2016	27.3
2012	27
1953	26.8
2017	26.7
2020	26.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	12.6
2014	13.4
1963	13.7
1920	14.2
1977	14.7
1994	15.3
1959	15.4
1979	15.6
1936	15.8
1917	15.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	13.07
1922	10.16
1971	8.91
1943	8.72
2016	8.27
1939	8.15
1946	8.05
2009	7.93
2019	7.80
1941	7.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	1.03
1957	2.35
1961	2.53
2004	2.62
1987	2.76
2001	2.82
1995	3.00
1958	3.06
1955	3.13
1991	3.24
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 53°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -18°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.89 in; 20 February 2026

Every month, season and year

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Every answer in words

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.82 in of precipitation in Alpena, MI, the wettest winter since 2023, 32nd wettest of 109.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Alpena, MI: 53°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Alpena, MI: a low of -18°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Alpena, MI: 0.89 in on Friday 20 February 2026.