Boston, MA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 29.3°F in Boston, MA, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 42nd coldest of 152 (with 1899 and 1876).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 29.3°F; Coldest since 2015; 42nd coldest of 152
Precipitation: 5.68 in; Driest since 1989; 5th driest of 154

A normal winter in Boston, MA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.1°F, between 29.6°F and 37.2°F in eight years of ten and 10.80 in of precipitation, between 7.61 in and 13.91 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Boston, MA since 1873: 29.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 23.8°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 29.6 to 37.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Boston, MA from 1873 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	29.3	109	35.9	119	22.7	96	5.68	150	0
2025	31.6	66	38	77	25.3	49	10.96	65	0
2024	36.4	7	42.6	10	30.2	3	14.39	15	0
2023	36.8	5	43.7	6	29.8	5	10.34	83	0
2022	33.2	35	41.1	25	25.4	46	9.39	105	0
2021	32.6	46	38.7	63	26.6	25	10.74	73	0
2020	37.6	2	44.4	4	30.9	2	10.76	72	0
2019	33.9	25	41.1	25	26.6	25	9.79	96	0
2018	32.2	52	39.4	53	25.1	54	11.18	60	0
2017	35.6	8	42.5	12	28.8	8	10.72	75	0
2016	37.5	3	45	1	30.1	4	11.72	52	0
2015	28	126	35.1	134	21	121	13.50	24	0
2014	29.9	94	37	95	22.8	93	11.99	48	0
2013	33.8	26	40.1	46	27.5	18	12.27	40	0
2012	37.2	4	44.7	2	29.6	6	7.64	133	0
2011	30.2	88	37	95	23.5	82	12.75	32	0
2010	31.9	62	38	77	25.8	40	10.16	88	0
2009	31.1	76	38.5	67	23.7	78	12.39	38	0
2008	32.8	43	39.4	53	26.1	34	15.88	5	0
2007	33.5	31	40.3	43	26.8	23	6.66	146	0
2006	33.4	32	40	48	26.8	23	10.11	90	0
2005	30.9	78	37.9	80	24	74	10.81	69	0
2004	29.8	98	36.7	104	23	88	7.52	135	0
2003	27.9	128	34.1	143	21.6	114	11.32	56	0
2002	37.9	1	44.5	3	31.3	1	7.78	131	0
2001	30.2	88	37	95	23.5	82	7.62	134	0
2000	33	39	40.3	43	25.6	44	6.69	144	0
1999	34.1	21	41.5	21	26.6	25	10.79	70	0
1998	34.8	16	40.8	30	28.7	10	12.59	34	0
1997	34.8	16	41.7	17	27.8	14	9.33	108	0
1996	30.9	78	37.6	87	24.2	68	13.81	20	0
1995	34	24	41.1	25	27	22	12.27	40	0
1994	27.8	130	35.3	130	20.3	133	14.77	12	0
1993	31.6	66	38.7	63	24.4	61	15.37	9	0
1992	33.1	38	40.5	37	25.7	42	7.97	128	0
1991	35.4	9	43.2	8	27.5	18	8.00	127	0
1990	30.6	82	38.4	70	22.8	93	8.19	126	0
1989	32.7	45	40.3	43	25	55	4.14	153	0
1988	32	59	39	57	25	55	8.55	121	0
1987	31.3	74	38.2	76	24.3	63	14.38	16	0
1986	30.5	84	37.6	87	23.5	82	7.46	137	0
1985	32.2	52	39.4	53	24.9	58	5.88	149	0
1984	32	59	38.6	65	25.4	46	15.06	11	0
1983	34.6	19	41.3	23	27.8	14	11.30	58	0
1982	28.9	112	35.2	133	22.6	100	13.62	23	0
1981	28.6	116	36.5	110	20.6	127	8.57	120	0
1980	31.4	71	38.3	74	24.4	61	3.04	154	0
1979	30.5	84	37.4	90	23.6	79	17.64	2	0
1978	30	91	36.8	102	23.1	87	17.19	3	0
1977	27.5	132	34.5	138	20.6	127	10.16	88	0
1976	32.5	47	40.7	32	24.2	68	12.54	36	0
1975	35	15	41.2	24	28.8	8	12.99	30	0
1974	33.6	29	40.9	29	26.4	30	13.66	22	0
1973	31.5	70	38.4	70	24.6	60	11.33	55	0
1972	33	39	40.7	32	25.3	49	9.74	97	0
1971	27.6	131	34.3	141	20.9	123	13.85	19	0
1970	29.5	103	36.1	115	22.8	93	15.28	10	0
1969	29.9	94	35.4	128	24.3	63	15.57	7	0
1968	28.9	112	35.7	123	22.1	110	11.42	54	0
1967	32.1	55	38.8	60	25.3	49	9.36	107	0
1966	32.1	55	38.4	70	25.7	42	10.50	79	0
1965	28.6	116	35.7	123	21.5	116	10.89	66	0
1964	28.8	114	35.4	128	22.3	106	12.26	42	0
1963	28.5	121	36.2	114	20.9	123	10.26	85	0
1962	29.5	103	36.7	104	22.3	106	10.63	76	0
1961	28.6	116	36.1	115	21.1	119	12.68	33	0
1960	34.1	21	40.5	37	27.7	16	12.52	37	0
1959	27.3	134	35.1	134	19.4	135	7.95	130	0
1958	32.3	50	38.8	60	25.9	37	21.99	1	0
1957	31.2	75	38.8	60	23.6	79	9.94	92	0
1956	29.8	98	35.8	120	23.8	76	12.38	39	0
1955	31.6	66	38.3	74	24.9	58	10.43	80	0
1954	34.1	21	41.7	17	26.4	30	11.72	52	0
1953	35.1	14	41.7	17	28.5	11	14.51	14	0
1952	33.4	32	40.6	35	26.1	34	13.71	21	0
1951	34.7	18	42.3	15	27.2	21	11.12	62	0
1950	33.8	26	41.7	17	26	36	9.31	110	0
1949	35.2	12	42.1	16	28.2	13	7.71	132	0
1948	26.9	137	34.5	138	19.2	136	11.14	61	0
1947	32.4	49	40.7	32	24.1	71	7.49	136	0
1946	28.2	124	35.8	120	20.5	131	14.60	13	0
1945	28.3	123	35.6	125	21	121	10.59	77	0
1944	30	91	37.5	89	22.5	102	5.17	151	0
1943	28.1	125	35.1	134	21.1	119	9.69	99	0
1942	30.4	87	37.9	80	23	88	10.33	84	0
1941	29.7	100	36.7	104	22.7	96	8.67	118	0
1940	28.6	116	35.3	130	21.9	113	9.32	109	0
1939	31.4	71	38.5	67	24.3	63	8.77	116	0
1938	29.9	94	36.8	102	23	88	11.83	49	0
1937	35.2	12	42.8	9	27.7	16	13.42	25	0
1936	26.1	142	33	150	19.2	136	10.78	71	0
1935	26.5	140	34.5	138	18.4	142	11.03	64	0
1934	24.9	147	33.3	147	16.5	151	9.15	112	0
1933	36.7	6	44.3	5	29	7	6.69	144	0
1932	35.4	9	42.5	12	28.4	12	8.88	114	0
1931	31.4	71	38.5	67	24.2	68	11.29	59	0
1930	32.8	43	40.4	41	25.2	52	9.43	103	0
1929	33.2	35	40	48	26.2	33	10.21	87	1
1928	32.9	42	40.5	37	25.2	52	9.54	101	0
1927	30.6	82	37.8	84	23.4	85	9.85	95	0
1926	30.9	78	37.7	85	24.1	71	13.29	28	0
1925	31.9	62	39.5	52	24.3	63	7.00	142	0
1924	33.2	35	40.4	41	25.9	37	10.87	68	0
1923	27.3	134	34.2	142	20.4	132	10.56	78	1
1922	30.1	90	37.4	90	22.9	92	6.40	147	0
1921	33.4	32	40.5	37	26.4	30	8.77	116	0
1920	25.7	144	33.4	146	18.1	143	10.23	86	0
1919	33.6	29	40.6	35	26.5	29	9.49	102	0
1918	23.8	152	31.8	154	15.7	154	7.97	128	0
1917	29.7	100	36.7	104	22.7	96	8.49	122	0
1916	31	77	38.4	70	23.6	79	10.35	81	0
1915	32.2	52	39	57	25.4	46	13.26	29	0
1914	30.5	84	38	77	23	88	9.38	106	0
1913	35.4	9	43.4	7	27.5	18	10.73	74	0
1912	29.5	103	36.6	108	22.5	102	8.32	124	0
1911	28.8	114	36.3	112	21.3	118	7.23	140	0
1910	30.8	81	37.7	85	23.8	76	10.88	67	0
1909	32.1	55	39.9	50	24.3	63	11.12	62	0
1908	32.1	55	39.8	51	24.1	71	9.74	97	2
1907	26.1	142	34	144	18.1	143	8.38	123	0
1906	33.8	26	41.5	21	25.9	37	8.85	115	2
1905	24.8	148	32.2	153	17.4	148	8.20	125	0
1904	24.4	151	32.3	152	16.4	152	9.86	94	0
1903	29.5	103	37	95	22	112	11.81	50	0
1902	29.5	103	36.5	110	22.4	105	14.33	17	4
1901	28.6	116	35.6	125	21.5	116	4.47	152	0
1900	32	59	40.1	46	23.9	75	12.55	35	0
1899	29.3	109	37.1	92	21.6	114	9.41	104	0
1898	31.8	65	38.6	65	25	55	12.23	44	0
1897	29.9	94	37.1	92	22.7	96	6.98	143	0
1896	29.5	103	37	95	22.3	106	8.64	119	8
1895			37	95	20.8	125	9.18	111	16
1894			37.1	92	20.7	126	11.32	56	16
1893	25.4	145	33.1	149	18	145	9.90	93	6
1892	32.5	47	39.2	56	25.8	40	10.35	81	0
1891	29.6	102	37	95	22.2	109	11.77	51	0
1890	34.6	19	42.5	12	26.6	25	6.12	148	0
1889	32.3	50	39	57	25.6	44	10.03	91	0
1888	26.9	137	34.9	137	18.8	141	7.33	139	0
1887	27.3	134	35.6	125	19.1	138	12.21	45	0
1886	28.4	122	36.3	112	20.6	127	16.21	4	0
1885	27.5	132	35.8	120	19.1	138	12.79	31	0
1884	28	126	36	117	20	134	15.72	6	0
1883	27.9	128	36.6	108	19.1	138	8.98	113	0
1882	31.9	62	41.1	25	22.6	100	12.25	43	0
1881	25.4	145	33.9	145	16.9	150	15.52	8	0
1880	33	39	42.6	10	23.4	85	12.05	47	0
1879	26.4	141	35.3	130	17.5	147	13.90	18	0
1878	31.6	66	40.8	30	22.5	102	13.32	27	0
1877	26.8	139	36	117	17.6	146	7.44	138	0
1876	29.3	109	37.9	80	20.6	127	7.16	141	0
1875	24.6	150	33.2	148	16	153	9.56	100	0
1874	30	91	37.9	80	22.1	110	13.37	26	0
1873	24.8	148	32.4	151	17.2	149	12.06	46	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2002	37.9
2020	37.6
2016	37.5
2012	37.2
2023	36.8
1933	36.7
2024	36.4
2017	35.6
1991	35.4
1932	35.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	23.8
1904	24.4
1875	24.6
1905	24.8
1873	24.8
1934	24.9
1893	25.4
1881	25.4
1920	25.7
1936	26.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	21.99
1979	17.64
1978	17.19
1886	16.21
2008	15.88
1884	15.72
1969	15.57
1881	15.52
1993	15.37
1970	15.28

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	3.04
1989	4.14
1901	4.47
1944	5.17
2026	5.68
1985	5.88
1890	6.12
1922	6.40
2007	6.66
2000	6.69
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 59°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 4°F; 8 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.79 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.68 in of precipitation in Boston, MA, the driest winter since 1989, 5th driest of 154.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Boston, MA: 59°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Boston, MA: a low of 4°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Boston, MA: 0.79 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.