Bristol-Johnson City, TN: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 37.7°F in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 38th coldest of 88 (with 1987).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 37.7°F; Coldest since 2015; 38th coldest of 88
Precipitation: 8.77 in; Driest since 2015; 20th driest of 89

A normal winter in Bristol-Johnson City, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.2°F, between 35.1°F and 41.7°F in eight years of ten and 11.08 in of precipitation, between 8.57 in and 15.83 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Bristol-Johnson City, TN since 1938: 37.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 29.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 35.1 to 41.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Bristol-Johnson City, TN from 1938 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	37.7	50	49.5	32	26	64	8.77	70	0
2025	37.8	47	48.4	45	27.2	51	9.65	56	0
2024	40.8	15	52.5	10	29.1	33	11.53	28	0
2023	43.7	3	54.1	2	33.2	4	12.90	13	0
2022	41.6	11	53.6	3	29.6	26	12.67	14	0
2021	38.6	38	48.2	48	29	34	11.98	25	0
2020	42.8	6	52.7	9	33	5	15.83	7	0
2019	41.7	10	50.9	20	32.5	8	20.01	1	0
2018	39.6	28	50	27	29.2	29	10.88	37	0
2017	43.1	5	53.4	5	32.9	7	10.04	51	0
2016	40.8	15	50.9	20	30.8	15	12.67	14	0
2015	35.4	71	45.2	73	25.6	68	8.36	77	0
2014	35.8	67	47.3	53	24.3	81	11.40	32	0
2013	40.4	21	50.4	23	30.5	18	15.85	6	0
2012	41.9	9	53.1	6	30.6	17	12.41	18	0
2011	34.7	79	44.5	78	25	76	8.97	64	0
2010	33.4	83	41.3	87	25.5	70	11.46	29	0
2009	37.8	47	48.2	48	27.4	48	12.32	20	0
2008	39.3	32	50	27	28.6	37	10.15	50	0
2007	38	45	49.7	30	26.4	60	4.78	88	0
2006	38.3	42	48.6	38	27.9	45	8.59	73	0
2005	38.8	37	49.1	34	28.5	38	8.71	71	0
2004	35.9	65	46.4	60	25.4	72	9.45	58	0
2003	35.1	74	43.5	81	26.7	58	13.17	12	0
2002	39.9	24	51.4	14	28.3	39	8.63	72	0
2001	35.5	70	46.2	63	24.8	78	8.83	69	0
2000	38.5	39	50	27	27.1	54	6.86	81	0
1999	40.6	18	51.1	17	30	21	12.67	14	0
1998	39.7	27	48.5	39	31	12	9.42	59	0
1997	39.5	29	49.7	30	29.2	29	12.06	24	0
1996	34.9	77	45.1	75	24.7	79	11.27	34	0
1995	39.8	25	49.5	32	30.1	20	9.65	56	0
1994	36.7	61	46.1	65	27.3	50	18.12	3	0
1993	39.1	33	48.5	39	29.8	24	10.38	47	0
1992	40.6	18	51.3	15	29.9	22	12.67	14	0
1991	41.4	12	51.8	11	31	12	12.29	21	0
1990	38.1	44	48.7	36	27.6	47	11.45	30	0
1989	39.8	25	50.1	26	29.4	27	10.49	43	0
1988	36.8	58	47	56	26.5	59	8.94	65	0
1987	37.7	50	46.5	59	28.8	35	11.90	26	0
1986	35.2	73	45.6	72	24.9	77	6.83	82	0
1985	36.2	64	45.9	67	26.4	60	8.37	76	0
1984	35.8	67	45.7	69	25.9	65	10.44	45	0
1983	38.9	35	48.5	39	29.2	29	6.70	84	0
1982	35.1	74	44.3	79	25.8	66	12.34	19	0
1981	34.4	80	45.7	69	23	85	5.34	87	0
1980	35.9	65	45.9	67	25.8	66	6.96	80	0
1979	34	81	44.1	80	23.9	83	13.76	11	0
1978	30	87	39.5	89	20.5	88	7.83	78	0
1977	29.8	88	40.1	88	19.5	89	6.71	83	0
1976	40.1	22	51	19	29.2	29	9.00	62	0
1975	40.8	15	50.6	22	31	12	10.85	38	0
1974	42.1	7	51.1	17	33	5	14.47	8	0
1973	38.9	35	47.9	51	29.9	22	10.27	48	0
1972	41.4	12	51.5	12	31.3	10	12.11	23	0
1971	37.9	46	48.1	50	27.8	46	10.82	39	0
1970	32.8	84	42.2	84	23.4	84	11.42	31	0
1969	35	76	45	76	25.1	75	10.57	42	0
1968	34.8	78	45.2	73	24.3	81	9.95	52	0
1967	36.6	62	46.4	60	26.8	57	9.21	61	0
1966	35.3	72	45	76	25.5	70	7.01	79	0
1965	38.5	39	48.9	35	28.1	42	8.48	75	0
1964	32.1	85	42	85	22.2	86	9.36	60	0
1963	31.8	86	41.5	86	22.1	87	9.82	53	0
1962	39.5	29	48.5	39	30.5	18	17.28	4	0
1961	35.7	69	46.1	65	25.3	73	10.77	40	0
1960	38.3	42	47.1	54	29.4	27	8.92	66	0
1959	36.3	63	47.1	54	25.6	68	8.86	68	0
1958	34	81	43.5	81	24.6	80	10.46	44	0
1957	43.7	3	52.9	7	34.5	1	19.19	2	0
1956	37.2	54	46.4	60	28	44	12.17	22	0
1955	36.8	58	46.6	58	26.9	55	10.20	49	0
1954	39.4	31	50.4	23	28.3	39	11.40	32	0
1953	40.6	18	50.4	23	30.7	16	9.82	53	0
1952	42	8	52.8	8	31.3	10	10.42	46	0
1951	37.3	53	48.3	46	26.4	60	9.66	55	0
1950	45.1	1	55.8	1	34.4	2	16.61	5	0
1949	43.8	2	53.6	3	33.9	3	11.17	36	2
1948	36.9	55	47.5	52	26.4	60	8.89	67	0
1947	37.8	47	48.3	46	27.2	51	13.88	10	0
1946	36.9	55	46.7	57	27.2	51	14.35	9	2
1945	36.9	55	45.7	69	28.1	42	11.22	35	0
1944	39.1	33	48.5	39	29.8	24	10.66	41	0
1943	38.5	39	48.7	36	28.3	39	11.85	27	0
1942	36.8	58	46.2	63	27.4	48	6.40	85	0
1941	37.5	52	48.5	39	26.9	55	4.54	89	6
1940			43.4	83	25.3	73	6.07	86	10
1939	40.1	22	51.5	12	28.7	36	9.00	62	0
1938	41.4	12	51.2	16	31.7	9	8.53	74	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	45.1
1949	43.8
2023	43.7
1957	43.7
2017	43.1
2020	42.8
1974	42.1
1952	42
2012	41.9
2019	41.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	29.8
1978	30
1963	31.8
1964	32.1
1970	32.8
2010	33.4
1979	34
1958	34
1981	34.4
2011	34.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	20.01
1957	19.19
1994	18.12
1962	17.28
1950	16.61
2013	15.85
2020	15.83
1974	14.47
1946	14.35
1947	13.88

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	4.54
2007	4.78
1981	5.34
1940	6.07
1942	6.40
1983	6.70
1977	6.71
1986	6.83
2000	6.86
1980	6.96

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 28 December 2025, 25 December 2025
Coldest night: -7°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.25 in; 10 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.77 in of precipitation in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the driest winter since 2015, 20th driest of 89.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 71°F on Sunday 28 December 2025 and Thursday 25 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: a low of -7°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 1.25 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.