Carbondale, IL: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 35.6°F in Carbondale, IL, the coldest winter since 2025, tied 47th coldest of 110 (with 2008, 1975 and 1962).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 35.6°F; Coldest since 2025; 47th coldest of 110

A normal winter in Carbondale, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.7°F, between 31.9°F and 39.3°F in eight years of ten and 9.31 in of precipitation, between 5.88 in and 12.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Carbondale, IL since 1900: 35.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 25°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 31.9 to 39.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Carbondale, IL from 1899 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	35.6	61	45.6	56	25.6	72	2.52	114	0
2025	34.5	76	43.1	88	25.8	69	7.36	78	3
2024	40.4	5	49.9	6	31	6	6.70	83	0
2023	40.1	7	49	9	31.2	4	10.67	31	0
2022	37.5	36	48.4	16	26.6	58	8.78	57	0
2021	34.1	80	42.6	90	25.6	72	6.56	87	0
2020	38.3	22	47.3	29	29.3	22	11.06	24	0
2019	37.1	45	45.2	59	29	26	14.86	6	1
2018	33.9	83	44	78	24	84			1
2017	39.4	12	48.7	15	30	16	2.84	113	0
2016	39.3	14	48.3	18	30.3	13	10.69	30	0
2015	32.2	95	40.7	100	23.8	88	6.61	85	0
2014	30.3	103	39.9	106	20.8	106			0
2013	38.8	16	47.9	22	29.6	19	10.73	27	0
2012	39.6	11	48.9	11	30.4	11	8.97	54	1
2011	31.9	97	40.7	100	23.2	94	5.83	97	0
2010	32.3	94	40.3	104	24.3	81	7.51	77	1
2009	34.7	75	44.4	70	24.9	76	5.69	99	0
2008	35.6	61	44.1	76	27.1	51	13.76	10	0
2007	35.7	58	44.2	74	27.1	51	9.59	45	0
2006	37.1	45	46.9	34	27.2	48	6.08	94	0
2005	37.5	36	46	49	28.9	27	7.57	75	0
2004	36	56	44.6	68	27.4	45	5.90	95	0
2003	31.8	99	40.1	105	23.6	92	10.26	37	0
2002	38.5	19	47.8	23	29.2	25	10.42	35	0
2001	29.9	104	38.3	110	21.5	103	6.39	90	2
2000	38.3	22	48.1	19	28.5	33	11.76	19	2
1999	39.9	9	48.8	13	30.9	7	9.97	41	9
1998	38.7	17	46.2	44	31.1	5	9.62	44	1
1997	35.1	71	43.8	83	26.4	62	9.32	50	0
1996	33	91	43.2	87	22.9	96	8.48	64	2
1995	35.2	69	44.3	72	26.2	66	9.30	51	1
1994	32	96	40.4	103	23.9	86	7.87	71	1
1993	33.3	87	42.3	92	24.2	83	11.08	23	4
1992	38.2	24	47.5	27	28.8	29	7.25	79	0
1991	34	81	44.4	70	23.9	86	13.57	12	3
1990			45.9	52			12.63	15	12
1989			45.8	53	23	95	12.97	14	10
1988	33.2	88	42.4	91	23.8	88	11.65	20	4
1987	34.4	77	44.1	76	25	75	6.65	84	5
1984									32
1983	37.3	39	46.2	44	28.6	32	13.68	11	1
1982	28.2	106	39.2	107	17.2	107	13.50	13	0
1981	33.9	83	45.5	57	22.2	100	3.54	111	0
1980	31.9	97	42	95	21.8	101	5.34	104	1
1979	26.4	108	36.5	112	16.2	109	14.69	7	0
1978	25	110	34.8	113	15.1	110	6.79	82	0
1977	25.2	109	37.6	111	12.8	111	4.68	107	0
1976	35.5	65	46.2	44	24.9	76	8.30	66	1
1975	35.6	61	44.7	65	26.5	60	10.92	25	0
1974	35.4	66	44.2	74	26.5	60	9.19	52	0
1973	33.2	88	42.2	93	24.3	81	8.01	69	5
1972							8.74	58	41
1971	36.3	54	45.5	57	27	54	8.93	55	1
1970	31.8	99	41.1	96	22.4	99	6.22	93	0
1969	35.4	66	43.5	85	27.2	48	12.27	17	1
1968	34	81	43.1	88	24.8	79	10.66	32	0
1967	37	48	46.7	40	27.2	48	8.54	61	0
1966	35.7	58	44.7	65	26.6	58	8.66	59	1
1965	36.5	52	46.8	37	26.3	65	10.87	26	1
1964	33	91	43.5	85	22.5	98	5.44	102	0
1963			41	98			4.48	108	26
1962	35.6	61	45	62	26.2	66	13.91	9	0
1961	34.4	77	45.2	59	23.6	92	9.73	42	0
1960	37.3	39	45.2	59	29.4	20	9.17	53	0
1959	33.8	86	43.9	82	23.7	91	6.60	86	0
1958	35.2	69	44.5	69	26	68	9.54	48	0
1957	38.7	17	48.1	19	29.8	17	10.47	34	4
1956	35.4	66	44.9	64	25.8	69	8.41	65	0
1955	37.1	45	46.5	43	27.6	41	9.99	40	0
1954	39	15	50.6	4	27.1	51	8.52	62	3
1953	39.9	9	48.9	11	30.8	8	6.90	81	0
1952	40.3	6	50.2	5	30.4	11	8.27	67	0
1951	34.8	73	44.7	65	24.9	76	10.71	29	0
1950	41.3	2	51.2	2	31.3	3	27.85	1	1
1949	40.1	7	49.3	7	30.7	10	15.92	5	2
1948									39
1947	37.3	39	46.2	44	28.7	31	5.61	100	6
1946	35.7	58	45	62	26.4	62	8.60	60	0
1945	33	91	40.7	100	25.4	74	12.29	16	2
1944	37.2	43	46	49	28.5	33	5.85	96	0
1943	36.6	50	45.7	55	27.4	45	2.91	112	0
1942	36.1	55	44	78	28.2	37	11.15	22	0
1941	38.1	27	45.8	53	30.3	13	6.24	92	0
1940	31.2	102	41	98	21.3	104	7.57	75	0
1939	38.2	24	48.8	13	27.6	41	11.55	21	1
1938	38.5	19	46.9	34	30.1	15	8.90	56	0
1937	37.9	31	47.1	32	28.8	29	17.71	3	0
1936	29.9	104	38.9	109	20.9	105	4.06	110	0
1935	38	30	46.8	37	29.3	22	6.41	89	0
1934	38.1	27	48	21	28.3	35	5.28	105	1
1933	38.4	21	47.4	28	29.3	22	13.93	8	0
1932	45.3	1	54.5	1	35.8	1	11.85	18	1
1931	39.4	12	49.1	8	29.7	18	4.80	106	0
1930	37.6	33	46.8	37	28.3	35	17.03	4	1
1929	33.9	83	44	78	23.8	88	10.36	36	0
1928	36.5	52	46.1	48	26.9	56	10.04	39	6
1927	38.1	27	47.3	29	28.9	27	7.83	73	0
1926	37.6	33	47.1	32	28	38	5.78	98	0
1925	37.4	38	47.8	23	27.3	47	8.21	68	1
1924	37.2	43	47.3	29	26.9	56	7.90	70	1
1923	37.6	33	47.7	25	27.6	41	10.63	33	0
1922	37.3	39	46.9	34	27.7	40	7.86	72	0
1921	40.5	4	49	9	31.9	2	9.56	46	0
1920	34.2	79	43.8	83	24.6	80	5.38	103	0
1919	40.8	3	50.7	3	30.8	8	7.02	80	2
1918	28.2	106	39.2	107	17.2	107	6.36	91	0
1917	35.8	57	47.6	26	24	84	9.38	49	0
1916	36.8	49	46.6	42	27	54	18.47	2	0
1915	34.8	73	42.1	94	27.6	41	10.73	27	1
1914	37.7	32	46	49	29.4	20	9.55	47	0
1913	36.6	50	46.7	40	26.4	62	10.24	38	0
1912	31.8	99	41.1	96	22.6	97	8.50	63	1
1911	38.2	24	48.4	16	28	38	5.58	101	0
1910									62
1903	35.1	71	44	78	25.7	71	9.66	43	5
1902									20
1901							4.37	109	21
1900	33.1	90	44.3	72	21.8	101	6.56	87	2
1899							7.64	74	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	45.3
1950	41.3
1919	40.8
1921	40.5
2024	40.4
1952	40.3
2023	40.1
1949	40.1
1999	39.9
1953	39.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	25
1977	25.2
1979	26.4
1982	28.2
1918	28.2
2001	29.9
1936	29.9
2014	30.3
1940	31.2
2003	31.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	27.85
1916	18.47
1937	17.71
1930	17.03
1949	15.92
2019	14.86
1979	14.69
1933	13.93
1962	13.91
2008	13.76

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	2.52
2017	2.84
1943	2.91
1981	3.54
1936	4.06
1901	4.37
1963	4.48
1977	4.68
1931	4.80
1934	5.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 26 December 2025
Coldest night: -2°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.71 in; 25 January 2026

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The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Carbondale, IL: 73°F on Friday 26 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Carbondale, IL: a low of -2°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Carbondale, IL: 0.71 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.