Charlottesville, VA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 35.8°F in Charlottesville, VA, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 20th coldest of 87 (with 1964).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 35.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 20th coldest of 87
Precipitation: 6.50 in; Driest since 2022; 29th driest of 92

A normal winter in Charlottesville, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.8°F, between 35.2°F and 42.2°F in eight years of ten and 7.79 in of precipitation, between 5.08 in and 13.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Charlottesville, VA since 1896: 35.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 32.2°F, in 1982.

Normal range, 35.2 to 42.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Charlottesville, VA from 1893 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	35.8	67	45.3	67	26.3	82	6.50	64	0
2025	36.6	56	45.3	67	27.9	64	7.75	52	0
2024	43.2	4	53.1	3	33.4	7	11.85	15	0
2023	44.5	1	53.9	1	35.1	2	7.74	53	1
2022	41.9	8	52.4	6	31.5	18	5.53	75	0
2021	39.8	30	48.1	45	31.4	20	12.89	11	0
2020	43.6	3	53	4	34.1	4	8.79	42	0
2019	40.7	19	49.4	26	32	12	12.70	12	0
2018	40.2	27	49.9	20	30.5	32	6.21	68	0
2017	44.2	2	53.9	1	34.5	3	5.18	78	0
2016	41.5	12	50.6	15	32.4	10	12.60	13	0
2015	35.2	75	44.3	80	26	84	6.58	63	0
2014	36.2	64	45.9	61	26.5	79	13.03	10	0
2013	39.9	29	49	33	30.9	28	9.69	30	0
2012	42.1	7	52.8	5	31.3	21	9.44	35	0
2011	36.5	58	45.9	61	27.1	71	4.99	81	0
2010	34.8	78	43	86	26.6	78	15.84	3	0
2009	36.4	60	46.7	52	26.2	83	5.09	80	0
2008	38.4	43	47.8	46	28.9	50	4.00	87	0
2007	38.5	41	48.4	40	28.7	53	6.61	62	0
2006	38.8	37	48.5	37	29.1	48	7.26	55	0
2005	38.5	41	48.3	43	28.7	53	8.53	46	0
2004	35.3	73	44.9	72	25.7	89	8.32	48	0
2003	33.7	83	41.9	91	25.6	91	13.83	7	0
2002	41.8	9	52.4	6	31.1	27	4.24	86	0
2001	34.8	78	44.8	74	24.9	93	5.84	71	0
2000	38.7	39	48.8	35	28.6	56	6.91	60	0
1999	40.3	24	50.4	16	30.1	38	10.37	24	0
1998	42.6	6	51.2	11	34	5	13.32	9	0
1997	40.8	17	49.7	23	31.9	13	7.16	56	0
1996	35.6	69	44.5	76	26.8	74	8.89	40	0
1995	39.8	30	49.1	32	30.5	32	5.68	72	0
1994	35.6	69	44.2	82	26.9	72	9.86	27	0
1993	38.4	43	47.4	47	29.4	43	10.75	20	0
1992	40.6	20	50.8	12	30.3	35	6.89	61	0
1991	41.6	10	51.9	9	31.3	21	6.92	59	2
1990	38.4	43	49.4	26	27.4	67	4.85	82	0
1989	39.5	33	49.2	30	29.8	41	3.21	90	0
1988	36.5	58	46.2	59	26.7	76	2.39	92	0
1987	36.6	56	45.6	65	27.6	66	7.91	50	3
1986	35.6	69	44.8	74	26.5	79	2.52	91	2
1985	38.7	39	47.3	48	30	39	4.43	83	3
1984	38.3	46	46.5	54	30.2	36	10.49	22	0
1983	41.1	14	48.8	35	33.4	7	5.10	79	1
1982	32.2	87	40.2	92	24.3	95	9.06	37	4
1981	36.4	60	46.1	60	26.7	76	4.28	85	0
1980	40	28	48.4	40	31.5	18	4.40	84	2
1979	34.6	80	42.7	87	26.5	79	13.97	5	0
1978	34	82	42.1	90	25.9	88	12.32	14	0
1977	33.1	86	43.3	85	22.8	97	3.59	88	0
1976	41	15	50.8	12	31.3	21	8.19	49	0
1975	40.5	22	49.3	28	31.6	17	9.67	31	0
1974	41.6	10	50.3	18	32.9	9	10.17	25	0
1973	40.3	24	49.3	28	31.2	25	10.96	17	0
1972	40.6	20	50.3	18	30.9	28	6.98	58	0
1971	37.7	49	46.6	53	28.7	53	7.48	54	0
1970	33.7	83	42.7	87	24.7	94	9.26	36	1
1969	36.3	62	44.9	72	27.7	65	5.24	77	1
1968	34.9	77	44.4	77	25.5	92	8.98	38	0
1967	35.9	66	45	71	26.8	74	6.25	67	0
1966	36.7	55	45.2	69	28.3	58	8.91	39	0
1965	38	48	47	50	28.9	50	10.96	17	0
1964	35.8	67	44.4	77	27.2	69	5.52	76	0
1963	33.4	85	43.6	84	23.1	96	3.54	89	0
1962	36.8	54	45.4	66	28.2	60			0
1961	35.1	76	44.3	80	26	84	8.67	44	0
1960	38.8	37	47	50	30.7	30	10.60	21	0
1959	35.6	69	45.2	69	26	84	5.62	73	0
1958	35.3	73	43.7	83	26.9	72	11.70	16	0
1957	40.9	16	49.9	20	31.8	14	8.59	45	0
1956	37.4	50	46.5	54	28.3	58	5.62	73	0
1955	37.2	51	46.3	58	28.1	61	9.70	29	0
1954	40.3	24	50.4	16	30.2	36	8.52	47	0
1953	40.8	17	49.8	22	31.8	14	10.12	26	0
1952	40.5	22	49.7	23	31.3	21	13.68	8	0
1951	37.2	51	46.4	56	28	62	9.50	33	0
1950	41.5	12	50.7	14	32.3	11	6.28	65	1
1949	42.7	5	51.6	10	33.8	6	14.38	4	1
1948	36.1	65	45.8	63	26	84	7.02	57	8
1947									29
1946									34
1945									42
1944			48.2	44			8.87	41	21
1943									39
1942					27.3	68	9.48	34	13
1941	37.2	51	46.4	56	28	62			4
1940									65
1939	39.8	30	49	33	30.4	34	13.92	6	8
1938					29.2	46	6.13	69	17
1937					31.2	25	18.38	1	14
1936									65
1935									38
1934									62
1933									64
1932					36.6	1	9.85	28	12
1931	39	35	48.4	40	29.2	46	6.27	66	9
1930			52.3	8	30.7	30	5.89	70	13
1929									36
1928									39
1927									38
1926									40
1925									39
1924			49.2	30	29.8	41	10.38	23	10
1923					28.9	50	9.66	32	13
1922					28.5	57			13
1921									40
1920									43
1919			49.6	25	31.7	16	10.90	19	10
1918									41
1917									40
1916									34
1915					29.3	45	16.18	2	17
1914	38.9	36	48.5	37	29.1	48			3
1913									33
1912	34.1	81	42.6	89	25.7	89	8.72	43	3
1911									31
1910									35
1909									34
1908									33
1907									28
1906	39.2	34	48.5	37	30	39			0
1905									39
1904									33
1903									28
1902									29
1901	36.3	62	45.8	63	27.2	69	7.80	51	5
1900									28
1899			44.4	77					11
1897									61
1896	38.3	46	47.3	48	29.4	43			1
1895									62
1894									31
1893									60

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	44.5
2017	44.2
2020	43.6
2024	43.2
1949	42.7
1998	42.6
2012	42.1
2022	41.9
2002	41.8
1991	41.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1982	32.2
1977	33.1
1963	33.4
2003	33.7
1970	33.7
1978	34
1912	34.1
1979	34.6
2010	34.8
2001	34.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	18.38
1915	16.18
2010	15.84
1949	14.38
1979	13.97
1939	13.92
2003	13.83
1952	13.68
1998	13.32
2014	13.03

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1988	2.39
1986	2.52
1989	3.21
1963	3.54
1977	3.59
2008	4.00
2002	4.24
1981	4.28
1980	4.40
1985	4.43

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 20 February 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.32 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.50 in of precipitation in Charlottesville, VA, the driest winter since 2022, 29th driest of 92.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charlottesville, VA: 69°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charlottesville, VA: a low of 5°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charlottesville, VA: 2.32 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.