Cleveland, OH: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 26.6°F in Cleveland, OH, the coldest winter since 2015, 39th coldest of 146.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 26.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 39th coldest of 146
Precipitation: 4.68 in; Driest since 1977; 14th driest of 155

A normal winter in Cleveland, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.1°F, between 25.5°F and 35.3°F in eight years of ten and 8.23 in of precipitation, between 6.67 in and 11.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Cleveland, OH since 1873: 26.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 19.6°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 25.5 to 35.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Cleveland, OH from 1871 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	26.6	108	34.4	101	18.8	122	4.68	141	0
2025	29.2	73	35.4	83	23	69	9.25	35	0
2024	36.9	2	43.4	3	30.5	3	7.90	63	0
2023	36.4	3	43.4	3	29.5	4	9.57	28	0
2022	31.5	35	39.2	30	23.8	54	8.42	52	0
2021	30.1	52	35.5	79	24.7	40	6.26	109	0
2020	35.8	5	42.6	6	29.1	6	8.19	58	0
2019	32.5	25	39.5	26	25.6	28	8.51	47	0
2018	30.4	51	37.9	46	22.8	75	7.25	81	0
2017	36	4	42.8	5	29.1	6	10.11	22	0
2016	34.8	11	42.5	8	27.1	16	7.55	70	0
2015	24.6	130	31.8	132	17.4	135	6.75	96	0
2014	25.5	120	33.1	118	17.9	133	9.13	37	0
2013	32.2	28	38.6	35	25.7	26	8.40	53	0
2012	35	10	41.4	16	28.5	8	10.44	16	0
2011	26.1	114	32	129	20.2	103	8.48	48	0
2010	29.1	75	34.5	98	23.6	55	7.11	88	0
2009	26.8	103	34.4	101	19.3	116	9.16	36	0
2008	30	54	36.7	58	23.4	59	13.05	5	0
2007	29.8	60	36.4	64	23.2	65	10.76	12	0
2006	32.2	28	38.2	44	26.2	24	6.76	94	0
2005	29.7	61	36.5	63	23	69	12.43	7	0
2004	28.3	88	35	92	21.6	90	7.46	75	0
2003	25.5	120	31.5	134	19.4	112	8.43	51	0
2002	35.3	7	42.2	9	28.3	11	7.17	85	0
2001	27.2	99	33.5	114	20.9	98	5.97	117	0
2000	31.5	35	38.9	31	24.1	48	7.38	76	0
1999	32.8	22	40.4	23	25.3	33	7.92	62	0
1998	35.3	7	41.1	17	29.5	4	8.23	56	0
1997	31.5	35	38.8	34	24.2	46	7.73	68	0
1996	26.5	109	33.5	114	19.6	108	5.77	122	0
1995	31.4	39	38.9	31	24	51	10.48	15	0
1994	25.3	123	32.9	123	17.8	134	5.70	125	0
1993	30.8	48	37.4	51	24.1	48	11.36	9	0
1992	32.5	25	39.4	28	25.6	28	8.23	56	0
1991	31.9	32	39.5	26	24.2	46	13.08	4	0
1990	29.5	67	37.2	54	21.8	88	8.77	41	0
1989	30.9	46	38.3	41	23.5	56	6.29	107	0
1988	28.8	80	36.2	67	21.4	93	6.83	93	0
1987	30.1	52	36.7	58	23.5	56	5.29	135	0
1986	26.5	109	33.1	118	19.8	107	7.94	61	0
1985	27.5	96	35	92	20.1	105	7.76	67	0
1984	25.9	116	32.7	124	19.1	120	7.99	59	0
1983	35.1	9	42	13	28.1	13	5.53	130	0
1982	25.2	126	32.3	127	18	129	8.85	40	0
1981	26.5	109	33.8	112	19.2	118	5.58	129	0
1980	27.1	100	33.9	110	20.3	102	6.45	103	0
1979	25.1	128	32.7	124	17.4	135	8.31	54	0
1978	22.2	141	30.9	140	13.5	150	7.66	69	0
1977	19.6	146	28.3	151	10.8	152	4.24	146	0
1976	29.7	61	37.3	53	22.2	85	11.12	10	0
1975	31.3	42	37.1	55	25.6	28	11.12	10	0
1974	31.4	39	38.4	38	24.4	44	8.52	46	0
1973	31	45	37.5	49	24.5	42	7.28	79	0
1972	30.5	49	38.5	36	22.4	83	7.86	64	0
1971	27.1	100	34.2	104	20.1	105	7.29	78	0
1970	24.3	133	30.6	141	18	129	5.09	136	0
1969	27.7	94	34	108	21.4	93	7.53	71	0
1968	26.8	103	34.1	106	19.5	109	6.52	101	0
1967	29.7	61	36.4	64	23.1	68	6.16	111	0
1966	28.7	81	35.1	90	22.3	84	5.91	118	0
1965	29.1	75	36.7	58	21.5	91	10.12	21	0
1964	25.7	117	32	129	19.4	112	3.99	149	0
1963	20.5	145	28.9	148	12.2	151	4.84	137	0
1962	26.5	109	33.9	110	19.1	120	6.52	101	0
1961	25.2	126	33	121	17.3	138	4.68	141	0
1960	32.3	27	38.3	41	26.3	22	6.59	99	0
1959	25.3	123	33.6	113	17	141	9.56	29	0
1958	29.3	70	35.7	78	22.9	74	5.83	120	0
1957	31.3	42	37.9	46	24.6	41	6.13	112	0
1956	29.1	75	35.3	86	22.7	76	6.94	92	2
1955	29.9	57	36.3	66	23.5	56	7.24	83	0
1954	32.8	22	40.6	22	25.1	37	8.62	44	0
1953	34	18	40.9	20	27.2	15	7.95	60	0
1952	31.5	35	38.9	31	24.1	48	12.81	6	0
1951	28.2	90	35.3	86	21.2	96	10.11	22	0
1950	33.5	21	41.8	14	25.3	33	14.95	1	0
1949	34.3	14	42.2	9	26.4	21	8.68	42	0
1948	26.7	105	34.6	97	18.8	122	5.69	126	0
1947	30	54	37.4	51	22.7	76	7.04	89	0
1946	28.3	88	36.1	71	20.6	100	3.96	151	0
1945	24.5	132	31.8	132	17.1	140	5.31	134	0
1944	29.9	57	37.1	55	22.7	76	3.98	150	0
1943	27.5	96	34.7	96	20.2	103	7.32	77	0
1942	29.6	65	36	75	23.3	61	7.53	71	0
1941	31.1	44	36.7	58	25.5	31	7.27	80	0
1940	28	93	33.5	114	22.5	79	5.76	123	0
1939			40.8	21	25.3	33	7.14	87	15
1938	30.9	46	37.5	49	24.3	45	6.60	98	0
1937	34.5	12	42.1	12	26.9	18	9.96	26	0
1936	23.9	135	30.5	143	17.4	135	6.43	105	0
1935	29.5	67	36.1	71	23	69	7.25	81	0
1934	28.2	90	36.1	71	20.5	101	4.20	148	1
1933	34.5	12	42.2	9	26.8	19	7.16	86	0
1932	38.8	1	45.3	2	32.3	1	7.21	84	0
1931	32.1	31	37.9	46	26.3	22	3.65	152	0
1930	32.2	28	39.3	29	25.1	37	10.14	20	0
1929	28.5	84	35.1	90	22	86	8.62	44	0
1928	29.9	57	36.6	62	23.3	61	8.30	55	0
1927	29.3	70	35.3	86	23.2	65	6.35	106	0
1926	28.1	92	34.2	104	21.9	87	5.76	123	0
1925	28.9	78	36	75	21.7	89	7.49	73	0
1924	30	54	36.1	71	24	51	9.38	34	0
1923	28.7	81	34.9	95	22.5	79	6.45	103	0
1922	29.6	65	36.2	67	23.3	61	4.58	143	1
1921	32.6	24	38.1	45	27	17	5.36	133	0
1920	23	138	29.4	146	16.7	144	4.40	145	0
1919	34.3	14	40.2	24	28.4	10	3.32	154	0
1918	21.7	142	28.9	148	14.5	147	5.49	132	0
1917	26.1	114	33.4	117	18.7	125	5.83	120	0
1916	29.7	61	36.2	67	23.2	65	5.67	127	0
1915	28.5	84	34.4	101	22.5	79	6.11	114	0
1914	29.4	69	35.5	79	23.3	61	4.83	139	0
1913	31.4	39	38.4	38	24.5	42	8.65	43	0
1912	24.6	130	30.6	141	18.6	127	7.84	65	0
1911	29.2	73	35.5	79	23	69	7.03	91	0
1910	25.1	128	31.4	135	18.7	125	10.32	17	0
1909	31.9	32	38.4	38	25.5	31	8.93	39	0
1908	28.9	78	35.4	83	22.5	79	9.91	27	0
1907	28.4	86	35.8	77	21	97	10.28	18	0
1906	31.9	32	38.5	36	25.2	36	4.81	140	0
1905	23.2	137	29.4	146	16.9	143	6.24	110	0
1904	20.8	144	27.9	152	13.7	148	9.53	30	0
1903	27.7	94	34.1	106	21.4	93	9.39	33	0
1902	25.3	123	31.2	137	19.4	112	6.29	107	0
1901	26.7	105	32.6	126	20.9	98	3.27	155	0
1900	28.4	86	35.3	86	21.5	91	8.45	50	0
1899	25.7	117	32.1	128	19.2	118	6.12	113	0
1898	30.5	49	36.2	67	24.9	39	7.49	73	0
1897	28.7	81	34.5	98	23	69	5.67	127	0
1896	29.3	70	35.5	79	23.4	59	9.44	32	6
1895			33.1	118	18.8	122	4.84	137	17
1894							7.04	89	21
1893			31.4	135	17.2	139	6.65	97	15
1892							7.84	65	23
1891			38.3	41	25.7	26	9.09	38	18
1890			46.6	1	30.7	2	11.85	8	11
1889			37	57	23.9	53	5.89	119	12
1888	26.7	105	34	108	19.5	109	6.76	94	0
1887	26.5	109	35	92	18.1	128	13.22	3	0
1886	27	102	34.5	98	19.4	112	6.58	100	0
1885	22.8	139	31	139	14.7	146	5.51	131	0
1884	27.4	98	35.4	83	19.5	109	9.50	31	0
1883	25.5	120	33	121	18	129	10.73	13	0
1882	34.2	17	41.1	17	27.4	14	10.19	19	0
1881	22.5	140	28.8	150	16.3	145	6.04	116	0
1880	35.4	6	42.6	6	28.3	11	9.98	25	0
1879	23.9	135	29.8	144	18	129	10.10	24	2
1878	34.3	14	40.2	24	28.5	8	8.46	49	0
1877	25.6	119	31.9	131	19.3	116	4.42	144	0
1876	33.9	19	41.7	15	26.1	25	10.71	14	0
1875	21.6	143	29.8	144	13.7	148	4.23	147	4
1874	33.8	20	41	19	26.7	20	13.84	2	6
1873	24.2	134	31.2	137	17	141	6.08	115	6
1872							3.64	153	27
1871									50

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	38.8
2024	36.9
2023	36.4
2017	36
2020	35.8
1880	35.4
2002	35.3
1998	35.3
1983	35.1
2012	35

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	19.6
1963	20.5
1904	20.8
1875	21.6
1918	21.7
1978	22.2
1881	22.5
1885	22.8
1920	23
1905	23.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	14.95
1874	13.84
1887	13.22
1991	13.08
2008	13.05
1952	12.81
2005	12.43
1890	11.85
1993	11.36
1976	11.12
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	3.27
1919	3.32
1872	3.64
1931	3.65
1946	3.96
1944	3.98
1964	3.99
1934	4.20
1875	4.23
1977	4.24

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 9 January 2026, 28 December 2025
Coldest night: -10°F; 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.63 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 4.68 in of precipitation in Cleveland, OH, the driest winter since 1977, tied 14th driest of 155 (with 1961).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Cleveland, OH: 64°F on Friday 9 January 2026 and Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Cleveland, OH: a low of -10°F on Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Cleveland, OH: 0.63 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.