Dayton, OH: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 28.4°F in Dayton, OH, the coldest winter since 2015, 37th coldest of 131.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 28.4°F; Coldest since 2015; 37th coldest of 131
Precipitation: 5.21 in; Driest since 2001; 16th driest of 130

A normal winter in Dayton, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.2°F, between 26.5°F and 35.3°F in eight years of ten and 8.25 in of precipitation, between 6.50 in and 11.45 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Dayton, OH since 1894: 28.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 21.6°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 26.5 to 35.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Dayton, OH from 1894 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	28.4	95	36.7	94	20	100	5.21	115	0
2025	30.9	71	38.1	77	23.6	63	8.67	43	0
2024	37.8	2	45.4	3	30.3	2	9.12	39	0
2023	37.3	3	45.6	2	29.1	5	7.06	82	0
2022	33.3	29	42.2	18	24.4	52	12.09	10	0
2021	31.2	67	37.8	81	24.7	48	5.75	109	0
2020	35.9	6	43.3	9	28.5	6	9.85	31	0
2019	33.3	29	40.6	33	26	28	14.03	5	0
2018	30.3	78	38.3	74	22.3	79	9.85	31	0
2017	35.3	9	42.8	11	27.7	10	7.93	58	0
2016	35	12	43.4	7	26.7	20	9.21	36	0
2015	27.6	108	35.5	106	19.6	108	7.15	80	0
2014	26.1	120	34.7	114	17.5	122	9.56	33	0
2013	33.2	33	40.5	35	26	28	8.16	54	0
2012	34.3	19	42.1	19	26.5	23	11.34	13	0
2011	26.4	117	33.2	124	19.5	109	7.43	74	0
2010	26.6	112	32.9	126	20.3	96	5.91	107	0
2009	27.8	103	36.3	98	19.4	111	8.74	42	0
2008	29.8	83	37.3	86	22.4	77	10.63	21	0
2007	29.9	82	37.4	84	22.4	77	10.26	26	0
2006	32.4	45	39.5	57	25.2	44	6.51	92	0
2005	30.8	73	38.2	76	23.4	69	12.46	6	0
2004	29	91	36.3	98	21.7	87	8.37	48	0
2003	25.4	123	32	128	18.8	119	6.50	93	0
2002	35.5	7	43.4	7	27.6	11	6.49	95	0
2001	27.3	110	34.9	113	19.8	103	4.94	120	0
2000	31.5	64	39.9	46	23.2	71	7.91	59	0
1999	33.7	25	41.9	20	25.5	40	10.03	27	0
1998	36	5	42.3	16	29.6	3	7.77	64	0
1997	32	50	39.8	50	24.2	56	8.28	50	0
1996	27.2	111	35	111	19.4	111	8.41	47	0
1995	31.7	58	39.4	60	23.9	58	6.62	90	0
1994	26.5	114	33.9	118	19.1	115	7.81	62	0
1993	30.6	75	38.1	77	23.1	72	8.23	53	0
1992	33.6	28	41.2	27	26	28	7.66	68	0
1991	33	38	40.9	30	25.1	45	15.12	3	0
1990	30.9	71	39.2	62	22.6	76	9.90	29	0
1989	31.7	58	39.7	52	23.6	63	8.02	56	0
1988	29.5	86	37.5	83	21.5	91	8.27	51	0
1987	31.6	62	38.4	72	24.8	47	4.94	120	0
1986	27.9	100	35.7	104	20.1	99	7.60	71	0
1985	27.7	104	35.4	109	19.9	102	7.65	69	0
1984	26.2	119	33.4	123	19.1	115	6.71	88	0
1983	34.4	17	41.5	23	27.2	13	5.76	108	0
1982	26	122	34.4	116	17.7	121	11.31	14	0
1981	29	91	36.8	93	21.1	94	5.11	116	0
1980	28.7	93	36.6	95	20.9	95	5.97	106	0
1979	24.8	125	33	125	16.6	126	10.59	22	0
1978	21.7	130	29.9	132	13.4	131	9.43	34	0
1977	21.6	131	30.6	131	12.7	132	4.09	127	0
1976	32	50	40.2	42	23.8	59	8.27	51	0
1975	33.3	29	39.8	50	26.9	19	10.40	23	0
1974	31	70	39	65	23.1	72	7.85	61	0
1973	32	50	40.5	35	23.6	63	5.72	110	0
1972	31.5	64	40.1	44	23	74	6.12	104	0
1971	29.8	83	38.1	77	21.5	91	7.25	78	0
1970	26.1	120	33.5	121	18.7	120	4.22	126	0
1969	29.5	86	37.2	88	21.8	86	7.96	57	0
1968	28.3	96	37.2	88	19.5	109	5.52	112	0
1967	30.8	73	38.6	70	23	74	4.88	122	0
1966	29.4	88	36.6	95	22.2	80	6.43	97	0
1965	31.1	69	40.3	41	22	84	8.45	45	0
1964	27.7	104	36.4	97	19	117	3.70	129	0
1963	23	128	32.1	127	13.8	130	2.03	130	0
1962	27.9	100	35.9	103	19.8	103	7.91	59	0
1961	27.6	108	35.5	106	19.7	107	6.88	85	0
1960	32	50	38.5	71	25.6	37	6.67	89	0
1959	26.4	117	35.5	106	17.4	124	11.53	12	0
1958	29.1	90	36.3	98	21.9	85	6.42	98	0
1957	32.7	42	39.6	54	25.8	33	7.16	79	0
1956	29.7	85	37.2	88	22.1	82	4.88	122	0
1955	30.5	77	37.4	84	23.6	63	7.04	83	0
1954	34.2	21	42.3	16	26.2	25	6.16	103	0
1953	34.4	17	41.5	23	27.2	13	7.65	69	0
1952	32.9	40	40.4	38	25.4	42	14.65	4	3
1951	27.7	104	35.3	110	20	100	10.98	19	0
1950	35.1	11	43.5	6	26.7	20	17.53	1	0
1949	34.9	14	42.6	12	27.1	17	12.26	8	0
1948	27.9	100	36	102	19.8	103	8.32	49	0
1947	33.1	34	40.6	33	25.6	37	8.43	46	0
1946	31.6	62	39.2	62	24	57	7.35	76	0
1945	28.2	97	35	111	21.3	93	7.79	63	0
1944	33.7	25	41	29	26.1	26	4.45	125	2
1943	31.7	58	39.6	54	23.7	61	6.46	96	0
1942	32.3	46	38.7	67	25.9	31	7.74	65	0
1941	32.3	46	38.7	67	25.9	31	5.55	111	0
1940	28.2	97	34.6	115	21.7	87	6.00	105	0
1939	35	12	42.5	14	27.4	12	9.18	37	0
1938	33.3	29	39.9	46	26.6	22	7.72	66	0
1937	35.5	7	43	10	28.1	9	16.14	2	0
1936	24.7	126	31.9	129	17.5	122	6.99	84	0
1935	32.1	49	39.5	57	24.6	50	5.00	118	5
1934			39.6	54	21.7	87	5.50	113	15
1933	34.9	14	42.6	12	27.2	13	9.07	40	0
1932	40.7	1	47.8	1	33.7	1	11.85	11	0
1931	34.3	19	40.2	42	28.3	8	3.71	128	0
1930	34	24	40.8	31	27.2	13	10.79	20	0
1929	30.2	79	38.1	77	22.2	80	9.86	30	0
1928	31.7	58	39	65	24.4	52	6.59	91	0
1927	33	38	39.9	46	26.1	26	8.10	55	0
1926	30.6	75	37.6	82	23.5	68	5.48	114	0
1925	31.9	56	39.9	46	23.8	59	6.50	93	0
1924	32.7	42	39.7	52	25.6	37	12.34	7	0
1923	32	50	39.3	61	24.7	48	9.05	41	0
1922	32.3	46	39.1	64	25.5	40	6.38	99	0
1921	34.8	16	41.2	27	28.4	7	6.38	99	0
1920	26.6	112	33.7	120	19.4	111	4.59	124	0
1919	36.6	4	43.8	5	29.4	4	5.00	118	0
1918	22.7	129	31.1	130	14.2	129	7.14	81	0
1917	28.7	93	37.2	88	20.2	97	7.29	77	0
1916	32	50	39.5	57	24.4	52	10.39	25	0
1915	30.2	79	37.1	92	23.3	70	7.52	72	0
1914	31.5	64	38.7	67	24.3	55	6.24	102	0
1913	33.1	34	41.3	26	25	46	9.94	28	0
1912	26.5	114	33.8	119	19.2	114	7.52	72	0
1911	33.1	34	40.7	32	25.3	43	7.43	74	3
1910	27.7	104	35.6	105	19.8	103	10.40	23	0
1909	35.3	9	44.1	4	26.5	23	11.04	18	0
1908	31.9	56	40.1	44	23.6	63	11.16	16	0
1907	32.5	44	40.4	38	24.6	50	12.20	9	0
1906	32.8	41	41.8	21	23.7	61	6.27	101	0
1905	25.3	124	34	117	16.6	126	7.69	67	1
1904	23.8	127	33.5	121	14.4	128	9.14	38	2
1903	30.1	81	38.3	74	22.1	82	11.13	17	1
1902	26.5	114	36.1	101	16.9	125			0
1901	29.2	89	38.4	72	20.2	97	5.11	116	1
1900	31.2	67	40.4	38	21.6	90	9.26	35	5
1899	28.2	97	37.3	86	18.9	118	8.57	44	1
1898	33.7	25	41.6	22	25.7	34	11.31	14	0
1897	33.1	34	40.5	35	25.7	34	6.86	86	1
1896	34.2	21	41.4	25	27	18	6.84	87	0
1895									49
1894	34.1	23	42.5	14	25.7	34			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	40.7
2024	37.8
2023	37.3
1919	36.6
1998	36
2020	35.9
2002	35.5
1937	35.5
2017	35.3
1909	35.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	21.6
1978	21.7
1918	22.7
1963	23
1904	23.8
1936	24.7
1979	24.8
1905	25.3
2003	25.4
1982	26

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	17.53
1937	16.14
1991	15.12
1952	14.65
2019	14.03
2005	12.46
1924	12.34
1949	12.26
1907	12.20
2022	12.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	2.03
1964	3.70
1931	3.71
1977	4.09
1970	4.22
1944	4.45
1920	4.59
1967	4.88
1956	4.88
2001	4.94
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: -7°F; 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.00 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.21 in of precipitation in Dayton, OH, the driest winter since 2001, 16th driest of 130.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Dayton, OH: 68°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Dayton, OH: a low of -7°F on Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Dayton, OH: 1.00 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.