Duluth, MN: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 12.4°F in Duluth, MN, the coldest winter since 2022, tied 74th coldest of 152 (with 1991 and 1952).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 12.4°F; Coldest since 2022; 74th coldest of 152
Precipitation: 2.75 in; Driest since 2021; 55th driest of 155

A normal winter in Duluth, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 13.8°F, between 8.7°F and 19.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.43 in of precipitation, between 1.77 in and 5.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Duluth, MN since 1875: 12.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 3.7°F, in 1875.

Normal range, 8.7 to 19.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Duluth, MN from 1872 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	12.4	77	21	75	3.8	74	2.75	98	0
2025	13.6	56	21.7	61	5.5	55	2.91	86	0
2024	24.7	2	31.5	2	18	2	4.24	31	0
2023	15.9	34	23.3	41	8.4	29	6.61	3	0
2022	10	112	19.8	92	0.2	121	4.80	21	0
2021	15.2	42	23	46	7.5	37	2.13	120	0
2020	16	32	24.3	30	7.7	35	4.24	31	0
2019	13.3	62	21.5	67	5.2	60	4.45	25	0
2018	10.6	100	19.2	101	2	96	3.19	71	0
2017	18	17	25.4	18	10.6	17	5.03	16	0
2016	18.9	10	26	12	11.7	9	5.58	13	0
2015	13.4	58	20.4	85	6.4	46	2.10	124	0
2014	3.8	151	13	152	-5.4	151	5.73	9	0
2013	15	44	23.2	43	6.8	42	3.99	35	0
2012	21.1	6	28.7	5	13.4	5	2.33	107	0
2011	11.4	85	19	105	3.8	74	3.50	53	0
2010	12.7	73	21.2	71	4.3	69	4.40	28	0
2009	8.3	132	17.6	126	-1.1	135	3.45	56	0
2008	11.2	87	19.3	98	3.1	83	2.95	84	0
2007	15.4	40	22.6	50	8.1	32	2.91	86	0
2006	17.9	19	25	24	10.9	16	3.96	37	0
2005	13.5	57	22.1	57	4.8	63	5.70	10	0
2004	14.3	49	22.5	52	6.2	47	3.91	41	0
2003	12.9	69	21.2	71	4.5	67	1.27	152	0
2002	20.4	7	28.4	6	12.5	7	1.59	144	0
2001	9.9	113	18.1	119	1.7	104	3.94	40	0
2000	17	24	25.9	13	8.1	32	2.08	128	0
1999	16.2	30	24.2	31	8.3	30	3.08	74	0
1998	22.5	3	28.4	6	16.5	3	3.21	70	0
1997	10.8	95	18.8	108	2.8	88	2.03	130	0
1996	8.7	127	18	120	-0.7	131	3.99	35	0
1995	15.7	36	24	32	7.3	38	2.75	98	0
1994	7.1	138	15.7	140	-1.5	137	3.75	45	0
1993	14.1	51	22.5	52	5.6	54	3.40	60	0
1992	17.8	21	25.7	15	10	22	1.79	137	0
1991	12.4	77	21.7	61	3.1	83	1.56	146	0
1990	12.5	76	22.6	50	2.3	93	1.65	142	0
1989	10.6	100	20.6	80	0.6	117	3.33	64	0
1988	10.5	103	19.9	89	1.2	112	1.58	145	0
1987	19.1	9	27.1	9	11.1	13	1.45	151	0
1986	8.6	128	17.3	130	-0.1	123	2.18	113	0
1985	10.4	105	19	105	1.7	104	2.96	83	0
1984	10.3	107	18.4	114	2.3	93	3.36	62	0
1983	17.9	19	24.6	27	11.1	13	3.02	77	0
1982	7.3	136	16.1	137	-1.5	137	3.47	55	0
1981	13.2	64	21.5	67	4.8	63	2.45	105	0
1980	13.9	54	22.3	55	5.5	55	2.27	110	0
1979	5.2	146	13.9	146	-3.5	145	3.84	43	0
1978	8.9	125	16.9	132	0.9	115	2.18	113	0
1977	6.8	142	15.6	142	-2	141	1.22	153	0
1976	12.2	81	20.5	83	3.9	73	3.26	69	0
1975	13.7	55	21.6	65	5.9	50	5.60	12	0
1974	9.3	120	18	120	0.6	117	2.48	104	0
1973	10.7	97	18.8	108	2.6	89	2.98	80	0
1972	7.1	138	16	139	-1.8	140	4.97	18	0
1971	8.5	129	17.6	126	-0.7	131	5.90	8	0
1970	9.5	117	18.3	115	0.6	117	3.61	49	0
1969	11.1	90	19.6	94	2.6	89	8.66	1	0
1968	11.6	82	21.2	71	1.9	99	1.90	133	0
1967	9.7	115	19.5	95	-0.2	126	4.92	19	0
1966	10.7	97	19.7	93	1.6	108	3.96	37	0
1965	6.5	143	17.9	124	-4.9	149	4.41	27	0
1964	14.2	50	22.9	47	5.5	55	2.75	98	0
1963	7.5	135	16.4	134	-1.3	136	2.09	126	0
1962	7.9	133	16.1	137	-0.3	127	3.96	37	0
1961	13.1	66	22.5	52	3.8	74	1.53	148	0
1960	15.9	34	24.6	27	7.2	40	3.88	42	0
1959	5.8	144	15.7	140	-4.1	147	1.60	143	0
1958	14.7	46	23.3	41	6.1	48	1.81	136	0
1957	9.2	122	19.3	98	-1	134	3.14	72	0
1956	10.6	100	20.5	83	0.6	117	3.28	66	0
1955	13.2	64	21.6	65	4.8	63	2.85	89	0
1954	14.1	51	23.9	34	4.3	69	4.38	29	0
1953	15.1	43	23.5	40	6.8	42	2.52	103	0
1952	12.4	77	21.5	67	3.4	79	2.84	91	0
1951	8.5	129	17.3	130	-0.4	128	5.97	7	0
1950	8.5	129	18.5	113	-1.5	137	5.42	15	0
1949	11.1	90	20.6	80	1.6	108	4.43	26	0
1948	9.1	123	18.2	117	0	122	3.30	65	0
1947	13.3	62	22.1	57	4.5	67	2.05	129	0
1946	11.2	87	19.4	97	2.9	86	3.42	58	0
1945	13	68	20.7	79	5.2	60	2.21	111	0
1944	18.2	15	27.1	9	9.4	24	1.52	149	0
1943	10.7	97	19.3	98	2.1	95	2.77	97	0
1942	18.6	11	26.6	11	10.5	18	1.15	155	0
1941	15.6	38	23.2	43	8	34	2.31	108	0
1940	17.7	22	25.3	20	10.2	21	1.56	146	0
1939	12.6	75	21.1	74	4.1	72	6.05	6	0
1938	13.4	58	21	75	5.7	52	3.07	75	0
1937	10.8	95	20	88	1.5	111	6.07	5	0
1936	5.5	145	13.6	149	-2.5	142	4.21	33	0
1935	11.6	82	19.9	89	3.2	82	5.00	17	0
1934	11.1	90	20.2	87	2	96	2.81	95	0
1933	12.3	80	21.7	61	2.9	86	2.35	106	0
1932	19.6	8	27.6	8	11.6	10	2.11	123	0
1931	21.5	5	29.1	4	13.8	4	1.18	154	0
1930	11.2	87	19.2	101	3.3	80	3.57	50	0
1929	7.9	133	16.3	135	-0.5	129	3.04	76	1
1928	10.1	110	18.3	115	2	96	2.97	81	0
1927	10.9	94	19.5	95	2.4	91	3.49	54	0
1926	13.4	58	21.3	70	5.4	59	2.17	115	0
1925	9.3	120	17.7	125	0.9	115	1.77	138	0
1924	14.1	51	22.2	56	5.9	50	1.67	141	0
1923	10.2	109	18.7	110	1.7	104	3.42	58	0
1922	10.5	103	18.7	110	2.4	91	5.44	14	0
1921	18.3	14	25.2	23	11.4	11	1.70	140	0
1920	6.9	141	14.5	144	-0.7	131	1.88	134	0
1919	18.6	11	25	24	12.1	8	3.43	57	0
1918	5.1	147	13.9	146	-3.7	146	2.29	109	0
1917	4.7	149	13.9	146	-4.5	148	1.99	132	0
1916	10.3	107	18.7	110	1.9	99	4.71	22	0
1915	12.8	71	19.9	89	5.7	52	3.64	48	0
1914	15.3	41	23.8	35	6.8	42	2.56	102	0
1913	10.1	110	19.2	101	1	113	4.03	34	0
1912	7.2	137	14.5	144	-0.1	123	2.91	86	0
1911	11.3	86	20.6	80	1.9	99	3.57	50	0
1910	11.5	84	19.2	101	3.7	78	3.76	44	0
1909	12.9	69	20.9	77	5	62	2.84	91	0
1908	17	24	25.3	20	8.6	28	2.01	131	0
1907	9.5	117	18	120	1	113	2.99	79	0
1906	16.2	30	24.6	27	7.7	35	2.15	118	0
1905	9.6	116	17.5	129	1.7	104	2.10	124	0
1904	5.1	147	13.5	150	-3.3	144	2.75	98	0
1903	14.4	48	22.8	48	6	49	3.53	52	0
1902	16.5	27	23.8	35	9.1	27	2.12	121	0
1901	14.6	47	22	59	7.3	38	1.73	139	0
1900	15	44	22.8	48	7.1	41	2.17	115	0
1899	9.8	114	18	120	1.6	108	1.52	149	0
1898	16.9	26	24	32	9.8	23	2.12	121	0
1897	16.5	27	23.6	38	9.3	26	4.53	24	0
1896	16.5	27	23.6	38	9.4	24	2.20	112	0
1895	15.7	36	23.1	45	8.2	31	3.10	73	0
1894	12.8	71	20.9	77	4.6	66	3.67	47	0
1893	9.1	123	16.3	135	1.9	99	2.85	89	0
1892	17.5	23	24.7	26	10.3	20	5.70	10	0
1891	18.6	11	25.9	13	11.3	12	2.93	85	0
1890	18.2	15	25.4	18	11.1	13	3.73	46	0
1889	18	17	25.7	15	10.4	19	2.97	81	0
1888	11.1	90	20.3	86	1.9	99	4.32	30	0
1887	7	140	16.9	132	-2.8	143	3.36	62	0
1886	13.1	66	21.9	60	4.3	69	4.61	23	0
1885	4.1	150	13.3	151	-5.1	150	2.15	118	0
1884	8.8	126	18.2	117	-0.5	129	6.40	4	0
1883	9.4	119	18.9	107	-0.1	123	3.01	78	0
1882	22	4	30.6	3	13.4	5	2.79	96	0
1881	10.4	105	17.6	126	3.3	80	4.84	20	0
1880	13.4	58	23.8	35	3	85	6.67	2	0
1879	12.7	73	21.7	61	3.8	74	3.27	67	0
1878	28	1	34.7	1	21.2	1	2.82	93	0
1877	15.5	39	25.5	17	5.5	55	2.09	126	0
1876	16	32	25.3	20	6.8	42	2.82	93	0
1875	3.7	152	15	143	-7.5	152	3.27	67	0
1874							1.85	135	90
1873							2.16	117	90
1872							3.37	61	91

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1878	28
2024	24.7
1998	22.5
1882	22
1931	21.5
2012	21.1
2002	20.4
1932	19.6
1987	19.1
2016	18.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1875	3.7
2014	3.8
1885	4.1
1917	4.7
1918	5.1
1904	5.1
1979	5.2
1936	5.5
1959	5.8
1965	6.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	8.66
1880	6.67
2023	6.61
1884	6.40
1937	6.07
1939	6.05
1951	5.97
1971	5.90
2014	5.73
2005	5.70
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1942	1.15
1931	1.18
1977	1.22
2003	1.27
1987	1.45
1944	1.52
1899	1.52
1961	1.53
1991	1.56
1940	1.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 47°F; 16 February 2026, 14 February 2026
Coldest night: -29°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.74 in; 18 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.75 in of precipitation in Duluth, MN, the driest winter since 2021, tied 55th driest of 155 (with 1995, 1964 and 1904).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Duluth, MN: 47°F on Monday 16 February 2026 and Saturday 14 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Duluth, MN: a low of -29°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Duluth, MN: 0.74 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.