Elizabeth City, NC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 40.5°F in Elizabeth City, NC, the coldest winter since 2011, 10th coldest of 92.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 40.5°F; Coldest since 2011; 10th coldest of 92
Precipitation: 6.96 in; Driest since 2025; 15th driest of 92

A normal winter in Elizabeth City, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.8°F, between 41.2°F and 47.8°F in eight years of ten and 9.67 in of precipitation, between 5.75 in and 12.57 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Elizabeth City, NC since 1935: 40.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 37.9°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 41.2 to 47.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Elizabeth City, NC from 1934 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	40.5	83	50.6	74	30.4	83	6.96	78	0
2025	43.2	53	53.2	52	33.2	55	6.41	83	0
2024	46.2	23	56.7	19	35.7	26	9.66	51	0
2023	48.3	5	58.5	6	38.1	9	9.57	53	0
2022	46.3	20	57	15	35.6	27	8.07	71	0
2021	43.1	56	51.9	63	34.3	42	17.42	3	0
2020	49.9	1	59.6	1	40.2	1	12.57	18	0
2019	46.9	15	56.1	28	37.8	10	12.58	17	0
2018	44.4	39	54.4	42	34.5	38	9.70	48	0
2017	47	14	57.2	11	36.8	16	7.28	73	0
2016	48	8	57.1	13	38.9	6	11.60	26	0
2015	42.3	64	51.6	66	33.1	56	9.94	44	0
2014	42.8	61	52.8	58	32.6	61	9.29	56	2
2013	48.1	6	57.4	10	38.8	7	8.90	61	0
2012	47.8	10	58.4	7	37.3	11	6.14	85	0
2011	39.4	87	49	88	29.7	88	7.12	76	0
2010	41.4	69	50.6	74	32.2	67	10.49	37	0
2009	43.8	48	53.8	45	33.8	49	4.34	92	0
2008	46.2	23	56.5	23	35.9	24	5.80	87	0
2007	44.4	39	54.8	38	33.9	46	5.33	88	0
2006	43.9	45	53.8	45	34.1	44	7.04	77	0
2005	43.1	56	52.5	59	33.6	50	6.76	80	0
2004	41.2	74	50.8	72	31.5	77	11.20	31	0
2003	40.7	79	49.3	87	32.1	70	12.54	20	0
2002	47.7	12	58.9	3	36.4	19	8.28	69	0
2001	41.8	67	51.7	65	31.9	75	5.08	90	0
2000	44.3	41	54.4	42	34.2	43	6.80	79	0
1999	46.5	18	56.1	28	36.9	15	9.82	47	7
1998	45.2	34	56.6	22	33.9	46	15.19	10	3
1997	45.8	26	56.9	17	34.5	38	9.33	55	1
1996	41	76	51.6	66	30.4	83	9.68	50	1
1995	45.7	28	55.4	35	36.2	20	9.83	46	3
1994	42	66	53.3	51	30.7	81	12.34	21	2
1993	45.4	30	54.7	39	36	22	13.66	13	4
1992	46.3	20	57	15	35.6	27	9.69	49	6
1991	47.5	13	58.4	7	36.6	18	9.65	52	2
1990	45.6	29	56.3	27	34.8	34	9.35	54	1
1989	45.4	30	55.7	33	35.1	32	8.78	64	0
1988	44.6	38	56.5	23	32.3	64	8.48	67	2
1987	43.2	53	53.4	48	33	57	18.04	2	0
1986	43.3	51	53.6	47	33	57	4.38	91	1
1985	44.2	42	54.7	39	34.1	44	8.71	65	4
1984	43.1	56	53	55	33.3	53	12.75	15	0
1983	45.1	35	53.4	48	36.7	17	11.93	24	0
1982	41.4	69	50.7	73	32.1	70	15.24	8	0
1981	40.9	77	51.3	69	30.5	82	5.28	89	0
1980	41.3	71	50.5	77	32.2	67	9.29	56	0
1979	42.3	64	52.1	61	32.4	62	16.10	5	0
1978	38.6	91	47.7	92	29.5	89	13.42	14	0
1977	37.9	92	48.3	90	27.6	92	9.21	58	0
1976	45.3	33	56.8	18	33.9	46	8.90	61	0
1975	46.8	16	56.4	25	37.2	12	11.54	27	0
1974	47.8	10	57.1	13	38.5	8	12.32	22	0
1973	44.2	42	53	55	35.3	29	10.25	40	0
1972	48	8	56.7	19	39.3	4	9.95	43	0
1971	43.7	50	53.1	53	34.4	40	11.40	29	0
1970	40.6	80	49.6	86	31.6	76	9.99	42	0
1969	40.4	84	48.4	89	32.3	64	8.41	68	0
1968	40.4	84	49.8	83	30.9	80	10.47	38	0
1967	43.3	51	51.8	64	34.8	34	11.13	32	0
1966	41.6	68	50.2	81	32.9	59	11.43	28	0
1965	43.9	45	53.1	53	34.7	36	9.20	59	0
1964	41.2	74	50.3	79	32.1	70	14.72	11	0
1963	38.9	90	47.9	91	29.9	87	12.13	23	0
1962	42.9	60	52.3	60	33.5	51	11.32	30	0
1961	40.3	86	50.6	74	30.1	85	9.93	45	0
1960	44.2	42	53.4	48	35	33	15.86	7	0
1959	40.8	78	50.4	78	31.2	79	8.88	63	0
1958	40.6	80	49.9	82	31.3	78	11.68	25	0
1957	46.6	17	56	30	37.1	13	10.96	33	0
1956	41.3	71	50.3	79	32.1	70	8.65	66	1
1955	40.6	80	51.3	69	30	86	9.18	60	0
1954	45.4	30	56	30	34.7	36	12.64	16	0
1953	45.9	25	55.6	34	36.1	21	10.90	34	0
1952	46.3	20	56.7	19	35.9	24	10.58	36	0
1951	42.6	62	53	55	32.2	67	6.57	81	0
1950	49	3	58.6	5	39.3	4	6.20	84	0
1949	48.7	4	57.9	9	39.6	2	10.06	41	0
1948	41.3	71	51	71	32.4	62	12.56	19	6
1947	46.4	19	57.2	11	36	22	7.28	73	3
1946	43.8	48	52.1	61	35.3	29	16.04	6	1
1945	42.4	63	51.6	66	33.3	53	10.28	39	0
1944	43.9	45	55	37	32.8	60	15.23	9	0
1943	45.8	26	55.9	32	35.2	31	10.72	35	3
1942	43.2	53	54.5	41	32.1	70	8.28	69	4
1941	43.1	56	53.9	44	32.3	64	6.48	82	0
1940	39.2	88	49.7	84	29.3	90	5.83	86	6
1939	48.1	6	59.1	2	37.1	13	16.66	4	1
1938	44.8	37	55.1	36	34.4	40	7.28	73	0
1937	49.1	2	58.8	4	39.5	3	20.62	1	0
1936	39.2	88	49.7	84	28.6	91	14.05	12	1
1935	45	36	56.4	25	33.4	52	7.54	72	1
1934									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2020	49.9
1937	49.1
1950	49
1949	48.7
2023	48.3
2013	48.1
1939	48.1
2016	48
1972	48
2012	47.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	37.9
1978	38.6
1963	38.9
1940	39.2
1936	39.2
2011	39.4
1961	40.3
1969	40.4
1968	40.4
2026	40.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	20.62
1987	18.04
2021	17.42
1939	16.66
1979	16.10
1946	16.04
1960	15.86
1982	15.24
1944	15.23
1998	15.19

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	4.34
1986	4.38
2001	5.08
1981	5.28
2007	5.33
2008	5.80
1940	5.83
2012	6.14
1950	6.20
2025	6.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 13°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.17 in; 22 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.96 in of precipitation in Elizabeth City, NC, the driest winter since 2025, 15th driest of 92.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Elizabeth City, NC: 74°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Elizabeth City, NC: a low of 13°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Elizabeth City, NC: 1.17 in on Sunday 22 February 2026.