Fayetteville, NC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 43.4°F in Fayetteville, NC, the coldest winter since 2015, 37th coldest of 112.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 43.4°F; Coldest since 2015; 37th coldest of 112
Precipitation: 6.61 in; Driest since 2025; 22nd driest of 114

A normal winter in Fayetteville, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46°F, between 41.7°F and 48.9°F in eight years of ten and 7.97 in of precipitation, between 5.32 in and 12.71 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Fayetteville, NC since 1911: 43.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 38.1°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 41.7 to 48.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Fayetteville, NC from 1910 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	43.4	76	54.5	75	32.3	67	6.61	93	0
2025	45	56	56	61	33.9	52	5.56	103	0
2024	48.8	13	60.3	15	37.3	17	9.18	64	0
2023	50.1	6	60.8	8	39.4	5	7.79	80	0
2022	48.7	17	60.2	16	37.2	18	7.53	86	0
2021	45	56	55	70	34.9	42	14.58	9	0
2020	50.2	4	60.4	10	40	3	14.35	11	0
2019	48.5	19	58.6	29	38.5	8	10.82	43	0
2018	47.1	27	58.1	37	36.1	26	7.67	85	0
2017	50.8	2	61.7	4	39.9	4	6.06	97	0
2016	48.9	11	58.4	33	39.3	7	14.35	11	0
2015	43.1	79	53.2	92	32.9	63	11.87	31	0
2014	44.9	59	56.2	59	33.5	55	11.00	39	0
2013	48.1	21	58.6	29	37.7	15	9.54	55	0
2012	49.1	10	60.6	9	37.5	16	4.61	111	1
2011	41.3	98	52	102	30.5	89	5.40	105	0
2010	41.5	94	51.6	105	31.4	79	11.81	33	0
2009							6.38	96	10
2008	48.7	17	59.6	19	37.8	14	9.30	59	4
2007	47.1	27	58.2	35	35.9	29	7.93	78	0
2006	46.3	37	57.5	48	35.1	39	6.87	91	0
2005	46	44	56.5	58	35.4	35	3.03	114	0
2004	43.5	74	54.3	79	32.6	65	5.65	101	0
2003	42	88	52	102	32	74	6.01	98	0
2002	47.8	23	59.1	27	36.6	22	5.59	102	1
2001	43.8	71	54.4	77	33.2	59	4.31	113	6
2000	44.6	61	55.3	68	33.8	54	8.01	76	0
1999	48.9	11	59.8	18	38	12	12.53	21	2
1998	45.8	47	55.8	64	35.7	30	17.79	1	0
1997	45.6	49	56.7	57	34.5	46	9.55	54	3
1996	40.8	100	52.2	101	29.5	97	6.52	94	1
1995	44.6	61	55	70	34	50	11.75	34	1
1994	41.7	92	53.6	89	29.9	95	9.81	52	1
1993	43.9	70	53.9	84	33.9	52	9.91	50	0
1992	46.2	43	57.8	40	34.6	45	7.87	79	2
1991	46.3	37	57.8	40	35.1	39	7.73	83	5
1990	44.6	61	57	54	32.2	70	7.70	84	0
1989	44.5	66	56.8	55	32.3	67	6.77	92	0
1988	41.4	97	53	94	30	92	6.49	95	4
1987	42	88	52.6	98	31.3	80	15.58	6	0
1986	42.3	83	53.9	84	30.8	86	5.45	104	0
1985	43.2	78	54.4	77	32.1	72	10.88	41	0
1984	42.2	85	53.8	86	30.6	87	14.74	8	0
1983	43.6	72	53.8	86	33.4	56	13.04	18	1
1982	40.3	104	50.8	111	30	92	16.07	3	2
1981	39.7	107	52.9	96	26.5	112	5.81	99	0
1980	41.5	94	53	94	30.1	91	7.18	88	0
1979	41.5	94	53.6	89	29.4	98	10.01	49	0
1978	38.5	111	48.7	114	28.3	105	10.85	42	0
1977	38.1	112	49.8	113	26.4	113	10.59	44	0
1976	45	56	58	38	32.1	72	9.43	58	0
1975	46.7	31	57.8	40	35.5	33	15.88	4	0
1974	47.3	25	59.1	27	35.6	32	14.99	7	0
1973	44	69	54.9	73	33	61	13.69	15	0
1972	47.6	24	58.6	29	36.7	20	11.69	35	1
1971	43.5	74	55.5	66	31.6	76	12.27	25	0
1970	39.3	109	51.5	106	27.1	111	9.25	63	1
1969	40.3	104	51.2	109	29.4	98	8.39	74	0
1968	40.5	103	52.9	96	28.1	107	8.63	69	0
1967	42.2	85	53.3	91	31.2	81	11.46	36	0
1966	41.8	90	52.6	98	31	82	9.45	57	0
1965	44.4	67	55.7	65	33.2	59	11.41	37	0
1964	39.9	106	51.4	108	28.3	105	13.93	14	0
1963	39.1	110	50.9	110	27.3	109	10.96	40	0
1962	43.1	79	55.3	68	31	82	9.26	62	0
1961	40.6	102	54	82	27.2	110	9.87	51	1
1960	42.7	81	55	70	30.4	90	14.43	10	1
1959	41.8	90	54.5	75	29.2	100	10.50	47	1
1958			52.6	98			12.22	26	12
1957	48.8	13	60.9	7	36.4	24	9.13	65	2
1956	41.6	93	54.7	74	28.5	104	9.27	61	0
1955	41.2	99	54.2	81	28	108	8.56	70	2
1954	44.6	61	58.2	35	30.9	84	11.10	38	0
1953	45.3	53	58.5	32	32.3	67	8.69	68	1
1952	47.2	26	60.4	10	34	50	10.52	46	0
1951	42.5	82	55.9	63	29.2	100	5.69	100	0
1950	50.2	4	62.4	3	38.1	11	4.95	109	1
1949	49.6	9	61.1	6	38	12	7.98	77	0
1948			51.9	104			8.98	66	11
1947	46.5	33	59.6	19	33.3	57	4.95	109	5
1946	45.6	49	59.6	19	31.5	78	9.52	56	3
1945	43.6	72	58.3	34	28.9	102	7.52	87	3
1944	46.4	35	60.4	10	32.2	70	15.70	5	1
1943					32.6	65	8.52	71	36
1942	44.4	67	59.2	26	29.6	96	8.24	75	1
1941	45.2	54	59.6	19	30.9	84	7.08	89	0
1940	42.2	85	54	82	30.6	87	8.85	67	1
1939	48.8	13	61.6	5	36	28	13.69	15	0
1938	46.3	37	57.2	51	35.5	33	4.43	112	1
1937	50	7	59.5	23	40.6	2	16.53	2	3
1936	39.6	108	50.2	112	28.9	102	12.12	29	1
1935	45.6	49	57.8	40	33.3	57	8.44	73	0
1934	46.5	33	59.9	17	33	61	5.10	108	0
1933	50.8	2	62.9	2	38.2	9	13.03	19	2
1932	54.2	1	66.4	1	42	1	12.17	27	2
1931	44.6	61	57.6	45	31.7	75	6.98	90	1
1930	48.4	20	60.4	10	36.4	24	8.48	72	1
1929	45.7	48	56.1	60	35.2	37			3
1928	46	44	57.6	45	34.5	46	12.48	22	0
1927	48.8	13	59.4	24	38.2	9	5.21	106	0
1926	45.5	52	55.5	66	35.4	35	12.40	23	1
1925	48.1	21	59.3	25	36.9	19	13.11	17	0
1924	46.3	37	57.4	49	35.2	37	10.55	45	0
1923	46.7	31	57.1	52	36.5	23	11.83	32	2
1922	46.9	29	57.1	52	36.7	20	12.67	20	0
1921	46.3	37	56.8	55	35.7	30	14.28	13	1
1920	43.3	77	53.8	86	32.7	64	7.74	82	4
1919	46.8	30	57.6	45	36.1	26	10.10	48	2
1918	40.8	100	51.5	106	30	92			0
1917	46.4	35	58	38	34.8	44	9.79	53	1
1916	46.3	37	57.7	44	34.9	42	7.79	80	1
1915	44.7	60	54.3	79	35	41	12.17	27	1
1914	45.1	55	56	61	34.1	49	12.38	24	1
1913	49.9	8	60.4	10	39.4	5	9.30	59	0
1912	42.3	83	53.1	93	31.6	76	12.00	30	0
1911	45.9	46	57.4	49	34.5	46	5.14	107	0
1910									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	54.2
2017	50.8
1933	50.8
2020	50.2
1950	50.2
2023	50.1
1937	50
1913	49.9
1949	49.6
2012	49.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	38.1
1978	38.5
1963	39.1
1970	39.3
1936	39.6
1981	39.7
1964	39.9
1982	40.3
1969	40.3
1968	40.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	17.79
1937	16.53
1982	16.07
1975	15.88
1944	15.70
1987	15.58
1974	14.99
1984	14.74
2021	14.58
1960	14.43

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	3.03
2001	4.31
1938	4.43
2012	4.61
1950	4.95
1947	4.95
1934	5.10
1911	5.14
1927	5.21
2011	5.40

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 80°F; 20 February 2026, 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 12°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.55 in; 2 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.61 in of precipitation in Fayetteville, NC, the driest winter since 2025, 22nd driest of 114.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fayetteville, NC: 80°F on Friday 20 February 2026 and Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fayetteville, NC: a low of 12°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fayetteville, NC: 1.55 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.