Fort Wayne, IN: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 26°F in Fort Wayne, IN, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 40th coldest of 126 (with 2004).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 26°F; Coldest since 2015; 40th coldest of 126
Precipitation: 3.64 in; Driest since 1977; 9th driest of 126

A normal winter in Fort Wayne, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28.3°F, between 23.6°F and 33.1°F in eight years of ten and 6.97 in of precipitation, between 4.97 in and 9.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Fort Wayne, IN since 1898: 26°F in 2026; the lowest is 17.9°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 23.6 to 33.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Fort Wayne, IN from 1897 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	86	34.7	70	17.2	96	3.64	118	0
2025	27.9	61	35	63	20.8	58	6.15	73	0
2024	34.8	2	41.8	3	27.9	2	6.60	61	0
2023	33.4	6	40.6	6	26.2	7	9.48	13	0
2022	28.9	41	37.4	28	20.4	63	8.04	36	0
2021	28.5	50	35.1	59	21.9	38	4.71	102	0
2020	32.3	11	39.5	15	25	13	8.94	19	0
2019	30.6	22	37.7	25	23.5	22	7.49	43	0
2018	28.4	52	36.5	41	20.2	66	6.63	60	0
2017	33.1	9	40.7	5	25.6	10	8.78	24	0
2016	33.3	7	41.2	4	25.5	11	7.20	46	0
2015	23.6	108	30.9	110	16.3	105	5.49	85	0
2014	20.8	120	29.3	116	12.3	121	8.94	19	0
2013	30.6	22	37.7	25	23.6	21	7.49	43	0
2012	32.6	10	39.9	9	25.4	12	8.87	22	0
2011	23.2	110	30.3	113	16	107	6.09	74	0
2010	25.9	88	32	102	19.8	72	4.46	105	0
2009	24.6	100	33.3	89	16	107	9.11	18	0
2008	26.9	75	34.1	77	19.7	73	11.41	3	0
2007	27.7	65	34.8	67	20.6	59	9.43	14	0
2006	30.2	27	36.8	36	23.7	19	6.81	56	0
2005	27.8	62	35.3	57	20.3	64	10.10	7	0
2004	26	86	33.1	91	19	84	5.59	83	0
2003	23.3	109	30.6	111	16	107	4.30	108	0
2002	34.6	3	42.5	2	26.8	5	6.76	57	0
2001	24.3	105	31.4	107	17.1	97	6.01	77	0
2000	29.1	38	37.1	30	21.1	54	4.77	101	0
1999	30.4	25	38.6	18	22.3	33	6.29	71	0
1998	33.8	5	39.6	13	27.9	2	7.13	48	0
1997	27.4	70	34.3	75	20.6	59	9.24	17	0
1996	25.5	91	34	79	17	98	4.99	100	0
1995	29.5	34	37	31	22	37	5.43	88	0
1994	25.1	96	32.6	97	17.6	92	5.03	99	0
1993	28.2	58	35.1	59	21.3	47	9.71	12	0
1992	31.8	15	38.6	18	24.9	14	5.13	95	0
1991	29.6	31	36.8	36	22.4	31	10.66	4	0
1990	28.4	52	36.2	42	20.6	59	10.19	6	0
1989	28.6	48	36.6	39	20.6	59	5.54	84	0
1988	26.9	75	34.5	73	19.3	77	6.96	55	0
1987	29	40	35.6	53	22.3	33	4.14	112	0
1986	24.1	107	31.2	108	16.9	100	6.37	66	0
1985	26.6	77	33.9	81	19.3	77	8.81	23	0
1984	24.5	101	31.8	104	17.3	95	6.97	53	0
1983	34.1	4	40.5	7	27.6	4	6.08	75	0
1982	21	119	28.1	122	13.9	116	10.10	7	0
1981	26.1	84	32.9	95	19.3	77	5.99	78	0
1980	25.5	91	31.9	103	19.1	82	5.48	86	0
1979	21.3	117	29	118	13.5	118	6.43	64	0
1978	17.9	126	26.5	126	9.4	126	5.48	86	0
1977	18.6	125	27.3	124	9.9	125	3.22	121	0
1976	29.2	36	37	31	21.5	46	6.97	53	0
1975	29.1	38	34.8	67	23.4	24	7.03	49	0
1974	26.3	81	33.9	81	18.7	85	9.33	16	0
1973	28.8	44	35.9	46	21.8	41	5.72	80	0
1972	28.4	52	36.6	39	20.2	66	6.16	72	0
1971	26.5	78	34.2	76	18.7	85	6.30	70	0
1970	22.8	113	30.4	112	15.2	113	2.62	124	0
1969	26.4	79	33.4	86	19.4	75	8.42	31	0
1968	24.5	101	32.5	99	16.5	104	8.91	21	0
1967	26.4	79	33.5	84	19.3	77	8.69	28	0
1966	28.5	50	35.8	47	21.3	47	5.18	91	0
1965	26.2	83	34.9	65	17.6	92	8.74	25	0
1964	24.7	99	32.6	97	16.8	101	4.44	106	0
1963	19.3	124	28.6	120	10	124	2.44	125	0
1962	24.4	104	31.7	106	17	98	6.98	52	0
1961	25.7	89	33.4	86	17.9	89	3.94	116	0
1960	30	29	36.2	42	23.7	19	7.54	40	0
1959	23.1	111	31.8	104	14.5	115	8.11	34	0
1958	27.6	67	34.9	65	20.3	64	6.42	65	0
1957	28.8	44	35.8	47	21.8	41	5.70	81	0
1956	27	74	34.7	70	19.4	75	6.04	76	0
1955	28.3	57	35.7	51	20.9	57	6.36	67	0
1954	32.1	12	39.9	9	24.2	16	7.02	50	0
1953	31.6	18	38.4	20	24.9	14	5.43	88	0
1952	29.8	30	37.8	23	21.9	38	10.49	5	0
1951	25.4	93	33	94	17.8	91	8.73	26	0
1950	31.4	20	39.6	13	23.2	26	17.85	1	0
1949	31.7	16	39.3	16	24.1	17	12.97	2	0
1948	24.5	101	32.4	100	16.6	103	6.53	63	0
1947	27.8	62	35.6	53	20.1	68	5.91	79	0
1946	25.7	89	33.5	84	17.9	89	5.13	95	0
1945	22.5	115	30	114	15	114	4.02	115	0
1944	28.4	52	37	31	19.9	71	3.04	122	0
1943	24.9	97	33.1	91	16.7	102	4.09	113	0
1942	27.7	65	34.1	77	21.3	47	7.16	47	0
1941	28	59	35.1	59	21	56	3.93	117	0
1940	25.3	94	31.1	109	19.5	74	4.06	114	0
1939	30.4	25	37.6	27	23.3	25	8.53	29	0
1938	28.9	41	35.3	57	22.4	31	5.42	90	0
1937	30.5	24	37.9	22	23.1	27	10.05	9	0
1936	20.3	121	27.3	124	13.4	119	7.33	45	0
1935	27.6	67	34	79	21.1	54	5.18	91	0
1934	27.6	67	35	63	20.1	68	3.32	119	0
1933	31.4	20	39	17	23.8	18	8.23	33	0
1932	36.8	1	43	1	30.6	1	7.52	42	0
1931	31.9	14	37.8	23	25.9	8	2.64	123	0
1930	29.5	34	36.2	42	22.9	30	10.00	11	0
1929	26.1	84	33.7	83	18.4	87	6.71	58	0
1928	28.4	52	35.6	53	21.2	52	6.70	59	0
1927	28.9	41	35.7	51	22.1	35	4.32	107	0
1926	28	59	34.8	67	21.3	47	4.53	104	0
1925	27.1	73	35.1	59	19.1	82	8.04	36	0
1924	28.8	44	35.8	47	21.8	41	7.71	39	0
1923	27.8	62	34.4	74	21.2	52	6.34	68	0
1922	28.6	48	35.8	47	21.3	47	4.24	110	0
1921	32	13	38.1	21	25.9	8	6.34	68	0
1920	22.1	116	28.9	119	15.3	112	1.58	126	0
1919	33.2	8	39.9	9	26.4	6	7.53	41	0
1918	19.9	122	27.9	123	11.8	122	5.17	93	0
1917	24.3	105	32.9	95	15.7	111	5.13	95	0
1916	27.4	70	34.7	70	20.1	68	8.71	27	0
1915	26.3	81	33.3	89	19.2	81	8.10	35	0
1914	28.7	47	35.5	56	21.9	38	4.57	103	0
1913	29.6	31	37	31	22.1	35	7.98	38	0
1912	22.6	114	29.3	116	16	107	6.60	61	0
1911	29.6	31	37.4	28	21.8	41	5.09	98	0
1910	25.3	94	33.1	91	17.5	94	5.63	82	0
1909	31.7	16	39.7	12	23.5	22	9.42	15	3
1908									14
1907	29.2	36	36.8	36	21.7	45	10.04	10	1
1906	31.5	19	40	8	23	29	5.14	94	0
1905	21.2	118	29.9	115	12.6	120	4.22	111	9
1904	19.9	122	28.3	121	11.5	123			6
1903									40
1902	23	112	32.2	101	13.8	117	4.26	109	9
1901							3.24	120	31
1900	27.3	72	36.1	45	18.4	87	8.52	30	0
1899	24.9	97	33.4	86	16.3	105	7.02	50	0
1898	30.1	28	37	31	23.1	27	8.39	32	0
1897									63

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	36.8
2024	34.8
2002	34.6
1983	34.1
1998	33.8
2023	33.4
2016	33.3
1919	33.2
2017	33.1
2012	32.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	17.9
1977	18.6
1963	19.3
1918	19.9
1904	19.9
1936	20.3
2014	20.8
1982	21
1905	21.2
1979	21.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	17.85
1949	12.97
2008	11.41
1991	10.66
1952	10.49
1990	10.19
2005	10.10
1982	10.10
1937	10.05
1907	10.04

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1920	1.58
1963	2.44
1970	2.62
1931	2.64
1944	3.04
1977	3.22
1901	3.24
1934	3.32
2026	3.64
1941	3.93

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 18 February 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.55 in; 28 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.64 in of precipitation in Fort Wayne, IN, the driest winter since 1977, 9th driest of 126.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fort Wayne, IN: 66°F on Wednesday 18 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fort Wayne, IN: a low of -9°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fort Wayne, IN: 0.55 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.