Gainesville, FL: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 56.9°F in Gainesville, FL, the warmest winter since 2024, tied 43rd warmest of 95 (with 1993, 1979 and 1951).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 56.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 43rd warmest of 95
Precipitation: 3.85 in; Driest since 2012; 8th driest of 129

A normal winter in Gainesville, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.8°F, between 54°F and 59.9°F in eight years of ten and 8.62 in of precipitation, between 4.48 in and 13.51 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Gainesville, FL since 1898: 56.9°F in 2026; the highest is 65.4°F, in 1949.

Normal range, 54 to 59.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Gainesville, FL from 1898 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	56.9	43	70.9	37	43	71	3.85	122	0
2025	56.2	58	68.9	68	43.4	65	5.73	106	0
2024	58.2	31	69.9	53	46.4	34	11.79	31	0
2023	60.5	11	73.6	11	47.3	18	5.75	105	0
2022	59.6	20	72	21	47.2	21	5.32	110	0
2021	56.2	58	68.9	68	43.4	65	8.34	75	0
2020	59.9	15	71.9	23	47.9	15	9.24	57	0
2019	60.9	9	72.3	18	49.5	7	15.11	11	0
2018	58	33	69.8	54	46.2	38	8.55	74	0
2017	62.1	5	75.3	4	48.9	10	4.53	116	0
2016	58.7	26	70.2	47	47.1	23	8.82	66	0
2015	55.5	66	67.5	88	43.4	65	8.64	70	0
2014	56.7	47	68.5	74	45	50	13.36	21	0
2013	60.1	12	72.5	17	47.6	16	8.90	64	0
2012	59.9	15	72.8	15	47	24	2.40	126	0
2011	53.4	85	67	93	39.8	92	7.96	80	0
2010	52	92	63.6	126	40.5	88	11.13	42	0
2009	55.7	63	69.4	59	41.9	80	6.47	97	0
2008	58.2	31	70.8	40	45.6	44	8.98	61	0
2007	57.9	34	69.8	54	46	39	9.96	54	0
2006	55	73	67.6	85	42.3	76	14.86	14	0
2005	56.6	51	68.6	71	44.6	54	4.50	117	0
2004	54.1	78	66.7	97	41.5	83	7.58	85	0
2003	52.9	90	65.6	115	40.2	90	12.18	26	0
2002	57.9	34	70	51	45.8	42	6.12	101	0
2001	55.1	69	68.5	74	41.6	82	2.29	127	0
2000	55.6	64	69.1	65	42.1	78	4.98	111	0
1999	59.7	18	73	12	46.5	32	7.67	84	0
1998	57.2	40	67.6	85	46.8	26	24.88	1	0
1997	58.5	27	70.2	47	46.8	26	7.54	88	0
1996	55	73	67.7	84	42.2	77	4.30	119	0
1995	56.2	58	67.4	89	45.1	49	5.43	109	0
1994	55.1	69	66.2	103	44	61	11.67	33	0
1993	56.9	43	67.4	89	46.5	32	8.76	68	0
1992	56.6	51	67.3	91	45.9	40	9.66	55	0
1991	59.2	22	70	51	48.4	14	8.59	73	0
1990	56.7	47	69.1	65	44.4	57	8.64	70	0
1989	58.9	25	71.4	29	46.4	34	3.94	121	0
1988	53.9	81	65	119	42.7	74	12.15	27	0
1987	56.4	55	66.1	105	46.7	28	14.72	15	0
1986	55	73	66.1	105	43.9	62	12.80	22	0
1985	56.1	61	68.1	79	44.2	60	3.05	123	0
1984	55.8	62	66.7	97	44.9	52	12.02	29	0
1983	57.9	34	69.2	62	46.6	30	9.65	56	0
1982	59.6	20	72.8	15	46.4	34	12.69	23	0
1981	53.7	82	67.6	85	39.8	92	7.69	83	0
1980	56.4	55	68.4	76	44.3	58	14.17	18	0
1979	56.9	43	69.3	60	44.5	55	15.82	8	0
1978	53.3	87	64.9	120	41.7	81	16.12	6	0
1977	52.9	90	65.4	117	40.5	88	12.48	25	0
1976	57.1	42	71.1	33	43.2	68	6.38	98	0
1975	61.3	8	73.7	9	49	9	11.39	36	0
1974	62.1	5	74.7	6	49.5	7	7.96	80	0
1973	59	23	70.8	40	47.2	21	12.64	24	0
1972	62.7	4	73.9	7	51.6	5	11.39	36	0
1971	59	23	72.3	18	45.6	44	9.00	60	0
1970	53.2	89	65.7	112	40.7	87	18.62	3	0
1969	53.6	83	66.2	103	40.9	85	7.18	92	0
1968	55.1	69	67.3	91	43	71	8.63	72	0
1967	55.6	64	67.9	82	43.2	68	11.29	39	0
1966	54.3	76	65.7	112	43	71	14.65	17	0
1965	57.7	39	69.5	58	45.9	40	14.69	16	0
1964	51.6	94	63.3	127	40	91	19.28	2	0
1963	52	92	64.4	122	39.5	94	9.20	59	0
1962	57.9	34	70.8	40	45	50	4.46	118	0
1961	53.3	87	65.8	110	40.8	86	9.24	57	0
1960	56.5	53	69.3	60	43.7	64	7.11	93	0
1959	58.4	29	70.1	50	46.7	28	11.34	38	0
1958	51.1	95	64.1	125	38.1	95	8.77	67	0
1957	63.7	3	74.8	5	52.4	3	2.97	124	1
1956	57.2	40	68.6	71	45.8	42	7.55	87	0
1955	56.7	47	68.1	79	45.2	47	8.72	69	3
1954	60	14	71.3	30	48.7	12	11.56	34	0
1953	58.5	27	69.6	56	47.3	18	8.04	78	0
1952	60.8	10	71.8	25	49.7	6	10.89	44	0
1951	56.9	43	69.6	56	44.3	58	4.91	113	0
1950	64.6	2	77.3	2	51.9	4	0.92	129	0
1949	65.4	1	76.4	3	54.5	1	10.20	50	0
1948			68.6	71			10.02	52	11
1947	60.1	12	71.3	30	48.8	11	6.26	100	9
1946							13.91	19	20
1945			68.7	70			7.24	91	34
1944			71.1	33			8.04	78	27
1943			70.7	44			6.27	99	40
1942			66.9	94			14.87	13	27
1941			67.9	82			15.49	10	29
1940							10.15	51	40
1939			72.3	18			8.07	76	27
1938			70.2	47			5.90	102	29
1937			73	12			10.55	48	27
1936			65.9	108			13.82	20	28
1935			70.3	45			4.65	115	19
1934			71.9	23			5.65	108	25
1933			73.9	7			5.78	104	28
1932			78	1			4.15	120	18
1931			65.3	118			11.76	32	21
1930			71.5	27			11.86	30	32
1929			70.9	37			8.87	65	35
1928			69.2	62			5.81	103	26
1927			73.7	9			7.57	86	29
1926			66.8	96			15.03	12	22
1925			71.8	25			8.91	62	25
1924			70.3	45			11.02	43	28
1923			73	12			7.40	89	16
1922			70.9	37			7.92	82	30
1921			71	36			8.07	76	21
1920			68.1	79			12.03	28	19
1919			68.3	78			10.02	52	26
1918			66.9	94			4.77	114	25
1917			71.1	33			10.75	47	28
1916			70.8	40			5.71	107	27
1915			66.4	101			11.16	41	29
1914			66.7	97			15.59	9	28
1913	62	7	71.5	27	52.5	2	10.79	45	0
1912	55.4	68	66.1	105	44.7	53	11.53	35	0
1911	57.8	38	69	67	46.6	30	2.73	125	0
1910	54	80	64.8	121	43.1	70	7.25	90	0
1909	59.9	15	71.2	32	48.7	12	4.96	112	0
1908	55.5	66	65.8	110	45.2	47	10.77	46	0
1907	59.7	18	72	21	47.3	18	2.03	128	0
1906	56.5	53	66.6	100	46.3	37	10.36	49	0
1905	54.3	76	65.9	108	42.6	75	6.55	96	0
1904	53.6	83	65.5	116	42	79	16.11	7	4
1903	58.4	29	69.2	62	47.4	17	17.75	4	7
1902	53.4	85	65.7	112	41.1	84	6.67	95	1
1901	56.4	55	68.4	76	44.5	55	16.23	5	0
1900	54.1	78	64.3	123	43.9	62	6.98	94	0
1899	55.1	69	64.2	124	45.6	44	11.27	40	1
1898	56.7	47	66.4	101	46.9	25	8.91	62	5

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	65.4
1950	64.6
1957	63.7
1972	62.7
2017	62.1
1974	62.1
1913	62
1975	61.3
2019	60.9
1952	60.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	51.1
1964	51.6
2010	52
1963	52
2003	52.9
1977	52.9
1970	53.2
1978	53.3
1961	53.3
2011	53.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	24.88
1964	19.28
1970	18.62
1903	17.75
1901	16.23
1978	16.12
1904	16.11
1979	15.82
1914	15.59
1941	15.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	0.92
1907	2.03
2001	2.29
2012	2.40
1911	2.73
1957	2.97
1985	3.05
2026	3.85
1989	3.94
1932	4.15

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 21 February 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.42 in; 7 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.85 in of precipitation in Gainesville, FL, the driest winter since 2012, 8th driest of 129.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Gainesville, FL: 86°F on Saturday 21 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Gainesville, FL: a low of 20°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Gainesville, FL: 1.42 in on Sunday 7 December 2025.