Galveston, TX: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 59.8°F in Galveston, TX, the warmest winter since 2023, tied 18th warmest of 150 (with 1972 and 1927).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 59.8°F; Warmest since 2023; 18th warmest of 150
Precipitation: 8.39 in; Driest since 2025; 62nd driest of 153

A normal winter in Galveston, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 57.6°F, between 54.1°F and 59.9°F in eight years of ten and 9.73 in of precipitation, between 4.60 in and 15.79 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Galveston, TX since 1875: 59.8°F in 2026; the highest is 64.7°F, in 1890.

Normal range, 54.1 to 59.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Galveston, TX 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	59.8	18	66.4	8	53.1	23	8.39	92	0
2025	58.3	29	64.8	27	51.9	41	8.38	93	0
2024	58.8	25	65.3	22	52.4	29	14.38	23	0
2023	61.3	4	67.7	4	55	11	6.76	116	0
2022	61.3	4	68.4	3	54.3	17	3.87	149	0
2021	56.7	60	63.1	43	50.3	74	5.86	126	0
2020	61	8	67.4	5	54.5	14	10.39	65	0
2019	57.7	38	64.1	33	51.4	49	11.59	48	2
2018	58	33	64.6	30	51.3	52	11.30	53	0
2017	64.3	2	70.4	1	58.1	2	15.35	15	0
2016	58.3	29	64.8	27	51.8	43	7.45	106	0
2015	55	90	61	82	48.9	104	10.01	70	0
2014	53.2	125	60.2	98	46.2	138	3.70	150	0
2013	60.1	15	66.5	7	53.7	20	12.29	38	0
2012	59.7	21	65.3	22	54.2	19	14.74	17	0
2011	54.2	108	60.8	85	47.6	122	6.67	121	0
2010	51.3	145	57.5	142	45	148	12.28	39	0
2009	58.5	27	65.8	17	51.2	54	3.21	152	0
2008	59.2	24	66.3	10	52.1	35	8.20	96	0
2007	56.1	73	62.3	60	49.8	86	8.08	97	0
2006	58.4	28	65.5	18	51.3	52	3.60	151	0
2005	58.3	29	64.3	32	52.2	33	7.49	105	0
2004	56	77	62.2	64	49.9	83	14.67	18	0
2003	54.9	92	61.2	76	48.6	110	6.53	122	0
2002	56.8	55	63.4	36	50.2	78	5.42	132	1
2001	53.8	115	59.9	103	47.6	122	9.32	81	0
2000	59.7	21	66.3	10	53.1	23	9.45	77	1
1999	59.9	16	66.4	8	53.4	22	8.51	91	0
1998	56.8	55	62.9	46	50.8	67			0
1997	56.3	68	62.7	51	49.9	83	12.65	33	0
1996	57.1	50	64.7	29	49.6	91	12.46	35	2
1995									33
1994	57.3	44	62.4	59	52.1	35	4.99	141	0
1993	57.8	35	62.8	49	52.8	26	16.81	10	0
1992	57.6	40	62	66	53.1	23	19.15	3	0
1991	56.4	65	61.8	69	51	60	18.86	6	0
1990	55.3	83	60.5	91	50	81	7.66	102	0
1989	57.1	50	62.2	64	52.1	35	9.31	82	0
1988	54.7	98	60	99	49.5	95	5.64	129	0
1987	55.1	86	59.8	106	50.3	74	12.76	32	0
1986	56.3	68	61.6	71	50.9	62	4.97	142	0
1985	53.6	120	58.6	131	48.6	110	11.02	57	0
1984	52	140	58.3	134	45.6	145	7.02	109	0
1983	56.1	73	61.2	76	50.9	62	13.99	26	0
1982	54.5	105	60.4	92	48.7	107	8.05	98	0
1981	53.7	117	59.1	123	48.3	114	4.92	143	0
1980	54.7	98	59.8	106	49.6	91	10.65	61	0
1979	52.1	138	58.1	137	46	139	7.62	103	0
1978	50.1	150	55.5	151	44.6	150	12.15	42	0
1977	51.3	145	56.8	147	45.9	141	12.21	41	0
1976	56.2	71	61.7	70	50.8	67	5.27	134	0
1975	57.8	35	63.3	38	52.3	31	9.49	75	0
1974	57.6	40	63.3	38	51.9	41	6.75	117	0
1973	53.3	124	59	125	47.5	124	9.45	77	0
1972	59.8	18	65.1	26	54.5	14	12.22	40	0
1971	58.6	26	63.8	35	53.5	21	5.26	135	0
1970	54.6	103	59.9	103	49.3	99	7.11	108	0
1969	55.8	78	60.7	87	50.9	62	8.35	94	0
1968	53.7	117	59.2	120	48.1	116	10.34	66	0
1967	54.6	103	60.4	92	48.8	105	5.85	127	0
1966	54.8	95	59.8	106	49.9	83	19.02	4	0
1965	55.8	78	61.9	67	49.7	88	10.54	63	0
1964	50.9	147	56.4	149	45.4	146	10.32	67	0
1963	51.8	141	57.9	138	45.7	144	10.14	68	0
1962	56.6	61	62.3	60	50.8	67	5.06	139	0
1961	52.9	128	58.3	134	47.5	124	11.23	55	0
1960	53.5	122	58.9	126	48	120	6.10	124	0
1959	53.5	122	59.3	116	47.7	121	11.43	49	0
1958	54.2	108	59.8	106	48.7	107	6.35	123	0
1957	60.7	10	66.1	14	55.4	8	9.72	72	0
1956	57.2	47	62.7	51	51.7	45	6.72	119	0
1955	56.8	55	62.6	55	50.9	62	8.98	86	0
1954	57.2	47	62.9	46	51.4	49	4.78	145	0
1953	56.4	65	61.9	67	51	60	6.70	120	0
1952	60.3	12	65.9	16	55	11	11.88	45	4
1951	56.5	64	62.6	55	50.4	72	5.29	133	2
1950	62.1	3	67.2	6	57	3	10.95	58	2
1949	57.8	35	63	45	52.6	27	6.81	115	0
1948	52.7	129	58.6	131	46.8	132	10.68	60	0
1947	54.2	108	59.7	112	48.7	107	5.54	130	0
1946	55.1	86	60.7	87	49.5	95	16.45	11	0
1945	56.2	71	61.2	76	51.1	57	14.43	20	0
1944	56.1	73	61.3	75	50.9	62	16.26	12	0
1943	56.9	54	62.7	51	51.1	57	8.85	90	0
1942	54.7	98	59.7	112	49.6	91	9.20	84	0
1941	56.8	55	61.4	73	52.2	33	13.00	30	0
1940	52.4	135	58.2	136	46.7	133	6.92	112	0
1939	57.7	38	63.2	41	52.1	35	7.84	99	0
1938	56.4	65	61.2	76	51.6	47	9.95	71	0
1937	57.1	50	62.3	60	51.8	43	7.67	101	0
1936	52.7	129	58.4	133	46.9	129	11.39	50	0
1935	57.3	44	62.9	46	51.6	47	11.25	54	0
1934	59.9	16	65.5	18	54.3	17	16.91	9	0
1933	56.3	68	61.4	73	51.2	54	10.48	64	0
1932	60.2	14	65.2	24	55.2	10	18.94	5	0
1931	55.1	86	60	99	50.2	78	13.07	29	0
1930	53.7	117	59.3	116	48.1	116	11.09	56	0
1929	54	113	59.9	103	48.2	115	12.46	35	0
1928	53.6	120	59.1	123	48.1	116	12.00	44	0
1927	59.8	18	65.2	24	54.4	16	7.28	107	0
1926	53.1	126	58.9	126	47.3	126	8.26	95	0
1925	55.5	81	61.2	76	49.8	86	10.07	69	0
1924	54.9	92	60.4	92	49.4	97	19.38	2	0
1923	60.3	12	65.4	21	55.3	9	14.64	19	0
1922	57.3	44	63.2	41	51.4	49	10.63	62	0
1921	57.4	42	62.7	51	52.1	35	9.56	73	0
1920	56.6	61	62.6	55	50.5	71	10.91	59	0
1919	54.3	107	59.3	116	49.2	101	12.11	43	0
1918	52.4	135	58.7	130	46	139	2.65	153	0
1917	57.2	47	63.1	43	51.2	54	5.51	131	0
1916	58.2	32	64.1	33	52.4	29	6.74	118	0
1915	52.7	129	57.2	145	48.1	116	11.60	47	0
1914	55.2	84	60.6	90	49.7	88	5.76	128	0
1913	55	90	60.3	96	49.7	88	14.80	16	0
1912	51.8	141	57.8	141	45.8	143	14.34	24	0
1911	59.6	23	64.5	31	54.7	13	5.17	136	0
1910	53	127	58.9	126	47	128	8.97	87	0
1909	58	33	63.4	36	52.6	27	4.22	148	0
1908	55.5	81	60.7	87	50.3	74	9.54	74	0
1907	61.3	4	66	15	56.5	4	5.16	137	0
1906	52.6	133	57.9	138	47.2	127	9.41	79	0
1905	50.7	148	56	150	45.3	147	12.63	34	0
1904	54.8	95	60.3	96	49.3	99	4.27	147	0
1903	54.2	108	59.6	114	48.8	105	13.32	28	0
1902	52.3	137	57.9	138	46.7	133	7.02	109	0
1901	56.1	73	61.1	81	51.1	57	9.03	85	0
1900	54.2	108	59.3	116	49.2	101	11.64	46	0
1899	50.7	148	56.8	147	44.7	149	15.48	14	0
1898	57.1	50	62.3	60	52	40	11.39	50	0
1897	54.7	98	60	99	49.4	97	7.55	104	0
1896	55.1	86	60	99	50.1	80	8.89	89	0
1895	51.8	141	57	146	46.7	133	6.89	113	0
1894	57.4	42	62.5	58	52.3	31	6.82	114	0
1893	55.7	80	61	82	50.4	72	4.76	146	0
1892	55.2	84	60.4	92	50	81	6.00	125	0
1891	56.6	61	61.5	72	51.7	45	12.81	31	0
1890	64.7	1	69	2	60.5	1	5.01	140	0
1889	54.9	92	59.5	115	50.3	74	13.75	27	0
1888	53.9	114	59.2	120	48.5	113	20.52	1	0
1887	56.8	55	62.8	49	50.8	67	5.15	138	0
1886	52.6	133	59.2	120	45.9	141	7.84	99	0
1885	53.8	115	60.8	85	46.9	129	18.45	7	0
1884			63.3	38			8.90	88	19
1883	54.8	95	61	82	48.6	110	11.39	50	0
1882	60.5	11	65.5	18	55.5	7	17.22	8	0
1881	51.8	141	57.4	143	46.3	137	14.39	22	0
1880	60.9	9	66.2	12	55.6	6	4.86	144	0
1879	52.7	129	58.8	129	46.7	133	12.31	37	0
1878	54.7	98	59.8	106	49.6	91	14.40	21	0
1877	52.1	138	57.3	144	46.9	129	9.36	80	0
1876	61.2	7	66.2	12	56.2	5	15.94	13	0
1875	54.5	105	59.8	106	49.2	101	14.14	25	0
1874							6.94	111	90
1873							9.30	83	90
1872							9.47	76	91

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	64.7
2017	64.3
1950	62.1
2023	61.3
2022	61.3
1907	61.3
1876	61.2
2020	61
1880	60.9
1957	60.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	50.1
1905	50.7
1899	50.7
1964	50.9
2010	51.3
1977	51.3
1963	51.8
1912	51.8
1895	51.8
1881	51.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1888	20.52
1924	19.38
1992	19.15
1966	19.02
1932	18.94
1991	18.86
1885	18.45
1882	17.22
1934	16.91
1993	16.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1918	2.65
2009	3.21
2006	3.60
2014	3.70
2022	3.87
1909	4.22
1904	4.27
1893	4.76
1954	4.78
1880	4.86

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 80°F; 3 January 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 26 January 2026, 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.19 in; 24 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.39 in of precipitation in Galveston, TX, the driest winter since 2025, 62nd driest of 153.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Galveston, TX: 80°F on Saturday 3 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Galveston, TX: a low of 27°F on Monday 26 January 2026 and Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Galveston, TX: 2.19 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.