Grand Forks, ND: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 11.6°F in Grand Forks, ND, the warmest winter since 2025, 26th warmest of 83.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 11.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 26th warmest of 83
Precipitation: 2.28 in; Wettest since 2022; 21st wettest of 83

A normal winter in Grand Forks, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 9.5°F, between 4.3°F and 17.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.69 in of precipitation, between 1.06 in and 2.27 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Grand Forks, ND since 1942: 11.6°F in 2026; the highest is 22.1°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 4.3 to 17.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Grand Forks, ND from 1942 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	11.6	26	21.5	22	1.6	30	2.28	21	0
2025	12.8	17	21.4	23	4.2	16	1.27	67	0
2024	22.1	1	29.1	1	15.1	1	1.42	61	0
2023	9.1	41	18.2	42	0	38	1.97	32	0
2022	4.3	68	15.6	52	-7	75	2.86	4	0
2021	14.9	12	24	12	5.8	12	0.86	77	0
2020	9.6	35	20	31	-0.9	43	2.40	18	0
2019	5.1	61	14.3	65	-4	62	2.20	25	0
2018	9.2	39	18.4	41	0	38	1.70	41	0
2017	14.8	13	22.7	14	6.9	9	2.46	14	0
2016	17.3	7	25	10	9.7	4	1.64	49	0
2015	11.7	25	20.8	27	2.6	23	1.04	74	0
2014	0.5	81	11.1	80	-10.2	81	1.92	34	0
2013	10.6	32	19.2	33	1.9	28	1.10	71	0
2012	19.2	3	29.1	1	9.3	5	1.54	51	0
2011	5.9	56	14.5	64	-2.7	54	1.61	50	0
2010	7.5	50	15.5	55	-0.5	42	1.82	35	0
2009	2.9	72	13.1	71	-7.3	77	2.16	27	0
2008	4.9	62	14.7	61	-5	66	1.39	62	0
2007	12.3	19	21.7	20	2.8	21	1.44	59	0
2006	14.3	14	22.6	16	6	10	1.68	44	0
2005	9.1	41	19.3	32	-1	44	1.82	35	0
2004	9.4	37	18.5	40	0.3	35	1.74	37	0
2003	10.8	30	20.2	30	1.4	32	0.73	79	0
2002	17.4	6	26.5	6	8.2	7	0.37	83	0
2001	5.7	58	14.7	61	-3.2	56	1.07	73	0
2000	16.7	8	27.5	3	5.9	11	2.07	29	0
1999	10.8	30	19.2	33	2.4	25	1.46	56	0
1998									31
1997	6.4	54	15.2	57	-2.5	53	2.22	24	0
1996	4.9	62	13.3	69	-3.5	60	2.51	12	0
1995									28
1994	2.6	74	11.9	79	-6.6	70	1.69	43	0
1993	7.8	47	16.7	50	-1	44	1.29	66	0
1992	18.1	5	26.8	5	9.3	5	1.48	54	0
1991	10.5	33	20.9	25	0.1	36	1.70	41	0
1990	12.1	21	22.7	14	1.5	31	0.77	78	0
1989	7.4	51	18.1	43	-3.4	59	3.78	1	0
1988	9.6	35	19.1	36	0.1	36	1.39	62	0
1987	18.7	4	26.3	7	11.1	3	2.42	16	0
1986	6.2	55	15.4	56	-2.9	55	1.36	64	0
1985	8.4	45	17.7	46	-1	44	1.95	33	0
1984	10.9	29	18.6	39	3.2	18	1.68	44	0
1983	19.6	2	26.9	4	12.2	2	1.18	69	0
1982	3.9	71	13.2	70	-5.3	67	2.10	28	0
1981	15.6	9	24.2	11	7	8	1.02	75	0
1980	12.5	18	21.7	20	3.2	18	1.36	64	0
1979	-2.4	83	7.3	83	-12.2	83	2.55	11	0
1978	1.6	80	10	81	-6.8	71	1.44	59	0
1977	7.6	49	17.5	47	-2.4	52	2.31	19	0
1976	12.1	21	22.2	17	2.1	26	2.23	22	0
1975	12.2	20	21.8	19	2.6	23	2.44	15	0
1974	2.6	74	12	78	-6.9	73	2.48	13	0
1973	9.3	38	18.8	38	-0.2	41	1.09	72	0
1972	5.4	59	14.8	59	-4	62	1.51	52	0
1971	5.9	56	15.1	58	-3.2	56	2.63	8	0
1970	7.2	52	16.7	50	-2.3	51	1.68	44	0
1969	4.7	66	12.7	75	-3.3	58	2.78	6	0
1968	8.5	44	17.2	48	-0.1	40	1.46	56	0
1967	4.9	62	15.6	52	-5.8	68	3.00	3	0
1966	4.7	66	13.8	67	-4.4	65	1.46	56	0
1965	2.6	74	12.2	77	-7.1	76	1.51	52	0
1964	11.9	24	20.9	25	2.8	21	1.22	68	0
1963	7.7	48	17	49	-1.6	48	0.92	76	0
1962	4.9	62	13.8	67	-4	62	2.58	10	0
1961	10	34	19.2	33	0.7	33	1.16	70	0
1960	12.1	21	21.4	23	2.9	20	1.71	39	0
1959	2.9	72	12.7	75	-6.9	73	1.71	39	0
1958	15.3	10	25.2	9	5.4	13	0.44	82	4
1957	7.9	46	17.8	45	-2	49	1.99	31	3
1956	2.5	77	12.8	73	-7.9	78	2.62	9	0
1955	9.2	39	17.9	44	0.5	34	2.30	20	0
1954	11.1	27	20.3	29	2	27	2.76	7	0
1953	13.4	16	22	18	4.8	14	1.47	55	0
1952	6.7	53	15.6	52	-2.2	50	3.10	2	0
1951	5.3	60	14.1	66	-3.5	60	1.65	48	0
1950	-0.7	82	9.2	82	-10.5	82	2.23	22	0
1949	2.4	78	12.8	73	-8	79	2.42	16	0
1948	4	70	14.8	59	-6.8	71	2.07	29	0
1947	9.1	41	19.1	36	-1	44	1.73	38	0
1946	4.2	69	14.6	63	-6.2	69	2.17	26	0
1945	11.1	27	20.6	28	1.7	29	1.68	44	0
1944	15	11	25.8	8	4.2	16	0.73	79	0
1943	2.4	78	12.9	72	-8.1	80	2.84	5	0
1942	14.3	14	24	12	4.7	15	0.67	81	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	22.1
1983	19.6
2012	19.2
1987	18.7
1992	18.1
2002	17.4
2016	17.3
2000	16.7
1981	15.6
1958	15.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	-2.4
1950	-0.7
2014	0.5
1978	1.6
1949	2.4
1943	2.4
1956	2.5
1994	2.6
1974	2.6
1965	2.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	3.78
1952	3.10
1967	3.00
2022	2.86
1943	2.84
1969	2.78
1954	2.76
1971	2.63
1956	2.62
1962	2.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	0.37
1958	0.44
1942	0.67
2003	0.73
1944	0.73
1990	0.77
2021	0.86
1963	0.92
1981	1.02
2015	1.04

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 49°F; 16 December 2025
Coldest night: -22°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.55 in; 18 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.28 in of precipitation in Grand Forks, ND, the wettest winter since 2022, 21st wettest of 83.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Grand Forks, ND: 49°F on Tuesday 16 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Grand Forks, ND: a low of -22°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Grand Forks, ND: 0.55 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.