Grand Rapids, MI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 24.6°F in Grand Rapids, MI, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 44th coldest of 129 (with 1964).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 24.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 44th coldest of 129
Precipitation: 7.85 in; Wettest since 2023; 28th wettest of 130

A normal winter in Grand Rapids, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26.7°F, between 22.5°F and 31.5°F in eight years of ten and 7.18 in of precipitation, between 4.58 in and 9.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Grand Rapids, MI since 1895: 24.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 18°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 22.5 to 31.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Grand Rapids, MI from 1894 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	24.6	85	32	74	17.2	93	7.85	28	0
2025	26.1	59	31.9	77	20.2	50	4.99	97	0
2024	33.5	2	39.6	2	27.5	2	7.25	41	0
2023	31	9	36.3	13	25.7	4	9.39	11	0
2022	26.5	48	33.7	38	19.3	67	7.86	27	0
2021	27.3	32	33.4	45	21.2	32	6.02	65	0
2020	30.8	11	36.7	7	24.8	11	8.89	15	0
2019	26.6	47	32.8	56	20.4	43	8.32	22	0
2018	26.3	53	33.3	49	19.2	69	9.01	13	0
2017	30.3	12	36.2	16	24.3	12	8.52	20	0
2016	31.6	4	37.9	6	25.3	8	8.26	23	0
2015	22.4	111	29.3	111	15.6	113	4.61	105	0
2014	20.7	119	27.4	122	14.1	121	8.46	21	0
2013	29.5	15	36.5	11	22.4	21	9.91	6	0
2012	32.2	3	38.7	3	25.6	6	7.79	31	0
2011	24.8	80	30.6	101	18.9	70	6.05	63	0
2010	26.7	46	31.7	82	21.7	25	5.64	79	0
2009	23.7	99	30.9	97	16.4	103	11.32	2	0
2008	26.1	59	32.3	68	19.9	54	10.95	3	0
2007	27.3	32	33.4	45	21.2	32	7.93	25	0
2006	28.5	22	33.7	38	23.3	14	9.12	12	0
2005	25.8	68	32.2	71	19.4	64	9.59	9	0
2004	25.6	72	32.4	64	18.7	72	4.31	109	0
2003	22.5	109	29.3	111	15.7	111	3.49	124	0
2002	31.6	4	38	5	25.3	8	4.97	98	0
2001	23.3	102	29.4	110	17.3	91	5.44	86	0
2000	28.3	25	35.8	18	20.8	38	5.07	96	0
1999	28.5	22	35.5	20	21.5	27	6.23	57	0
1998	31.5	7	36.6	8	26.3	3	6.57	51	0
1997	25.8	68	31.8	80	19.8	56	9.88	7	0
1996	23.4	101	30.7	99	16.1	107	3.60	120	0
1995	27.8	29	34.1	32	21.4	28	4.78	102	0
1994	20.5	121	28.1	119	12.9	124	5.85	75	0
1993	26.2	55	32.6	58	19.8	56	8.61	18	0
1992	29	19	35	24	23	16	5.21	93	0
1991	27	37	33.7	38	20.3	47	4.93	99	0
1990	25.7	70	33.1	52	18.2	80	5.44	86	0
1989	26	62	33.2	50	18.8	71	3.84	116	0
1988	24.4	89	31.3	90	17.4	89	6.82	48	0
1987	28.3	25	34.6	26	21.9	24	2.08	130	0
1986	22.5	109	28.9	116	16.1	107	6.41	54	0
1985	24.1	94	31	96	17.2	93	9.57	10	0
1984	23.2	103	30.3	102	16.1	107	4.88	100	0
1983	31.6	4	38.2	4	24.9	10	8.94	14	0
1982	22.7	107	29.1	114	16.2	105	4.44	108	0
1981	25.2	76	32.6	58	17.8	85	6.10	61	0
1980	27	37	34	35	19.9	54	6.49	52	0
1979	19.7	124	26.8	125	12.5	125	6.02	65	0
1978	20	123	28	120	12	128	6.11	60	0
1977	18	129	26.2	128	9.7	132	3.99	113	0
1976	25.6	72	34.1	32	17.2	93	7.82	30	0
1975	26	62	31.7	82	20.3	47	8.11	24	0
1974	24.4	89	31.2	92	17.6	87	8.60	19	0
1973	25.6	72	31.7	82	19.5	62	7.77	32	0
1972	24.9	79	32.3	68	17.6	87	8.79	16	0
1971	22.6	108	29.7	105	15.6	113	5.41	88	0
1970	21.4	115	28.9	116	13.9	122	2.35	129	0
1969	23.1	104	29.6	107	16.5	99	5.88	72	0
1968	24.2	92	31.9	77	16.5	99	7.27	40	0
1967	26.2	55	33.9	37	18.5	75	7.08	45	0
1966	26	62	33.7	38	18.3	78	7.73	34	0
1965	24.1	94	31.3	90	16.9	96	7.58	35	0
1964	24.6	85	32.2	71	16.9	96	3.69	118	0
1963	19.1	126	26.9	124	11.4	131	4.56	106	0
1962	22.8	106	29.5	109	16.1	107	6.24	56	0
1961	24.5	87	32.1	73	16.8	98	3.06	127	0
1960	28.3	25	34	35	22.5	19	8.65	17	0
1959	20.1	122	28	120	12.2	126	6.21	59	0
1958	25	78	32.7	57	17.4	89	4.16	112	0
1957	26.5	48	33.2	50	19.8	56	5.79	77	0
1956	24.7	83	31.6	86	17.9	82	3.55	122	0
1955	25.9	66	32.5	63	19.4	64	5.37	89	0
1954	29.3	18	36.6	8	22	23	5.97	69	0
1953	29.5	15	35.6	19	23.3	14	4.69	103	0
1952	26.9	43	34.2	28	19.6	61	6.75	50	0
1951	24.8	80	31.2	92	18.4	77	7.42	39	0
1950	28.4	24	36.3	13	20.4	43	10.20	4	0
1949	28.3	25	35.2	22	21.4	28	7.02	46	0
1948	22.2	113	30	104	14.3	120	5.24	92	1
1947	26	62	33.7	38	18.3	78	5.66	78	1
1946	23.9	96	31.7	82	16.2	105	5.55	82	0
1945	22.3	112	29.2	113	15.4	116	2.78	128	0
1944	26.4	51	34.2	28	18.6	74	3.25	125	0
1943	22.9	105	30.1	103	15.7	111	5.12	95	0
1942	25.9	66	32.6	58	19.3	67	4.62	104	0
1941	26.5	48	32.6	58	20.3	47	3.95	114	0
1940	27	37	32.4	64	21.7	25	3.55	122	0
1939	28.8	20	34.9	25	22.7	17	7.57	36	0
1938	26.9	43	32.4	64	21.3	31	9.69	8	0
1937	29.4	17	36.2	16	22.6	18	7.49	37	0
1936	20.9	117	26.3	127	15.6	113	5.96	70	0
1935	25.6	72	31.5	87	19.7	60	5.46	85	0
1934	25.2	76	32	74	18.5	75	3.70	117	0
1933	29.6	14	36.6	8	22.5	19	5.52	84	0
1932	34	1	39.8	1	28.2	1	6.87	47	0
1931	29.8	13	35.5	20	24.1	13	3.93	115	0
1930	26.9	43	32.6	58	21.2	32	7.75	33	0
1929	23.8	97	29.7	105	17.8	85	7.45	38	0
1928	27.1	34	33	53	21.1	36	6.02	65	0
1927	26.3	53	32.4	64	20.2	50	4.25	111	0
1926	26.1	59	31.8	80	20.4	43	6.22	58	0
1925	24.5	87	31.2	92	17.9	82	3.56	121	0
1924	27	37	33.5	43	20.5	42	5.59	80	0
1923	24.7	83	30.7	99	18.7	72	3.64	119	0
1922	27.1	34	33.4	45	20.8	38	7.10	43	0
1921	30.9	10	36.3	13	25.5	7	5.91	71	0
1920	19.5	125	25.8	129	13.3	123	3.23	126	0
1919	31.1	8	36.4	12	25.7	4	6.48	53	0
1918	18.5	127	25.1	130	11.9	129	7.87	26	0
1917	22	114	28.7	118	15.3	118	5.88	72	0
1916	25.7	70	31.9	77	19.5	62	5.86	74	0
1915	26.2	55	31.5	87	20.8	38	6.05	63	0
1914	27	37	33.5	43	20.4	43	4.30	110	0
1913	27.6	31	34.1	32	21	37	4.45	107	0
1912	21	116	26.6	126	15.4	116	5.82	76	0
1911	27	37	32.9	54	21.2	32	5.32	90	0
1910	23.8	97	29.6	107	17.9	82	6.29	55	0
1909	27.8	29	34.2	28	21.4	28	7.14	42	0
1908	26.2	55	32.3	68	20.2	50	6.78	49	0
1907	24.8	80	31.5	87	18.1	81	6.00	68	0
1906	28.8	20	35.2	22	22.3	22	6.10	61	0
1905	20.8	118	27.2	123	14.5	119	5.25	91	0
1904	18.3	128	24.9	131	11.6	130	5.54	83	0
1903			34.2	28	16.5	99	4.88	100	14
1902	24.2	92	32	74	16.3	104	5.18	94	3
1901	24.3	91	31.2	92	17.3	91	5.59	80	0
1900	26.4	51	32.9	54	19.8	56	10.06	5	0
1899	20.7	119	29.1	114	12.2	126	7.83	29	0
1898	27.1	34	33.4	45	20.2	50	13.78	1	6
1897			34.4	27					10
1896					19.4	64	7.10	43	19
1895	23.5	100	30.8	98	16.5	99			4
1894					20.6	41			16

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	34
2024	33.5
2012	32.2
2016	31.6
2002	31.6
1983	31.6
1998	31.5
1919	31.1
2023	31
1921	30.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	18
1904	18.3
1918	18.5
1963	19.1
1920	19.5
1979	19.7
1978	20
1959	20.1
1994	20.5
2014	20.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1898	13.78
2009	11.32
2008	10.95
1950	10.20
1900	10.06
2013	9.91
1997	9.88
1938	9.69
2005	9.59
1985	9.57

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	2.08
1970	2.35
1945	2.78
1961	3.06
1920	3.23
1944	3.25
2003	3.49
1956	3.55
1940	3.55
1925	3.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 18 February 2026, 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.86 in; 28 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 7.85 in of precipitation in Grand Rapids, MI, the wettest winter since 2023, 28th wettest of 130.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Grand Rapids, MI: 60°F on Wednesday 18 February 2026 and Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Grand Rapids, MI: a low of -19°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Grand Rapids, MI: 0.86 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.