Hartford, CT: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 25.6°F in Hartford, CT, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 22nd coldest of 121 (with 1981).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 25.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 22nd coldest of 121
Precipitation: 8.37 in; Driest since 2007; 22nd driest of 121

A normal winter in Hartford, CT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.9°F, between 25.9°F and 33.5°F in eight years of ten and 10.48 in of precipitation, between 7.55 in and 13.43 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Hartford, CT since 1906: 25.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 21°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 25.9 to 33.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Hartford, CT from 1905 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	25.6	99	34.2	97	17	101	8.37	100	0
2025	30.9	32	39	30	22.7	34	8.85	91	0
2024	35	3	42.7	5	27.3	2	18.28	1	0
2023	34.8	5	43.4	4	26.2	5	12.14	33	0
2022	31.3	25	40.7	16	22	45	9.26	79	0
2021	30.5	36	38.1	44	22.8	31	11.08	52	0
2020	33	12	41.3	15	24.6	14	12.91	22	0
2019	29.9	44	38.4	37	21.3	52	14.01	8	0
2018	29.2	58	37.8	48	20.5	64	11.40	47	0
2017	33	12	41.5	13	24.4	15	8.71	92	0
2016	35.2	1	44.4	1	26	7	11.08	52	0
2015	25.3	101	34.1	99	16.6	107	10.73	57	0
2014	26.4	89	35.2	82	17.7	97	11.29	50	0
2013	31.1	31	38.8	32	23.4	24	10.06	63	0
2012	34.9	4	44.1	3	25.8	9	9.43	76	0
2011	26	96	35.1	83	17	101	15.09	5	0
2010	29.5	52	36.6	68	22.5	40	12.11	34	0
2009	27.8	80	36.8	65	18.9	86	10.85	56	0
2008	29.7	47	37.5	52	21.9	47	15.47	4	0
2007	31.4	24	39.6	25	23.1	29	6.18	116	0
2006	30.4	39	38.7	34	22.1	43	12.16	32	0
2005	27.9	77	36.5	71	19.3	79	11.53	44	0
2004	27	84	34.9	86	19.1	82	8.19	102	0
2003	24.9	105	32.7	110	17	101	9.34	78	0
2002	35.2	1	44.2	2	26.1	6	4.90	118	0
2001	26.3	91	34.9	86	17.7	97	7.55	108	0
2000	29.9	44	38.4	37	21.3	52	7.54	109	0
1999	31.5	22	40.2	18	22.7	34	9.59	74	0
1998	33.3	11	40.7	16	25.9	8	8.67	94	0
1997	32.5	15	39.9	21	25	13	10.22	61	0
1996	26.6	88	34.7	88	18.4	88	12.17	31	0
1995	31.2	27	39.8	23	22.7	34	12.46	27	0
1994	24.3	113	33.6	104	15	115	13.37	17	0
1993	28	73	36.3	72	19.8	71	9.86	65	0
1992	30.5	36	39.1	29	21.9	47	7.92	105	0
1991	32.5	15	41.5	13	23.4	24	9.09	84	0
1990	28.5	65	37.2	58	19.7	73	8.89	89	0
1989	29.6	50	38.4	37	20.7	60	4.08	121	0
1988	28.2	69	37.3	54	19.1	82	8.92	87	0
1987	28.3	68	37	62	19.6	76	12.80	24	0
1986	27	84	35.1	83	19	85	9.64	72	0
1985	29	60	38	45	20	70	4.91	117	0
1984	27.9	77	36.6	68	19.3	79	12.49	26	0
1983	30.7	35	39.2	27	22.3	41	9.83	66	0
1982	26.2	93	34.1	99	18.3	89	11.59	42	0
1981	25.6	99	35.6	79	15.5	111	8.47	97	0
1980	28.6	63	37	62	20.1	68	4.27	119	0
1979	24.8	107	32.5	115	17.1	100	16.18	3	0
1978	24.6	110	32.6	112	16.7	105	16.71	2	0
1977	23.5	116	32.6	112	14.5	116	8.19	102	0
1976	27.4	82	36.6	68	18.2	90	12.99	21	0
1975	30.5	36	38.4	37	22.6	38	12.04	35	0
1974	29.4	56	38	45	20.9	59	14.36	7	0
1973	29.2	58	37.1	61	21.2	56	13.41	16	0
1972	28.9	61	37.6	50	20.3	67	10.69	58	0
1971	24.9	105	33.1	108	16.7	105	11.55	43	0
1970	23.8	114	32.2	118	15.4	113	13.90	12	0
1969	25.3	101	32.8	109	17.9	93	9.73	70	0
1968	26.3	91	34.7	88	17.8	96	9.83	66	0
1967	29.9	44	38.2	42	21.5	51	7.61	106	0
1966	29.7	47	37.2	58	22.1	43	9.47	75	0
1965	26.2	93	34.5	93	17.9	93	11.67	38	0
1964	24.8	107	33.7	103	15.8	110	11.39	48	0
1963	22.6	119	32.1	119	13	119	8.86	90	0
1962	25.9	97	34.3	95	17.5	99	11.06	54	0
1961	22.1	120	33.2	105	11.1	121	8.52	96	0
1960	30	42	38.2	42	21.8	49	12.81	23	0
1959	23.5	116	33.2	105	13.7	118	7.60	107	0
1958	28	73	35.9	77	20.1	68	13.96	9	0
1957	28.5	65	37.8	48	19.3	79	8.29	101	0
1956	27.9	77	34.7	88	21.1	58	7.50	110	0
1955	29.5	52	37.6	50	21.3	52	8.98	85	0
1954	32.4	17	42	8	22.8	31	8.68	93	0
1953	33.5	10	41.9	9	25.1	11	13.88	13	0
1952	31.5	22	40.1	20	22.9	30	13.15	19	0
1951	31.7	20	40.2	18	23.2	28	13.30	18	0
1950	31.2	27	39.6	25	22.8	31	11.68	37	0
1949	33	12	41.8	10	24.3	16	13.81	15	0
1948	23.7	115	33.2	105	14.1	117	9.68	71	0
1947	30	42	39.2	27	20.7	60	8.63	95	0
1946	25.3	101	34.2	97	16.4	109	12.38	29	0
1945	24.8	107	34.1	99	15.5	111	11.37	49	0
1944	28.2	69	37.5	52	18.9	86	4.27	119	0
1943	26.1	95	34.1	99	18.1	92	12.46	27	0
1942	28.2	69	36.9	64	19.6	76	9.39	77	0
1941	28	73	36.2	75	19.8	71	6.81	114	0
1940	26.4	89	34.7	88	18.2	90	10.57	59	0
1939	30.4	39	37.3	54	23.5	23	12.20	30	0
1938	29.7	47	36.7	67	22.6	38	10.15	62	0
1937	34.6	7	42.1	6	27.2	3	14.63	6	0
1936	25.7	98	32.3	117	19.1	82	11.15	51	0
1935	27	84	34.5	93	19.6	76	11.70	36	0
1934	24.6	110	32.7	110	16.5	108	11.44	46	0
1933	34.4	8	42.1	6	26.6	4	7.50	110	0
1932	34.8	5	41.8	10	27.8	1	9.76	68	0
1931	29.5	52	36.8	65	22.3	41	7.46	112	0
1930	30.9	32	37.9	47	23.8	18	8.41	99	0
1929	31.2	27	38.7	34	23.7	20	9.19	81	0
1928	31.2	27	38.5	36	23.8	18	11.61	41	0
1927	28.6	63	35.5	80	21.7	50	9.17	82	0
1926	29.5	52	36.3	72	22.7	34	11.00	55	0
1925	29.6	50	37.3	54	22	45	9.15	83	0
1924	31.3	25	38.8	32	23.7	20	11.52	45	0
1923	25.2	104	32.6	112	17.9	93	13.91	11	0
1922	28.4	67	36.3	72	20.5	64	6.56	115	0
1921	31.6	21	39	30	24.2	17	12.63	25	0
1920	23.3	118	31.2	120	15.4	113	10.53	60	0
1919	32.4	17	39.8	23	25.1	11	9.90	64	0
1918	21	121	29.1	121	13	119	8.93	86	0
1917	27.7	81	34.7	88	20.7	60	8.09	104	0
1916	28.7	62	36.1	76	21.2	56	11.66	39	0
1915	30.2	41	37.2	58	23.3	27	13.85	14	0
1914	28.1	72	35.8	78	20.4	66	9.76	68	0
1913	33.6	9	41.6	12	25.7	10	9.61	73	0
1912	27	84	34.3	95	19.7	73	8.90	88	0
1911	27.3	83	35	85	19.7	73	7.34	113	0
1910	28	73	35.4	81	20.7	60	13.94	10	0
1909	30.9	32	38.4	37	23.4	24	11.63	40	0
1908	29.3	57	37.3	54	21.3	52	13.15	19	0
1907	24.6	110	32.4	116	16.8	104	9.25	80	0
1906	31.8	19	39.9	21	23.6	22	8.46	98	0
1905									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	35.2
2002	35.2
2024	35
2012	34.9
2023	34.8
1932	34.8
1937	34.6
1933	34.4
1913	33.6
1953	33.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	21
1961	22.1
1963	22.6
1920	23.3
1977	23.5
1959	23.5
1948	23.7
1970	23.8
1994	24.3
1978	24.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	18.28
1978	16.71
1979	16.18
2008	15.47
2011	15.09
1937	14.63
1974	14.36
2019	14.01
1958	13.96
1910	13.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	4.08
1980	4.27
1944	4.27
2002	4.90
1985	4.91
2007	6.18
1922	6.56
1941	6.81
1911	7.34
1931	7.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -7°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.63 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.37 in of precipitation in Hartford, CT, the driest winter since 2007, 22nd driest of 121.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Hartford, CT: 58°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Hartford, CT: a low of -7°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Hartford, CT: 1.63 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.