Helena, MT: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 33.5°F in Helena, MT, the warmest winter on record, in 146 years since 1881; provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 33.5°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 146, provisional
Precipitation: 1.81 in; Wettest since 2025; 58th wettest of 146

A normal winter in Helena, MT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 25.7°F, between 18°F and 28°F in eight years of ten and 0.99 in of precipitation, between 0.62 in and 2.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Helena, MT since 1881: 33.5°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 18 to 28°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Helena, MT from 1881 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	33.5	1	43.9	1	23	4	1.81	58	0
2025	23.8	73	32.8	70	14.7	67	2.48	29	0
2024	26.4	41	35.9	34	17	46	2.55	26	0
2023	23.5	74	32.9	69	14.1	75	1.19	99	0
2022	25.8	50	36.3	29	15.4	60	1.77	65	0
2021	26.7	32	35.9	34	17.5	33	1.36	92	0
2020	30.4	6	39.8	4	21	6	0.34	145	0
2019	20.3	108	29.8	103	10.8	111	2.93	15	0
2018	19	116	28.4	113	9.7	120	3.26	10	0
2017	16.7	133	26.2	133	7.2	135	2.58	22	0
2016	28.3	12	37.3	20	19.4	12	1.21	97	0
2015	28	15	37.5	18	18.5	26	1.83	56	0
2014	23.3	76	33	68	13.7	79	2.82	17	0
2013	26.5	38	35.5	44	17.5	33	1.54	79	0
2012	26.8	29	36.8	24	16.8	49	1.90	48	0
2011	22	89	31.4	86	12.5	93	1.90	48	0
2010	19.2	115	27.6	122	10.8	111	0.95	116	0
2009	26.3	42	36	33	16.6	52	1.39	91	0
2008	25.9	48	35.8	36	16	55	0.81	124	0
2007	26.6	35	35.8	36	17.4	37	1.10	104	0
2006	28.2	14	37.6	17	18.8	23	1.09	105	0
2005	25.5	52	35.7	40	15.4	60	0.68	133	0
2004	24	72	32.7	71	15.2	63	0.78	126	0
2003	27.6	18	36.1	31	19.2	15	0.75	130	0
2002	28	15	37.7	14	18.3	27	0.61	138	0
2001	18	125	27.2	126	8.7	123	0.67	135	0
2000	27.3	22	37.5	18	17.1	42	0.68	133	0
1999	27.7	17	37.7	14	17.8	30	0.78	126	0
1998	25.3	56	36.5	27	14.2	73	0.62	137	0
1997	19	116	28.4	113	9.7	120	0.99	112	0
1996	17.9	128	29.1	106	6.6	136	0.98	113	0
1995	25.4	54	36.6	26	14.2	73	0.35	144	0
1994	27	27	38.3	11	15.7	58	0.73	131	0
1993	13.9	142	24	140	3.8	142	2.40	33	0
1992	26.8	29	37.7	14	15.9	56	1.18	101	0
1991	23	78	34.2	57	11.8	99	0.76	128	0
1990	26.5	38	37.2	21	15.8	57	1.09	105	0
1989	18.2	121	28.4	113	8	127	2.56	25	0
1988	24.1	71	34.9	48	13.2	84	1.19	99	0
1987	24.3	66	35.8	36	12.8	90	0.41	143	0
1986	20.7	104	30.8	94	10.6	113	1.87	50	0
1985	14	141	24.5	139	3.6	143	0.95	116	0
1984	21.4	96	31	92	11.8	99	1.08	108	0
1983	29.3	8	38.9	8	19.7	10	1.36	92	0
1982	21.7	93	32.2	82	11.3	107	1.71	68	0
1981	28.3	12	38.8	9	17.8	30	0.65	136	0
1980	22.5	84	32.7	71	12.3	94	1.95	46	0
1979	11.9	145	22	145	1.7	145	2.25	37	0
1978	20	111	29.5	104	10.5	115	3.05	13	0
1977	26.7	32	37	23	16.3	53	0.82	123	0
1976	26.7	32	36.2	30	17.3	38	0.95	116	0
1975	21.1	99	30.7	95	11.4	106	2.24	38	0
1974	26.1	46	34.8	51	17.3	38	1.52	81	0
1973	17.9	128	28.5	112	7.3	132	0.81	124	0
1972	18.1	122	28.9	109	7.3	132	2.68	20	0
1971	22.5	84	31.3	87	13.7	79	2.55	26	0
1970	25.5	52	35.7	40	15.3	62	1.49	83	0
1969	12.7	144	22.7	143	2.8	144	3.75	6	0
1968	21	100	31.5	85	10.6	113	2.14	40	0
1967	29.5	7	39.1	7	19.9	9	1.85	53	0
1966	24.9	61	35.3	45	14.5	70	0.94	119	0
1965	25	59	35.7	40	14.4	71	1.84	55	0
1964	21.9	91	32.2	82	11.6	103	1.85	53	0
1963	24.5	65	35.1	47	13.8	76	0.89	120	0
1962	20.8	103	30.3	98	11.2	108	1.73	67	0
1961	29.1	9	39.9	3	18.2	28	0.52	139	0
1960	22.8	82	32.3	80	13.3	83	0.76	128	0
1959	20.1	109	30.7	95	9.4	122	2.57	23	0
1958	28.8	11	38.2	13	19.4	12	1.42	87	0
1957	16.9	132	28	120	5.9	138	1.71	68	0
1956	18	125	28.1	119	7.8	130	1.86	51	0
1955	21.3	97	31.1	91	11.5	104	0.52	139	0
1954	27.2	26	36.8	24	17.5	33	1.78	62	0
1953	28.9	10	38.3	11	19.6	11	1.81	58	0
1952	16.5	137	27	128	5.9	138	1.79	60	0
1951	22.8	82	32.5	77	13	87	1.23	96	0
1950	16.7	133	27.9	121	5.5	140	1.56	76	0
1949	9.1	146	20	146	-1.8	146	2.05	43	0
1948	24.2	68	33.5	65	14.9	65	1.00	111	0
1947	24.3	66	34.2	57	14.3	72	1.65	71	0
1946	26.6	35	36.4	28	16.8	49	1.01	110	0
1945	22.9	79	33.3	66	12.6	92	0.52	139	0
1944	23.3	76	34.7	52	11.8	99	0.69	132	0
1943	18.5	119	28.9	109	8.1	126	1.76	66	0
1942	16.6	136	26.8	130	6.4	137	1.86	51	0
1941	26.3	42	37.1	22	15.5	59	0.44	142	0
1940	25.2	57	32.7	71	17.7	32	1.55	78	0
1939	26.6	35	34.3	56	18.9	19	1.13	102	0
1938	24.8	62	32.5	77	17.1	42	2.41	31	0
1937	15.7	139	24	140	7.3	132	1.71	68	0
1936	18	125	25.5	135	10.5	115	2.08	42	0
1935	24.2	68	32.3	80	16.2	54	1.44	85	0
1934	31.9	3	40.3	2	23.6	2	1.12	103	0
1933	21	100	29	108	13	87	2.16	39	0
1932	25.1	58	33.1	67	17.2	40	0.98	113	0
1931	31.5	4	39.3	6	23.6	2	0.22	146	0
1930	21.6	94	30.2	101	12.9	89	3.60	9	0
1929	16.4	138	25.1	138	7.8	130	3.22	11	0
1928	19.5	114	27.6	122	11.5	104	2.40	33	0
1927	23.5	74	31.8	84	15.2	63	1.78	62	0
1926	32.3	2	39.6	5	25	1	1.79	60	0
1925	25.7	51	34.2	57	17.1	42	1.50	82	0
1924	25.4	54	33.9	61	17	46	1.49	83	0
1923	21.5	95	30.2	101	12.8	90	2.03	44	0
1922	18.5	119	26.9	129	10.2	117	2.55	26	0
1921	30.6	5	38.7	10	22.5	5	0.85	122	0
1920	22	89	30.6	97	13.5	81	2.00	45	0
1919	27.3	22	35.7	40	19	17	1.40	89	0
1918	22.9	79	32.4	79	13.4	82	4.73	3	0
1917	18.1	122	26.3	132	9.9	118	3.61	8	0
1916	16.7	133	25.4	136	8	127	3.18	12	0
1915	24.8	62	32.6	75	17	46	0.98	113	0
1914	26.5	38	34.9	48	18.1	29	1.56	76	0
1913	22.4	87	31	92	13.8	76	1.57	75	0
1912	25	59	32.6	75	17.5	33	1.09	105	0
1911	20.1	109	28.3	116	12	97	2.14	40	0
1910	17	131	25.3	137	8.6	124	2.57	23	0
1909	20.5	105	29.1	106	11.9	98	2.31	35	0
1908	27.4	19	36.1	31	18.8	23	1.02	109	0
1907	19.6	113	28.2	117	11.1	110	3.99	5	0
1906	27.3	22	35.3	45	19.3	14	1.40	89	0
1905	22.9	79	31.2	89	14.6	69	0.86	121	0
1904	26.9	28	34.9	48	18.9	19	1.41	88	0
1903	24.8	62	32.7	71	16.8	49	1.53	80	0
1902	26.2	45	33.6	63	18.9	19	2.31	35	0
1901	26.1	46	33.6	63	18.7	25	1.43	86	0
1900	26.3	42	33.8	62	18.9	19	1.29	95	0
1899	17.9	128	25.9	134	9.9	118	2.41	31	0
1898	26.8	29	34.4	55	19.2	15	1.31	94	0
1897	27.3	22	34.2	57	20.3	7	2.64	21	0
1896	27.4	19	35.8	36	19	17	2.43	30	0
1895	20.9	102	29.5	104	12.3	94	4.27	4	0
1894	22.5	84	30.3	98	14.7	67	2.69	19	0
1893	20.5	105	27.2	126	13.8	76	2.86	16	1
1892	27.4	19	34.6	53	20.2	8	1.59	73	0
1891	21.8	92	28.8	111	14.8	66	2.81	18	0
1890	15.7	139	23.4	142	7.9	129	1.61	72	0
1889	22.2	88	31.2	89	13.2	84	1.91	47	0
1888	21.3	97	30.3	98	12.3	94	1.20	98	0
1887	18.1	122	27.6	122	8.6	124	2.94	14	0
1886	25.9	48	34.6	53	17.2	40	1.59	73	0
1885	19	116	26.8	130	11.2	108	3.69	7	0
1884	20.4	107	27.5	125	13.2	84	6.10	2	0
1883	20	111	28.2	117	11.8	99	1.78	62	0
1882	24.2	68	31.3	87	17.1	42	1.83	56	0
1881	13.4	143	22.5	144	4.2	141	8.11	1	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	33.5
1926	32.3
1934	31.9
1931	31.5
1921	30.6
2020	30.4
1967	29.5
1983	29.3
1961	29.1
1953	28.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	9.1
1979	11.9
1969	12.7
1881	13.4
1993	13.9
1985	14
1937	15.7
1890	15.7
1929	16.4
1952	16.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1881	8.11
1884	6.10
1918	4.73
1895	4.27
1907	3.99
1969	3.75
1885	3.69
1917	3.61
1930	3.60
2018	3.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1931	0.22
2020	0.34
1995	0.35
1987	0.41
1941	0.44
1961	0.52
1955	0.52
1945	0.52
2002	0.61
1998	0.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 61°F; 7 February 2026, 10 December 2025
Coldest night: -6°F; 28 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.57 in; 9 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 1.81 in of precipitation in Helena, MT, the wettest winter since 2025, tied 58th wettest of 146 (with 1953).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Helena, MT: 61°F on Saturday 7 February 2026 and Wednesday 10 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Helena, MT: a low of -6°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Helena, MT: 0.57 in on Monday 9 February 2026.