Lancaster, CA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 48.9°F in Lancaster, CA, tying the record for the warmest winter, set in 1996, in 75 years since 1946 (winter 1948 excluded: 15 of 91 days missing; winter 1959 excluded: 34 of 90 days missing; winter 1973 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; 3 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 48.9°F; Ties the record; Warmest of 75, provisional
Precipitation: 5.41 in; Wettest since 2024; 16th wettest of 77

A normal winter in Lancaster, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45°F, between 43.3°F and 47.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.78 in of precipitation, between 1.02 in and 9.43 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Lancaster, CA since 1946: 48.9°F in 2026, tied for the highest with 1996.

Normal range, 43.3 to 47.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Lancaster, CA from 1945 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	48.9	1	63.3	6	34.5	8	5.41	16	0
2025	48.1	5	64.6	1	31.5	31	1.69	60	0
2024	47.7	7	60.1	32	35.3	5	5.70	13	0
2023	44.9	38	57	65	32.7	17	5.17	18	0
2022	45.2	32	60.8	22	29.6	48	2.90	36	0
2021	45.6	27	62	12	29.3	53	1.05	69	0
2020	46.6	19	60.8	22	32.4	21	3.89	28	0
2019	44.4	42	56	69	32.9	15	5.47	15	0
2018	46.7	18	64	2	29.4	52	1.12	67	0
2017	47.3	11	58.1	51	36.5	2	5.94	11	0
2016	46.5	20	61.2	19	31.7	29	2.13	49	0
2015	48.4	3	62.5	9	34.3	10	3.98	27	0
2014	47.2	12	63.8	3	30.7	40	1.96	55	0
2013	43.2	65	58.6	43	27.8	69	0.71	74	0
2012	44.4	42	61.8	13	27	73	0.77	73	0
2011	45.2	32	58.4	46	32	25	5.33	17	0
2010	45	36	57.9	54	32.1	22	6.52	7	0
2009	45	36	58.3	49	31.6	30	3.66	30	0
2008	44.3	45	57.2	60	31.4	35	4.30	24	0
2007	43.3	63	59.8	35	26.8	74	1.07	68	0
2006	46.5	20	62.2	11	30.7	40	2.02	53	0
2005	46.2	24	58.2	50	34.3	10	13.62	2	0
2004	44.3	45	58	53	30.6	43	2.46	43	0
2003	46.5	20	60.3	29	32.7	17	4.74	21	0
2002	44	53	59.8	35	28.2	64	0.89	72	0
2001	44	53	57.8	56	30.1	47	4.90	20	0
2000									62
1999	46	25	59.9	33	32.1	22	2.06	52	0
1998	44.9	38	55.4	72	34.5	8	9.43	4	0
1997									31
1996	48.9	1	61.4	18	36.4	3	2.85	37	0
1995	47.2	12	58.4	46	36	4	5.80	12	0
1994	43.3	63	57.6	57	29.1	56	2.20	48	0
1993	43	67	52.3	76	33.8	12	16.55	1	0
1992	44.9	38	57.1	62	32.5	20	9.43	4	3
1991	42.6	70	57	65	28.3	62	2.32	45	7
1990	43.8	57	60.4	28	27.2	72	1.28	64	0
1989	42.8	69	56.1	68	29.5	50	3.47	31	0
1988	44.1	52	57.2	60	31	38	3.77	29	0
1987	43.5	61	58.1	51	28.8	59	1.30	63	1
1986	47.6	8	61.6	16	33.6	13	3.21	33	0
1985	41.5	73	54.2	74	28.9	57	5.63	14	0
1984	46.5	20	61.2	19	31.8	27	2.45	44	0
1983	45.1	34	57.4	59	32.7	17	5.01	19	0
1982	47.1	15	59.2	39	34.9	6	2.78	38	0
1981	48.1	5	63.3	6	32.9	15	1.79	58	0
1980	47.6	8	60.3	29	34.9	6	7.91	6	0
1979	40.5	74	51.5	77	29.5	50	6.29	9	0
1978	48.4	3	59.2	39	37.6	1	10.62	3	0
1977	44.3	45	59.9	33	28.7	60	2.60	42	0
1976	45.1	34	61.7	14	28.5	61	1.39	62	0
1975	43.7	58	58.4	46	28.9	57	1.95	56	0
1972	43.1	66	57.9	54	28.3	62	3.25	32	0
1971	44.4	42	58.5	45	30.2	46	1.99	54	0
1970	46.8	17	61.5	17	32	25	0.93	71	0
1969	43.7	58	56.2	67	31.2	36	6.17	10	0
1968	44.8	41	58.8	41	30.7	40	1.25	65	0
1967	44.2	51	60.2	31	28.1	66	2.09	50	1
1966	42.6	70	55.8	70	29.3	53	3.19	34	2
1965	46	25	60.8	22	31.1	37	0.32	76	0
1964	43.5	61	59.6	37	27.3	70	0.95	70	0
1963	47.2	12	63.6	4	30.9	39	0.52	75	0
1962	44.3	45	57.1	62	31.5	31	4.64	22	1
1961	45.5	29	62.8	8	28.2	64	0.24	77	1
1960	43.9	55	57.6	57	30.3	45	3.05	35	0
1959			62.4	10			1.90	57	34
1958	45.4	31	59.3	38	31.5	31	4.60	23	0
1957	44.3	45	57.1	62	31.5	31	4.10	25	0
1956	46.9	16	60.8	22	33.1	14	2.08	51	3
1955	41.7	72	55.6	71	27.9	67	2.78	38	1
1954	45.6	27	61.7	14	29.6	48	4.01	26	3
1953	45.5	29	60.6	26	30.5	44	1.74	59	0
1952	43.6	60	55	73	32.1	22	6.36	8	0
1951	47.6	8	63.4	5	31.8	27	1.17	66	1
1950	43.9	55	58.6	43	29.2	55	1.50	61	0
1949	39.2	75	52.8	75	25.6	75	2.76	40	8
1948			60.6	26			2.31	46	15
1947	44.3	45	61	21	27.9	67	2.30	47	5
1946	43	67	58.7	42	27.3	70	2.71	41	1
1945									36

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	48.9
1996	48.9
2015	48.4
1978	48.4
2025	48.1
1981	48.1
2024	47.7
1986	47.6
1980	47.6
1951	47.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	39.2
1979	40.5
1985	41.5
1955	41.7
1991	42.6
1966	42.6
1989	42.8
1993	43
1946	43
1972	43.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	16.55
2005	13.62
1978	10.62
1998	9.43
1992	9.43
1980	7.91
2010	6.52
1952	6.36
1979	6.29
1969	6.17

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	0.24
1965	0.32
1963	0.52
2013	0.71
2012	0.77
2002	0.89
1970	0.93
1964	0.95
2021	1.05
2007	1.07

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 22°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.11 in; 24 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.41 in of precipitation in Lancaster, CA, the wettest winter since 2024, 16th wettest of 77.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lancaster, CA: 84°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lancaster, CA: a low of 22°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lancaster, CA: 2.11 in on Wednesday 24 December 2025.