Madison, WI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 21.6°F in Madison, WI, the warmest winter since 2025, 66th warmest of 157.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 21.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 66th warmest of 157
Precipitation: 3.59 in; Driest since 2025; 56th driest of 157

A normal winter in Madison, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 22.4°F, between 17.4°F and 27.4°F in eight years of ten and 4.62 in of precipitation, between 3.30 in and 6.82 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Madison, WI since 1870: 21.6°F in 2026; the highest is 31.9°F, in 1878.

Normal range, 17.4 to 27.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Madison, WI from 1869 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	21.6	66	30.5	50	12.7	89	3.59	102	0
2025	23	42	31.2	38	14.8	51	2.02	144	0
2024	30.4	2	37.5	1	23.4	2	4.30	71	0
2023	26.2	16	33	19	19.4	15	7.16	13	0
2022	22.2	56	31.1	41	13.3	76	2.57	135	0
2021	20.5	89	28.3	84	12.6	92	3.26	116	0
2020	26.5	14	34.3	10	18.7	18	4.20	76	0
2019	21.4	70	29	75	13.9	61	7.60	8	0
2018	21.2	74	29.3	71	13.2	78	4.91	50	0
2017	26	18	32.8	22	19.2	16	6.73	15	0
2016	27.3	10	33.5	15	21	7	4.83	51	0
2015	20	99	27.4	100	12.6	92	2.23	141	0
2014	13.8	145	22.8	144	4.7	148	3.51	106	0
2013	24.3	29	32.2	29	16.3	37	7.88	6	0
2012	28.6	6	37	4	20.2	10	4.66	54	0
2011	19.4	109	26.6	111	12.2	97	4.36	67	0
2010	20.7	85	27.8	91	13.5	71	5.10	40	0
2009	16.8	127	25.8	120	7.9	129	5.74	32	0
2008	18.5	115	26.1	117	10.8	113	9.10	2	0
2007	23	42	30.1	58	15.9	42	3.79	92	0
2006	24.6	27	31.8	33	17.5	28	3.76	93	0
2005	24.8	26	32	30	17.6	26	5.11	38	0
2004	22.1	57	30.3	54	14	58	4.06	82	0
2003	21.3	72	29.8	62	12.7	89	1.53	155	0
2002	29.7	3	37.2	3	22.1	4	3.93	84	0
2001	17.4	122	25.6	123	9.3	122	5.02	44	0
2000	25.4	23	33.5	15	17.3	29	3.72	98	0
1999	26	18	33.9	12	18.1	20	3.30	113	0
1998	28.2	8	33.7	14	22.6	3	4.93	48	0
1997	20.7	85	27.7	93	13.6	68	5.03	43	0
1996	19	113	27.7	93	10.4	118	3.83	89	0
1995	24.1	31	32.4	25	15.8	44	3.26	116	0
1994	17.1	125	26	118	8.1	128	4.57	57	0
1993	22.6	49	30.7	45	14.6	52	5.17	37	0
1992	27	12	34.2	11	19.7	12	3.83	89	0
1991	20.8	81	30	60	11.6	103	5.07	42	0
1990	22.7	47	31.9	31	13.5	71	2.85	128	0
1989	22.5	51	31.1	41	14	58	2.74	132	0
1988	19.9	101	27.7	93	12	100	6.37	22	0
1987	26	18	33.9	12	18.2	19	1.99	147	0
1986	16.2	129	24.7	129	7.7	132	6.13	25	0
1985	19.2	112	28.2	87	10.2	120	5.98	28	0
1984	18.3	117	26.2	115	10.5	115	3.92	85	0
1983	25.4	23	32.9	20	17.9	21	6.44	19	0
1982	16.2	129	25.2	125	7.3	138	2.34	137	0
1981	22.7	47	31.6	34	13.9	61	4.23	75	0
1980	20.7	85	29.7	64	11.6	103	3.68	99	0
1979	13.4	147	22.3	145	4.4	149	4.30	71	0
1978	14.2	144	23	143	5.3	145	2.87	127	0
1977	12.8	151	23.4	136	2.1	157	2.34	137	0
1976	23.1	41	32.6	24	13.6	68	2.57	135	0
1975	23.4	38	31.4	36	15.4	47	4.32	70	0
1974	19.7	104	28.1	88	11.3	109	5.60	33	0
1973	21.5	67	29.4	69	13.6	68	4.65	55	0
1972	18.7	114	27.8	91	9.6	121	4.46	62	0
1971	17.2	124	27	108	7.5	136	6.19	23	0
1970	17	126	25.8	120	8.2	125	2.26	140	0
1969	20.2	94	27.4	100	13	83	5.33	36	0
1968	21.3	72	30.4	52	12.1	99	2.94	124	0
1967	20.2	94	29.4	69	10.9	111	5.42	34	0
1966	20.3	92	29.5	67	11	110	4.93	48	0
1965	17.7	121	26.8	110	8.7	124	2.88	126	0
1964	20.2	94	30.2	57	10.3	119	1.84	151	0
1963	13.2	148	22.1	147	4.4	149	2.05	142	0
1962	16	132	24.2	131	7.9	129	3.53	104	0
1961	21.8	62	31.9	31	11.7	102	1.45	156	0
1960	24	32	31.2	38	16.9	31	5.78	29	0
1959	14.4	142	24.8	128	4	153	3.29	114	0
1958	22.1	57	30.7	45	13.5	71	2.01	146	0
1957	21.8	62	30.5	50	13.1	82	1.80	152	0
1956	21	79	30.3	54	11.6	103	2.02	144	0
1955	21.2	74	29.6	65	12.7	89	3.52	105	0
1954	26.6	13	35.2	9	17.9	21	3.56	103	0
1953	25.1	25	32.3	27	17.9	21	5.08	41	0
1952	22.6	49	31	43	14.1	57	4.28	74	0
1951	16.3	128	25.9	119	6.7	141	5.11	38	0
1950	22.4	53	31.5	35	13.3	76	5.78	29	0
1949	21.9	60	30.7	45	13	83	4.98	46	0
1948	19.9	101	29	75	10.8	113	4.34	69	0
1947	23.6	35	31	43	16.2	38	4.16	78	0
1946	20.5	89	27.7	93	13.4	74	4.19	77	0
1945	18.4	116	24.9	127	12	100	3.23	118	0
1944	25.5	22	33.3	18	17.7	25	4.54	60	0
1943	18.2	118	25.8	120	10.5	115	4.39	65	0
1942	23.8	33	29.9	61	17.8	24	3.27	115	0
1941	22.5	51	28.7	79	16.5	33	3.85	87	2
1940	21.9	60	28.3	84	15.4	47	2.78	129	0
1939	23.5	37	30.7	45	16.2	38	4.59	56	0
1938	22	59	28	90	16	41	6.59	17	0
1937	21.1	76	29.5	67	12.8	87	7.27	11	0
1936	12.9	150	20	153	5.6	143	4.50	61	1
1935	20.2	94	27.2	105	13.2	78	3.75	95	0
1934	23	42	30.4	52	15.6	46	1.74	153	0
1933	24.2	30	32.3	27	16.1	40	3.47	107	0
1932	28.7	5	35.3	8	22.1	4	3.39	111	0
1931	27.2	11	33.4	17	21	7	1.86	150	0
1930	21.5	67	28.6	80	14.3	56	3.04	122	0
1929	15.5	136	23.3	139	7.6	134	6.43	20	0
1928	21.5	67	29.1	73	13.9	61	3.76	93	0
1927	21	79	28.1	88	14	58	3.42	108	0
1926	20.8	81	27.7	93	13.9	61	4.43	63	0
1925	19.3	111	27	108	11.6	103	2.74	132	0
1924	22.3	54	29.3	71	15.3	49	3.74	97	0
1923	19.6	106	27.1	107	12.2	97	3.41	109	0
1922	20.6	88	28.9	77	12.3	96	7.26	12	0
1921	26	18	32.4	25	19.6	14	1.87	149	0
1920	13.5	146	20.9	151	6.2	142	2.28	139	0
1919	26.5	14	32.9	20	20.1	11	4.57	57	0
1918	12.8	151	20.3	152	5.3	145	3.84	88	0
1917	14.4	142	23.2	141	5.6	143	2.92	125	0
1916	20.5	89	27.5	98	13.4	74	3.96	83	0
1915	19.6	106	26.3	114	12.8	87	6.11	26	0
1914	23.7	34	30.7	45	16.7	32	1.95	148	0
1913	21.1	76	29.8	62	12.5	95	4.11	80	0
1912	15	140	21.7	149	8.2	125	3.83	89	0
1911	21.7	64	28.8	78	14.6	52	4.56	59	0
1910	16	132	23.8	134	8.2	125	6.70	16	0
1909	22.3	54	29.6	65	14.9	50	4.79	52	0
1908	23.4	38	30.3	54	16.5	33	4.11	80	0
1907	21.1	76	28.4	82	13.8	67	3.40	110	0
1906	23.6	35	31.4	36	15.7	45	4.94	47	0
1905	14.5	141	21.8	148	7.3	138	5.40	35	0
1904	12.2	154	20	153	4.4	149	2.77	130	0
1903	19.9	101	26.6	111	13.2	78	3.05	121	0
1902	19.6	106	26.2	115	13	83	2.65	134	0
1901	20.1	98	27.3	103	13	83	1.68	154	0
1900	20	99	27.4	100	12.6	92	3.32	112	0
1899	15.5	136	23.3	139	7.7	132	0.79	157	0
1898	20.3	92	26.6	111	13.9	61	7.68	7	0
1897	22.8	45	28.6	80	17	30	3.68	99	0
1896	22.8	45	29.1	73	16.5	33	3.00	123	0
1895	17.9	119	25.2	125	10.5	115	2.05	142	0
1894	19.4	109	27.3	103	11.5	107	3.10	120	0
1893	13.1	149	21	150	5.3	145	4.30	71	0
1892	23.2	40	30.1	58	16.4	36	6.59	17	0
1891	24.4	28	31.2	38	17.6	26	3.19	119	0
1890	28.3	7	35.8	7	20.9	9	6.15	24	0
1889	21.4	70	28.4	82	14.4	55	5.00	45	0
1888	15.3	139	23.4	136	7.1	140	7.28	10	0
1887	12.7	153	22.2	146	3.1	154	8.74	4	0
1886	17.9	119	24.5	130	11.4	108	9.27	1	0
1885	10.2	156	17.8	156	2.6	156	8.94	3	0
1884	15.5	136	23.4	136	7.6	134	5.75	31	0
1883	15.7	134	23.9	132	7.4	137	4.68	53	0
1882	29.7	3	37.3	2	22.1	4	4.39	65	0
1881	15.7	134	23.6	135	7.8	131	8.64	5	0
1880	27.7	9	36.2	6	19.1	17	6.81	14	0
1879	20.8	81	28.3	84	13.2	78	4.12	79	0
1878	31.9	1	36.5	5	27.3	1	3.60	101	0
1877	17.4	122	23.9	132	10.9	111	3.89	86	0
1876	26.2	16	32.8	22	19.7	12	6.09	27	0
1875	9.6	157	16	157	3.1	154	4.35	68	0
1874	20.8	81	27.2	105	14.5	54	6.39	21	2
1873	11.1	155	18.1	155	4.2	152	3.75	95	0
1872	16.2	129	23.1	142	9.2	123	2.75	131	0
1871	21.7	64	27.5	98	15.9	42	4.42	64	0
1870	19.7	104	25.5	124	13.9	61	7.34	9	0
1869									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1878	31.9
2024	30.4
2002	29.7
1882	29.7
1932	28.7
2012	28.6
1890	28.3
1998	28.2
1880	27.7
2016	27.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1875	9.6
1885	10.2
1873	11.1
1904	12.2
1887	12.7
1977	12.8
1918	12.8
1936	12.9
1893	13.1
1963	13.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1886	9.27
2008	9.10
1885	8.94
1887	8.74
1881	8.64
2013	7.88
1898	7.68
2019	7.60
1870	7.34
1888	7.28

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1899	0.79
1961	1.45
2003	1.53
1901	1.68
1934	1.74
1957	1.80
1964	1.84
1931	1.86
1921	1.87
1914	1.95

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.58 in; 6 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.59 in of precipitation in Madison, WI, the driest winter since 2025, 56th driest of 157.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Madison, WI: 64°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Madison, WI: a low of -19°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Madison, WI: 0.58 in on Tuesday 6 January 2026.