Manchester, NH: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 23.8°F in Manchester, NH, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 16th coldest of 62 (with 1972 and 1969).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 23.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 16th coldest of 62
Precipitation: 6.08 in; Driest since 2004; 4th driest of 76

The mean temperature of every winter in Manchester, NH since 1889: 23.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 19.4°F, in 1948.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Manchester, NH from 1886 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	23.8	45	32.8	47	14.7	47	6.08	73	0
2025	27.3	25	35.9	24	18.6	24	7.61	61	0
2024	34	1	41.9	2	26.2	1	13.88	2	0
2023	33.3	3	41.7	3	25	3	11.90	15	0
2022	29.9	12	38.7	12	21.2	15	9.34	33	0
2021	30	10	37.2	19	22.8	10	9.18	36	0
2020	31.2	8	39.1	9	23.3	7	9.89	25	0
2019	28.5	20	36.5	22	20.5	18	9.21	35	0
2018	28.3	23	36.9	21	19.7	21	7.73	57	0
2017	31.3	7	39.4	6	23.2	8	6.52	68	5
2016	33.8	2	42	1	25.6	2	7.64	59	0
2015	23.5	49	31.7	56	15.4	44	7.36	62	0
2014	24.9	41	33.1	45	16.7	36	6.23	70	0
2013	29.9	12	37.4	18	22.4	11	6.80	65	3
2012	32.5	5	41	5	24	5	6.67	66	1
2011	25.5	36	33.9	40	17.1	35	7.78	54	3
2010	28.4	21	35.3	29	21.4	12	12.86	6	1
2009	25.8	34	35.4	27	16.3	37	8.60	44	3
2008	27.2	26	35.3	29	19.1	22	13.58	4	0
2007	29.3	16	37.2	19	21.4	12	6.19	71	0
2006	29.5	15	37.7	16	21.2	15	9.97	24	0
2005	26.8	30	35.4	27	18.3	27	9.22	34	0
2004	25.1	39	33.1	45	17.2	33	5.62	75	1
2003	23.4	50	31.9	54	14.9	46	9.84	26	4
2002	33.1	4	41.5	4	24.5	4	6.50	69	1
2001	25	40	34.2	39	15.9	41	6.13	72	0
2000	28.8	18	37.5	17	20	20	7.80	53	0
1999	29.6	14	38.8	11	20.5	18	8.35	47	0
1998							11.48	18	90
1997							12.55	9	90
1972	23.8	45	35	33	12.5	55	8.55	45	2
1971	20.7	59	31.2	58	10.2	62	9.07	37	0
1970	22.1	55	32.8	47	11.4	58	11.86	16	0
1969	23.8	45	33.6	43	14	50	12.22	12	0
1968	21.3	57	32.3	50	10.4	61	7.11	64	1
1967	25.8	34	35.2	31	16.2	39			2
1963							8.38	46	90
1962							9.61	28	90
1961							8.64	43	90
1960							10.96	21	91
1959							7.77	55	90
1955	27.1	27	35.7	25	18.5	25	9.52	30	0
1954	28.4	21	38.4	15	18.5	25	10.14	23	0
1953	30	10	38.6	14	21.4	12	13.11	5	0
1952	26.9	29	36.5	22	17.2	33	12.56	8	2
1949									31
1948	19.4	62	30.5	60	8.2	63	8.02	52	0
1947	25.2	38	34.3	38	16	40	9.52	30	0
1946	21.3	57	31.3	57	11.5	57	12.18	13	2
1945	22.6	54	31.9	54	13.4	54	11.08	19	4
1944	24.5	43	33.7	42	15.3	45	5.65	74	2
1943	24.4	44	32.8	47	15.5	43	9.01	38	4
1942	26.7	31	35	33	18.3	27	7.65	58	0
1941	25.9	33	34.6	36	17.3	32	8.69	42	0
1940	24.8	42	33.9	40	15.7	42	8.03	50	0
1939	27	28	35.6	26	18.2	30	8.99	39	2
1938	25.3	37	34.4	37	16.3	37	8.03	50	0
1937	30.8	9	38.7	12	22.9	9	14.74	1	2
1936	22	56	30.8	59	13.5	53	11.02	20	2
1935	23.2	52	32.2	51	14.4	49	11.82	17	4
1934	20.4	60	29.6	62	11.2	60			3
1933	31.5	6	39.4	6	23.6	6	8.79	40	7
1932	28.1	24	34.9	35	21	17			2
1931	23	53	32.2	51	13.8	51	5.56	76	2
1930	23.3	51	32.1	53	14.6	48	6.56	67	2
1912							8.06	49	91
1911							7.16	63	90
1910							12.26	11	90
1909							12.15	14	90
1908							10.19	22	91
1907							8.74	41	90
1906							9.40	32	90
1905							7.64	59	90
1904							7.77	55	91
1903							12.85	7	90
1893	20.1	61	29.3	63	11.3	59	9.59	29	4
1892	29.2	17	39.1	9	19.1	22	9.64	27	5
1891	23.6	48	33.5	44	13.7	52	13.62	3	3
1890	28.6	19	39.2	8	18.3	27	12.40	10	6
1889	26.3	32	35.1	32	17.6	31	8.35	47	6
1888			30.4	61	11.8	56			12
1887									27
1886									35

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	34
2016	33.8
2023	33.3
2002	33.1
2012	32.5
1933	31.5
2017	31.3
2020	31.2
1937	30.8
2021	30
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1948	19.4
1893	20.1
1934	20.4
1971	20.7
1968	21.3
1946	21.3
1936	22
1970	22.1
1945	22.6
1931	23

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	14.74
2024	13.88
1891	13.62
2008	13.58
1953	13.11
2010	12.86
1903	12.85
1952	12.56
1997	12.55
1890	12.40

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1931	5.56
2004	5.62
1944	5.65
2026	6.08
2001	6.13
2007	6.19
2014	6.23
2002	6.50
2017	6.52
1930	6.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -9°F; 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.17 in; 29 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.08 in of precipitation in Manchester, NH, the driest winter since 2004, 4th driest of 76.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Manchester, NH: 58°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Manchester, NH: a low of -9°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Manchester, NH: 1.17 in on Monday 29 December 2025.