Middletown-Harrisburg, PA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 28.9°F in Middletown-Harrisburg, PA, the coldest winter since 2015, 25th coldest of 136.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 28.9°F; Coldest since 2015; 25th coldest of 136
Precipitation: 6.05 in; Driest since 2002; 16th driest of 138

A normal winter in Middletown-Harrisburg, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 34°F, between 28.2°F and 37.4°F in eight years of ten and 9.29 in of precipitation, between 6.84 in and 11.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Middletown-Harrisburg, PA since 1889: 28.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 23.9°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 28.2 to 37.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Middletown-Harrisburg, PA from 1889 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	28.9	112	36.8	104	21	123	6.05	123	0
2025	31	84	38.8	70	23.3	98	6.57	113	0
2024	38.1	3	45.8	5	30.5	4	13.34	7	0
2023	38.1	3	46.6	3	29.7	5	7.80	80	0
2022	35.3	21	44	13	26.5	45	6.62	112	0
2021	34.8	27	41.4	37	28.2	18	10.49	28	0
2020	37.4	8	45.2	9	29.5	8	9.26	52	0
2019	34	39	41.2	41	26.8	39	12.58	10	0
2018	33.1	55	41.6	33	24.5	82	10.62	26	2
2017	37.6	6	45.4	8	29.7	5	6.74	109	0
2016	36.2	11	44.3	12	28	22	14.21	4	0
2015	28.2	121	36	117	20.4	126	6.85	105	0
2014	28.2	121	36.5	112	19.9	129	10.45	30	0
2013	34.5	31	41.4	37	27.5	28	8.74	60	0
2012	36.8	9	45.6	6	28	22	8.55	62	0
2011	30.1	99	37.7	90	22.5	104	6.97	102	0
2010	31.6	75	38.1	82	25.1	69	10.17	35	0
2009	31.5	77	39.2	63	23.7	93	9.40	49	0
2008	33.2	54	40.5	54	26	55	11.97	14	0
2007	33.9	43	41.8	31	26.1	51	7.66	85	0
2006	34	39	41.8	31	26.3	48	9.32	51	0
2005	33.6	47	41	44	26.1	51	9.69	44	0
2004	29.6	103	37	100	22.2	107	7.74	82	0
2003	27.8	126	34.5	128	21.1	119	11.14	21	0
2002	37.6	6	46.8	2	28.5	14	4.71	136	0
2001	29.7	102	37.4	93	22	109	7.91	76	0
2000	34	39	42.7	22	25.4	62	6.91	103	0
1999	35.9	15	44.8	10	27	34	7.15	96	0
1998	38.1	3	45.6	6	30.7	3	11.55	19	0
1997	35	25	42.6	23	27.5	28	9.45	46	0
1996	29.1	109	36.3	115	21.9	112	10.00	38	0
1995	34.3	34	42.1	26	26.5	45	7.66	85	0
1994	27	128	35.7	119	18.3	135	12.19	12	0
1993	33.1	55	40.7	48	25.5	60	7.13	97	0
1992	35	25	43.2	18	26.8	39	6.67	111	0
1991	35.8	16	44.6	11	26.9	36	10.05	37	0
1990	32.8	58	41.3	39	24.3	87	7.77	81	0
1989	33.5	48	41.9	29	25.1	69	5.09	133	0
1988	30.9	86	38.8	70	22.9	102	7.30	92	0
1987	32.8	58	38.6	73	27	34	10.18	34	0
1986	30.8	89	36.8	104	24.7	78	8.02	73	0
1985	34.6	28	41	44	28.1	19	6.25	117	0
1984	29.9	101	36.6	110	23.2	99	13.20	8	0
1983	36	14	43.2	18	28.8	11	7.20	95	0
1982	28.4	119	34.8	124	22	109	7.96	75	0
1981	29.1	109	37.5	92	20.7	125	7.13	97	0
1980	32.4	63	40.4	56	24.4	86	3.18	138	0
1979	29.6	103	37.1	99	22.1	108	16.70	1	0
1978	27	128	34.1	129	19.8	130	13.61	5	0
1977	26.7	130	34.1	129	19.3	132	5.15	131	0
1976	33.7	45	41.1	42	26.2	49	9.41	48	0
1975	33.7	45	40.6	52	26.8	39	11.81	16	0
1974	34.5	31	41.6	33	27.3	32	11.70	17	0
1973	34.1	36	41.6	33	26.7	42	11.05	23	0
1972	35.1	23	42.1	26	28.1	19	9.58	45	0
1971	31.4	80	38.3	79	24.5	82	11.82	15	0
1970	28.1	123	35.2	122	21.1	119	10.59	27	0
1969	31.4	80	38	83	24.8	75	4.88	134	0
1968	29.3	108	37.3	94	21.3	116	6.12	119	0
1967	30.8	89	38.6	73	23	101	6.43	116	0
1966	31	84	38.5	75	23.7	93	8.88	57	2
1965	30.8	89	38.9	68	22.8	103	9.10	54	0
1964	28.6	116	36.9	102	20.4	126	10.26	33	0
1963	26.6	131	34.6	127	18.5	134	7.34	91	0
1962	29.1	109	37	100	21.2	118	9.90	40	0
1961	27.9	124	36.7	108	19.1	133	8.94	56	0
1960	34.6	28	41.1	42	28.1	19	8.41	65	0
1959	29.4	107	37.8	89	21	123	5.24	129	1
1958	31.6	75	37.9	86	25.3	65	13.45	6	0
1957	34.6	28	41.6	33	27.6	27	8.54	63	1
1956	31.8	73	38.5	75	25.2	66	5.15	131	1
1955	31.9	72	39.1	65	24.8	75	6.12	119	0
1954	35.3	21	43.4	16	27.2	33	6.85	105	3
1953	36.6	10	43.6	14	29.7	5	9.87	41	0
1952	35.1	23	42.3	24	27.7	25	9.98	39	2
1951	32.3	64	39.7	60	24.9	73	10.29	32	0
1950	36.1	12	43.4	16	28.7	12	8.40	66	3
1949	36.1	12	43.6	14	28.6	13	10.12	36	0
1948	28.8	113	36.4	114	21.1	119	5.18	130	0
1947	33.5	48	41.9	29	25.2	66	7.09	99	0
1946	31.1	83	38.5	75	23.7	93	6.12	119	2
1945	28.8	113	36	117	21.3	116	7.97	74	4
1944			40.9	47	24.7	78	5.28	128	10
1943					24.2	88	8.79	58	15
1942	32.7	62	40.1	58	24.9	73	8.79	58	5
1941	32.3	64	39.3	62	25.4	62	6.07	122	0
1940	30	100	36.7	108	23.2	99	6.20	118	0
1939	34	39	41.3	39	26.6	44	10.79	24	0
1938	32.8	58	39.2	63	26.4	47	5.62	125	0
1937	35.7	17	42.1	26	29.3	9	14.56	3	0
1936	26.3	132	32.6	133	20	128	11.11	22	0
1935	30.6	93	37.2	98	24	92	8.40	66	0
1934	29.6	103	37.3	94	22	109	5.34	127	0
1933	35.6	18	42.9	20	28.4	15	5.85	124	0
1932	40.3	1	47.2	1	33.4	1	7.05	100	0
1931	33.3	52	39.7	60	26.9	36	5.53	126	0
1930	33.4	50	40.7	48	26.2	49	6.84	107	0
1929	32.8	58	40	59	25.7	57	6.99	101	0
1928	33.3	52	40.5	54	26.1	51	9.44	47	0
1927	31.7	74	37.9	86	25.4	62	7.84	78	0
1926	31.2	82	37.7	90	24.8	75	11.67	18	0
1925	32.2	66	39.1	65	25.2	66	6.57	113	0
1924	34.1	36	40.6	52	27.7	25	12.91	9	0
1923	30.5	94	36.5	112	24.5	82	7.39	89	0
1922	31.5	77	38.3	79	24.6	80	7.38	90	0
1921	34.4	33	40.4	56	28.4	15	8.29	68	0
1920	26.2	133	32.6	133	19.8	130	8.62	61	0
1919	35.6	18	42.2	25	28.9	10	8.46	64	0
1918	23.9	136	30.9	137	16.9	138	10.72	25	0
1917	30.4	96	37.3	94	23.5	96	8.97	55	0
1916	32	69	38.3	79	25.7	57	7.63	87	0
1915	32	69	38	83	26	55	14.93	2	0
1914	31.5	77	38	83	25.1	69	9.39	50	0
1913	35.6	18	42.9	20	28.3	17	8.13	70	0
1912	28.8	113	35.3	121	22.3	106	6.73	110	0
1911	30.8	89	36.9	102	24.6	80	6.87	104	0
1910	29.5	106	35.5	120	23.5	96	10.43	31	0
1909	34.2	35	41	44	27.4	30	8.03	72	0
1908	30.5	94	36.8	104	24.1	90	11.22	20	0
1907	28.5	118	35.2	122	21.9	112	7.81	79	0
1906	34.1	36	40.7	48	27.4	30	7.25	94	0
1905	25.1	134	32	135	18.2	136	7.69	83	0
1904	24.4	135	31.3	136	17.5	137	6.57	113	0
1903	30.4	96	36.6	110	24.1	90	12.43	11	0
1902	28.6	116	34.8	124	22.4	105	12.01	13	0
1901	30.3	98	36.3	115	24.2	88	3.98	137	0
1900	32.1	67	38.7	72	25.5	60	7.30	92	0
1899	28.3	120	34.8	124	21.8	115	9.14	53	0
1898	33.4	50	38.9	68	27.9	24	8.04	71	0
1897	30.9	86	36.8	104	25	72	4.77	135	0
1896	32	69	37.9	86	26.1	51	9.86	43	0
1895	27.9	124	34	131	21.9	112	7.68	84	0
1894	32.1	67	38.5	75	25.7	57	8.24	69	0
1893	27.2	127	33.3	132	21.1	119	7.88	77	0
1892	33.8	44	40.7	48	26.9	36	9.87	41	0
1891	32.9	57	39.1	65	26.7	42	10.46	29	0
1890	38.8	2	46.3	4	31.3	2	7.51	88	0
1889	30.9	86	37.3	94	24.5	82	6.80	108	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	40.3
1890	38.8
2024	38.1
2023	38.1
1998	38.1
2017	37.6
2002	37.6
2020	37.4
2012	36.8
1953	36.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	23.9
1904	24.4
1905	25.1
1920	26.2
1936	26.3
1963	26.6
1977	26.7
1994	27
1978	27
1893	27.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	16.70
1915	14.93
1937	14.56
2016	14.21
1978	13.61
1958	13.45
2024	13.34
1984	13.20
1924	12.91
2019	12.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	3.18
1901	3.98
2002	4.71
1897	4.77
1969	4.88
1989	5.09
1977	5.15
1956	5.15
1948	5.18
1959	5.24

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 0°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.49 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.05 in of precipitation in Middletown-Harrisburg, PA, the driest winter since 2002, 16th driest of 138.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Middletown-Harrisburg, PA: 62°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Middletown-Harrisburg, PA: a low of 0°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Middletown-Harrisburg, PA: 1.49 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.