Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 19.6°F in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN, the warmest winter since 2024, tied 40th warmest of 154 (with 1898).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 19.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 40th warmest of 154
Precipitation: 3.81 in; Wettest since 2023; 24th wettest of 155

A normal winter in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 19.2°F, between 13.9°F and 24.4°F in eight years of ten and 2.89 in of precipitation, between 1.60 in and 3.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN since 1873: 19.6°F in 2026; the highest is 29.9°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 13.9 to 24.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN from 1872 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	19.6	40	27.5	41	11.7	40	3.81	24	0
2025	19.2	45	26.9	51	11.4	44	1.81	123	0
2024	29.9	1	36.7	1	23	1	3.06	60	0
2023	19.7	39	26.7	57	12.7	30	6.45	2	0
2022	16.6	82	25.8	67	7.4	93	3.37	45	0
2021	19.9	36	26.9	51	13	29	2.15	104	0
2020	21.6	23	29.1	26	14.1	21	3.38	44	0
2019	17.8	63	25	78	10.6	53	4.55	9	0
2018	17.2	72	25	78	9.3	70	3.67	33	0
2017	24.1	10	31.1	11	17.1	9	3.76	28	0
2016	24.2	9	30.3	16	18.1	7	3.72	32	0
2015	18.4	55	25.1	77	11.6	41	1.55	135	0
2014	9.7	146	18.7	144	0.8	145	4.29	11	0
2013	19.8	37	27.3	45	12.3	34	3.83	23	0
2012	26.2	5	33.3	7	19.2	5	3.06	60	0
2011	15.6	96	22.4	117	8.8	76	4.91	5	0
2010	16.6	82	23.6	98	9.5	66	3.03	62	0
2009	14	114	22.8	113	5.2	117	2.65	78	0
2008	15	100	22.6	114	7.4	93	2.03	110	0
2007	21	27	27.9	38	14.1	21	3.81	24	0
2006	22.8	16	29.3	22	16.2	14	2.00	114	0
2005	21.4	24	28.8	29	13.9	23	2.61	81	0
2004	19.2	45	26	61	12.4	31	1.94	116	0
2003	19.2	45	27.2	47	11.1	47	0.98	149	0
2002	26.8	3	34	4	19.6	4	1.61	130	0
2001	13.2	123	21.1	131	5.3	114	3.77	27	0
2000	23	15	31.2	10	14.8	19	2.31	94	0
1999	21.4	24	29.7	21	13.1	27	3.53	38	0
1998	25.8	7	32.4	8	19.1	6	2.75	72	0
1997	14.4	109	22.4	117	6.4	104	3.76	28	0
1996	15.7	95	23.9	94	7.5	90	3.26	51	0
1995	20.8	29	28.5	33	13.1	27	1.14	145	0
1994	13.2	123	21.4	127	5	119	2.50	85	0
1993	17.7	65	25.5	73	9.8	61	2.69	75	0
1992	23.6	12	30.8	12	16.3	12	2.28	97	0
1991	17.7	65	26.9	51	8.5	80	2.53	84	0
1990	20.1	34	29	27	11.1	47	1.29	143	0
1989	17	76	26.4	59	7.6	88	2.23	101	0
1988	16.4	86	24.5	86	8.4	82	2.92	68	0
1987	25.7	8	33.6	6	17.7	8	1.07	148	0
1986	13.5	121	21.5	124	5.6	110	2.94	66	0
1985	14.8	104	23.8	95	5.8	108	3.61	35	0
1984	14.1	113	21.4	127	6.7	101	4.05	18	0
1983	23.9	11	30.7	13	17.1	9	6.13	4	0
1982	11.7	136	20.1	138	3.3	134	3.80	26	0
1981	20.3	31	29.2	24	11.3	46	2.68	77	0
1980	18.9	51	27.1	48	10.7	51	1.94	116	0
1979	9.4	147	18	148	0.8	145	3.36	46	0
1978	10.5	142	18.6	146	2.3	140	1.77	124	0
1977	11.8	135	21.5	124	2.2	141	2.09	106	0
1976	20	35	28.6	30	11.5	43	2.25	99	0
1975	18.2	57	25.9	63	10.5	54	3.96	21	0
1974	15.1	99	23.3	103	6.9	98	2.33	91	0
1973	16.5	84	24.3	89	8.8	76	3.33	49	0
1972	11.5	138	20.1	138	2.8	137	2.03	110	0
1971	13.8	117	22	122	5.6	110	3.39	43	0
1970	13.7	120	22.5	116	4.8	123	2.69	75	0
1969	15	100	22.9	110	7.1	96	4.57	8	0
1968	17.1	74	25.7	71	8.5	80	1.29	143	0
1967	14	114	23.4	102	4.5	126	6.24	3	0
1966	15.9	90	24	93	7.7	87	3.73	31	0
1965	12.2	132	21.4	127	3	136	3.14	56	0
1964	17.9	61	27	50	8.8	76	1.13	146	1
1963	11.2	141	20.7	133	1.8	143	1.13	146	0
1962	11.3	140	20.2	137	2.4	138	4.22	13	0
1961	16.9	78	26.8	55	7	97	1.72	125	0
1960	21.9	22	29.3	22	14.4	20	2.18	103	0
1959	14.4	109	23.3	103	5.6	110	0.93	152	0
1958	21.2	26	28.6	30	13.9	23	0.69	155	0
1957	18	60	27.1	48	9	74	1.35	139	0
1956	13.2	123	22.1	120	4.4	128	1.94	116	0
1955	17.4	69	24.8	82	9.9	59	2.34	90	0
1954	21	27	29.9	19	12.1	35	2.33	91	0
1953	19.4	44	26.8	55	11.9	37	2.23	101	0
1952	17.3	71	25.3	76	9.4	67	3.46	42	0
1951	12.9	129	21.5	124	4.3	130	4.14	17	0
1950	14.4	109	24.1	91	4.8	123	2.94	66	0
1949	15.9	90	24.9	80	6.8	99	2.46	87	0
1948	14.6	108	23.8	95	5.3	114	2.12	105	0
1947	19.1	48	27.5	41	10.7	51	1.59	131	0
1946	15	100	23.5	100	6.5	103	3.50	39	0
1945	16.5	84	24.9	80	8.2	85	2.56	83	0
1944	23.6	12	32.2	9	15	17	1.34	140	0
1943	13.4	122	22.3	119	4.6	125	2.33	91	0
1942	22.6	17	30.3	16	14.9	18	1.45	137	0
1941	18.1	59	26.2	60	10	58	2.65	78	0
1940	17.8	63	25.9	63	9.7	62	2.25	99	0
1939	16.7	80	25.4	74	7.9	86	2.71	73	0
1938	17.6	67	24.7	84	10.5	54	2.02	112	0
1937	13.8	117	22.6	114	5	119	3.50	39	0
1936	7.3	152	14.3	153	0.2	148	3.36	46	0
1935	16.9	78	24.4	88	9.3	70	2.88	69	0
1934	18.9	51	27.4	44	10.5	54	1.56	134	0
1933	18.2	57	26.9	51	9.4	67	3.18	54	0
1932	22.6	17	29.8	20	15.4	16	3.15	55	0
1931	26.8	3	33.9	5	19.7	3	0.89	153	0
1930	17.1	74	24.8	82	9.4	67	3.97	19	0
1929	12.8	130	20.4	135	5.2	117	3.08	59	0
1928	15.8	92	23.3	103	8.3	83	4.15	16	0
1927	17	76	24.7	84	9.3	70	2.37	89	0
1926	18.9	51	26.5	58	11.4	44	2.04	109	0
1925	14.8	104	22.9	110	6.8	99	1.70	127	0
1924	19.8	37	27.8	39	11.8	39	1.58	132	0
1923	15.6	96	23.8	95	7.5	90	1.69	128	0
1922	15.4	98	23.6	98	7.2	95	4.39	10	0
1921	23.2	14	30.2	18	16.3	12	1.57	133	0
1920	11.4	139	18.5	147	4.3	130	2.98	63	0
1919	22.6	17	29.2	24	16	15	4.16	14	0
1918	10.4	143	18.8	142	2	142	1.34	140	0
1917	8.5	149	17.1	150	-0.2	150	2.98	63	0
1916	14.7	107	23	108	6.3	106	3.66	34	0
1915	16.4	86	23.2	106	9.7	62	3.75	30	0
1914	20.2	32	28.1	36	12.4	31	1.33	142	0
1913	16.7	80	25.9	63	7.5	90	3.09	57	0
1912	11.6	137	18.7	144	4.4	128	2.58	82	0
1911	17.2	72	25.9	63	8.6	79	1.91	120	0
1910	13.2	123	20.8	132	5.5	113	3.97	19	0
1909	17.9	61	25.8	67	9.9	59	4.84	6	0
1908	22.1	21	30.5	15	13.7	26	2.05	108	0
1907	14.8	104	22.9	110	6.6	102	2.45	88	0
1906	20.2	32	28.3	34	12.1	35	1.96	115	0
1905	13.1	127	21.2	130	5	119	1.91	120	0
1904	8.4	150	16.3	151	0.5	147	1.82	122	0
1903	15	100	23.5	100	6.4	104	3.33	49	0
1902	17.6	67	25.6	72	9.6	64	1.37	138	0
1901	16.3	88	24.3	89	8.3	83	0.94	151	0
1900	17.4	69	25.8	67	8.9	75	2.30	95	0
1899	12	133	20.4	135	3.6	133	1.71	126	0
1898	19.6	40	27.3	45	11.9	37	1.65	129	0
1897	18.3	56	25.4	74	11.1	47	3.26	51	0
1896	20.5	30	28.6	30	12.4	31	0.96	150	0
1895	15.8	92	24.1	91	7.6	88	2.70	74	0
1894	14	114	23	108	4.9	122	3.56	36	0
1893	12	133	21.6	123	2.4	138	3.20	53	0
1892	22.2	20	30.6	14	13.8	25	4.58	7	0
1891	19.5	42	28.2	35	10.8	50	2.29	96	0
1890	19.5	42	27.5	41	11.6	41	2.77	71	0
1889	19.1	48	27.8	39	10.4	57	1.49	136	0
1888	10	145	19.7	140	0.2	148	2.83	70	0
1887	5.7	153	16.3	151	-4.9	153	4.16	14	0
1886	13.1	127	22.1	120	4.2	132	2.65	78	0
1885	10.1	144	19.3	141	1	144	2.50	85	0
1884	13.8	117	24.5	86	3.2	135	3.34	48	0
1883	9.2	148	18.8	142	-0.4	151	2.06	107	0
1882	26	6	35.5	3	16.4	11	3.55	37	0
1881	12.6	131	20.6	134	4.5	126	9.58	1	0
1880	19	50	28.9	28	9.1	73	4.25	12	0
1879	16.1	89	26	61	6.2	107	2.27	98	0
1878	28.9	2	36.3	2	21.6	2	3.09	57	0
1877	15.8	92	25.8	67	5.7	109	0.81	154	0
1876	18.8	54	28.1	36	9.6	64	2.95	65	0
1875	4	154	13.5	154	-5.6	154	3.85	22	0
1874	14.2	112	23.1	107	5.3	114	1.94	116	0
1873	7.9	151	17.2	149	-1.4	152	3.48	41	0
1872							2.01	113	91

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	29.9
1878	28.9
2002	26.8
1931	26.8
2012	26.2
1882	26
1998	25.8
1987	25.7
2016	24.2
2017	24.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1875	4
1887	5.7
1936	7.3
1873	7.9
1904	8.4
1917	8.5
1883	9.2
1979	9.4
2014	9.7
1888	10

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1881	9.58
2023	6.45
1967	6.24
1983	6.13
2011	4.91
1909	4.84
1892	4.58
1969	4.57
2019	4.55
1922	4.39

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	0.69
1877	0.81
1931	0.89
1959	0.93
1901	0.94
1896	0.96
2003	0.98
1987	1.07
1964	1.13
1963	1.13

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 16 February 2026, 14 February 2026
Coldest night: -21°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.82 in; 18 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.81 in of precipitation in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN, the wettest winter since 2023, tied 24th wettest of 155 (with 2007).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: 54°F on Monday 16 February 2026 and Saturday 14 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: a low of -21°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: 0.82 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.