Missoula, MT: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 33.1°F in Missoula, MT, the warmest winter since 1934 (winter 1946 excluded: 32 of 90 days missing), 2nd warmest of 122.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 33.1°F; Warmest since 1934; 2nd warmest of 122
Precipitation: 4.53 in; Wettest since 2017; 11th wettest of 125

A normal winter in Missoula, MT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.4°F, between 22.9°F and 29.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.69 in of precipitation, between 1.53 in and 4.53 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Missoula, MT since 1894: 33.1°F in 2026; the highest is 34.1°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 22.9 to 29.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Missoula, MT from 1894 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	33.1	2	41.3	2	24.8	3	4.53	11	0
2025	26.2	49	33.5	57	18.9	47	2.92	57	0
2024	27.8	27	34.4	43	21.2	20	2.21	92	0
2023	24.5	75	32.5	69	16.5	75	3.08	50	0
2022	26	51	34.4	43	17.6	60	3.20	44	0
2021	27.6	33	35.3	30	19.9	34	2.24	90	0
2020	30.4	8	37.7	8	23.2	10	2.60	72	0
2019	23	92	30	100	16	82	3.42	33	0
2018	25.8	54	32.3	73	19.3	42	3.94	27	0
2017	20	117	27.7	119	12.3	113	4.75	7	0
2016	28.1	24	35.2	32	21.1	21	2.46	76	0
2015	28.8	19	36	17	21.5	17	3.47	32	0
2014	24.1	79	31.6	85	16.6	73	4.47	15	0
2013	27.7	30	34.4	43	20.9	22	3.11	48	0
2012	27.7	30	35.4	29	19.9	34	3.02	55	0
2011	23.4	86	30.7	95	16	82	4.94	6	0
2010	26.6	44	33.2	61	20	32	1.52	115	0
2009	25.2	61	32.5	69	17.9	56	2.75	65	0
2008	27.8	27	35	36	20.5	27	1.88	103	0
2007	27.7	30	35.1	34	20.4	28	2.05	99	0
2006	27.1	39	34.5	41	19.7	38	2.77	64	0
2005	27.4	37	35.7	22	19.2	43	1.31	121	0
2004	25.5	58	31.9	79	19.1	45	2.63	70	0
2003	29.2	13	35.3	30	23.1	11	3.20	44	0
2002	27.5	36	34.5	41	20.4	28	2.38	81	0
2001	21.8	104	29.5	111	14.1	101	2.38	81	0
2000	28.9	16	35.5	28	22.2	14	2.94	56	0
1999	29.1	14	35.6	26	22.6	13	3.32	37	0
1998	27.4	37	34.9	37	19.9	34	2.10	96	0
1997	23.9	80	30.8	93	17	67	7.14	2	0
1996	24.9	68	32.8	63	17.1	64	4.51	12	0
1995	27.6	33	35.7	22	19.5	39	1.82	107	0
1994	29.3	12	37.7	8	20.9	22	1.24	122	0
1993	17.7	120	26.1	122	9.2	122	2.31	84	0
1992	29.7	11	37.5	10	21.9	16	1.53	114	0
1991	23.6	84	32	77	15.3	91	1.92	101	0
1990	28.3	22	35.7	22	20.9	22	1.82	107	0
1989	22	102	30.1	99	13.8	105	1.96	100	0
1988	25.5	58	33.9	53	17.2	62	2.43	78	0
1987	23.9	80	31.8	82	16	82	1.15	123	0
1986	22.9	94	30.4	97	15.4	89	3.49	31	0
1985	20.9	110	28.4	117	13.4	106	1.55	113	0
1984	22.9	94	30	100	15.8	86	3.09	49	0
1983	28.9	16	35.6	26	22.1	15	2.64	69	0
1982	22.6	99	30	100	15.2	92	5.36	4	0
1981	30.4	8	37.1	11	23.7	7	2.27	88	0
1980	25.6	57	32.2	74	19	46	3.21	43	0
1979	15.3	121	22.8	124	7.8	123	3.28	41	0
1978	25.2	61	31.6	85	18.9	47	4.69	8	0
1977	24.7	72	33.3	59	16.1	78	1.09	124	0
1976	28.4	20	36	17	20.8	26	2.79	62	0
1975	24.4	76	31.9	79	16.9	69	4.48	14	0
1974	27.6	33	34.4	43	20.9	22	4.37	18	0
1973	23.6	84	31.8	82	15.5	88	2.07	98	0
1972	23.1	89	31.2	89	15.1	93	5.49	3	0
1971	26.8	42	34.2	48	19.4	41	3.31	38	0
1970	26.8	42	33.7	56	20	32	4.13	21	0
1969	20.1	116	28.2	118	12	114	4.63	9	0
1968	25	66	32.8	63	17.1	64	3.31	38	0
1967	31.5	3	37.8	7	25.3	2	2.28	86	0
1966	26.6	44	34	50	19.2	43	2.83	60	0
1965	22.8	97	30.7	95	14.9	94	5.23	5	0
1964	20.8	112	29.6	109	12	114	2.27	88	0
1963	23.1	89	30.4	97	15.9	85	4.04	24	0
1962	20.4	113	27.7	119	13.1	109	3.71	28	0
1961	24.4	76	32.2	74	16.5	75	2.51	73	0
1960	22.9	94	31.4	88	14.4	98	1.84	105	0
1959	26.3	47	34.1	49	18.5	51	4.63	9	0
1958	31.3	4	38.4	5	24.1	5	3.07	51	0
1957	22.1	101	31	91	13.2	108	2.62	71	0
1956	21.3	107	30	100	12.6	111	4.49	13	0
1955	23.4	86	32	77	14.8	96	1.86	104	0
1954	28.9	16	36.5	15	21.3	19	4.08	23	0
1953	31.2	5	38.5	3	23.9	6	4.19	19	0
1952	20.9	110	30	100	11.8	116	3.22	42	0
1951	25.7	55	33.4	58	17.9	56	2.70	68	0
1950	20.3	114	29	116	11.6	117	2.90	58	0
1949	12.9	122	23.4	123	2.4	124	2.35	83	0
1948	24.8	70	32.6	65	16.9	69	3.07	51	1
1947	26.3	47	34.4	43	18.2	55	2.90	58	0
1946									32
1945	26	51	33.3	59	18.7	49	1.70	111	0
1944	25.1	63	31.8	82	18.5	51	1.61	112	5
1943	25.1	63	32.5	69	17.6	60	4.11	22	1
1942	23.8	82	31	91	16.6	73	2.19	94	2
1941	30.8	6	38.2	6	23.3	8	1.41	117	4
1940	29.1	14	35.1	34	23.1	11	4.38	17	0
1939	30.2	10	37	12	23.3	8	2.21	92	3
1938	28	26	34.6	38	21.4	18	4.00	25	2
1937	22.2	100	29.9	105	14.1	101	2.39	80	5
1936	22.7	98	29.3	115	16.1	78	4.18	20	0
1935	28.3	22	35.9	19	19.8	37	1.49	116	6
1934	34.1	1	42.3	1	25.9	1	3.35	36	8
1933			29.6	109	12.7	110	2.49	75	10
1932	23.1	89	31.5	87	14.3	99	1.84	105	7
1931	26.4	46	34	50	18.6	50	1.40	118	2
1930	25	66	32.6	65	17.1	64	3.70	29	7
1929	20.3	114	29.4	112	10	121	2.30	85	8
1928	19.8	118	29.4	112	10.1	120	2.73	66	4
1927							4.40	16	13
1926	30.6	7	36.7	13	24.2	4	2.79	62	3
1925	27.8	27	35.7	22	19.5	39	2.09	97	5
1924	26.1	50	33.8	54	18.3	54	1.91	102	1
1920	23.4	86	31.9	79	14.9	94	2.24	90	2
1919	25.7	55	34.6	38	16.8	72	3.52	30	2
1918			38.5	3	17	67	10.22	1	11
1917	21.4	106	29.4	112	13.4	106	2.82	61	2
1916	19.4	119	27.5	121	11.1	118	2.72	67	4
1915	21.2	108	29.8	106	12.6	111	0.58	125	1
1913	23	92	31.2	89	14.5	97	3.98	26	6
1912	28.4	20	36.2	16	20.3	30	2.43	78	1
1911	24.6	74	33.1	62	16.1	78	1.36	119	1
1910	21.8	104	29.8	106	14.1	101	2.12	95	4
1909	25.1	63	32.6	65	17.8	59	2.44	77	4
1908									13
1907									37
1906	25.5	58	34.6	38	16.3	77	1.34	120	8
1905	27	41	36.6	14	17.2	62	1.82	107	3
1904	27.1	39	35.8	21	18.5	51	3.19	46	0
1903	24.7	72	32.5	69	16.9	69	3.30	40	2
1902	23.7	83	32.1	76	15.4	89	3.19	46	2
1901	25.9	53	33.8	54	17.9	56	3.07	51	6
1900	28.1	24	35.9	19	20.3	30	1.75	110	5
1899	22	102	29.7	108	13.9	104	2.28	86	6
1898	24.9	68	34	50	15.7	87	3.05	54	6
1897	24.2	78	32.6	65	16.1	78	2.51	73	5
1896	24.8	70	35.2	32	14.3	99	3.42	33	1
1895									31
1894	21.1	109	30.8	93	11.1	118	3.39	35	5

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	34.1
2026	33.1
1967	31.5
1958	31.3
1953	31.2
1941	30.8
1926	30.6
2020	30.4
1981	30.4
1939	30.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	12.9
1979	15.3
1993	17.7
1916	19.4
1928	19.8
2017	20
1969	20.1
1950	20.3
1929	20.3
1962	20.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1918	10.22
1997	7.14
1972	5.49
1982	5.36
1965	5.23
2011	4.94
2017	4.75
1978	4.69
1969	4.63
1959	4.63

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	0.58
1977	1.09
1987	1.15
1994	1.24
2005	1.31
1906	1.34
1911	1.36
1931	1.40
1941	1.41
1935	1.49

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 22 February 2026
Coldest night: 6°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.38 in; 5 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 4.53 in of precipitation in Missoula, MT, the wettest winter since 2017, 11th wettest of 125.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Missoula, MT: 58°F on Sunday 22 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Missoula, MT: a low of 6°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Missoula, MT: 0.38 in on Friday 5 December 2025.