New Brunswick, NJ: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 29.8°F in New Brunswick, NJ, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 24th coldest of 129 (with 1940).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 29.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 24th coldest of 129
Precipitation: 8.43 in; Driest since 2025; 39th driest of 129

A normal winter in New Brunswick, NJ (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 34.5°F, between 29.7°F and 37.9°F in eight years of ten and 11.08 in of precipitation, between 8.23 in and 13.94 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in New Brunswick, NJ since 1894: 29.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 25.3°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 29.7 to 37.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in New Brunswick, NJ from 1893 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	29.8	105	37.9	109	21.6	100	8.43	91	0
2025	33.1	55	41.3	59	24.9	50	7.96	103	0
2024	38.2	5	46.5	7	29.9	2	17.11	3	0
2023	38.8	3	47.9	4	29.7	3	11.52	38	0
2022	35.7	18	44.6	20	26.7	21	9.67	71	0
2021	34.6	34	42.1	48	27.1	18	13.06	25	0
2020	37.5	9	46	11	29	7	12.29	33	0
2019	34.8	31	43.4	30	26.2	30	14.37	13	0
2018	33.4	49	42.3	46	24.4	57	10.77	48	0
2017	37.6	8	46.3	9	28.8	8	10.28	64	0
2016	38.8	3	48.2	2	29.3	5	13.91	20	0
2015	29.7	107	38.3	105	21.2	104	12.93	26	0
2014	30.1	100	39.8	87	20.4	115	12.92	27	0
2013	35.5	22	43.6	27	27.3	16	11.02	44	0
2012	37.9	7	48.1	3	27.7	14	9.14	78	0
2011	30.5	95	39.8	87	21.1	105	10.36	61	1
2010	32.6	61	41	65	24.2	59	15.22	10	0
2009	32.4	67	42.1	48	22.6	91	11.60	37	0
2008	34.9	28	43.5	29	26.3	28	12.77	29	1
2007	35.1	27	43.9	24	26.7	21	6.73	117	4
2006	35.3	26	44.5	22	26.1	32	10.92	45	0
2005	32.7	60	41.7	55	23.9	64	10.51	57	1
2004	30.7	93	39.4	94	21.9	97	10.63	49	0
2003	29.1	113	37.1	121	20.9	110	12.54	31	1
2002	38.9	2	49.1	1	28.8	8	5.19	128	0
2001	31.3	87	40.7	69	21.8	98	11.34	40	1
2000	34	43	42.8	38	25.3	45	8.33	93	2
1999	35.9	16	45.9	12	25.9	34	10.88	47	0
1998	38	6	46.5	7	29.5	4	13.88	21	0
1997	35.5	22	44.6	20	26.7	21	14.16	17	2
1996	29.7	107	37.7	111	21.5	101	10.92	45	1
1995	34.1	41	43.4	30	24.8	54	8.80	82	0
1994	28.5	120	37.4	118	19.1	122	13.87	22	2
1993	32.6	61	41.1	63	24.1	61	11.75	34	0
1992	34.8	31	43.8	25	25.7	37	7.35	111	1
1991	35.6	19	45.1	17	26.2	30	11.14	43	0
1990	32	74	41.3	59	22.8	86	7.80	105	0
1989	32.8	59	42	51	23.7	67	6.13	122	3
1988	31.2	89	39.9	81	22.2	94	9.66	72	1
1987	31.8	76	40.1	79	23.4	74	14.04	19	0
1986	30.7	93	38.7	100	22.7	89	8.58	88	0
1985	33	57	41.7	55	24.4	57	6.79	116	0
1984	31.6	79	40.4	74	22.8	86	15.76	7	0
1983	34.7	33	43.6	27	25.7	37	8.32	94	0
1982	29.3	111	37.6	114	20.8	111	12.58	30	2
1981	29.1	113	39.5	93	18.7	125	5.32	127	0
1980	31.9	75	40.7	69	23.2	78	5.00	129	1
1979	29.5	109	37.9	109	21.1	105	19.46	1	0
1978	27.7	123	35.7	125	19.7	121	16.02	6	0
1977	26.2	126	34.5	128	17.9	129	6.45	121	0
1976	32.6	61	41.3	59	23.8	65	11.44	39	0
1975	35.5	22	42.7	39	28.3	10	15.10	11	0
1974	33.3	52	41.8	53	25.1	48	14.36	14	1
1973	34.1	41	41.8	53	26.4	27	15.44	9	0
1972	33.7	45	42.2	47	24.9	50	8.67	85	1
1971	30.4	98	38	107	22.7	89	10.52	56	0
1970	28.4	121	36.3	124	20.7	113	9.24	76	2
1969	30.3	99	37.1	121	23.4	74	7.88	104	0
1968	31.8	76	39.9	81	23.6	71	10.27	65	0
1967	34.3	37	42.9	36	25.7	37	7.67	106	0
1966	33.4	49	41.2	62	25.6	43	8.72	83	0
1965	32.4	67	40.8	68	24	62	10.41	60	0
1964	31.3	87	39.4	94	23.2	78	8.89	81	0
1963	29	116	37.4	118	20.6	114	5.67	126	0
1962	31.2	89	39.7	91	22.6	91	10.61	51	1
1961	29.1	113	38.4	104	19.9	120	8.10	100	0
1960	34.9	28	43.1	35	26.7	21	12.89	28	0
1959	30.5	95	39.9	81	21	108	5.85	124	1
1958	32.5	65	39.8	87	25.3	45	14.92	12	0
1957	34.6	34	42.9	36	26.3	28	8.65	86	0
1956	32.5	65	40.4	74	24.7	56	7.48	108	0
1955	32.3	69	41.1	63	23.4	74	6.55	119	0
1954	35.9	16	45.9	12	25.7	37	8.03	101	1
1953	37	12	45.9	12	28.1	11	10.31	63	0
1952	36	15	44.8	18	27.2	17	11.70	36	3
1951	34.3	37	42.7	39	25.9	34	10.60	52	1
1950	36.8	13	46.3	9	27.4	15	8.98	80	0
1949	37.4	10	46.8	6	28	12	15.63	8	0
1948	28.8	117	37.5	117	20.1	118	10.13	67	0
1947	34.6	34	43.7	26	25.4	44	7.45	110	0
1946	31.5	84	39.8	87	23.2	78	6.72	118	0
1945	29.5	109	37.6	114	21.5	101	8.11	98	0
1944	32.6	61	41.6	57	23.7	67	8.18	97	1
1943	31.6	79	39.9	81	23.3	77	8.40	92	1
1942	32.2	72	40.6	72	23.8	65	9.38	74	0
1941	32.1	73	39.9	81	24.2	59	8.68	84	0
1940	29.8	105	37.6	114	22.1	95	5.86	123	1
1939	33.8	44	42	51	25.7	37	11.73	35	0
1938	33	57	40.7	69	25.2	47	6.54	120	1
1937	37.2	11	45.4	15	29.1	6	14.15	18	0
1936	26.5	125	34.3	129	18.7	125	9.86	70	0
1935	30.5	95	39.1	97	21.8	98	7.99	102	0
1934	27.9	122	37.2	120	18.5	127	8.52	90	0
1933	36.2	14	45.3	16	27.1	18	7.30	113	0
1932	39.5	1	47.7	5	31.4	1	8.28	95	0
1931	33.3	52	41.5	58	25.1	48	7.01	114	0
1930	33.7	45	42.5	44	24.9	50	8.58	88	0
1929	33.6	48	42.4	45	24.9	50	8.11	98	0
1928	33.7	45	42.6	41	24.8	54	10.49	58	0
1927	30.9	91	38.6	102	23.2	78	7.46	109	0
1926									10
1925	32.3	69	40.9	67	23.7	67	8.21	96	0
1924	34.2	39	42.6	41	25.7	37	13.16	24	0
1923	29.9	101	37.7	111	22.1	95	10.58	53	0
1922	31.6	79	40.2	77	23	82	7.00	115	0
1921	34.9	28	43.2	33	26.8	20	11.24	42	1
1920	27.2	124	35.1	126	19.1	122	9.26	75	2
1919	35.6	19	43.2	33	27.9	13	9.90	69	0
1918	25.3	129	33.6	131	16.9	130	7.54	107	3
1917	31.5	84	39.7	91	22.8	86	9.23	77	3
1916	31.5	84	39.9	81	23.7	67	10.06	68	2
1915	33.3	52	40.5	73	26	33	16.81	4	0
1914			37.1	121	20.3	116	10.55	55	10
1913	35.6	19	44.7	19	26.6	25	10.49	58	0
1912	28.6	119	37.7	111	20.3	116	10.34	62	5
1911	29.9	101	39.1	97	20.8	111	9.04	79	3
1910			38.5	103	21.5	101			13
1909									14
1908	31.6	79	40.1	79	23	82	14.32	16	1
1907	28.7	118	38	107	19	124	10.57	54	7
1906	35.5	22	44.5	22	26.5	26	8.62	87	1
1905	25.9	127	33.9	130	18	128	9.47	73	0
1904	25.7	128	34.7	127	16.7	131	11.31	41	1
1903	31.7	78	40.3	76	23	82	16.79	5	0
1902	29.9	101	38.8	99	21	108	17.95	2	2
1901	30.9	91	39.3	96	22.4	93	5.83	125	0
1900	33.4	49	43.4	30	23.5	72	12.37	32	0
1899	29.9	101	38.7	100	21.1	105	14.34	15	0
1898	34.2	39	42.6	41	25.8	36	13.41	23	0
1897	31.6	79	40.2	77	23	82	7.33	112	0
1896	33.1	55	42.1	48	24	62	10.63	49	0
1895	29.2	112	38.3	105	20.1	118	10.27	65	0
1894	32.3	69	41	65	23.5	72			3
1893									35

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	39.5
2002	38.9
2023	38.8
2016	38.8
2024	38.2
1998	38
2012	37.9
2017	37.6
2020	37.5
1949	37.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	25.3
1904	25.7
1905	25.9
1977	26.2
1936	26.5
1920	27.2
1978	27.7
1934	27.9
1970	28.4
1994	28.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	19.46
1902	17.95
2024	17.11
1915	16.81
1903	16.79
1978	16.02
1984	15.76
1949	15.63
1973	15.44
2010	15.22

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	5.00
2002	5.19
1981	5.32
1963	5.67
1901	5.83
1959	5.85
1940	5.86
1989	6.13
1977	6.45
1938	6.54

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 20 December 2025, 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 3°F; 21 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.27 in; 26 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.43 in of precipitation in New Brunswick, NJ, the driest winter since 2025, 39th driest of 129.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New Brunswick, NJ: 58°F on Saturday 20 December 2025 and Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New Brunswick, NJ: a low of 3°F on Wednesday 21 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New Brunswick, NJ: 1.27 in on Monday 26 January 2026.