New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 31.1°F in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the coldest winter since 2003, 8th coldest of 78.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 31.1°F; Coldest since 2003; 8th coldest of 78
Precipitation: 8.18 in; Driest since 2012; 19th driest of 69

A normal winter in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36°F, between 32.3°F and 39.6°F in eight years of ten and 9.84 in of precipitation, between 6.57 in and 13.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY since 1949: 31.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 27.9°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 32.3 to 39.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY from 1949 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	31.1	71	37.6	71	24.6	73	8.18	51	0
2025	36.4	26	42.9	26	30	25	8.26	50	0
2024	38.8	7	44.6	9	33	4	15.15	3	0
2023	39.4	5	46.2	4	32.6	8	8.62	48	0
2022	36.5	23	43.8	16	29.1	33	9.15	44	0
2021	35.5	33	41.5	37	29.6	27	10.59	22	0
2020	38.7	8	45.2	7	32.1	11	13.37	10	0
2019	35.9	30	42.4	30	29.4	29	14.33	7	0
2018	34.8	40	41.5	37	28.1	42	9.42	36	0
2017	39.5	4	45.7	5	33.2	3	9.28	40	0
2016	40.9	1	47.7	1	34	1	13.43	9	0
2015	32.5	61	39.1	55	25.9	62	14.70	4	0
2014	32.6	60	39.4	51	25.9	62	12.10	14	0
2013	37	21	43.1	22	30.9	14	10.06	27	0
2012	40	3	47.3	3	32.7	6	6.58	61	0
2011	32.3	62	38.8	62	25.8	64	9.88	30	0
2010	33.8	48	39.8	49	27.9	43	13.94	8	0
2009	34.3	45	41.3	40	27.3	50	9.80	32	0
2008	36	29	42.6	27	29.5	28	11.42	18	0
2007	36.5	23	43.1	22	29.9	26	6.37	63	0
2006	36.2	28	43	25	29.4	29	10.31	24	0
2005	34.4	44	41.1	42	27.7	46	9.42	36	0
2004	32	65	38.8	62	25.2	69	8.13	52	0
2003	30.6	74	36.3	76	24.9	70	9.97	29	0
2002	40.6	2	47.5	2	33.6	2	4.34	69	0
2001	32.7	58	39.1	55	26.2	61	7.47	57	0
2000	35.4	35	42	31	28.8	38	6.75	59	0
1999	37.4	16	44.3	13	30.4	21	11.83	15	0
1998	39.1	6	45.1	8	33	4	11.80	17	0
1997	37.2	18	43.7	19	30.6	18	10.59	22	0
1996	33	55	39.2	54	26.7	55	7.86	54	0
1995	37.2	18	43.8	16	30.6	18	8.98	46	0
1994	30.9	73	37.7	69	24.1	75	11.81	16	0
1993	35.2	36	41.9	34	28.4	39	9.13	45	0
1992	37.3	17	44.3	13	30.3	22	6.50	62	0
1991	38.4	10	45.6	6	31.3	13	9.20	43	0
1990	34.8	40	41.7	36	27.8	44	6.19	64	0
1989	35.5	33	42	31	29	35	5.80	66	0
1988	34	47	40.3	47	27.7	46	9.22	42	0
1987	34.9	38	40.9	44	28.9	36	13.36	11	0
1986	33.1	54	39.5	50	26.6	56	7.74	56	0
1985	35.8	31	42.5	28	29.2	31	6.13	65	0
1984	34.9	38	40.8	46	28.9	36	12.29	13	0
1983	38.6	9	44.4	11	32.7	6	8.45	49	0
1982	33.2	53	39.1	55	27.3	50	11.31	19	0
1981	32.8	56	39	58	26.5	59	5.72	67	0
1980	33.3	52	39.3	52	27.2	53	4.70	68	0
1979	32.7	58	38.9	60	26.6	56	18.20	1	0
1978	30.2	76	35.7	77	24.7	72	14.40	6	0
1977	27.9	78	34.4	78	21.3	78	7.10	58	0
1976	34.3	45	41.3	40	27.4	49	10.74	21	0
1975	37.9	11	43.6	20	32.3	9	14.69	5	0
1974	34.7	42	41	43	28.4	39	10.20	26	0
1973	37.7	12	43.8	16	31.6	12	10.24	25	0
1972	37.6	15	44.4	11	30.9	14	8.09	53	0
1971	32.3	62	38.1	65	26.5	59	9.62	34	0
1970	31.7	66	37.7	69	25.7	65	10.05	28	0
1969	31.7	66	36.8	74	26.6	56	9.37	39	0
1968	30.1	77	36.8	74	23.5	76	9.42	36	0
1967	33.4	51	40.1	48	26.8	54	6.73	60	0
1966	34.6	43	41.4	39	27.7	46	9.48	35	0
1965	32.3	62	39	58	25.6	66	11.12	20	2
1964	31.6	68	37.8	67	25.4	67	9.23	41	0
1963	30.3	75	37.5	72	23.1	77	7.81	55	2
1962	31.6	68	38	66	25.3	68	9.72	33	0
1961	31.2	70	37.5	72	24.9	70	9.84	31	0
1960	36.3	27	42	31	30.7	16	12.40	12	1
1959	31	72	37.8	67	24.3	74			6
1958	33.6	49	38.9	60	28.2	41			2
1957	35	37	40.9	44	29.1	33			0
1956	32.8	56	38.3	64	27.3	50			0
1955	33.5	50	39.3	52	27.8	44			2
1954	36.7	22	43.1	22	30.2	23			2
1953	37.7	12	43.2	21	32.2	10			0
1952	36.5	23	42.5	28	30.6	18			0
1951	35.6	32	41.9	34	29.2	31			4
1950	37.1	20	44.1	15	30.1	24	8.66	47	0
1949	37.7	12	44.6	9	30.7	16	16.15	2	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	40.9
2002	40.6
2012	40
2017	39.5
2023	39.4
1998	39.1
2024	38.8
2020	38.7
1983	38.6
1991	38.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	27.9
1968	30.1
1978	30.2
1963	30.3
2003	30.6
1994	30.9
1959	31
2026	31.1
1961	31.2
1964	31.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	18.20
1949	16.15
2024	15.15
2015	14.70
1975	14.69
1978	14.40
2019	14.33
2010	13.94
2016	13.43
2020	13.37

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	4.34
1980	4.70
1981	5.72
1989	5.80
1985	6.13
1990	6.19
2007	6.37
1992	6.50
2012	6.58
1967	6.73

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 57°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 3°F; 8 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.15 in; 23 February 2026

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Every answer in words

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.18 in of precipitation in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the driest winter since 2012, 19th driest of 69.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 57°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: a low of 3°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 1.15 in on Monday 23 February 2026.