New York-LGA, NY: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 32.3°F in New York-LGA, NY, the coldest winter since 2015, 19th coldest of 87.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 32.3°F; Coldest since 2015; 19th coldest of 87
Precipitation: 8.37 in; Driest since 2025; 25th driest of 86

A normal winter in New York-LGA, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.2°F, between 32.7°F and 40.7°F in eight years of ten and 10.14 in of precipitation, between 7.38 in and 12.90 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in New York-LGA, NY since 1940: 32.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 28.6°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 32.7 to 40.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in New York-LGA, NY from 1940 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	32.3	69	38.1	69	26.5	70	8.37	61	0
2025	35.8	34	41.3	42	30.2	32	8.19	66	0
2024	40.4	6	45.6	7	35.2	3	14.40	4	0
2023	40.9	3	47	3	34.8	5	10.41	35	0
2022	38.1	16	44.7	11	31.4	21	8.38	60	0
2021	37.6	21	42.7	27	32.6	11	9.84	41	0
2020	39.2	9	44.9	10	33.5	8	11.51	25	0
2019	36.5	29	42.5	30	30.5	30	14.17	5	0
2018	36.5	29	42.9	26	30.1	33	10.11	39	0
2017	40.9	3	46.6	5	35.1	4	8.95	49	0
2016	41.7	2	48	1	35.4	2	12.86	12	0
2015	31.8	74	37.9	73	25.6	72	13.28	11	0
2014	32.8	66	39	64	26.6	69	11.75	24	0
2013	37.8	18	43.1	23	32.5	12	10.14	37	0
2012	40.7	5	47	3	34.5	7	7.77	70	0
2011	34.4	50	40.1	51	28.7	46	10.44	33	0
2010	34.6	49	39.7	55	29.4	40	13.62	7	0
2009	34.9	46	41.4	40	28.4	51	8.77	52	0
2008	37.7	19	43.6	22	31.8	19	12.57	16	0
2007	38.3	13	44.2	18	32.4	13	6.95	74	0
2006	38.3	13	44.4	16	32.2	15	11.94	20	0
2005	34.9	46	40.7	46	29	42	10.13	38	0
2004	33.2	63	39.3	59	27	65	9.60	44	0
2003	31.7	75	36.9	80	26.5	70	9.63	43	0
2002	42	1	47.9	2	36	1	4.73	86	0
2001	34	55	39.9	53	28	56	8.28	64	0
2000	36.8	27	43	24	30.6	28	7.43	71	0
1999	38.5	12	44.6	13	32.4	13	10.85	30	0
1998	40	7	45.2	8	34.8	5	12.61	15	0
1997	38.2	15	44.5	14	32	18	12.80	13	0
1996	33.7	57	39.8	54	27.7	60	8.42	59	0
1995	37.5	23	43.9	20	31	25	9.43	45	0
1994	31.3	77	38	71	24.6	83	12.00	19	0
1993	35.1	43	41.3	42	28.8	45	11.77	22	0
1992	37.6	21	43.9	20	31.3	22	6.31	81	0
1991	39.6	8	46.2	6	33	9	9.83	42	0
1990	35.5	37	42.2	33	28.9	44	6.44	79	0
1989	36.2	32	42.1	35	30.3	31	6.55	77	0
1988	34.9	46	40.8	45	29	42	8.30	63	0
1987	35.1	43	40.6	47	29.6	37	11.40	26	0
1986	33.5	59	39.4	58	27.6	61	7.87	69	0
1985	35.8	34	41.7	38	29.8	34	5.15	85	0
1984	34.4	50	40.5	50	28.3	53	12.45	17	0
1983	37.1	26	42.6	28	31.6	20	8.46	56	0
1982	32.2	70	37.8	74	26.7	67	10.99	28	0
1981	31	81	37.4	76	24.7	81	6.54	78	0
1980	34.2	53	39.7	55	28.7	46	5.46	84	0
1979	31.1	79	37.1	78	25.1	79	17.86	1	0
1978	30.6	84	35.7	85	25.4	76	11.89	21	0
1977	28.6	87	34.8	87	22.3	87	6.38	80	0
1976	35.4	38	42.2	33	28.6	49	12.05	18	0
1975	37.4	24	42.6	28	32.2	15	14.08	6	0
1974	35.8	34	42	36	29.5	38	11.76	23	0
1973	35.4	38	41.5	39	29.4	40	11.15	27	0
1972	35	45	41.4	40	28.6	49	8.37	61	0
1971	33.5	59	38.7	66	28.3	53	8.23	65	0
1970	30.8	82	36.5	84	25.1	79	9.30	46	0
1969	31.9	72	37.2	77	26.7	67	7.32	72	0
1968	31.5	76	37.7	75	25.3	78	8.86	50	0
1967	35.3	40	41.2	44	29.5	38	5.96	83	0
1966	35.3	40	40	52	30.7	27	8.12	68	0
1965	33.6	58	38.9	65	28.4	51	10.42	34	0
1964	32.5	67	37.1	78	27.8	58	8.74	54	0
1963	29.6	86	35.7	85	23.4	86	6.69	76	0
1962	32.9	65	38.4	67	27.4	64	10.19	36	0
1961	32	71	38.4	67	25.5	74	10.49	31	0
1960	36.7	28	42.3	32	31.2	24	13.53	8	0
1959	31.2	78	38	71	24.3	84	6.15	82	0
1958	33.9	56	39.2	60	28.7	46	15.95	2	0
1957	36.1	33	42.5	30	29.7	35	8.13	67	0
1956	33.4	61	39.2	60	27.6	61	6.88	75	0
1955	34.3	52	40.6	47	28	56	8.43	58	0
1954	37.7	19	44.7	11	30.6	28	8.61	55	0
1953	38.6	11	44.4	16	32.7	10	12.63	14	0
1952	37.4	24	44	19	30.8	26	13.37	9	0
1951	36.3	31	43	24	29.7	35	13.30	10	0
1950	37.9	17	44.5	14	31.3	22	8.86	50	0
1949	38.7	10	45.1	9	32.2	15	14.83	3	0
1948	30.3	85	36.6	83	23.9	85	10.87	29	0
1947	35.2	42	42	36	28.3	53	8.44	57	0
1946	31.9	72	38.1	69	25.6	72	9.03	48	0
1945	30.8	82	36.9	80	24.7	81	10.46	32	0
1944	34.2	53	40.6	47	27.8	58	7.30	73	0
1943	32.5	67	39.5	57	25.5	74	8.77	52	0
1942	33.4	61	39.1	63	27.6	61	10.05	40	0
1941	33	64	39.2	60	26.8	66	9.18	47	0
1940	31.1	79	36.7	82	25.4	76			2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2002	42
2016	41.7
2023	40.9
2017	40.9
2012	40.7
2024	40.4
1998	40
1991	39.6
2020	39.2
1949	38.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	28.6
1963	29.6
1948	30.3
1978	30.6
1970	30.8
1945	30.8
1981	31
1979	31.1
1940	31.1
1959	31.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	17.86
1958	15.95
1949	14.83
2024	14.40
2019	14.17
1975	14.08
2010	13.62
1960	13.53
1952	13.37
1951	13.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	4.73
1985	5.15
1980	5.46
1967	5.96
1959	6.15
1992	6.31
1977	6.38
1990	6.44
1981	6.54
1989	6.55

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 5°F; 8 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.52 in; 23 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.37 in of precipitation in New York-LGA, NY, the driest winter since 2025, tied 25th driest of 86 (with 1972).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New York-LGA, NY: 58°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New York-LGA, NY: a low of 5°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New York-LGA, NY: 1.52 in on Monday 23 February 2026.