Newark, NJ: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 31.7°F in Newark, NJ, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 74th coldest of 175 (with 1969 and 1962).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 31.7°F; Coldest since 2015; 74th coldest of 175
Precipitation: 8.25 in; Driest since 2025; 47th driest of 170

A normal winter in Newark, NJ (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.1°F, between 31.3°F and 39.5°F in eight years of ten and 10.64 in of precipitation, between 7.71 in and 13.90 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Newark, NJ since 1844: 31.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 24.7°F, in 1904.

Normal range, 31.3 to 39.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Newark, NJ from 1844 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	31.7	100	39	94	24.3	108	8.25	124	0
2025	35	42	42	49	28	44	7.67	134	0
2024	40.5	3	47.2	5	33.7	1	14.82	9	0
2023	41.1	1	48.7	2	33.4	2	10.25	80	0
2022	36.4	22	44.6	14	28.2	36	7.99	126	0
2021	35.2	40	41.8	53	28.7	31	11.25	56	0
2020	38.7	9	45.9	10	31.6	8	10.76	64	0
2019	35.7	36	42.9	38	28.5	33	14.77	11	0
2018	35.5	39	43.2	32	27.7	47	9.44	96	0
2017	38.9	7	46	9	31.9	7	9.65	92	0
2016	40.1	4	47.9	4	32.3	5	12.45	37	0
2015	30.6	123	37.9	123	23.3	131	11.39	53	0
2014	31.3	111	38.9	98	23.8	121	12.34	40	0
2013	37	15	43.7	25	30.2	12	11.40	52	0
2012	40	5	48	3	32	6	8.73	113	0
2011	32.8	80	39.9	80	25.7	83	11.77	46	0
2010	33.8	65	40.6	65	27	64	14.27	16	0
2009	33.9	64	41.5	57	26.2	74	9.32	98	0
2008	36	32	43.1	34	28.8	28	12.90	29	0
2007	36.2	25	43.6	26	28.9	25	7.12	145	0
2006	36.2	25	43.6	26	28.8	28	10.83	63	0
2005	34	62	41.2	59	26.8	65	10.11	84	0
2004	31.8	96	39	94	24.5	105	9.44	96	0
2003	30.7	119	37.1	133	24.4	106	10.55	71	0
2002	41.1	1	48.8	1	33.4	2	4.38	168	0
2001	32.8	80	40	77	25.5	85	7.78	131	0
2000	36.1	30	43.3	30	28.9	25	7.94	127	0
1999	37.7	12	45.3	12	30.1	13	11.00	61	0
1998	39.4	6	46.1	7	32.7	4	13.86	19	0
1997	36.8	19	44.2	19	29.3	21	12.55	36	0
1996	31.6	103	38.6	104	24.6	99	9.61	95	0
1995	36.7	20	44.1	21	29.4	18	9.77	89	0
1994	31	115	38.5	106	23.4	128	15.75	6	0
1993	36	32	43.2	32	28.8	28	10.25	80	0
1992	36.6	21	44.2	19	29.1	24	6.31	158	0
1991	38.1	10	46.1	7	30.1	13	10.72	66	0
1990	35.1	41	43	36	27.2	55	7.18	142	0
1989	35.6	38	43	36	28.2	36	5.66	163	0
1988	33.8	65	41	62	26.6	67	10.26	79	0
1987	34.2	54	41.1	60	27.3	49	12.74	32	0
1986	32.5	84	39.3	89	25.8	82	9.63	94	0
1985	33.1	77	40.2	72	25.9	78	7.49	138	0
1984	34.1	58	41	62	27.2	55	16.82	2	0
1983	37.9	11	45.5	11	30.3	11	8.72	114	0
1982	31.5	108	38.7	101	24.2	113	14.45	14	0
1981	30.4	128	39	94	21.8	156	5.89	160	0
1980	35	42	42	49	28	44	5.02	166	0
1979	31.6	103	38.6	104	24.6	99	20.41	1	0
1978	28.7	157	35.5	158	21.9	155	14.79	10	0
1977	27.4	165	34.7	162	20.1	167	6.49	154	0
1976	33.7	67	41.9	52	25.5	85	10.47	75	0
1975	37	15	43.4	29	30.6	10	10.57	70	0
1974	35.7	36	42.8	42	28.6	32	11.52	50	0
1973	36.2	25	43.3	30	29.2	22	11.14	58	0
1972	36.1	30	43.8	24	28.4	34	7.78	131	0
1971	32.5	84	38.7	101	26.3	72	9.23	100	0
1970	30	138	36.8	134	23.1	139	9.13	103	0
1969	31.7	100	38.2	116	25.2	93	8.47	119	0
1968	32	92	39.3	89	24.7	98	7.58	135	0
1967	34.4	51	41.6	55	27.3	49	7.16	143	0
1966	34.1	58	41.1	60	27.2	55	8.56	118	0
1965	32.2	90	39.1	92	25.3	91	9.87	86	0
1964	31.8	96	38.1	117	25.5	85	9.68	91	0
1963	29.5	144	36.6	138	22.3	152	6.74	150	0
1962	31.7	100	38.3	112	25.1	95	10.46	76	0
1961	30.6	123	38.5	106	22.8	144	11.20	57	0
1960	36.2	25	42.9	38	29.6	17	11.07	59	0
1959	30.7	119	38.7	101	22.6	148	5.74	162	0
1958	33	79	39.5	83	26.5	70	13.65	20	0
1957	34.7	48	42.1	46	27.3	49	7.76	133	0
1956	32.3	88	39.1	92	25.5	85	6.24	159	0
1955	33.3	73	40.4	69	26.2	74	6.59	153	0
1954	36	32	44.1	21	27.9	46	7.28	140	0
1953	37	15	44	23	30.1	13	12.72	33	0
1952	36.2	25	43.6	26	28.9	25	12.12	45	0
1951	34.8	45	42.4	43	27.1	61	12.34	40	0
1950	36.9	18	44.5	15	29.2	22	8.81	111	0
1949	37.2	13	44.9	13	29.4	18	15.86	5	0
1948	28.9	151	36.1	145	21.6	158	10.61	69	0
1947	34.1	58	42.1	46	26	76	8.29	123	0
1946	30.8	117	38.3	112	23.3	131	6.47	155	0
1945	29.1	148	36.5	140	21.6	158	8.86	109	0
1944	31.9	94	40	77	23.9	117	8.38	121	0
1943	30.7	119	38	121	23.3	131	9.15	102	0
1942	31.8	96	39.4	85	24.3	108	10.41	78	0
1941	32.2	90	39.2	91	25.2	93	9.08	104	0
1940	30.3	131	37.4	127	23.2	135	6.74	150	0
1939	34.4	51	41.7	54	27.2	55	12.14	43	0
1938	33.3	73	40.1	74	26.5	70	6.98	147	0
1937	37.1	14	44.5	15	29.7	16	14.76	12	0
1936	27.2	166	33.8	167	20.5	165	9.64	93	0
1935	30.1	133	37.6	125	22.7	146	7.89	129	0
1934	28	160	36.1	145	19.9	169	8.09	125	0
1933	36.3	24	44.3	18	28.2	36	6.43	157	0
1932	38.8	8	46.2	6	31.4	9	7.06	146	0
1931	33.6	69	41.6	55	25.5	85	7.92	128	1
1930	33.6	69	42.9	38	24.6	99	8.63	116	2
1929	34.2	54	43.1	34	25.7	83	12.38	38	5
1928					23.9	117	10.85	62	19
1927			40	77	23.1	139	7.58	135	15
1926	31.9	94	39.5	83	24.3	108	11.71	47	0
1925					24.1	114	10.50	74	14
1924	34.3	53	40.4	69	28.2	36	12.81	31	0
1923	28.9	151	35	160	22.7	146	13.27	25	0
1922	30.8	117	37.4	127	24.3	108	6.46	156	0
1921	34.1	58	40.6	65	27.6	48	13.33	23	0
1920	26.7	167	33.9	166	19.5	171	9.06	106	0
1919	34.5	50	40.9	64	28.2	36	10.53	72	0
1918	24.9	174	33.1	170	16.7	178	9.27	99	0
1917	32	92	39.4	85	24.6	99	10.04	85	0
1916	31.3	111	38.8	99	23.7	123	8.83	110	0
1915	34	62	41.4	58	26.6	67	16.66	3	0
1914	32.6	82	40.6	65	24.6	99	14.21	17	0
1913	36.4	22	44.5	15	28.3	35	10.53	72	0
1912	30.1	133	38.3	112	22	154	10.15	83	2
1911	30.5	127	37.7	124	23.2	135	9.08	104	0
1910	31	115	38.4	110	23.5	125	13.00	26	0
1909	34.8	45	42.3	44	27.3	49	12.36	39	1
1908	32.3	88	40.3	71	24.3	108	13.35	22	0
1907	28.9	151	37.4	127	20.4	166	14.83	8	0
1906	34.8	45	42.9	38	26.7	66	7.50	137	0
1905	25.4	172	32.6	171	18.1	175	8.67	115	0
1904	24.7	175	32.6	171	16.8	177	8.59	117	0
1903	30.6	123	38.1	117	23	141	13.90	18	0
1902	28.8	154	35.9	152	21.6	158	14.42	15	0
1901	28.8	154	36	149	21.5	161	3.17	170	0
1900	31.6	103	39.4	85	23.7	123			0
1899	29.2	147	36	149	22.4	149	12.13	44	0
1898	33.7	67	40.1	74	27.2	55	14.64	13	0
1897	31.2	113	38	121	24.4	106	4.63	167	0
1896	31.8	96	38.3	112	25.3	91	10.75	65	0
1895	29.5	144	35.7	155	23.3	131	7.88	130	0
1894	31.5	108	38.1	117	24.9	97	10.70	67	0
1893							11.34	54	31
1892							11.32	55	91
1888	30.1	133	35.7	155	24.6	99	14.96	7	0
1887	30.3	131	35.6	157	25	96	12.82	30	0
1886	31.6	103	37.3	131	25.9	78	12.18	42	0
1885	29.9	140	36.6	138	23.2	135	16.04	4	0
1884	30	138	36.1	145	23.9	117	11.68	49	2
1883	28.8	154	34.5	163	23	141	9.77	89	0
1882	33.4	71	39.7	81	27.2	55	12.63	35	0
1881	26.2	169	32.4	173	19.9	169			0
1880	35.8	35	42.2	45	29.4	18	10.65	68	0
1879	28.5	158	34.1	165	22.8	144	6.86	149	0
1878	34.2	54	40.2	72	28.1	42	10.43	77	0
1877	27.9	162	33.5	169	22.4	149	5.20	165	0
1876	33.1	77	39	94	27.3	49			0
1875	25.6	171	31.8	176	19.3	172			0
1874	32.4	86	38.4	110	26.3	72			0
1873	25.7	170	32.1	174	19.3	172	12.66	34	0
1872	29.1	148	35.8	153	22.4	149	5.83	161	0
1871	29.6	143	36	149	23.2	135	7.40	139	0
1870	33.2	75	39.4	85	27.1	61			0
1869	31.4	110	36.7	136	26	76	12.99	27	0
1868	25	173	32	175	17.9	176	6.95	148	0
1867	29.8	142	36.1	145	23.5	125	11.03	60	0
1866	30.1	133	36.5	140	23.8	121	9.87	86	0
1865	27.9	162	34.4	164	21.4	163	13.43	21	0
1864	31.1	114	38.1	117	24.1	114	7.15	144	0
1863	32.4	86	38.8	99	25.9	78	8.98	107	0
1862	30.4	128	36.7	136	24.1	114	9.19	101	0
1861	30.1	133	36.8	134	23.5	125	8.33	122	0
1860	29.4	146	36.5	140	22.3	152	8.90	108	0
1859	31.6	103	37.6	125	25.5	85	12.97	28	0
1858	33.4	71	39.6	82	27.1	61	11.71	47	0
1857	27.9	162	34.9	161	20.9	164	6.67	152	0
1856	26.4	168	33.7	168	19	174			0
1855	29.1	148	36.4	143	21.8	156			0
1854	30.7	119	38.5	106	23	141			0
1853	35	42	42	49	28.1	42			0
1852	28	160	35.8	153	20.1	167	4.02	169	0
1851	34.6	49	42.1	46	27.3	49	9.78	88	1
1850	34.2	54	40.1	74	28.2	36	11.49	51	0
1849	30.4	128	37.4	127	23.4	128	5.48	164	0
1848	33.2	75	40.6	65	25.9	78	8.79	112	1
1847	30.6	123	37.3	131	23.9	117	13.28	24	3
1846	28.3	159	35.3	159	21.5	161	7.24	141	1
1845	32.6	82	38.5	106	26.6	67	8.42	120	0
1844	29.9	140	36.3	144	23.4	128	10.21	82	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	41.1
2002	41.1
2024	40.5
2016	40.1
2012	40
1998	39.4
2017	38.9
1932	38.8
2020	38.7
1991	38.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1904	24.7
1918	24.9
1868	25
1905	25.4
1875	25.6
1873	25.7
1881	26.2
1856	26.4
1920	26.7
1936	27.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	20.41
1984	16.82
1915	16.66
1885	16.04
1949	15.86
1994	15.75
1888	14.96
1907	14.83
2024	14.82
1978	14.79

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	3.17
1852	4.02
2002	4.38
1897	4.63
1980	5.02
1877	5.20
1849	5.48
1989	5.66
1959	5.74
1872	5.83

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 59°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 5°F; 8 February 2026, 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.35 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.25 in of precipitation in Newark, NJ, the driest winter since 2025, 47th driest of 170.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Newark, NJ: 59°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Newark, NJ: a low of 5°F on Sunday 8 February 2026 and Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Newark, NJ: 1.35 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.