Norfolk, VA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 40.4°F in Norfolk, VA, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 42nd coldest of 152 (with 1962).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 40.4°F; Coldest since 2015; 42nd coldest of 152
Precipitation: 8.35 in; Driest since 2018; 48th driest of 152

A normal winter in Norfolk, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.2°F, between 39.8°F and 47.2°F in eight years of ten and 8.94 in of precipitation, between 6.81 in and 12.58 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Norfolk, VA since 1875: 40.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 36.2°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 39.8 to 47.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Norfolk, VA from 1874 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	40.4	110	48.7	110	32	118	8.35	105	0
2025	43	67	51.1	67	34.9	69	10.24	66	0
2024	46.6	18	55.1	16	38.1	21	12.57	18	0
2023	47.4	9	56	8	38.8	15	8.69	96	0
2022	44.2	44	53.3	36	35.1	64	8.90	90	0
2021	43.9	47	51.4	59	36.4	42	14.64	7	0
2020	48.5	4	56.9	5	40.1	4	10.09	71	0
2019	45.9	24	54.1	25	37.7	24	12.39	20	0
2018	43.5	57	52.7	45	34.3	82	7.64	117	0
2017	47.1	13	55.5	13	38.8	15	7.61	120	0
2016	47.8	7	56.1	7	39.4	5	14.24	8	0
2015	39.5	125	47.4	126	31.5	126	9.88	75	0
2014	41.7	97	51.2	63	32.2	113	11.04	46	0
2013	45.4	31	53.2	37	37.6	26	12.04	34	0
2012	48.2	5	57.3	4	39.1	11	6.03	140	0
2011	38.7	136	46.6	135	30.8	134	8.76	93	0
2010	39.7	124	47.2	131	32.3	112	15.58	5	0
2009	43	67	51.8	52	34.1	88	6.91	131	0
2008	45.5	29	54.1	25	37	33	8.27	106	0
2007	44.3	42	53.4	33	35.3	57	6.86	132	0
2006	44	46	52.4	48	35.7	50	7.63	118	0
2005	42.5	77	50.4	76	34.5	79	7.21	128	0
2004	41.9	91	50	85	33.8	93	9.65	82	0
2003	39.8	122	47.1	132	32.5	110	11.75	39	0
2002	46.7	16	55.9	9	37.4	27	7.43	125	0
2001	40.3	112	48.5	113	32.2	113	4.59	151	0
2000	43.6	55	52	49	35.3	57	7.91	115	0
1999	46.5	21	55	18	37.9	22	11.17	45	0
1998	45.7	27	52.8	42	38.5	18	16.87	1	0
1997	44.6	40	52.5	47	36.7	37	8.89	91	0
1996	40	119	48.3	118	31.6	124	10.39	61	0
1995	45.7	27	52.9	40	38.4	20	6.40	136	0
1994	40.3	112	49.3	99	31.3	129	10.99	47	0
1993	42.7	72	50.4	76	35.1	64	10.40	60	0
1992	45.1	32	53.8	29	36.3	44	8.98	87	0
1991	46.7	16	55.6	11	37.7	24	8.25	108	0
1990	43.9	47	53.4	33	34.3	82	10.05	73	0
1989	43.8	50	52.8	42	34.8	70	9.16	86	0
1988	41.9	91	50.5	73	33.3	98	8.15	112	0
1987	41.1	104	48.6	112	33.6	94	16.78	4	0
1986	40.8	107	49.2	102	32.4	111	6.02	141	0
1985	42.1	85	50.9	69	33.3	98	9.73	81	0
1984	41.1	104	49.6	96	32.7	108	13.53	11	0
1983	43.3	60	50.3	80	36.4	42	12.74	16	0
1982	39.3	127	47.4	126	31.3	129	14.93	6	0
1981	39.2	130	48.4	115	30	142	5.95	142	0
1980	40.1	118	48	119	32.1	116	8.43	99	0
1979	39.5	125	48.4	115	30.6	139	13.79	10	0
1978	37.9	142	45.3	145	30.4	140	12.15	29	0
1977	37.2	146	46.3	140	28.1	152	8.78	92	0
1976	43.8	50	54.5	21	33.1	102	7.63	118	0
1975	45.8	25	54.6	20	36.9	34	12.17	28	0
1974	46.1	22	54.5	21	37.8	23	12.33	23	0
1973	43.2	63	51.2	63	35.2	61	9.87	76	0
1972	47.3	10	55.5	13	39.1	11	7.88	116	0
1971	43.3	60	51.6	54	35.1	64	10.63	54	0
1970	37.9	142	46.2	141	29.7	144	10.17	69	0
1969	39.9	121	46.8	133	33	106	7.56	122	0
1968	37.7	144	46.6	135	28.7	149	10.47	58	0
1967	42.4	78	50.2	83	34.6	75	12.13	30	0
1966	39.3	127	47.4	126	31.3	129	9.77	79	0
1965	42.4	78	51.7	53	33.1	102	8.21	110	0
1964	39.1	134	47.4	126	30.7	136	11.97	36	0
1963	36.7	149	44.2	148	29.1	147	10.91	48	0
1962	40.4	110	49	103	31.8	122	11.80	38	0
1961	38.2	141	47.7	121	28.6	150	10.45	59	0
1960	42.6	74	50.6	71	34.7	73	10.07	72	0
1959	40	119	48.7	110	31.4	127	7.46	123	0
1958	40.3	112	48.5	113	32.1	116	12.24	26	0
1957	45.5	29	53.8	29	37.1	31	11.61	40	0
1956	40.2	117	47.7	121	32.6	109	10.35	64	0
1955	40.3	112	48.8	107	31.7	123	8.74	94	0
1954	44.6	40	53.7	31	35.5	54	10.68	52	0
1953	45.1	32	53.4	33	36.8	36	8.37	103	0
1952	44.9	34	54	27	35.9	48	12.33	23	0
1951	42.1	85	51.1	67	33.1	102	5.89	143	0
1950	47.9	6	56.6	6	39.2	8	5.47	149	0
1949	47.3	10	55.3	15	39.3	7	10.21	67	0
1948	39.2	130	47.4	126	31	133	10.36	63	0
1947	43.9	47	52.9	40	34.8	70	6.24	138	0
1946	41.5	100	48.8	107	34.1	88	12.34	22	0
1945	40.5	108	47.7	121	33.4	96	12.81	15	0
1944	42.6	74	49.9	89	35.2	61	12.38	21	0
1943	43.3	60	51.6	54	35	68	9.76	80	0
1942	42.6	74	50	85	35.1	64	8.26	107	0
1941	42.4	78	49.3	99	35.5	54	5.81	145	0
1940	39.2	130	46.4	139	31.9	121	5.88	144	0
1939	46.6	18	54.7	19	38.5	18	11.90	37	0
1938	43.2	63	50.3	80	36.1	47	5.77	146	0
1937	46.6	18	54	27	39.2	8	16.87	1	0
1936	37.2	146	44.2	148	30.2	141	12.99	13	0
1935	41.9	91	49.7	93	34.2	87	8.46	98	0
1934	41.9	91	49.7	93	34.1	88	8.22	109	0
1933	47.3	10	55.6	11	39	14	9.21	84	0
1932	51.4	2	59.3	2	43.6	1	8.39	101	0
1931	42.4	78	50.3	80	34.6	75	6.29	137	0
1930	45.8	25	54.4	24	37.2	29	7.16	129	0
1929	42.8	71	50.4	76	35.3	57	9.81	78	0
1928	43.1	65	51.4	59	34.8	70	10.35	64	0
1927	43.1	65	50.5	73	35.7	50	8.39	101	0
1926	42.1	85	49.9	89	34.3	82	11.22	43	0
1925	44.8	36	53	38	36.5	40	10.38	62	0
1924	44.7	38	52.8	42	36.6	39	6.04	139	0
1923	43.5	57	51.4	59	35.6	53	6.68	134	0
1922	42.7	72	50.2	83	35.2	61	12.03	35	0
1921	44.9	34	52.6	46	37.2	29	9.48	83	0
1920	38.6	138	46.5	137	30.8	134	10.18	68	0
1919	44.7	38	51.9	50	37.4	27	8.19	111	0
1918	36.2	152	43.8	151	28.6	150	5.65	147	0
1917	41.5	100	50	85	33.1	102	7.27	126	0
1916	42.9	69	51.2	63	34.6	75	8.36	104	0
1915	42.4	78	49	103	35.8	49	12.06	33	0
1914	42.9	69	50.5	73	35.3	57	8.03	113	0
1913	47.6	8	55.8	10	39.4	5	10.01	74	0
1912	39.8	122	47.6	124	32	118	10.67	53	0
1911	42	89	49.7	93	34.3	82	8.40	100	0
1910	41.1	104	49	103	33.2	100	6.54	135	0
1909	47.1	13	55.1	16	39.1	11	7.46	123	0
1908	42	89	49.4	97	34.5	79	8.98	87	0
1907	42.4	78	50.8	70	34	91	8.01	114	0
1906	43.8	50	51.3	62	36.3	44	10.90	49	0
1905	36.5	151	44	150	29	148	12.64	17	0
1904	36.8	148	44.5	147	29.2	146	8.96	89	0
1903	43.4	59	51.5	57	35.4	56	7.60	121	0
1902	38.7	136	46.1	142	31.3	129	10.16	70	0
1901	40.3	112	47.8	120	32.8	107	5.49	148	0
1900	41.7	97	50	85	33.4	96	7.12	130	0
1899	40.5	108	48.9	106	32	118	10.50	56	0
1898	43.6	55	51.5	57	35.7	50	6.80	133	0
1897	41.2	103	48.4	115	34	91	8.71	95	0
1896	42.3	84	49.8	91	34.7	73	9.82	77	0
1895	39.2	130	46.8	133	31.6	124	9.20	85	0
1894	44.2	44	51.6	54	36.9	34	12.12	31	0
1893	37.3	145	44.8	146	29.9	143	10.50	56	0
1892	43.8	50	51.2	63	36.3	44	11.57	42	0
1891	44.3	42	51.9	50	36.7	37	13.97	9	0
1890	51.7	1	60.2	1	43.1	2	3.88	152	0
1889	41.9	91	49.3	99	34.5	79	12.31	25	0
1888	41.5	100	49.8	91	33.2	100	10.89	51	0
1887	42.1	85	50.6	71	33.5	95	12.10	32	0
1886	39.1	134	47.5	125	30.7	136	10.90	49	0
1885	41.9	91	49.4	97	34.3	82	12.18	27	0
1884	44.8	36	53	38	36.5	40	12.92	14	0
1883	41.7	97	48.8	107	34.6	75	16.84	3	0
1882	46.8	15	54.5	21	39.2	8	11.59	41	0
1881	36.6	150	43.5	152	29.7	144	11.18	44	0
1880	49.1	3	57.4	3	40.9	3	5.45	150	0
1879	38.3	140	45.9	143	30.7	136	10.57	55	0
1878	43.7	54	50.4	76	37.1	31	12.42	19	0
1877	38.6	138	45.9	143	31.4	127	7.26	127	0
1876	46.1	22	53.7	31	38.6	17	8.47	97	0
1875	39.3	127	46.5	137	32.2	113	13.42	12	0
1874									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	51.7
1932	51.4
1880	49.1
2020	48.5
2012	48.2
1950	47.9
2016	47.8
1913	47.6
2023	47.4
1972	47.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	36.2
1905	36.5
1881	36.6
1963	36.7
1904	36.8
1977	37.2
1936	37.2
1893	37.3
1968	37.7
1978	37.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	16.87
1937	16.87
1883	16.84
1987	16.78
2010	15.58
1982	14.93
2021	14.64
2016	14.24
1891	13.97
1979	13.79

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	3.88
2001	4.59
1880	5.45
1950	5.47
1901	5.49
1918	5.65
1938	5.77
1941	5.81
1940	5.88
1951	5.89

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 8 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.66 in; 22 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.35 in of precipitation in Norfolk, VA, the driest winter since 2018, 48th driest of 152.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Norfolk, VA: 75°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Norfolk, VA: a low of 18°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Norfolk, VA: 1.66 in on Sunday 22 February 2026.