Philadelphia, PA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 33.3°F in Philadelphia, PA, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 52nd coldest of 152 (with 1980, 1965, 1958 and 2 other years).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 33.3°F; Coldest since 2015; 52nd coldest of 152
Precipitation: 8.43 in; Driest since 2025; 47th driest of 155

A normal winter in Philadelphia, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.8°F, between 32.8°F and 40.4°F in eight years of ten and 9.64 in of precipitation, between 7.20 in and 13.59 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Philadelphia, PA since 1875: 33.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 27.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 32.8 to 40.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Philadelphia, PA from 1872 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	33.3	96	40.4	96	26.1	98	8.43	109	0
2025	34.9	73	42.2	71	27.5	75	6.43	137	0
2024	40.1	9	47	12	33.1	7	15.32	5	0
2023	41.2	5	49.2	4	33.2	4	9.53	70	0
2022	39.1	14	47.5	10	30.7	23	7.86	122	0
2021	36.3	51	42.7	62	29.9	34	10.57	46	0
2020	39.4	12	46.9	13	32	13	10.31	47	0
2019	36.9	37	44	40	29.8	37	13.57	12	0
2018	36.7	41	44.5	34	28.9	50	10.18	51	0
2017	40.4	7	47.6	7	33.1	7	6.93	132	0
2016	41.4	3	49	5	33.7	3	12.13	23	0
2015	32.8	109	39.9	114	25.7	104	10.15	54	0
2014	33	104	40.8	90	25.3	113	13.87	10	0
2013	38.3	21	45.1	25	31.6	15	9.88	61	0
2012	40.7	6	48.7	6	32.7	10	8.80	91	0
2011	32.9	107	40	111	25.8	103	9.28	76	0
2010	33.8	87	40.5	94	27.1	84	16.80	3	0
2009	34.9	73	42.6	63	27.1	84	9.11	82	0
2008	36.8	39	44	40	29.6	41	10.08	55	0
2007	36.6	43	44	40	29.1	48	7.23	126	0
2006	37	35	44.6	32	29.3	44	8.82	90	0
2005	35.2	66	42.6	63	27.7	71	10.23	49	0
2004	32.7	111	40	111	25.3	113	9.66	64	0
2003	31.3	128	37.7	135	24.9	120	11.02	36	0
2002	41.3	4	49.6	3	33.1	7	5.09	149	0
2001	33.6	90	40.6	93	26.5	91	8.63	97	0
2000	36.5	45	44.1	36	28.8	54	8.23	112	0
1999	38.3	21	46.4	18	30.3	29	8.66	92	0
1998	40.4	7	47.5	10	33.2	4	10.58	45	0
1997	37.5	29	44.8	28	30.2	31	13.75	11	0
1996	31.8	125	38.6	129	25.1	117	8.66	92	0
1995	37.4	32	45	27	29.8	37	7.62	124	0
1994	33	104	40.3	99	25.7	104	11.23	32	0
1993	36.5	45	43.7	49	29.2	47	9.61	67	0
1992	37.6	27	45.7	21	29.5	42	6.05	143	0
1991	39	16	47.6	7	30.5	26	8.64	94	0
1990	35.5	61	44.1	36	26.8	87	6.74	133	0
1989	35.6	59	43.9	45	27.2	82	6.66	134	0
1988	33.7	88	42.1	74	25.3	113	8.51	101	0
1987	34.1	85	41.6	77	26.7	88	11.64	27	0
1986	32.7	111	40.7	92	24.8	123	8.49	104	0
1985	34.8	78	43	59	26.6	89	6.16	139	0
1984	32.5	117	40.2	104	24.9	120	12.40	20	0
1983	36.5	45	44.1	36	28.9	50	8.14	116	0
1982	31.1	132	38.4	131	23.9	129	11.75	26	0
1981	31.7	126	40.2	104	23.1	137	4.21	154	0
1980	33.3	96	40.2	104	26.4	93	4.90	151	0
1979	31.6	127	39.3	123	23.9	129	20.79	1	0
1978	28.5	148	36	146	21.1	148	15.40	4	0
1977	27.8	152	36.1	145	19.4	152	5.57	148	0
1976	35.4	64	43.9	45	26.9	86	9.05	83	0
1975	37.5	29	45.1	25	30	33	10.95	38	0
1974	35.5	61	43.1	58	27.9	69	11.43	29	0
1973	36	54	43.4	53	28.6	60	12.09	24	0
1972	36.4	49	44	40	28.9	50	8.64	94	0
1971	33.1	103	39.9	114	26.3	94	10.83	39	0
1970	30.3	137	37	140	23.5	133	10.05	56	0
1969	31.3	128	38	134	24.6	126	5.99	144	0
1968	32.6	115	40.5	94	24.8	123	10.18	51	0
1967	33.6	90	41.4	82	25.9	102	7.82	123	0
1966	32.5	117	40.4	96	24.6	126	8.97	88	0
1965	33.3	96	40.9	88	25.6	108	9.66	64	0
1964	30.9	134	39	126	22.7	141	8.51	101	0
1963	28.3	150	36.5	142	20.2	151	6.61	135	0
1962	30.4	136	38.1	133	22.7	141	9.24	78	0
1961	28.7	144	37.1	138	20.3	150	9.45	73	0
1960	35.9	56	43.4	53	28.5	62	10.17	53	0
1959	31.3	128	39.6	119	23.1	137	4.76	153	0
1958	33.3	96	40	111	26.6	89	12.66	18	0
1957	36	54	43.4	53	28.7	56	8.18	113	0
1956	33.3	96	40.3	99	26.3	94	7.19	127	0
1955	34.9	73	42.2	71	27.5	75	5.60	147	0
1954	37.3	33	45.9	20	28.7	56	7.58	125	0
1953	38.4	20	45.6	22	31.2	17	10.72	42	0
1952	38.1	23	45.6	22	30.5	26	12.21	21	0
1951	35.5	61	43.3	56	27.7	71	9.19	81	0
1950	38.8	17	46.8	15	30.9	19	8.29	111	0
1949	38.8	17	46.7	17	30.9	19	14.87	7	0
1948	30.6	135	38.2	132	23	139	9.32	75	0
1947	35.1	68	43.7	49	26.5	91	7.98	118	0
1946	32.6	115	40.1	108	25.1	117	7.18	128	0
1945	30.1	139	37.4	137	22.9	140	9.01	85	0
1944	33.5	93	41.5	79	25.5	110	6.15	140	0
1943	32.2	123	39.7	118	24.7	125	9.50	72	0
1942	33.2	102	41.5	79	24.9	120	9.24	78	0
1941	33.4	95	40.8	90	26.1	98	7.10	130	0
1940	32.7	111	39.2	124	26.2	97	5.04	150	0
1939	37	35	44	40	30.1	32	12.80	17	0
1938	35.6	59	42.3	69	28.9	50	5.91	145	0
1937	39.1	14	46	19	32.1	12	12.20	22	0
1936	29.7	142	35.7	147	23.8	131	11.45	28	0
1935	33.3	96	40.4	96	26.3	94	9.94	57	0
1934	32.4	120	39.4	122	25.4	112	8.18	113	0
1933	40	10	46.8	15	33.2	4	8.98	87	0
1932	43.4	1	50	1	36.8	1	8.05	117	0
1931	36.7	41	42.8	60	30.7	23	6.59	136	0
1930	37.9	24	44.7	30	31	18	9.78	62	0
1929	36.8	39	43.7	49	29.8	37	8.44	108	0
1928	36.6	43	43.9	45	29.3	44	9.90	60	0
1927	35	71	41.5	79	28.5	62	9.04	84	0
1926	34.9	73	41.3	83	28.6	60	6.99	131	0
1925	36.5	45	43.6	52	29.5	42	8.52	100	0
1924	37.3	33	44.1	36	30.5	26	13.08	15	0
1923	33.6	90	39.8	116	27.4	79	10.78	40	0
1922	34.4	82	41.3	83	27.5	75	7.88	121	0
1921	37.8	26	44.7	30	30.9	19	11.09	35	0
1920	30.2	138	36.9	141	23.5	133	9.71	63	0
1919	38.8	17	45.2	24	32.3	11	10.62	44	0
1918	28.3	150	35.4	150	21.2	147	8.16	115	0
1917	34.2	83	41.2	87	27.2	82	9.55	68	0
1916	34.9	73	41.7	76	28.2	66	9.27	77	0
1915	36.1	53	42.3	69	29.9	34	19.64	2	0
1914	35.1	68	42.2	71	28	68	9.34	74	0
1913	39.2	13	46.9	13	31.5	16	9.63	66	0
1912	32.7	111	39.6	119	25.7	104	9.54	69	0
1911	34	86	40.2	104	27.8	70	8.46	106	0
1910	33.7	88	40.1	108	27.4	79	13.08	15	0
1909	37.9	24	44.8	28	30.9	19	10.26	48	0
1908	35.2	66	41.6	77	28.7	56	11.02	36	0
1907	32.3	122	39.6	119	25	119	8.47	105	0
1906	37.6	27	44.4	35	30.7	23	8.61	99	0
1905	28.7	144	35.1	152	22.3	144	7.96	120	0
1904	28.4	149	35.4	150	21.4	146	8.64	94	0
1903	34.2	83	40.9	88	27.6	74	14.44	8	0
1902	32.4	120	39.2	124	25.6	108	14.98	6	0
1901	32.5	117	38.9	127	26	100	5.74	146	0
1900	35	71	42.5	66	27.5	75	8.46	106	0
1899	32.2	123	38.8	128	25.7	104	13.42	13	0
1898	36.4	49	42.8	60	29.9	34	11.42	30	0
1897	33.5	93	39.8	116	27.3	81	6.14	141	0
1896	34.5	80	41.3	83	27.7	71	10.20	50	0
1895	31.1	132	37.6	136	24.6	126	9.94	57	0
1894	34.8	78	41.3	83	28.3	65	7.98	118	0
1893	29.4	143	35.5	149	23.2	136	9.52	71	0
1892	36.2	52	43.3	56	29	49	9.24	78	0
1891	35.7	58	42.6	63	28.8	54	10.69	43	0
1890	42.1	2	49.8	2	34.3	2	6.07	142	0
1889	35.1	68	41.8	75	28.5	62	8.90	89	0
1888	32.9	107	40.3	99	25.5	110	11.93	25	0
1887	33	104	40.1	108	26	100	10.75	41	0
1886	32.8	109	40.3	99	25.3	113	11.18	33	0
1885	29.9	140	37.1	138	22.7	141	8.99	86	0
1884	35.9	56	42.5	66	29.3	44	13.92	9	0
1883	34.5	80	40.3	99	28.7	56	11.14	34	0
1882	37.5	29	44.6	32	30.3	29	11.42	30	0
1881	28.7	144	35.6	148	21.8	145	12.47	19	0
1880	39.7	11	47.6	7	31.8	14	8.63	97	0
1879	31.2	131	38.6	129	23.8	131	7.11	129	0
1878	36.9	37	43.9	45	29.8	37	6.41	138	0
1877	29.8	141	36.2	144	23.3	135	4.86	152	0
1876	35.3	65	42.4	68	28.2	66	9.92	59	0
1875	28.7	144	36.4	143	21	149	8.51	101	0
1874							8.42	110	31
1873							13.33	14	90
1872							4.18	155	91

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	43.4
1890	42.1
2016	41.4
2002	41.3
2023	41.2
2012	40.7
2017	40.4
1998	40.4
2024	40.1
1933	40

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	27.8
1963	28.3
1918	28.3
1904	28.4
1978	28.5
1961	28.7
1905	28.7
1881	28.7
1875	28.7
1893	29.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	20.79
1915	19.64
2010	16.80
1978	15.40
2024	15.32
1902	14.98
1949	14.87
1903	14.44
1884	13.92
2014	13.87

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1872	4.18
1981	4.21
1959	4.76
1877	4.86
1980	4.90
1940	5.04
2002	5.09
1977	5.57
1955	5.60
1901	5.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 61°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 8°F; 8 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.48 in; 19 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.43 in of precipitation in Philadelphia, PA, the driest winter since 2025, 47th driest of 155.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Philadelphia, PA: 61°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Philadelphia, PA: a low of 8°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Philadelphia, PA: 1.48 in on Friday 19 December 2025.