Poplar Bluff, MO: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 38.2°F in Poplar Bluff, MO, the warmest winter since 2024, 47th warmest of 97.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 38.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 47th warmest of 97
Precipitation: 2.44 in; Driest on record; Driest of 116, provisional

A normal winter in Poplar Bluff, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.3°F, between 34.5°F and 41.8°F in eight years of ten and 11.32 in of precipitation, between 7.07 in and 15.98 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Poplar Bluff, MO since 1895: 38.2°F in 2026; the highest is 45.1°F, in 1932.

Normal range, 34.5 to 41.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Poplar Bluff, MO from 1893 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	38.2	47	48.6	47	27.8	49	2.44	116	0
2025	37.4	59	45.6	79	29.3	30	18.00	7	0
2024	41.2	12	50.9	17	31.5	14	11.21	51	0
2023	42	6	50.5	23	33.5	1	16.81	11	0
2022	40.2	18	51.2	14	29.2	31	16.39	13	0
2021	35.8	74	44	93	27.7	53	9.75	66	0
2020	41	14	49.1	40	32.9	6	13.08	28	0
2019	39.6	26	47.5	62	31.7	12	17.34	9	0
2018	37.3	60	46.9	65	27.8	49	13.52	27	1
2017	42.8	3	52.1	7	33.4	3	7.24	94	3
2016	41.7	9	51.1	15	32.3	9	10.90	55	0
2015	35.1	83	42.9	97	27.3	61	12.77	32	0
2014	34.3	89	43.6	95	25	92	15.97	18	0
2013	41.3	10	50.3	26	32.3	9	12.24	37	0
2012	42.3	4	51.4	12	33.2	4	11.77	43	1
2011	35.2	82	43.6	95	26.7	69	8.79	74	0
2010	34.2	90	42.2	101	26.2	78	10.94	53	0
2009							5.39	108	10
2008	37.3	60	45.6	79	29.1	35	16.02	16	0
2007	38	48	46.9	65	29.2	31	14.68	22	1
2006	38.6	43	48.3	48	28.9	38	6.36	105	0
2005	39.8	23	48.7	44	30.9	20	10.82	57	0
2004	37.7	55	46.6	69	28.8	39	7.15	95	0
2003	34.6	87	42.8	99	26.3	75	13.53	26	0
2002	39.6	26	49.7	29	29.7	24	17.56	8	1
2001	33.5	93	41.9	104	25.1	90	9.16	69	0
2000	42	6	52.3	6	31.7	12	10.81	58	5
1999	40.2	18	49.3	38	31.2	19	11.70	46	1
1998	41.3	10	49.7	29	32.7	7	11.71	45	4
1997	37.2	64	46.7	67	27.8	49	12.33	35	9
1996	35.4	79	44.9	84	26.3	75	8.42	77	8
1995	38.8	39	48.1	52	29.6	25	8.31	81	7
1994	35.4	79	44.5	88	26.4	74	10.78	59	7
1993	35.5	76	44.9	84	26.7	69	10.94	53	9
1992	40	20	50.6	22	29.5	26	5.36	109	5
1991			46.3	74			13.99	24	29
1990	37.3	60	48	55	26.7	69	14.23	23	3
1989	37	67	48.2	51	26	82	19.76	2	6
1988			44.1	92			12.26	36	21
1987			45.7	78			7.45	92	19
1986			46.5	71			5.24	110	21
1985			43.9	94	25.2	89	13.01	31	10
1984									38
1983	38.8	39	47.3	63	30.4	22	11.63	47	6
1982									39
1981							5.49	107	35
1980							4.46	112	35
1979							13.04	29	31
1978							8.08	85	32
1977	30	97	41.4	105	18.4	104	5.89	106	1
1976	38.3	44	48.9	43	27.7	53	9.12	71	0
1975	37.2	64	46.7	67	27.8	49	10.87	56	0
1974	37.6	57	45.9	77	29.2	31	12.23	39	0
1973	35.1	83	44.3	89	25.9	83	10.51	61	0
1972	38.3	44	48.1	52	28.7	41	11.79	42	1
1971	36.2	72	46	76	26.3	75	12.23	39	0
1970	32.8	95	42.9	97	22.8	98	8.42	77	0
1969	35.4	79	45	83	25.8	86	19.71	3	2
1968	35	85	44.3	89	25.7	88	11.22	50	0
1967	36.3	71	48	55	24.6	93	7.97	88	0
1966	36.8	69	46.6	69	27.1	63	8.30	82	0
1965	39	36	49.4	35	28.7	41	9.83	64	1
1964	35.5	76	46.4	72	24.5	94	6.93	100	0
1963	33.7	91	45.1	81	22.4	100	3.68	114	0
1962	38	48	47.6	60	28.5	44	15.62	20	0
1961	37.7	55	48.3	48	27	65	8.13	84	1
1960	39.4	31	47.8	59	31.3	15	9.01	72	2
1959	36.2	72	46.4	72	25.9	83	7.28	93	3
1958	37.8	52	48.1	52	27.4	59	10.68	60	0
1957	41.1	13	50.8	19	31.3	15	11.87	41	2
1956	37.3	60	48	55	26.5	73	7.08	97	4
1955	39.1	35	49.6	32	29.1	35	9.79	65	9
1954					29.1	35	8.96	73	16
1953							8.05	86	22
1952					33.2	4	8.04	87	11
1951	38	48	48.3	48	27.6	56	12.41	34	0
1950	42.9	2	53.1	3	32.7	7	23.55	1	4
1949	42.1	5	51.7	9	32.3	9	18.22	6	1
1948	37.2	64	47.6	60	26.7	69	8.36	80	1
1947	39.9	22	50.5	23	29.4	28	4.19	113	0
1946	37.5	58	49	42	26.1	80	10.27	62	3
1945	35.5	76	45.1	81	25.8	86	12.53	33	1
1944	39.5	29	51	16	28.1	47	7.74	89	0
1943	40	20	52.7	5	27.6	56	3.46	115	1
1942	37	67	47.1	64	26.8	68	11.76	44	3
1941	40.3	16	50.5	23	30	23	8.39	79	1
1940	33.6	92	44.9	84	22.4	100	7.06	98	0
1939	39.4	31	51.7	9	27.1	63	13.70	25	0
1938	39.7	24	49.9	28	29.4	28	11.40	49	0
1937	38.8	39	49.1	40	28.7	41	19.18	5	1
1936	31.2	96	42.2	101	20.5	103	4.86	111	2
1935	38.8	39	49.4	35	28.4	45	9.13	70	2
1934	37.8	52	48	55	27.6	56	7.69	90	0
1933	39	36	50.7	21	27.4	59	16.11	14	1
1932	45.1	1	57.4	1	33.5	1	16.51	12	8
1931	39.5	29	50.9	17	28.3	46	6.78	101	2
1930	37.8	52	49.4	35	26.2	78	17.01	10	0
1929	34.4	88	44.9	84	23.9	95	16.10	15	0
1928	37.9	51	50.8	19	25.1	90	10.26	63	0
1927	39.6	26	51.3	13	28.1	47	16.01	17	2
1926	38.3	44	49.3	38	27.2	62	7.15	95	1
1925	38.9	38	52.1	7	25.9	83	6.47	104	2
1924	39.2	34	48.7	44	29.5	26	9.51	68	2
1923	39.7	24	48.7	44	30.9	20	15.24	21	2
1922	40.7	15	50.1	27	31.3	15	8.19	83	3
1921							6.96	99	60
1920					26.1	80	7.67	91	43
1919	42	6	52.8	4	31.3	15	11.63	47	0
1918			42.1	103	14.1	105	6.48	102	16
1917	36.6	70	49.7	29	23.1	97	9.61	67	1
1916	39.3	33	49.6	32	28.8	39	19.29	4	1
1915	35.8	74	44.3	89	27	65	13.04	29	6
1909									50
1903					27.7	53			10
1902					22.3	102	8.45	76	30
1901			54.2	2	26.9	67	6.48	102	11
1900									31
1899	33	94	42.6	100	22.8	98	12.24	37	8
1898							15.92	19	12
1897			49.6	32			10.97	52	12
1896	40.3	16	51.5	11	29.2	31			1
1895	34.8	86	46.1	75	23.3	96	8.60	75	4
1894									31
1893									33

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	45.1
1950	42.9
2017	42.8
2012	42.3
1949	42.1
2023	42
2000	42
1919	42
2016	41.7
2013	41.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	30
1936	31.2
1970	32.8
1899	33
2001	33.5
1940	33.6
1963	33.7
2010	34.2
2014	34.3
1929	34.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	23.55
1989	19.76
1969	19.71
1916	19.29
1937	19.18
1949	18.22
2025	18.00
2002	17.56
2019	17.34
1930	17.01

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	2.44
1943	3.46
1963	3.68
1947	4.19
1980	4.46
1936	4.86
1986	5.24
1992	5.36
2009	5.39
1981	5.49

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 77°F; 26 December 2025
Coldest night: 3°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.49 in; 24 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.44 in of precipitation in Poplar Bluff, MO, the driest winter on record, in 116 years since 1895 (winter 1896 excluded: 20 of 91 days missing; winter 1900 excluded: 31 of 90 days missing; winter 1903 excluded: 21 of 90 days missing; 13 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Poplar Bluff, MO: 77°F on Friday 26 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Poplar Bluff, MO: a low of 3°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Poplar Bluff, MO: 0.49 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.