Poughkeepsie, NY: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 25.2°F in Poughkeepsie, NY, the coldest winter since 2003, 19th coldest of 95.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 25.2°F; Coldest since 2003; 19th coldest of 95

A normal winter in Poughkeepsie, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.6°F, between 25.5°F and 33.1°F in eight years of ten and 8.34 in of precipitation, between 6.64 in and 10.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Poughkeepsie, NY since 1932: 25.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 21.7°F, in 1961.

Normal range, 25.5 to 33.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1931 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	25.2	77	34.7	73	15.7	78	5.13	88	0
2025	28.8	39	37.4	46	20.2	34	6.67	74	0
2024	34.5	4	43	7	26	2	13.61	3	0
2023	34.5	4	43.8	6	25.3	5	8.79	34	0
2022	30.7	21	40.4	18	20.9	27	6.35	79	0
2021	29.9	29	38.3	34	21.5	20	6.18	81	0
2020	33	9	41.5	10	24.4	7	7.86	51	0
2019	30.7	21	39.2	26	22.2	18	10.02	18	0
2018	28.9	38	38.2	36	19.6	39	8.92	32	0
2017	32.6	12	41.3	12	23.8	10	6.91	68	0
2016	36.8	1	46.4	1	27.3	1	9.58	26	0
2015	25.5	73	34.7	73	16.3	72	7.30	60	0
2014	26.3	65	36.3	56	16.3	72	7.61	56	0
2013	31.6	15	40.1	21	23.2	13	7.88	50	0
2012	34.8	3	44.7	5	25	6	8.00	47	1
2011	26	68	35.8	65	16.2	74	7.95	48	0
2010	27.8	51	36.2	57	19.4	42	9.56	27	3
2009	27.2	59	37.1	50	17.3	64	8.63	35	0
2008	29.5	33	37.9	41	21.1	26	13.94	2	0
2007	31	19	39.6	24	22.4	17	6.60	76	0
2006	30.4	24	39.6	24	21.2	24	10.36	17	0
2005	28.4	43	37.9	41	18.9	52	9.90	21	0
2004	26.6	63	35.9	61	17.3	64	7.83	54	0
2003	24.1	85	32.8	90	15.5	79	8.16	43	0
2002	34.3	6	44.8	3	23.9	9	3.89	92	0
2001	25.7	71	35.5	68	16	76	6.27	80	1
2000	27.9	49	37.7	43	18	60	8.34	42	0
1999	30.7	21	40.5	17	20.9	27	9.72	23	2
1998	33	9	41.4	11	24.4	7	9.76	22	2
1997	32.8	11	42.9	8	22.9	14	11.23	11	2
1996	25.5	73	36	59	14.9	82	12.24	8	1
1995	31.2	17	40.8	15	21.6	19	10.46	16	0
1994	23.6	89	34.3	79	13.1	89	7.86	51	8
1993	27.1	61	35.9	61	18.4	54			0
1992	29.6	32	38.5	31	20.6	30	6.65	75	0
1991	30.9	20	40.3	19	21.5	20	8.45	40	0
1990	27.2	59	36.7	53	17.6	62	8.60	36	0
1989	28.5	42	37.5	45	19.5	40	4.89	90	0
1988	26.3	65	35.8	65	16.8	71	6.58	77	0
1987	26.4	64	35.9	61	16.9	70	7.25	63	0
1986	26	68	33.8	83	18.1	58	9.23	29	0
1985	28.2	44	37.4	46	19.1	46	5.69	87	0
1984	27.6	55	35.9	61	19.2	43	11.30	10	0
1983	29.9	29	39.2	26	20.5	31	6.88	70	0
1982	24.5	83	33.2	87	15.9	77	10.52	15	0
1981	24.8	80	35.3	70	14.4	84	6.76	72	0
1980	28.6	41	38	39	19.1	46	3.61	93	0
1979	25.4	76	33.7	85	17.2	67	13.35	5	0
1978	23.7	87	33.2	87	14.3	86	11.54	9	0
1977	22.3	92	32.9	89	11.7	93	6.69	73	0
1976	27.9	49	38	39	17.8	61	9.41	28	0
1975	31.3	16	39.8	22	22.8	15	9.70	24	0
1974	28.7	40	38.3	34	19.1	46	13.97	1	0
1973	29.9	29	38.4	33	21.4	22	9.96	20	0
1972	29	35	38.5	31	19.5	40	8.46	39	0
1971	24.7	81	34.2	81	15.2	80	8.36	41	0
1970	22.3	92	32.6	92	11.9	92	7.55	58	0
1969	25.5	73	33.8	83	17.2	67	7.17	66	0
1968	24.6	82	34.4	78	14.9	82	6.08	85	0
1967	27.7	52	37.1	50	18.2	56	4.98	89	0
1966	28.2	44	37.4	46	19	50	6.18	81	0
1965	25.7	71	35.2	72	16.1	75	7.30	60	0
1964	24.9	79	35.5	68	14.4	84	6.13	83	0
1963	22.4	90	33.5	86	11.3	94	7.86	51	0
1962	26.3	65	35.3	70	17.3	64	10.92	12	0
1961	21.7	95	34.3	79	9.1	95	7.45	59	0
1960	30	28	38.7	30	21.3	23	8.08	45	2
1959	24.3	84	34.5	77	14	87	6.10	84	2
1958	27.6	55	36	59	19.1	46	12.57	7	1
1957	28.1	47	37.7	43	18.5	53	7.20	65	0
1956	26.8	62	34.6	75	19	50	6.01	86	0
1955	27.3	58	36.5	54	18.1	58	6.91	68	0
1954	30.4	24	40.7	16	20	35	8.04	46	0
1953	32.2	13	40.9	14	23.4	12	10.01	19	0
1952	29.2	34	39	29	19.2	43	9.20	31	2
1951	28.1	47	38.1	37	18.2	56	9.67	25	0
1950	30.1	27	39.2	26	20.8	29	10.83	13	2
1949	31.1	18	41.1	13	21.2	24	13.59	4	0
1948	22.4	90	31.9	95	13	90	8.16	43	0
1947	30.3	26	40.2	20	20.4	32	6.37	78	0
1946	27.7	52	37	52	18.3	55	7.57	57	2
1945	22.1	94	32.1	94	12.1	91	10.54	14	1
1944	29	35	38.1	37	19.9	36	2.82	94	0
1943	27.6	55	35.6	67	19.7	38	8.82	33	0
1942	27.7	52	36.1	58	19.2	43	7.21	64	0
1941	31.7	14	39.7	23	23.7	11	7.27	62	0
1940	25	78	32.8	90	17.1	69	4.21	91	3
1939	29	35	37.4	46	20.4	32	8.55	37	2
1938	28.2	44	36.4	55	19.9	36	6.82	71	0
1937	33.8	8	42.5	9	25.4	4	12.94	6	2
1936	23.8	86	32.5	93	15.2	80	7.89	49	4
1935	26	68	34.6	75	17.6	62	7.72	55	1
1934	23.7	87	34	82	13.8	88	8.53	38	3
1933	34.1	7	45.1	2	22.8	15	7.06	67	8
1932	35.2	2	44.8	3	25.8	3	9.23	29	7
1931									35

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	36.8
1932	35.2
2012	34.8
2024	34.5
2023	34.5
2002	34.3
1933	34.1
1937	33.8
2020	33
1998	33

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1961	21.7
1945	22.1
1977	22.3
1970	22.3
1963	22.4
1948	22.4
1994	23.6
1978	23.7
1934	23.7
1936	23.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1974	13.97
2008	13.94
2024	13.61
1949	13.59
1979	13.35
1937	12.94
1958	12.57
1996	12.24
1978	11.54
1984	11.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	2.82
1980	3.61
2002	3.89
1940	4.21
1989	4.89
1967	4.98
2026	5.13
1985	5.69
1956	6.01
1968	6.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -9°F; 9 February 2026, 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.07 in; 19 December 2025

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The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Poughkeepsie, NY: 58°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Poughkeepsie, NY: a low of -9°F on Monday 9 February 2026 and Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Poughkeepsie, NY: 1.07 in on Friday 19 December 2025.