Raleigh, NC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 41.8°F in Raleigh, NC, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 51st coldest of 135 (with 1985 and 1960).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 41.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 51st coldest of 135
Precipitation: 6.35 in; Driest since 2012; 15th driest of 139

A normal winter in Raleigh, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44°F, between 39.9°F and 46.5°F in eight years of ten and 9.11 in of precipitation, between 6.37 in and 12.55 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Raleigh, NC since 1888: 41.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 34.2°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 39.9 to 46.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Raleigh, NC from 1887 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	41.8	83	52.1	73	31.4	92	6.35	125	0
2025	44.1	40	54.3	37	33.9	53	6.58	123	0
2024	47.8	5	58.8	4	36.8	13	13.37	18	0
2023	48.7	3	59	3	38.4	5	9.27	78	0
2022	46.7	14	57.9	7	35.5	23	8.96	86	0
2021	42.2	74	51.9	80	32.6	76	17.21	2	0
2020	47.6	6	57.3	10	37.8	8	13.17	22	0
2019	44.9	28	54.6	35	35.2	28	13.92	16	0
2018	43.6	52	54	39	33.1	66	7.91	109	0
2017	47.9	4	58.5	5	37.3	11	6.62	122	0
2016	46.4	16	55.6	23	37.3	11	12.48	34	0
2015	39.9	113	49.6	116	30.3	103	11.23	48	0
2014	42.2	74	52.9	60	31.5	90	10.87	55	0
2013	45.4	24	55	29	35.8	20	10.12	69	0
2012	47	11	58.1	6	36	17	5.95	130	0
2011	39.9	113	50.3	106	29.5	120	6.03	129	0
2010	38.7	125	48.4	128	29	122	12.41	35	0
2009	44.4	35	54.7	33	34.2	48	7.24	119	0
2008	45.9	19	56.4	18	35.3	27	8.87	87	0
2007	44.7	31	55.9	21	33.6	60	7.86	112	0
2006	44	42	54.7	33	33.3	63	7.96	107	0
2005	43.9	46	54.4	36	33.3	63	6.41	124	0
2004	40.1	108	50.5	103	29.6	117	8.07	103	0
2003	39.4	118	49.1	121	29.6	117	11.52	45	0
2002	45	27	56.5	15	33.4	62	9.25	80	0
2001	41.2	91	52.1	73	30.3	103	5.15	135	0
2000	42.6	69	54	39	31.2	94	10.78	58	0
1999	46	18	57.8	8	34.3	44	11.17	50	0
1998	43.8	48	53.2	55	34.4	40	16.03	4	0
1997	44.5	34	55	29	34	52	8.85	88	0
1996	40	111	50.1	112	30	110	9.06	83	0
1995	44	42	53.5	50	34.5	37	10.29	67	0
1994	40.4	102	51	97	29.7	116	10.24	68	0
1993	42.3	72	51.7	83	32.9	69	9.16	82	0
1992	45.5	23	56.2	19	34.8	34	8.68	92	0
1991	45.6	21	56	20	35.2	28	7.89	111	0
1990	44.3	37	54.9	32	33.7	58	9.90	72	0
1989	43.4	56	53.9	43	32.8	70	8.81	89	0
1988	40.3	105	50.3	106	30.3	103	8.59	96	0
1987	40.4	102	50.2	109	30.7	99	15.00	7	0
1986	40.6	97	51.1	96	30.2	106	4.34	138	0
1985	41.8	83	51.9	80	31.8	83	11.59	44	0
1984	40.4	102	50.9	98	29.9	112	17.23	1	0
1983	42.1	77	51.4	91	32.8	70	11.81	40	0
1982	40.1	108	49.1	121	31	96	13.36	20	0
1981	39.2	120	51.5	89	26.9	135	5.31	134	0
1980	40.2	107	50.6	101	29.8	114	7.24	119	0
1979	40.3	105	51.7	83	28.8	125	14.52	11	0
1978	36.2	134	46.4	134	26	137	12.16	37	0
1977	34.2	135	46.3	137	22	139	8.99	85	0
1976	43.1	62	55.1	27	31.1	95	8.65	94	0
1975	43.6	52	54.1	38	33	67	12.96	24	0
1974	44.9	28	55.3	25	34.6	35	13.64	17	0
1973	41.9	82	52.4	64	31.4	92	13.18	21	0
1972	45.1	26	55.2	26	34.9	31	7.79	113	0
1971	40.5	100	51.2	94	29.8	114	9.70	73	0
1970	36.4	133	47.7	129	25	138	9.04	84	0
1969	38.9	123	48.8	124	29	122	7.90	110	0
1968	40	111	51.8	82	28.2	132	8.81	89	0
1967	42	81	51.7	83	32.2	80	8.05	104	0
1966	40.6	97	50.7	100	30.4	101	10.43	66	0
1965	42.2	74	53.9	43	30.4	101	8.00	105	0
1964	38.4	126	49.1	121	27.7	133	11.05	53	0
1963	36.9	132	47.5	131	26.3	136	8.62	95	0
1962	41.2	91	51.4	91	31	96	14.06	13	0
1961	39.1	121	50.8	99	27.4	134	10.55	63	0
1960	41.8	83	52	77	31.6	86	12.10	38	0
1959	39.9	113	51.2	94	28.7	126	9.39	76	0
1958	38.8	124	49.3	120	28.4	129	10.09	70	0
1957	46.2	17	56.8	12	35.7	22	10.50	64	0
1956	40.6	97	50.6	101	30.5	100	6.34	126	0
1955	40.7	96	51.5	89	30	110	8.54	97	0
1954	44	42	55.1	27	32.8	70	14.06	13	0
1953	44.6	33	55	29	34.3	44	10.81	56	0
1952	45.6	21	56.7	13	34.5	37	11.60	43	0
1951	41.6	86	53.3	53	29.9	112	6.09	128	0
1950	47.1	9	57.7	9	36.6	14	5.62	132	0
1949	47.5	8	57.1	11	37.9	7	11.11	52	0
1948	39	122	49.5	117	28.4	129	9.31	77	2
1947	42.7	68	53.6	48	31.9	82	8.14	102	0
1946	41.1	93	50.4	104	31.8	83	12.80	29	0
1945	39.8	116	49.5	117	30.1	109	9.27	78	0
1944	42.5	70	52	77	33	67	12.85	27	1
1943	43.2	60	53.1	56	33.3	63	7.57	114	0
1942	42.1	77	52.2	68	32	81	8.19	101	0
1941	42.3	72	52.2	68	32.6	76	4.89	136	2
1940	40.1	108	48.6	125	31.6	86	6.89	121	2
1939	46.9	13	56.5	15	37.4	9	15.41	6	0
1938	44.4	35	52.8	61	36	17	5.71	131	0
1937	46.5	15	54	39	39	3	17.06	3	1
1936	38	128	46.4	134	29.6	117	14.94	8	0
1935	42.4	71	52.1	73	32.8	70	7.49	117	5
1934	44	42	53.5	50	34.2	48	5.61	133	2
1933	47.6	6	56.5	15	38.8	4	10.57	61	2
1932	51.6	2	60.4	2	42.4	2	13.08	23	2
1931	42.9	66	52	77	33.9	53	7.56	115	0
1930	45.9	19	55.6	23	36.1	16	6.30	127	0
1929	43.2	60	52.1	73	34.3	44	10.70	60	0
1928	43.5	54	53.1	56	33.7	58	10.57	61	2
1927	45.2	25	53.7	47	36.6	14	8.51	98	5
1926	43	64	51.6	88	34.4	40	11.19	49	0
1925	44.9	28	53.9	43	35.8	20	10.80	57	4
1924	44.2	38	53.5	50	34.9	31	10.50	64	0
1923	43.8	48	52.2	68	35.4	25	11.36	47	0
1922	43.9	46	52.5	63	35.4	25	14.09	12	1
1921	43.5	54	52.2	68	34.9	31	11.84	39	2
1920	39.4	118	48.6	125	30.2	106	10.73	59	2
1919	44.7	31	53.6	48	36	17	10.96	54	2
1918	37.4	130	46.4	134	28.3	131	7.94	108	0
1917	43.8	48	53.1	56	34.2	48	9.53	74	1
1916	43.8	48	53.3	53	34.2	48	7.50	116	0
1915	42.1	77	49.9	115	34.4	40	14.73	10	1
1914	43	64	51.7	83	34.3	44	11.12	51	0
1913	47	11	55.8	22	38.3	6	11.70	41	0
1912	39.7	117	48.6	125	30.9	98	10.07	71	0
1911	43.1	62	52.4	64	33.8	55	7.98	106	0
1910	40.9	95	50.2	109	31.6	86	8.74	91	1
1909	47.1	9	56.7	13	37.4	9	8.68	92	0
1908	41.4	88	50	114	32.7	74	15.70	5	0
1907	44.2	38	53.8	46	34.6	35	8.41	100	0
1906	43.4	56	52.2	68	34.5	37	13.93	15	0
1905	37.2	131	45.6	138	28.9	124	11.44	46	0
1904	37.7	129	46.8	133	28.5	127	9.23	81	0
1903	42.9	66	52.3	66	33.6	60	12.86	26	0
1902	38.3	127	47.2	132	29.4	121	14.93	9	0
1901	41	94	50.4	104	31.6	86	7.43	118	0
1900	41.6	86	51.3	93	31.8	83	9.53	74	0
1899	40.5	100	49.4	119	31.5	90	12.73	30	0
1898	43.3	58	52.3	66	34.4	40	4.79	137	6
1897	41.3	90	50.1	112	32.5	79	8.49	99	0
1896			51.7	83	32.6	76	12.22	36	12
1895			47.7	129	30.2	106	12.56	32	10
1894			54	39	35.2	28	12.87	25	14
1893					28.5	127	13.37	18	14
1892	43.3	58	53	59	33.8	55	11.70	41	8
1891	44.1	40	52.7	62	35.5	23	12.63	31	0
1890	52.6	1	61.8	1	43.4	1	4.23	139	0
1889	41.4	88	50.2	109	32.7	74	12.56	32	0
1888	42.1	77	50.3	106	33.8	55	12.83	28	0
1887									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	52.6
1932	51.6
2023	48.7
2017	47.9
2024	47.8
2020	47.6
1933	47.6
1949	47.5
1950	47.1
1909	47.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	34.2
1978	36.2
1970	36.4
1963	36.9
1905	37.2
1918	37.4
1904	37.7
1936	38
1902	38.3
1964	38.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1984	17.23
2021	17.21
1937	17.06
1998	16.03
1908	15.70
1939	15.41
1987	15.00
1936	14.94
1902	14.93
1915	14.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	4.23
1986	4.34
1898	4.79
1941	4.89
2001	5.15
1981	5.31
1934	5.61
1950	5.62
1938	5.71
2012	5.95

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.18 in; 26 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.35 in of precipitation in Raleigh, NC, the driest winter since 2012, 15th driest of 139.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Raleigh, NC: 76°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Raleigh, NC: a low of 11°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Raleigh, NC: 1.18 in on Thursday 26 February 2026.