Rhinelander, WI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 13.8°F in Rhinelander, WI, the coldest winter since 2022, tied 40th coldest of 102 (with 1910).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 13.8°F; Coldest since 2022; 40th coldest of 102
Precipitation: 5.16 in; Wettest since 2023; 12th wettest of 111

A normal winter in Rhinelander, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 15.9°F, between 11°F and 20.4°F in eight years of ten and 2.90 in of precipitation, between 1.00 in and 5.46 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Rhinelander, WI since 1909: 13.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 4.7°F, in 2014.

Normal range, 11 to 20.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Rhinelander, WI 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	13.8	62	22.3	86	5.3	51	5.16	12	0
2025	15.3	44	24	67	6.5	38	1.97	85	0
2024	25.5	1	33.3	1	17.7	1	2.02	84	0
2023	19.1	10	26.6	24	11.6	9	5.67	6	0
2022	12.4	76	22.9	81	1.9	79	3.92	30	1
2021	16	36	24.9	52	7	32	3.34	43	0
2020	17.7	21	26.4	28	9.1	19	5.68	5	0
2019	15.8	39	24.5	55	7.1	30	7.14	3	0
2018	13.6	65	23	76	4.3	57	4.02	29	0
2017	20	7	27.9	13	12.1	7	5.43	9	0
2016	21.2	5	28.1	12	14.3	3	5.69	4	0
2015	11.2	84	19.7	106	2.7	74	2.91	55	0
2014	4.7	102	14.5	113	-5.1	107	4.27	25	0
2013	17.2	23	25.6	37	8.9	22	3.68	37	0
2012	20.3	6	29.1	10	11.4	10	3.77	36	1
2011	14.6	52	22.3	86	6.8	37	1.07	106	0
2010	16.5	29	24.5	55	8.6	25	0.45	111	0
2009	10.6	90	20.8	100	0.5	90	1.24	103	2
2008	13.2	70	22.4	85	4.1	61	1.03	107	0
2007	16.7	27	24.5	55	8.8	24	2.43	73	0
2006	18.3	17	26.1	32	10.4	12	1.80	92	0
2005	15.8	39	24.7	54	7	32	2.27	79	0
2004	15.7	41	25.1	46	6.4	41	2.89	57	2
2003	13.3	69	23	76	3.6	66	0.53	110	0
2002	22.3	3	30.7	5	13.9	4	1.82	91	0
2001	11.8	80	21.5	94	2	78	0.72	109	1
2000	17.1	24	27.9	13	6.3	43	2.74	61	0
1999	19	11	29.2	9	8.9	22	4.60	19	1
1998	24.2	2	31.5	3	16.9	2	3.49	39	1
1997	14.9	50	24	67	5.8	47	5.29	11	3
1996	11	88	22.1	90	-0.6	98	4.44	23	2
1995	18.6	13	27.7	15	9.5	18	1.25	102	5
1994	10.4	91	20.1	104	0.8	87	2.43	73	2
1993	15.9	38	25.4	41	6.2	45	3.29	46	2
1992	18.4	16	27.7	15	9.1	19	3.25	48	0
1991	14.7	51	25.4	41	4.2	58	2.51	69	1
1990	14.6	52	25.6	37	3.4	70	1.30	100	1
1989	14.5	56	25.3	43	3.6	66	2.68	64	1
1988			24.4	60			4.88	16	30
1987			31.2	4			1.42	99	27
1986			21.9	92			2.38	75	30
1985							3.35	42	38
1984							3.03	52	36
1983							5.62	8	37
1982			23.2	72			2.79	59	25
1981	14.2	58	25.8	35	2.5	76	3.41	41	1
1980	15.3	44	26.1	32	4.5	55	2.63	66	0
1979	8.2	99	19.1	108	-2.8	103	4.66	18	0
1978	11.2	84	22.8	82	-0.3	95	2.78	60	2
1977	8.4	98	21.2	98	-4.4	105	1.47	97	1
1976	15.7	41	26.8	21	4.5	55	3.80	34	0
1975	16.8	25	27.3	19	5.8	47	4.04	28	2
1974	11.7	81	23.2	72	0.2	92	2.88	58	1
1973	13.9	59	24.2	62	3.6	66	4.26	26	2
1972	10.1	93	21.4	96	-1.3	100	4.52	21	0
1971	11.2	84	21.4	96	0.9	86	7.22	1	0
1970	11.1	87	22.3	86	-0.1	94	3.27	47	0
1969	16.3	33	25.5	39	7	32	5.65	7	0
1968	15	47	24.8	53	5.1	52	1.57	96	0
1967	15.1	46	24.5	55	5.8	47	4.41	24	0
1966	16	36	25	50	6.9	36	2.70	63	0
1965	12	78	22.3	86	1.7	81	2.91	55	0
1964	16.4	31	26.5	25	6.3	43	1.76	93	2
1963	9.7	95	19	109	0.1	93	1.26	101	1
1962	12.7	74	21.5	94	3.8	65	3.31	45	0
1961	16.8	25	26.5	25	7	32	1.88	90	0
1960	19.7	8	27.7	15	11.8	8	3.78	35	0
1959	9.7	95	20.3	102	-0.9	99	1.18	104	0
1958	17.5	22	25.9	34	9.1	19	0.93	108	0
1957	15	47	24.4	60	5.6	50	1.46	98	0
1956	14.6	52	25.1	46	4.1	61	1.93	87	0
1955	15.4	43	24.2	62	6.5	38	1.72	94	0
1954	18.2	19	27.7	15	8.6	25	3.01	53	0
1953	18.8	12	26.8	21	10.8	11	4.11	27	0
1952			26.5	25			3.24	49	18
1951	11.3	83	21.9	92	0.6	89	4.57	20	0
1950	13.2	70	24.5	55	1.8	80	5.30	10	0
1949	16.2	34	26.4	28	6	46	2.53	68	0
1948	12.7	74	24.2	62	1.1	84	2.71	62	2
1947	16.4	31	26.2	31	6.5	38	2.21	82	0
1946	14.3	57	23.8	69	4.7	53			1
1945	13.6	65	23	76	4.2	58	3.85	33	0
1944			30.6	6	12.7	6	1.68	95	11
1943	12.4	76	22	91	2.6	75	2.98	54	5
1942	18.3	17	26.8	21	9.6	17	2.25	81	3
1941	16.5	29	25.5	39	7.4	29	3.12	50	1
1940	18	20	26.3	30	9.7	16	4.98	13	3
1939	13.9	59	23.7	70	4.2	58	7.19	2	2
1938	13.2	70	22.7	83	4.1	61	4.48	22	7
1937	13.6	65	25.1	46	1.7	81			6
1936	7.5	100	17.5	111	-2.1	101	3.33	44	2
1935	13.9	59	25.3	43	2.3	77			4
1934			22.7	83					14
1933			23.2	72	1.4	83	4.96	15	11
1932			29.7	7	12.9	5	4.97	14	12
1931	21.3	4	32.9	2	9.8	15	1.14	105	2
1930	12.9	73	23	76	3.1	72	1.90	88	3
1929			20	105	-3.2	104	2.27	79	12
1928	11.5	82	23.1	75	-0.4	96	3.92	30	7
1927	11.9	79	24.2	62	-0.4	96	2.48	71	5
1926	13.4	68	23	76	3.4	70	2.64	65	5
1925	10.2	92	20.2	103	0.3	91	2.32	77	3
1924	13.7	64	24.1	66	3.1	72	2.15	83	7
1923	9.2	97	20.5	101	-2.2	102	2.44	72	2
1922	11	88	21.2	98	0.7	88	4.88	16	1
1921	18.5	15	26.9	20	10.2	13	3.44	40	7
1920	5.7	101	16.5	112	-4.9	106			5
1919	19.4	9	28.3	11	10.2	13			4
1918			18.2	110	-5.5	108	3.56	38	11
1917					-5.8	109	1.90	88	13
1916	14.6	52	25.1	46	3.6	66	3.90	32	3
1915	16.1	35	25	50	7.1	30	2.60	67	0
1914	18.6	13	29.4	8	7.9	27			1
1913	15	47	25.2	45	4.6	54	3.08	51	1
1912	10.1	93	19.5	107	1	85	2.50	70	1
1911					6.4	41	2.35	76	13
1910	13.8	62	23.6	71	4	64	2.29	78	3
1909	16.6	28	25.7	36	7.5	28	1.96	86	0
1908									33
1895									32
1893									82

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	25.5
1998	24.2
2002	22.3
1931	21.3
2016	21.2
2012	20.3
2017	20
1960	19.7
1919	19.4
2023	19.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	4.7
1920	5.7
1936	7.5
1979	8.2
1977	8.4
1923	9.2
1963	9.7
1959	9.7
1972	10.1
1912	10.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1971	7.22
1939	7.19
2019	7.14
2016	5.69
2020	5.68
2023	5.67
1969	5.65
1983	5.62
2017	5.43
1950	5.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2010	0.45
2003	0.53
2001	0.72
1958	0.93
2008	1.03
2011	1.07
1931	1.14
1959	1.18
2009	1.24
1995	1.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 50°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -36°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.06 in; 28 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.16 in of precipitation in Rhinelander, WI, the wettest winter since 2023, 12th wettest of 111.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rhinelander, WI: 50°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rhinelander, WI: a low of -36°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rhinelander, WI: 1.06 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.