Riverside, CA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 60.1°F in Riverside, CA, the warmest winter on record, in 114 years since 1894 (winter 1896 excluded: 30 of 91 days missing; winter 1897 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; winter 1898 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; 16 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 60.1°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 114, provisional
Precipitation: 3.96 in; Driest since 2025; 43rd driest of 104

A normal winter in Riverside, CA (1991 to 2020): 4.29 in of precipitation, between 1.62 in and 11.45 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Riverside, CA since 1894: 60.1°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Riverside, CA 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	60.1	1	73	2	47.3	2	3.96	62	0
2025	58	5	70.9	16	45.1	9	1.93	95	0
2024	56.4	21	66.7	79	46	5	9.48	15	0
2023	52.9	76	63.2	111	42.5	30	7.06	27	0
2022	56.4	21	68.4	50	44.5	12	3.79	65	0
2021	57.1	13	69.9	32	44.3	19	2.75	85	0
2020	56.2	24	67.9	56	44.4	15	2.66	87	0
2019	53.9	61	64.3	101	43.5	24	9.33	16	0
2018	59.5	2	73.2	1	45.7	6	2.40	90	0
2017	55.2	43	64.2	103	46.1	4	11.01	9	0
2016	57.8	6	70.5	21	45	10	3.49	72	0
2015	59.1	4	70.8	17	47.4	1	4.26	59	0
2014	59.4	3	72.5	3	46.3	3	1.26	101	0
2013	54.1	57	65.7	88	42.5	30	2.90	82	6
2012	56.9	15	69.8	34	44	21	1.53	98	1
2011	56	30	67.5	63	44.5	12	9.29	17	0
2010	55.4	39	66.4	82	44.3	19	9.26	18	1
2009	56.3	23	68.2	53	44.4	15	2.98	80	9
2008							2.60	89	23
2007	56.5	18	70.7	18	42.3	33	0.60	104	7
2006							1.66	97	25
2005							12.47	6	15
2004							5.01	43	12
2003							7.56	23	11
2002									36
2001									36
2000	57.4	10	70.4	25	44	21	3.67	67	7
1999	56.1	28	70.2	29	42.3	33	2.18	91	7
1998	54.7	50	66.4	82	42.9	28	15.86	2	3
1997	56.5	18	68.6	45	44.4	15	4.30	56	9
1996	57.5	8	70.5	21	44.5	12	4.85	48	5
1995	56.7	16	68.5	47	45	10	9.77	13	3
1994	56.2	24	70.6	19	41.8	42	4.27	58	7
1993			65.1	94	43.4	25	17.62	1	10
1992	57.4	10	70.4	25	44.4	15	6.02	34	2
1991	57	14	72.2	6	42	40	4.74	49	2
1990	56.1	28	71.6	10	40.5	57	4.32	55	2
1989									28
1988	56	30	70	31	42.1	37	3.12	77	1
1987	54.3	54	69.1	41	39.4	76	2.86	84	2
1986	57.2	12	71.9	9	42.6	29	3.84	63	0
1985	53.2	71	66.2	85	40.2	62	5.72	37	0
1984	55.9	32	70.5	21	41.3	43	1.67	96	2
1983	54.7	50	67.3	66	42.1	37	6.35	30	5
1982	54.9	45	67.7	61	42.3	33	4.44	54	2
1981	57.5	8	72	7	43	27	3.39	74	2
1980	57.8	6	70.2	29	45.3	7	11.90	7	2
1979	51.1	103	63.6	107	38.6	81	7.68	21	1
1978	56.2	24	67.1	68	45.2	8	11.89	8	0
1977	55.7	34	71.3	14	39.9	65	2.87	83	1
1976	55.5	36	70.3	28	40.7	51	4.30	56	1
1975	53.5	67	67.3	66	39.6	69	3.12	77	0
1974	54	58	67.1	68	40.9	46	4.13	60	1
1973	52	92	64.4	100	39.6	69	6.06	32	1
1972	51.8	97	65.4	92	38.2	90	3.55	70	0
1971	52.6	80	65.6	90	39.6	69	3.50	71	1
1970	54.5	53	67.1	68	41.9	41	2.91	81	1
1969	52.4	84	64	105	40.7	51	15.76	3	1
1968	55.3	42	68.5	47	42.1	37	2.02	94	0
1967	55.5	36	70.5	21	40.5	57	6.97	28	0
1966	51.9	94	65	96	38.6	81	5.09	42	1
1965	53.4	69	66.9	75	39.8	67	0.76	103	3
1964	53.1	72	68.1	55	38.1	91	1.44	99	0
1963	54.8	47	68.6	45	40.9	46	2.64	88	0
1962	53.5	67	66.2	85	41	45	7.21	25	1
1961	56.2	24	72	7	40.4	59	0.83	102	2
1960	53.6	66	66.1	87	41.1	44	5.14	40	1
1959	55.4	39	71.5	12	39.3	78	3.12	77	0
1958	55.9	32	69.3	38	42.4	32	6.31	31	1
1957	53.8	63	66.8	78	40.8	48	5.12	41	2
1956	52.2	89	65.7	88	39.4	76	4.91	47	6
1955	50.9	104	65.1	94	36.6	103	4.71	50	0
1954	52.4	84	68.7	43	36.1	108	5.94	35	0
1953	51.9	94	66.9	75	36.9	101	3.67	67	0
1952	49.9	109	62.1	115	37.6	96	10.81	11	0
1951	51.8	97	67.8	58	35.9	111	2.12	92	0
1950	49.2	111	64.9	98	33.5	115	4.98	46	0
1949	45.7	114	58.9	118	32.6	116	6.06	32	0
1948			69.8	34			3.60	69	22
1947			70.6	19			2.04	93	23
1946	52.6	80	69	42	36.2	106	5.00	44	0
1945	53	74	67.1	68	38.5	85	3.37	75	4
1944	52.1	90	64.3	101	40	64	12.86	5	0
1943	55.4	39	69.9	32	40.8	48	8.42	20	4
1942	52.5	82	66.7	79	38.4	86	3.98	61	0
1941	55.7	34	67.8	58	43.6	23	11.00	10	0
1940	56.7	16	71	15	42.3	33	6.57	29	0
1939	53.1	72	67	74	39.2	79	8.72	19	0
1938	55	44	69.2	40	40.7	51	5.83	36	0
1937	48.9	112	61.6	116	36.2	106	13.61	4	0
1936	53.7	65	67.9	56	39.5	73	7.17	26	0
1935	52	92	65.4	92	38.6	81	4.70	51	9
1934	53.9	61	68.4	50	39.5	73	4.52	53	0
1933	49.5	110	63.7	106	35.2	112	4.99	45	4
1932	48	113	59.3	117	36.6	103	9.77	13	1
1931	52.9	76	67.5	63	38.4	86	7.62	22	8
1930	54	58	68.5	47	39.5	73	5.29	39	0
1929	50	108	63.2	111	36.7	102	3.69	66	2
1928	53	74	66.7	79	39.2	79	5.32	38	0
1927	52.5	82	64.1	104	40.8	48			2
1926	56.5	18	72.3	5	40.6	54			0
1925	53.8	63	69.3	38	38.4	86			0
1924	54.8	47	71.6	10	38	94			0
1923	54.6	52	68.7	43	40.4	59			0
1922	52.3	87	65	96	39.6	69			0
1921	52.3	87	67.4	65	37.2	98			0
1920	54	58	68.2	53	39.8	67			0
1919					36	110			10
1918	54.9	45	72.4	4	37.4	97			0
1917	52.4	84	66.4	82	38.1	91			2
1916	54.3	54	67.6	62	40.6	54			4
1915	52.1	90	63.6	107	40.6	54			0
1914	55.5	36	67.8	58	43.2	26			4
1913	51.6	101	66.9	75	36.3	105	4.68	52	0
1912	54.3	54	71.4	13	37.2	98			0
1911			65.5	91			7.54	24	13
1910	50.6	105	63	113	38.1	91			0
1909	51.9	94	63.6	107	40.2	62			0
1908	51.7	99	64.7	99	38.6	81			0
1907	52.7	79	67.1	68	38.3	89			1
1906	52.8	78	68.3	52	37.2	98	3.30	76	0
1905	54.8	47	69.4	36	40.3	61	10.04	12	0
1904	51.7	99	69.4	36	34.2	113	1.39	100	2
1903	50.5	106	67.1	68	33.8	114	3.82	64	0
1902	53.3	70	70.4	25	36.1	108	2.71	86	4
1896									30
1895	51.6	101	63.4	110	39.9	65			2
1894	50.2	107	62.4	114	38	94	3.41	73	1
1893									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	60.1
2018	59.5
2014	59.4
2015	59.1
2025	58
2016	57.8
1980	57.8
1996	57.5
1981	57.5
2000	57.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	45.7
1932	48
1937	48.9
1950	49.2
1933	49.5
1952	49.9
1929	50
1894	50.2
1903	50.5
1910	50.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	17.62
1998	15.86
1969	15.76
1937	13.61
1944	12.86
2005	12.47
1980	11.90
1978	11.89
2017	11.01
1941	11.00

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	0.60
1965	0.76
1961	0.83
2014	1.26
1904	1.39
1964	1.44
2012	1.53
2006	1.66
1984	1.67
2025	1.93

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 27 February 2026
Coldest night: 37°F; 21 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.76 in; 16 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.96 in of precipitation in Riverside, CA, the driest winter since 2025, 43rd driest of 104.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Riverside, CA: 93°F on Friday 27 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Riverside, CA: a low of 37°F on Saturday 21 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Riverside, CA: 0.76 in on Monday 16 February 2026.