Roanoke, VA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 37.5°F in Roanoke, VA, the coldest winter since 2025, tied 36th coldest of 113 (with 2025, 1980, 1965 and 2 other years).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 37.5°F; Coldest since 2025; 36th coldest of 113
Precipitation: 6.91 in; Driest since 2018; 28th driest of 108

A normal winter in Roanoke, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 40.2°F, between 35.7°F and 42.4°F in eight years of ten and 8.13 in of precipitation, between 5.52 in and 14.41 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Roanoke, VA since 1913: 37.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 31.1°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 35.7 to 42.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Roanoke, VA from 1912 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	37.5	73	47.3	68	27.7	82	6.91	81	0
2025	37.5	73	46.1	86	28.9	58	11.77	17	0
2024	43.2	3	53	5	33.4	6	10.99	23	0
2023	44.4	2	53.7	3	35	2	9.67	42	0
2022	41.8	14	52.3	9	31.4	23	7.19	74	0
2021	39.2	55	47.5	65	30.8	30	12.19	14	0
2020	42.8	7	51.5	15	34.1	3	10.18	32	0
2019	40.3	33	48.8	56	31.8	16	14.36	7	0
2018	39.6	45	49.3	48	29.9	44	6.48	87	0
2017	43.2	3	52.5	7	34	4	7.43	72	0
2016	40.6	27	49.5	46	31.8	16	12.78	10	0
2015	36.4	89	45.5	94	27.4	86	6.46	89	0
2014	36.6	87	46.6	79	26.7	95	10.66	27	0
2013	41.9	12	50.6	24	33.2	9	11.87	15	0
2012	43.2	3	53.4	4	33	10	8.09	63	0
2011	36.2	91	44.5	98	27.8	76	5.01	101	0
2010	34.7	103	41.6	111	27.7	82	14.90	4	0
2009	39.9	42	49.6	45	30.2	39	6.19	94	0
2008	40.8	22	49.8	41	31.8	16	5.58	99	0
2007	40.4	30	49.9	39	30.8	30	6.61	85	0
2006	40	38	48.6	60	31.4	23	7.48	71	0
2005	40.5	28	49.7	43	31.3	25	6.48	87	0
2004	37	80	45.8	91	28.1	68	6.85	82	0
2003	35.5	99	42.9	104	28	73	10.40	30	0
2002	42.4	10	52.6	6	32.2	12	4.96	102	0
2001	36.8	85	46.6	79	26.9	93	4.36	106	0
2000	40.3	33	50.3	30	30.4	35	6.23	93	0
1999	41.7	15	51.5	15	32	15	8.16	60	0
1998	40.5	28	48.3	63	32.7	11	18.34	1	0
1997	39.5	47	48.6	60	30.4	35	7.11	76	0
1996	35.7	97	44.3	101	27.1	90	11.31	20	0
1995	39.5	47	48.5	62	30.6	33	11.57	18	0
1994	35.2	102	44.4	100	26	99	15.13	3	0
1993	38.1	67	47.1	72	29.1	56	9.83	40	0
1992	41.1	18	51.2	17	31.1	27	10.07	35	0
1991	41.9	12	52.1	13	31.7	19	9.44	44	0
1990	39.5	47	50.1	35	28.8	59	7.69	68	0
1989	39.5	47	49.7	43	29.3	50	4.63	105	0
1988	36.7	86	46.2	84	27.1	90	5.10	100	0
1987	36.5	88	45.2	96	27.8	76	14.56	6	0
1986	36.1	93	45.6	93	26.7	95	4.65	104	0
1985	39	57	48.8	56	29.2	53	7.93	64	0
1984	37.2	79	46.5	81	27.9	75	11.81	16	0
1983	38.2	64	46.9	74	29.5	48	7.93	64	0
1982	32.7	110	41.6	111	24.1	106	12.30	13	1
1981	36.2	91	46.7	77	25.8	105	3.32	108	0
1980	37.5	73	46.9	74	28.1	68	5.90	96	0
1979	33.5	106	43.1	103	23.9	107	13.79	8	0
1978	31.1	113	39.5	114	22.6	110	9.26	48	0
1977	31.3	112	42.1	109	20.6	113	4.78	103	0
1976	39.5	47	50.4	26	28.5	65	7.10	77	0
1975	39.6	45	49.1	50	30.1	42	9.80	41	0
1974	40.8	22	50	36	31.7	19	11.06	22	0
1973	39.3	53	49	53	29.5	48	10.17	33	0
1972	40.4	30	50.5	25	30.2	39	8.12	61	0
1971	37.6	70	47.8	64	27.4	86	9.15	51	0
1970	33.3	107	42.6	108	23.9	107	9.21	50	0
1969	34.3	105	42.7	107	25.9	102	6.40	91	0
1968	36.1	93	45.7	92	26.4	97	8.73	55	0
1967	37.9	68	47.2	69	28.6	63	7.01	78	0
1966	35.7	97	44.5	98	26.9	93	9.22	49	0
1965	37.5	73	47.5	65	27.5	84	9.98	37	0
1964	34.4	104	42.9	104	25.9	102	12.39	12	0
1963	32.8	108	42.9	104	22.6	110	6.42	90	0
1962	37.6	70	46	88	29.1	56	10.83	26	0
1961	35.4	101	44.8	97	25.9	102	8.34	59	0
1960	38.6	61	46.5	81	30.6	33	11.27	21	0
1959	36.9	84	46.7	77	27.1	90	7.56	70	0
1958	35.5	99	43.9	102	27.2	88	9.52	43	0
1957	42.3	11	51.2	17	33.3	7	10.96	24	0
1956	37	80	46	88	28.1	68	6.31	92	0
1955	37	80	46.2	84	27.8	76	9.01	53	0
1954	40	38	50.2	33	29.8	46	12.41	11	2
1953	41.1	18	50	36	32.2	12	9.00	54	0
1952	40.8	22	50.4	26	31.2	26	10.85	25	0
1951	37.5	73	47.2	69	27.8	76	7.13	75	0
1950	42.8	7	52.3	9	33.3	7	6.81	83	0
1949	43.1	6	52.4	8	33.8	5	13.39	9	0
1948	36	95	46.1	86	26	99	6.93	80	0
1947	39.1	56	50.2	33	28.1	68	9.92	38	0
1946	37.5	73	47.2	69	27.8	76	11.55	19	1
1945	37	80	46.5	81	27.5	84	7.82	67	0
1944	39.9	42	50.4	26	29.3	50	10.57	29	0
1943	38.7	60	49.2	49	28.1	68	8.11	62	0
1942	38.5	62	48.9	55	28	73	6.99	79	1
1941	38.5	62	48.7	58	28.2	67	5.90	96	1
1940	35.8	96	45.3	95	26.2	98	6.74	84	1
1939	40.2	36	50.4	26	30	43	10.01	36	0
1938	39.4	52	49	53	29.8	46	4.12	107	0
1937	40.4	30	48.7	58	32.1	14	15.20	2	0
1936	32.8	108	41.7	110	23.9	107	14.77	5	0
1935	37.8	69	47	73	28.6	63	9.30	47	0
1934	38.9	58	49.1	50	28.7	61	7.64	69	2
1933	41.6	16	52.2	11	31	28	8.53	57	1
1932	46.1	1	57.2	1	35.5	1	8.53	57	3
1931			51	20					18
1930	42.5	9	54.6	2	30.4	35	6.58	86	0
1929	38.9	58	50.3	30	27.8	76			2
1928	39.8	44	51.2	17	28.5	65	8.68	56	1
1927	41.3	17	50.8	23	31.7	19	10.38	31	1
1926	39.3	53	49.4	47	29.2	53	9.03	52	2
1925	40.7	26	52.2	11	29.2	53	9.36	45	5
1924	40	38	51	20	28.7	61			5
1923	40.8	22	51.8	14	29.9	44	9.84	39	0
1922	41	20	50.3	30	31.7	19			3
1921	40	38	49.9	39	30.2	39	10.12	34	0
1920	36.3	90	46.8	76	26	99	7.41	73	1
1919	40.9	21	50.9	22	30.9	29	10.59	28	1
1918	31.7	111	41.6	111	21.8	112	7.85	66	2
1917	38.2	64	49.1	50	27.2	88	6.11	95	4
1916	40.3	33	50	36	30.4	35	9.31	46	1
1915	37.6	70	45.9	90	29.3	50			0
1914	38.2	64	47.4	67	28.8	59			7
1913	40.1	37	49.8	41	30.7	32	5.87	98	3
1912									41

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	46.1
2023	44.4
2024	43.2
2017	43.2
2012	43.2
1949	43.1
2020	42.8
1950	42.8
1930	42.5
2002	42.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	31.1
1977	31.3
1918	31.7
1982	32.7
1963	32.8
1936	32.8
1970	33.3
1979	33.5
1969	34.3
1964	34.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	18.34
1937	15.20
1994	15.13
2010	14.90
1936	14.77
1987	14.56
2019	14.36
1979	13.79
1949	13.39
2016	12.78

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	3.32
1938	4.12
2001	4.36
1989	4.63
1986	4.65
1977	4.78
2002	4.96
2011	5.01
1988	5.10
2008	5.58

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 20 February 2026
Coldest night: 7°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.26 in; 10 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.91 in of precipitation in Roanoke, VA, the driest winter since 2018, 28th driest of 108.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Roanoke, VA: 74°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Roanoke, VA: a low of 7°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Roanoke, VA: 1.26 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.