Rochester, MN: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 19°F in Rochester, MN, the warmest winter since 2024, tied 32nd warmest of 109 (with 2020).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 19°F; Warmest since 2024; 32nd warmest of 109
Precipitation: 2.26 in; Driest since 2025; 37th driest of 110

A normal winter in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 18.3°F, between 13.5°F and 23.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.34 in of precipitation, between 2.17 in and 4.68 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Rochester, MN since 1887: 19°F in 2026; the highest is 27.8°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 13.5 to 23.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Rochester, MN 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	19	32	27.1	35	11	32	2.26	74	0
2025	18.5	39	26.7	39	10.2	37	1.77	92	0
2024	27.8	1	35.3	1	20.3	1	2.14	79	0
2023	18.8	37	26	51	11.5	27	6.57	1	0
2022	16.1	59	25.4	56	6.9	68	2.65	54	0
2021	18.2	42	25.7	53	10.8	33	1.99	85	0
2020	19	32	26.9	38	11.2	30	3.40	27	0
2019	15.8	62	23.2	73	8.4	50	6.30	2	0
2018	16	61	24.2	65	7.8	55	3.01	41	0
2017	21.3	17	28.2	24	14.4	13	5.85	3	0
2016	22.4	12	28.6	20	16.3	7	4.61	8	0
2015	16.4	54	23.6	69	9.1	44	2.38	69	0
2014	8.8	105	18	107	-0.3	106	3.86	17	0
2013	20.4	22	28.2	24	12.5	20	3.78	19	0
2012	25.5	3	33.4	3	17.5	4	3.41	26	0
2011	14.6	74	21.8	86	7.5	58	5.29	5	0
2010	14.4	76	21.7	89	7.2	63	3.59	24	0
2009	13.7	81	22.9	78	4.4	84	2.95	43	0
2008	14.4	76	22.1	85	7	66	2.44	67	1
2007	19.6	29	26.4	42	12.8	17	4.22	11	0
2006	21.7	14	28.5	23	15	11	1.29	102	0
2005	20	24	27.1	35	12.9	15	2.94	44	0
2004	18.9	34	26.3	44	11.5	27	3.39	28	0
2003	17.7	45	26.4	42	8.9	47	1.52	98	0
2002	25.5	3	33	4	18	3	3.72	20	0
2001	11.6	97	19.8	101	3.4	92	3.61	22	0
2000	21.3	17	29.8	15	12.8	17	2.24	75	0
1999	20.7	21	28.6	20	12.9	15	3.48	25	0
1998	24.5	5	30.1	13	19	2	3.29	31	0
1997	14.2	79	21.6	91	6.8	70	3.92	16	0
1996	14.9	72	23.1	75	6.6	72	2.80	47	0
1995	19.7	27	26.7	39	12.8	17	1.14	104	0
1994	12	94	19.8	101	4.2	86	2.67	53	0
1993	15.7	63	23.5	70	7.9	53	3.28	32	0
1992	23.1	8	29.5	16	16.7	6	3.05	38	0
1991	16.1	59	25	60	7.2	63	2.77	49	0
1990	19.2	30	28.2	24	10.2	37	1.64	95	0
1989	17	51	26.3	44	7.6	57	1.94	88	0
1988	14.6	74	22.8	79	6.5	74	3.13	36	0
1987	23.5	6	30.9	9	16	8	1.13	105	0
1986	12.4	90	20.6	94	4.2	86	2.34	70	0
1985	14.7	73	23.3	72	6.1	79	2.99	42	0
1984	13.3	82	20.3	97	6.4	75	3.07	37	0
1983	22.5	10	29.1	18	16	8	4.92	6	0
1982	11.7	96	19.9	100	3.4	92	2.53	59	0
1981	20	24	28.6	20	11.5	27	2.65	54	0
1980	18.9	34	27	37	10.8	33	2.52	60	0
1979	5.6	109	14.5	112	-3.3	110	2.45	66	0
1978	8.7	106	17.5	109	0	103	2.48	64	0
1977	9.4	100	20.2	99	-1.3	108	1.81	91	0
1976	21	20	30.3	11	11.6	26	2.08	82	0
1975	17.5	46	25.7	53	9.3	43	3.23	34	0
1974	14.4	76	22.5	82	6.4	75	2.08	82	0
1973	15.5	67	23.5	70	7.4	60	3.38	29	0
1972	13	85	21.8	86	4.1	88	1.98	87	0
1971	13.3	82	21.7	89	4.9	81	4.15	13	0
1970	12.6	87	21.8	86	3.3	94	2.51	61	0
1969	15.1	71	23.2	73	6.9	68	3.25	33	0
1968	17.1	49	26.3	44	7.9	53	1.13	105	0
1967	15.3	68	23.9	67	6.6	72	4.25	10	0
1966	15.6	64	24	66	7.3	62	3.15	35	0
1965	12.2	91	20.9	93	3.5	90	2.63	57	0
1964	18.3	40	27.7	30	8.9	47	0.80	109	1
1963	12.1	92	20.5	96	3.7	89	1.49	99	0
1962	12.5	89	20.3	97	4.6	82	2.22	76	0
1961	19.1	31	27.6	31	10.6	35	1.93	90	0
1960	22.5	10	30.2	12	14.8	12	2.14	79	0
1959	12.1	92	22.4	83	1.8	99	2.27	73	0
1958	20.2	23	27.9	29	12.4	23	0.71	110	0
1957	18.3	40	27.5	32	9.1	44	0.97	107	0
1956	12.7	86	23.1	75	2.4	97	2.32	71	0
1955	17.5	46	25.4	56	9.6	40	2.10	81	0
1954	21.7	14	31.4	8	12	25	2.06	84	0
1953	19.7	27	28.1	27	11.2	30	2.63	57	1
1952	17.8	44	26.1	49	9.4	41	3.04	39	0
1951	11.4	99	21.4	92	1.3	100	4.69	7	0
1950	15.2	70	25.8	52	4.5	83	3.61	22	0
1949	16.4	54	25.6	55	7.2	63	4.22	11	0
1948	14.1	80	23.8	68	4.4	84	3.83	18	0
1947	18.7	38	28.1	27	9.4	41	2.51	61	0
1946	15.6	64	24.7	61	6.7	71	4.08	15	2
1945	15.3	68	24.3	63	6.2	77	2.84	46	0
1944	22.4	12	32.2	5	12.5	20	1.69	93	0
1943	13.3	82	23	77	3.5	90	2.68	52	1
1942	21.3	17	29.9	14	12.3	24	0.92	108	1
1941	18.1	43	26.3	44	10	39	4.13	14	0
1940	16.4	54	26.1	49	7.5	58	2.50	63	3
1939	17.1	49	26.7	39	7.4	60	2.40	68	0
1938	16.4	54	24.4	62	8.5	49	1.94	88	2
1937	11.8	95	22.7	80	1.1	101	2.76	50	1
1936	8.2	107	17.1	110	-0.6	107	2.17	77	0
1935	15.6	64	25.1	59	6.2	77	2.47	65	0
1934	19.8	26	29.3	17	10.3	36	1.66	94	1
1933	18.9	34	28.7	19	9	46	4.29	9	2
1932	23	9	31.7	6	14.4	13			2
1931	26.2	2	35.1	2	17.3	5	1.29	102	0
1930	17.2	48	27.2	34	8.1	52	1.61	96	6
1929			22.6	81	3.3	94			10
1920			19.8	101			1.55	97	13
1919	23.3	7	31.5	7	15.2	10	2.73	51	4
1918	9.2	102	18.4	106	-0.2	104	1.45	100	5
1917	9.1	103	19.7	104	-1.8	109	2.16	78	8
1916			25.2	58	7.7	56	2.65	54	14
1915	16.2	58	24.3	63	8.3	51	3.03	40	3
1914	21.7	14	30.4	10	12.5	20	1.45	100	3
1913	16.7	52	27.4	33	5.9	80	1.99	85	2
1912	11.6	97	20.6	94	2.7	96	2.92	45	0
1911	16.6	53	26.2	48	7	66	2.80	47	1
1910	12.6	87	22.3	84	2.2	98	2.30	72	9
1909							3.37	30	41
1894									37
1893	9	104	17.9	108	0.1	102			1
1892									49
1889									59
1888	9.3	101	18.7	105	-0.2	104	5.47	4	0
1887	5.8	108	15.5	111	-3.9	111	3.70	21	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	27.8
1931	26.2
2012	25.5
2002	25.5
1998	24.5
1987	23.5
1919	23.3
1992	23.1
1932	23
1983	22.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	5.6
1887	5.8
1936	8.2
1978	8.7
2014	8.8
1893	9
1917	9.1
1918	9.2
1888	9.3
1977	9.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	6.57
2019	6.30
2017	5.85
1888	5.47
2011	5.29
1983	4.92
1951	4.69
2016	4.61
1933	4.29
1967	4.25

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	0.71
1964	0.80
1942	0.92
1957	0.97
1987	1.13
1968	1.13
1995	1.14
2006	1.29
1931	1.29
1918	1.45
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 55°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -22°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.53 in; 8 January 2026

Every month, season and year

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.26 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the driest winter since 2025, 37th driest of 110.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rochester, MN: 55°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rochester, MN: a low of -22°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rochester, MN: 0.53 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.