Rochester, NY: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 24.6°F in Rochester, NY, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 43rd coldest of 154 (with 1902).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 24.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 43rd coldest of 154
Precipitation: 8.46 in; Wettest since 2020; 36th wettest of 155

A normal winter in Rochester, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28.5°F, between 23.4°F and 32.4°F in eight years of ten and 7.22 in of precipitation, between 6.18 in and 9.24 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Rochester, NY since 1873: 24.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 19.5°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 23.4 to 32.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Rochester, NY from 1872 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	24.6	111	31.6	108	17.5	111	8.46	36	0
2025	27.8	52	33.9	63	21.6	41	5.99	126	0
2024	34.9	1	41.1	1	28.7	1	7.75	63	0
2023	32.2	11	38.3	12	26	5	8.26	39	0
2022	27.5	56	35.7	37	19.2	85	7.97	53	0
2021	28.4	39	34.1	62	22.7	28	6.33	114	0
2020	30.4	21	37	27	23.8	21	9.22	26	0
2019	28.8	36	36.1	34	21.5	43	8.07	48	0
2018	28	46	35.4	40	20.7	57	7.50	75	0
2017	32.6	7	39.3	9	26	5	7.99	51	0
2016	33.1	5	40.8	4	25.4	9	8.03	49	0
2015	22.4	137	30.2	131	14.5	140	6.56	107	0
2014	23.5	126	31	116	16.1	129	6.61	104	0
2013	31.2	16	37.6	20	24.7	14	7.88	57	0
2012	32.4	9	39.4	8	25.4	9	7.93	55	0
2011	24.2	117	30.8	121	17.5	111	7.04	90	0
2010	25.9	89	31.7	106	20.1	70	7.59	71	0
2009	26.1	83	33.8	64	18.5	98	7.41	78	0
2008	28.7	37	35.2	42	22.3	33	10.15	19	0
2007	30.1	24	36.5	30	23.6	22	9.37	22	0
2006	30.7	18	37.1	25	24.3	16	5.92	130	0
2005	25.6	92	33.2	75	17.9	108	7.73	66	0
2004	24.8	103	32.2	96	17.4	114	5.95	128	0
2003	22.5	135	29.3	139	15.7	135	7.86	59	0
2002	33.5	4	40.7	5	26.3	4	6.30	116	0
2001	25.8	90	32.5	93	19.1	90	6.68	101	0
2000	28.4	39	36.4	32	20.5	64	7.01	92	0
1999	29.3	33	37.4	21	21.2	50	6.21	120	0
1998	31.7	12	38	15	25.4	9	10.85	14	0
1997	29.4	32	37.2	24	21.6	41	7.40	79	0
1996	24.5	113	31.5	111	17.5	111	6.40	110	0
1995	30.4	21	37.8	18	23	27	6.36	112	0
1994	21.5	145	29.3	139	13.6	148	5.91	131	0
1993	25.6	92	33.2	75	18.1	104	6.82	98	0
1992	28	46	35.2	42	20.9	55	6.25	119	0
1991	29.8	28	37.1	25	22.5	31	7.03	91	0
1990	26.6	76	34.2	60	18.9	91	7.12	87	0
1989	27.5	56	35	46	20.1	70	3.84	154	0
1988	27.1	63	34.8	48	19.5	79	4.88	143	0
1987	27	66	33.6	70	20.3	67	6.11	122	0
1986	24.8	103	31	116	18.6	96	5.55	134	0
1985	27.8	52	34.7	50	21	53	7.58	72	0
1984	26.1	83	32.7	85	19.4	82	9.06	29	0
1983	31.4	15	38.8	11	24	20	4.83	146	0
1982	22.5	135	29.1	141	16	130	7.95	54	0
1981	23.9	122	32.7	85	15.2	138	6.82	98	0
1980	25.4	98	31.7	106	19.2	85	5.13	142	0
1979	22	142	29.4	138	14.5	140	10.93	12	0
1978	22.7	133	29.5	136	15.9	131	12.84	4	0
1977	21.3	146	28.3	145	14.4	142	3.94	153	0
1976	26.8	69	35	46	18.6	96	7.76	62	0
1975	29.8	28	35.1	45	24.4	15	7.51	74	0
1974	27.1	63	34.6	52	19.5	79	7.43	77	0
1973	28.2	44	35.7	37	20.6	60	5.56	133	0
1972	26.8	69	35.3	41	18.4	99	8.95	31	0
1971	23.8	123	30.6	126	17.1	116	10.99	10	0
1970	22.2	141	30.1	132	14.3	144	7.74	64	0
1969	26.3	81	32.6	89	19.9	75	6.68	101	0
1968	24.4	114	31.6	108	17.1	116	4.17	152	0
1967	27.9	49	35.2	42	20.7	57	4.36	149	0
1966	27.6	55	34.4	57	20.8	56	8.82	33	0
1965	25.6	92	33.7	67	17.6	110	7.33	82	0
1964	24.7	108	32.5	93	16.9	121	4.78	147	0
1963	21.2	147	28.9	142	13.4	150	4.25	151	0
1962	24.7	108	32.2	96	17.3	115	5.94	129	0
1961	23.3	128	31.1	115	15.5	136	5.34	139	0
1960	27.2	60	33.1	77	21.3	47	11.92	8	0
1959	21.9	143	30	134	13.8	146	7.19	85	0
1958	26	86	32.6	89	19.5	79	9.04	30	0
1957	27.2	60	34.5	53	20	72	6.34	113	0
1956	24.7	108	30.6	126	18.8	92	7.05	89	0
1955	25.6	92	31.8	102	19.4	82	6.12	121	0
1954	29.5	31	36.7	28	22.2	34	5.97	127	0
1953	31.5	14	37.9	16	25	13	6.09	123	0
1952	28.7	37	36	35	21.4	45	8.14	42	0
1951	26.7	72	34.2	60	19.2	85	7.56	73	0
1950	30	25	37.9	16	22.1	36	10.73	15	0
1949	30.7	18	38.3	12	23.1	26	5.87	132	0
1948	22.7	133	30.8	121	14.7	139	6.89	96	0
1947	27.3	59	34.5	53	20	72	7.72	67	0
1946	24.2	117	32	98	16.5	126	5.51	136	0
1945	21	148	28.3	145	13.8	146	9.86	20	0
1944	26	86	33.6	70	18.4	99	4.86	145	0
1943	23.4	127	30.9	119	16.2	128	8.59	35	1
1942	25.7	91	32.7	85	18.7	95	8.03	49	0
1941	25.4	98	32.8	82	18	107	6.38	111	0
1940	25	102	30.1	132	19.9	75	6.31	115	0
1939	28.4	39	34.8	48	21.9	40	7.30	84	0
1938	27.4	58	33.6	70	21.3	47	6.57	106	0
1937	32.3	10	39.2	10	25.5	8	7.44	76	0
1936	22.4	137	27.6	147	17.1	116	7.80	60	1
1935	24.8	103	31.5	111	18.2	101	7.69	68	0
1934	22.9	131	30.4	128	15.4	137	6.48	108	0
1933	33.1	5	39.9	7	26	5	5.24	141	1
1932	34.6	2	41	2	28.1	2	9.26	24	0
1931	27.9	49	33.8	64	22	37	6.02	124	0
1930	27.8	52	34.3	58	21.3	47	8.34	38	0
1929	27.9	49	33.7	67	22	37	5.46	137	1
1928	28.1	45	34.7	50	21.4	45	7.33	82	0
1927	26.6	76	32.7	85	20.6	60	8.23	40	0
1926	26.2	82	31.8	102	20.7	57	6.00	125	0
1925	26.7	72	33.7	67	19.7	77	8.13	43	0
1924	28	46	34.5	53	21.5	43	7.65	69	0
1923	24.8	103	31.5	111	18.1	104	8.23	40	0
1922	26.6	76	33.5	74	19.6	78	6.29	117	0
1921	30.4	21	36.4	32	24.3	16	6.42	109	0
1920	20.4	151	27.6	147	13.2	151	6.74	100	0
1919	31.6	13	37.8	18	25.3	12	4.71	148	0
1918	19.5	154	26.9	153	12.1	154	7.39	81	0
1917	24	121	30.9	119	17.1	116	7.80	60	0
1916	26.7	72	33	79	20.4	66	8.10	45	0
1915	27.1	63	32.9	80	21.2	50	8.11	44	0
1914	26.1	83	32.9	80	19.2	85	7.12	87	0
1913	30	25	36.5	30	23.5	24	8.09	46	0
1912	24.3	115	30.4	128	18.2	101	7.00	94	0
1911	25.6	92	31.9	100	19.4	82	8.09	46	0
1910	24.8	103	30.7	124	18.8	92	8.46	36	0
1909	29.1	35	35.7	37	22.6	29	6.87	97	0
1908	26.4	80	32.6	89	20.3	67	7.63	70	0
1907	23.8	123	30.8	121	16.7	123	6.64	103	0
1906	30.5	20	37.4	21	23.6	22	4.87	144	0
1905	20.9	149	27.4	150	14.4	142	7.17	86	0
1904	19.7	153	26.8	154	12.7	153	7.87	58	0
1903	26.7	72	32.8	82	20.5	64	8.62	34	0
1902	24.6	111	31	116	18.2	101	9.18	27	0
1901	24.1	119	30.3	130	17.9	108	10.48	18	0
1900	27	66	33.6	70	20.3	67	12.53	6	0
1899	25.4	98	31.9	100	18.8	92	7.93	55	0
1898	28.4	39	34.3	58	22.4	32	11.71	9	0
1897	26.6	76	32.5	93	20.6	60	6.99	95	0
1896	26.8	69	32.6	89	21	53	12.02	7	0
1895	25.4	98	31.6	108	19.2	85	9.12	28	0
1894	27.2	60	33.8	64	20.6	60	10.52	17	0
1893	21.6	144	27.3	152	15.9	131	6.58	105	0
1892	29.2	34	35.9	36	22.6	29	9.35	23	0
1891	27	66	32.8	82	21.1	52	10.89	13	0
1890	33.8	3	40.9	3	26.7	3	10.99	10	0
1889	26	86	32	98	20	72	7.74	64	0
1888	24.1	119	31.8	102	16.4	127	4.30	150	0
1887	23.6	125	31.4	114	15.8	134	7.98	52	0
1886	25.6	92	33.1	77	18.1	104	7.01	92	0
1885	22.3	139	30.7	124	14	145	6.28	118	0
1884	24.3	115	31.8	102	16.8	122	9.40	21	0
1883	23.2	129	29.8	135	16.6	125	5.32	140	0
1882	31.2	16	38.1	14	24.3	16	7.40	79	0
1881	22.3	139	28.6	144	15.9	131	10.53	16	0
1880	32.5	8	40.6	6	24.3	16	9.23	25	0
1879	22.8	132	28.9	142	16.7	123	12.97	3	0
1878	30	25	36.6	29	23.5	24	14.64	1	0
1877	23.2	129	29.5	136	17	120	5.38	138	0
1876	29.8	28	37.4	21	22.2	34	12.58	5	0
1875	20.2	152	27.5	149	12.9	152	3.40	155	0
1874	28.3	43	34.5	53	22	37	13.42	2	0
1873	20.5	150	27.4	150	13.6	148	8.90	32	0
1872							5.54	135	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	34.9
1932	34.6
1890	33.8
2002	33.5
2016	33.1
1933	33.1
2017	32.6
1880	32.5
2012	32.4
1937	32.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	19.5
1904	19.7
1875	20.2
1920	20.4
1873	20.5
1905	20.9
1945	21
1963	21.2
1977	21.3
1994	21.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1878	14.64
1874	13.42
1879	12.97
1978	12.84
1876	12.58
1900	12.53
1896	12.02
1960	11.92
1898	11.71
1971	10.99
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1875	3.40
1989	3.84
1977	3.94
1968	4.17
1963	4.25
1888	4.30
1967	4.36
1919	4.71
1964	4.78
1983	4.83

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 9 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.72 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.46 in of precipitation in Rochester, NY, the wettest winter since 2020, tied 36th wettest of 155 (with 1910).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rochester, NY: 58°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rochester, NY: a low of -9°F on Monday 9 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rochester, NY: 0.72 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.