Salisbury, MD: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 34.5°F in Salisbury, MD, the coldest winter since 2011, tied 15th coldest of 113 (with 2011 and 1969).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 34.5°F; Coldest since 2011; 15th coldest of 113
Precipitation: 7.38 in; Driest since 2012; 14th driest of 112

A normal winter in Salisbury, MD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.2°F, between 34.7°F and 42.4°F in eight years of ten and 10.19 in of precipitation, between 7.30 in and 13.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Salisbury, MD since 1907: 34.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 30.3°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 34.7 to 42.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Salisbury, MD from 1907 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	34.5	97	44.2	95	24.9	103	7.38	98	0
2025	35.7	85	45.5	83	26	94	8.39	81	0
2024	42.5	6	52.2	11	32.7	7	15.44	9	0
2023	43.2	2	53.7	3	32.7	7	8.60	78	0
2022	40.4	21	51.1	19	29.7	37	7.40	96	0
2021	38.9	44	47.2	61	30.6	27	16.21	6	0
2020	42.5	6	52.4	6	32.5	9	9.29	64	0
2019	39.5	35	49.3	34	29.7	37	10.38	48	0
2018	38.4	48	48.4	44	28.5	54	7.39	97	0
2017	41.6	12	51	20	32.2	11	7.73	91	0
2016	42.6	5	52.2	11	33	5	11.34	32	0
2015	36.5	77	45.5	83	27.5	67	11.75	30	0
2014	37.8	57	48.1	49	27.4	69	10.40	47	0
2013	42.2	11	51.3	16	33.1	4	9.95	55	0
2012	43.2	2	54.2	2	32.2	11	7.38	98	0
2011	34.5	97	43.5	105	25.5	98	6.02	108	0
2010	34.7	96	42.5	108	26.8	82	16.03	7	0
2009	37.1	68	47.7	57	26.5	87	5.26	110	0
2008	37.9	55	49.1	37	26.7	84	9.09	69	0
2007	37.5	64	48.2	48	26.9	80	9.08	70	0
2006	37.7	59	48.3	46	27.2	74	8.14	83	0
2005	36.7	73	46.9	67	26.5	87	9.99	54	0
2004	34.1	102	44.2	95	24.1	110	12.81	22	0
2003	32.9	108	42.3	109	23.6	112	11.05	38	0
2002	40.2	26	52.6	4	27.9	62	6.61	104	0
2001	36.7	73	46.9	67	26.5	87	7.81	88	0
2000	39.1	43	49.4	33	28.8	50	7.87	86	0
1999	41.1	17	51.3	16	30.9	24	12.88	21	0
1998	42.4	8	51	20	33.9	2	18.28	2	0
1997	40.3	24	49.9	27	30.7	26	13.07	18	1
1996	34.9	93	43.9	101	25.8	96	13.30	16	0
1995	40.3	24	49.6	31	31	23	7.41	95	0
1994	34.8	95	44.3	94	25.3	100	15.14	10	4
1993	37.8	57	46.8	69	28.8	50	13.04	19	0
1992	39.4	37	49.8	28	29	46	10.38	48	0
1991	41.1	17	51.6	15	30.5	29	10.89	41	0
1990	38.3	50	48.4	44	28.2	55	10.10	53	0
1989	38.4	48	47.9	53	28.9	48	6.48	105	0
1988	36.7	73	46.4	76	27	77	11.12	36	0
1987	36	82	44.7	91	27.3	72	16.70	5	0
1986	35.6	86	44.1	97	27.1	75	9.25	66	0
1985	37.6	62	46.7	72	28.6	53	7.74	90	0
1984	39.9	28	49	38	30.8	25	11.29	34	0
1983	39.6	34	47.9	53	31.3	17	9.26	65	0
1982	35.1	91	44	98	26.1	90	13.03	20	0
1981	34.9	93	44.7	91	25	102	5.75	109	0
1980	37.4	66	45.9	80	28.9	48	6.88	103	0
1979	33.9	104	43.2	106	24.5	107	19.70	1	0
1978	33.8	105	42.3	109	25.4	99	16.97	4	0
1977	31.2	112	40.8	115	21.6	115	8.69	77	0
1976	39.9	28	49.7	29	30.1	30	8.79	75	0
1975	39.9	28	48.6	41	31.2	19	12.81	22	0
1974	39.2	39	48.5	42	29.8	34	10.96	39	0
1973	40.4	21	49	38	31.8	14	11.11	37	0
1972	40.9	19	50.1	24	31.7	15	11.54	31	0
1971	35.5	89	45.4	86	25.6	97	11.20	35	0
1970	33.6	106	42.6	107	24.7	104	13.15	17	0
1969	34.5	97	42.1	111	26.9	80	9.24	67	0
1968	34.3	101	44	98	24.6	106	8.73	76	0
1967	38.5	45	47.6	58	29.4	40	9.47	63	0
1966	36.1	81	44.8	89	27.4	69	7.64	93	0
1965	37.6	62	47.1	64	28.1	58	7.34	100	0
1964	35.6	86	44	98	27.3	72	12.62	25	0
1963	32.6	109	40.8	115	24.4	109	8.92	71	0
1962	36.3	80	44.8	89	27.8	65	14.21	13	0
1961	34.4	100	43.7	103	25.1	101	12.16	28	0
1960	39.5	35	48	50	31.1	21	10.63	44	0
1959	34.1	102	44.4	93	23.8	111	7.10	102	0
1958	35.5	89	43.9	101	27	77	13.87	14	0
1957	39.7	32	48.3	46	31.1	21	10.14	51	1
1956	35.6	86	43.7	103	27.4	69	7.82	87	0
1955	35.9	83	45.2	88	26.7	84	7.47	94	0
1954	39.7	32	49.6	31	29.8	34	6.34	107	0
1953	40.6	20	50	26	31.2	19	10.13	52	0
1952	40.1	27	50.1	24	30.1	30	12.06	29	0
1951	38	54	47.9	53	28	59	7.21	101	0
1950	42.7	4	52.5	5	32.9	6	5.11	111	0
1949	42.3	9	52.3	10	32.3	10	13.62	15	0
1948	35.8	84	45.5	83	26.1	90			0
1947	41.2	16	52.4	6	30	32	8.87	72	0
1946	38.5	45	48	50	29	46	12.17	27	0
1945	36.8	72	46.1	78	27.6	66	9.83	57	0
1944	39.2	39	49.7	29	28.7	52	8.80	74	1
1943	39.2	39	49.3	34	29.1	44	9.83	57	0
1942	36.4	78	46.8	69	26	94	8.07	85	0
1941	36.9	71	46.2	77	27.5	67	8.85	73	0
1940	32.6	109	42.1	111	23.2	113	8.10	84	0
1939	40.4	21	51	20	29.8	34	11.30	33	0
1938									29
1937			51.2	18	33.2	3	18.20	3	10
1936	32	111	41.2	114	22.9	114	14.83	11	1
1935	37.5	64	48	50	27.1	75	10.50	46	1
1934	36.4	78	45.6	82	26.7	84	10.37	50	2
1933	42.3	9	52.4	6	32.2	11	10.66	43	0
1932	45.5	1	55.4	1	35.7	1	9.51	62	1
1931	38.1	53	47.2	61	29.1	44	5.00	112	1
1930	41.6	12	51.8	13	31.6	16	7.75	89	2
1929	37.9	55	47.9	53	28	59	9.57	61	2
1928	39.3	38	49.3	34	29.3	43			0
1927	38.3	50	47.2	61	29.4	40	8.42	80	0
1926			46.8	69			9.59	60	33
1925							9.86	56	20
1924	39.8	31	50.2	23	29.5	39	8.21	82	1
1923	37.7	59	47.5	59	27.9	62	12.71	24	1
1922	37.1	68	46	79	28.2	55			0
1921									60
1920	33.1	107	41.8	113	24.5	107	14.25	12	4
1919	39.2	39	48.5	42	30	32	10.61	45	4
1918	30.3	113	39.7	117	21	116	6.43	106	1
1917			45.9	80	26.1	90	8.51	79	11
1916	37.7	59	47.4	60	28	59	9.11	68	1
1915	38.3	50	47.1	64	29.4	40	15.63	8	2
1914	38.5	45	48.9	40	28.2	55			0
1913	41.4	15	52.4	6	30.6	27	10.80	42	4
1912	35	92	45.4	86	24.7	104	12.42	26	0
1911	37.3	67	46.7	72	27.9	62	7.70	92	1
1910			46.5	75	26.1	90	9.75	59	12
1909	41.5	14	51.8	13	31.3	17	10.94	40	2
1908	36.6	76	46.6	74	26.8	82			4
1907	37.1	68	47.1	64	27	77			1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	45.5
2023	43.2
2012	43.2
1950	42.7
2016	42.6
2024	42.5
2020	42.5
1998	42.4
1949	42.3
1933	42.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	30.3
1977	31.2
1936	32
1963	32.6
1940	32.6
2003	32.9
1920	33.1
1970	33.6
1978	33.8
1979	33.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	19.70
1998	18.28
1937	18.20
1978	16.97
1987	16.70
2021	16.21
2010	16.03
1915	15.63
2024	15.44
1994	15.14

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1931	5.00
1950	5.11
2009	5.26
1981	5.75
2011	6.02
1954	6.34
1918	6.43
1989	6.48
2002	6.61
1980	6.88

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 11 January 2026, 10 January 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.42 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 7.38 in of precipitation in Salisbury, MD, the driest winter since 2012, tied 14th driest of 112 (with 2012).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Salisbury, MD: 66°F on Sunday 11 January 2026 and Saturday 10 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Salisbury, MD: a low of 5°F on Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Salisbury, MD: 1.42 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.