Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 33.2°F in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 22nd coldest of 65 (with 2010 and 1966).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 33.2°F; Coldest since 2015; 22nd coldest of 65
Precipitation: 7.10 in; Driest since 2022; 19th driest of 63

A normal winter in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.6°F, between 32.4°F and 39.7°F in eight years of ten and 8.44 in of precipitation, between 5.78 in and 12.58 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA since 1962: 33.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 28.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 32.4 to 39.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA from 1962 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
2026	33.2	42	42.5	43	24	40	7.10	45
2025	35.3	29	44.1	37	26.5	24	7.75	39
2024	40.7	2	50.4	3	31	3	13.20	3
2023	41.2	1	51.2	1	31.1	2	8.58	30
2022	38.7	9	49	7	28.3	12	6.66	50
2021	36.7	20	44.7	31	28.7	9	11.97	10
2020	39.7	6	48.8	8	30.6	4	9.54	23
2019	36.4	23	45.3	28	27.6	16	13.22	2
2018	36.4	23	46.3	18	26.4	26	7.16	44
2017	40.7	2	49.9	5	31.4	1	5.80	56
2016	39.1	8	48.3	9	29.8	8	12.02	9
2015	31.3	55	39.9	59	22.7	52	8.28	35
2014	32.9	46	42.1	48	23.6	45	12.08	8
2013	38.3	10	46.6	15	29.9	6	8.20	37
2012	40	4	50.1	4	29.9	6	8.55	31
2011	32.8	47	41.4	51	24.3	37	5.55	59
2010	33.2	42	41.1	53	25.4	31	12.62	5
2009	35.2	30	44.5	32	25.9	29	5.60	58
2008	37	16	45.6	25	28.5	11	6.90	48
2007	36.8	19	46.1	19	27.4	17	6.39	52
2006	37.1	14	46.4	17	27.8	15	7.69	40
2005	36.6	21	45.8	22	27.4	17	7.56	41
2004	32.8	47	41.9	49	23.8	42	7.91	38
2003	30.7	60	38.7	63	22.7	52	12.57	6
2002	39.8	5	50.9	2	28.7	9	3.24	63
2001	32.6	49	42.2	45	22.9	50	6.28	53
2000	36.6	21	46.6	15	26.5	24	7.09	46
1999	37.8	12	48.3	9	27.2	20	9.54	23
1998	39.4	7	48.1	11	30.6	4	13.18	4
1997	37	16	45.8	22	28.2	13	9.53	25
1996	32.5	51	41.3	52	23.7	44	10.28	18
1995	36.4	23	45.6	25	27.2	20	8.40	34
1994	31	59	40.2	57	21.9	58	11.51	13
1993	35.2	30	44	38	26.4	26	10.19	19
1992	37.1	14	47.5	12	26.8	22	8.93	26
1991	38.2	11	49.1	6	27.3	19	8.48	33
1990	35.1	34	46	21	24.2	38	6.51	51
1989	35.8	26	45.7	24	25.8	30	6.07	55
1988	33.5	41	43.6	39	23.5	46	6.88	49
1987	33.7	37	43.6	39	23.8	42	11.83	11
1986	32.6	49	42.2	45	23.1	49	5.66	57
1985	35.7	27	46.1	19	25.3	33	7.30	43
1984	31.5	54	40.9	54	22.1	55	11.21	14
1983	37.5	13	46.8	14	28.2	13	7.39	42
1982	32.1	52	41.6	50	22.6	54	8.65	29
1981	33.6	40	44.3	34	22.8	51	5.18	60
1980	34.7	36	44.5	32	24.8	36	4.83	61
1979	31.1	57	40.7	55	21.5	60	15.94	1
1978	29.1	63	38.2	64	19.9	63	11.67	12
1977	28.8	65	39.9	59	17.7	65	3.37	62
1976	33.7	37	44.2	36	23.3	48	8.24	36
1975	35.2	30	45.1	29	25.2	34	9.99	21
1974	35.2	30	44.3	34	26.2	28	9.93	22
1973	35.4	28	45.4	27	25.4	31	11.15	15
1972	36.9	18	47.1	13	26.7	23	8.72	27
1971	33.7	37	43.5	41	24	40	10.83	16
1970	29.1	63	38.9	62	19.3	64	10.82	17
1969	31.1	57	40	58	22.1	55	6.08	54
1968	31.8	53	42.5	43	21.1	61	8.68	28
1967	33	45	42.6	42	23.4	47	6.97	47
1966	33.2	42	42.2	45	24.2	38	8.54	32
1965	34.9	35	45	30	24.9	35	10.01	20
1964	31.2	56	40.5	56	22	57	12.32	7
1963	29.3	62	38.2	64	20.4	62
1962	30.5	61	39.2	61	21.9	58

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	41.2
2024	40.7
2017	40.7
2012	40
2002	39.8
2020	39.7
1998	39.4
2016	39.1
2022	38.7
2013	38.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	28.8
1978	29.1
1970	29.1
1963	29.3
1962	30.5
2003	30.7
1994	31
1979	31.1
1969	31.1
1964	31.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	15.94
2019	13.22
2024	13.20
1998	13.18
2010	12.62
2003	12.57
1964	12.32
2014	12.08
2016	12.02
2021	11.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	3.24
1977	3.37
1980	4.83
1981	5.18
2011	5.55
2009	5.60
1986	5.66
2017	5.80
1989	6.07
1969	6.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 67°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.84 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 7.10 in of precipitation in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the driest winter since 2022, 19th driest of 63.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 67°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: a low of 3°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 1.84 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.