Trenton, NJ: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 29.2°F in Trenton, NJ, the coldest winter since 2003, tied 8th coldest of 123 (with 1994).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 29.2°F; Coldest since 2003; 8th coldest of 123
Precipitation: 7.98 in; Driest since 2025; 42nd driest of 147

A normal winter in Trenton, NJ (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35°F, between 30.3°F and 38.5°F in eight years of ten and 10.11 in of precipitation, between 7.78 in and 13.01 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Trenton, NJ since 1902: 29.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 24.9°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 30.3 to 38.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Trenton, NJ from 1866 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	29.2	115	36.9	124	21.5	125	7.98	105	0
2025	32	84	39.7	85	24.4	94	6.95	126	0
2024	37.4	13	44.9	17	29.9	13	15.11	5	0
2023	38	7	46.6	7	29.4	19	9.06	79	0
2022	34.9	44	43.8	27	26	74	7.32	120	0
2021	33.6	58	40.6	72	26.7	57	10.86	45	0
2020	37.2	16	45.2	13	29.2	21	9.97	63	0
2019	35.5	32	43.3	37	27.7	36	11.97	32	0
2018	34.8	46	43.2	39	26.5	64	10.43	50	0
2017	38	7	45.8	10	30.2	11	7.87	109	0
2016	39	4	47.3	4	30.6	8	12.15	28	0
2015	30.2	109	37.8	117	22.5	121	11.86	34	0
2014	30.3	106	38.6	107	22	123	13.08	18	0
2013	35.9	26	43.1	41	28.8	27	8.84	83	0
2012	40.5	1	49.4	1	31.7	2	9.50	72	0
2011	32	84	39.8	83	24.3	96	9.95	64	0
2010	33.6	58	40.4	76	26.7	57	14.24	9	0
2009	33.3	65	41.5	65	25.1	85	8.72	85	0
2008	35.4	35	43.2	39	27.7	36	11.49	39	0
2007	35.5	32	43.4	36	27.6	40	6.96	124	0
2006	35.2	37	43.6	31	26.8	54	9.68	67	0
2005	33.4	63	41.2	67	25.5	80	10.10	58	0
2004	30.9	99	38.6	107	23.2	110	10.65	48	0
2003	29	117	36	131	22.1	122	10.11	57	0
2002	39.1	3	48.3	2	29.9	13	5.73	141	0
2001	30.8	101	38.9	102	22.7	118	8.42	94	0
2000	34.4	51	42.5	51	26.4	67	8.30	95	0
1999	35.5	32	44.3	24	26.7	57	10.79	47	0
1998	38.4	5	46.3	8	30.6	8	13.00	19	0
1997	35.8	28	43.8	27	27.7	36	15.33	4	0
1996	30.9	99	38	116	23.7	101	12.15	28	0
1995	34.8	46	43.6	31	26.1	72	7.97	107	0
1994	29.2	115	38.2	113	20.2	131	12.80	20	0
1993	33.3	65	42	62	24.6	93	9.99	61	0
1992	35.1	38	44.7	20	25.6	78	6.83	129	0
1991	36.7	21	46.7	6	26.7	57	11.49	39	0
1990	33.6	58	42.8	45	24.4	94	6.89	127	0
1989	33.6	58	42.2	59	25	87	5.87	140	0
1988	32.2	81	41.2	67	23.2	110	8.27	96	0
1987	31.5	94	39.7	85	23.2	110	14.62	7	0
1986	30.3	106	39.2	95	21.3	128	8.51	91	0
1985	31.8	89	40.8	70	22.7	118	6.74	130	0
1984	30.4	104	39.3	91	21.5	125	12.80	20	0
1983	36	24	44.7	20	27.3	47	9.14	78	0
1982	31.6	93	40	82	23.2	110	13.47	15	0
1981	32.2	81	39.6	88	24.7	91	4.55	146	0
1980	34.3	52	40.5	73	28	34	4.61	145	0
1979	31.5	94	38.2	113	24.9	88	19.29	1	0
1978	29.7	114	36	131	23.4	104	13.54	14	0
1977	28.8	119	36.2	129	21.4	127	6.23	134	0
1976	35.4	35	43.3	37	27.6	40	8.80	84	0
1975	37.4	13	43.8	27	31	5	12.56	23	0
1974	35.6	30	42.7	46	28.5	29	12.15	28	0
1973	36	24	42.7	46	29.4	19	12.53	24	0
1972	36.6	22	43.5	34	29.7	16	7.75	113	0
1971	33	69	38.8	104	27.2	50	10.30	55	0
1970	30.5	103	37	122	24.1	98	10.38	52	0
1969	32.6	74	38.4	110	26.8	54	8.05	103	0
1968	32.5	75	39.1	98	25.8	75	9.27	77	0
1967	35	41	41.9	64	28.1	32	8.20	98	0
1966	33.8	56	40.3	77	27.3	47	10.34	53	0
1965	32.9	70	40.1	79	25.8	75	9.76	66	0
1964	32	84	38.4	110	25.5	80	8.57	88	0
1963	28.9	118	36.1	130	21.8	124	7.36	119	0
1962	32.2	81	39	100	25.3	82	9.99	61	0
1961	30.2	109	37.3	120	23.1	116	9.31	75	0
1960	36.2	23	42.7	46	29.7	16	10.93	44	0
1959	31	97	38.8	104	23.2	110	4.93	144	0
1958	33.2	68	39.2	95	27.1	52	13.27	16	0
1957	35.6	30	42.5	51	28.6	28	7.95	108	0
1956	32.7	73	39.1	98	26.4	67	7.43	117	0
1955	33.4	63	40.1	79	26.7	57	5.95	138	0
1954	37	18	44.9	17	29.1	23	6.96	124	0
1953	37.8	10	44.6	23	30.9	6	10.03	60	0
1952	37	18	44.2	26	29.9	13	11.38	42	0
1951	34.9	44	42	62	27.7	36	8.87	81	0
1950	37.9	9	45.1	16	30.7	7	7.80	111	0
1949	38.3	6	45.4	12	31.3	4	14.59	8	0
1948	30.2	109	37	122	23.3	108	8.71	86	0
1947	35.1	38	42.7	46	27.4	46	7.09	123	0
1946	32.3	77	39.3	91	25.3	82	6.85	128	0
1945	30.2	109	36.9	124	23.4	104	7.37	118	0
1944	33.3	65	40.5	73	26.2	71	6.20	135	0
1943	31.8	89	38.7	106	24.8	89	8.11	101	0
1942	32.9	70	40.1	79	25.6	78	7.98	105	0
1941	32.9	70	39.4	89	26.3	69	8.67	87	0
1940	30.7	102	37.5	119	24	99	5.95	138	0
1939	35	41	42.2	59	27.9	35	11.56	37	0
1938	33.9	55	40.7	71	27	53	6.14	137	0
1937	37.5	12	44.7	20	30.2	11	12.39	27	0
1936	27.4	121	33.9	133	20.9	129	9.60	70	0
1935	31	97	38.6	107	23.4	104	8.45	92	0
1934	28.7	120	36.4	128	20.9	129	8.20	98	0
1933	37	18	44.8	19	29.1	23	7.64	114	0
1932	40.3	2	48	3	32.7	1	8.05	103	0
1931	33.8	56	41.1	69	26.5	64	6.61	131	0
1930	35.1	38	43	42	27.2	50	9.62	68	0
1929	34.3	52	42.3	58	26.3	69	7.76	112	0
1928	34.3	52	42.5	51	26.1	72	11.19	43	0
1927	32	84	39.3	91	24.7	91	7.61	115	0
1926	32.3	77	39.3	91	25.3	82	7.82	110	0
1925	34.6	50	42.5	51	26.7	57	8.92	80	0
1924	34.8	46	42.1	61	27.6	40	12.09	31	0
1923	30.3	106	36.9	124	23.7	101	10.27	56	0
1922	31.8	89	39.4	89	24.2	97	6.51	132	0
1921	35	41	42.5	51	27.6	40	10.10	58	0
1920	26.8	122	33.6	134	20	132	9.61	69	0
1919	35.9	26	42.9	43	29	26	10.39	51	0
1918	24.9	123	32.4	135	17.4	133	6.39	133	0
1917	31.1	96	38.4	110	23.8	100	9.44	74	0
1916	32	84	38.9	102	25.1	85	8.86	82	0
1915	33.5	62	40.2	78	26.8	54	14.19	11	0
1914	32.3	77	39.7	85	24.8	89	8.16	100	0
1913	37.2	16	47	5	27.3	47	9.52	71	1
1912									34
1911	31.7	92	40.5	73	23.3	108	7.44	116	8
1910									62
1909	37.4	13	45.5	11	29.5	18	11.42	41	2
1908	34.8	46	42.9	43	26.7	57	14.23	10	0
1907	32.3	77	41.3	66	23.4	104	11.72	35	0
1906	37.7	11	46.1	9	29.2	21	8.26	97	0
1905	30.2	109	37.8	117	22.6	120	7.13	122	2
1904	30.4	104	38.1	115	22.9	117	8.54	90	3
1903	35.7	29	43.5	34	28.1	32	12.43	26	3
1902	32.5	75	39.2	95	25.8	75	16.84	2	6
1901					26.5	64	4.50	147	25
1900			43.6	31	27.5	45	10.53	49	13
1899							13.98	13	23
1898							11.55	38	22
1897			42.4	57	27.6	40			15
1896			44.3	24			8.07	102	20
1895			39.8	83	23.2	110			16
1894			42.6	50	28.4	30	8.55	89	11
1893			36.6	127					18
1892			45.2	13	28.4	30			16
1891							15.09	6	23
1890							9.29	76	24
1889			42.5	51			11.67	36	19
1888							15.54	3	23
1881			37.3	120	23.6	103	11.96	33	16
1880							12.58	22	20
1879							10.85	46	21
1878			45.2	13	31.5	3	13.25	17	10
1877							4.96	143	21
1876			43.7	30	30.5	10	7.15	121	18
1875							9.45	73	25
1874							9.84	65	22
1873							8.45	92	27
1872							6.15	136	32
1871							5.65	142	27
1870							14.19	11	24
1869			39	100	29.1	23	10.32	54	15
1868									34
1867									28
1866							12.46	25	33

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	40.5
1932	40.3
2002	39.1
2016	39
1998	38.4
1949	38.3
2023	38
2017	38
1950	37.9
1953	37.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	24.9
1920	26.8
1936	27.4
1934	28.7
1977	28.8
1963	28.9
2003	29
2026	29.2
1994	29.2
1978	29.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	19.29
1902	16.84
1888	15.54
1997	15.33
2024	15.11
1891	15.09
1987	14.62
1949	14.59
2010	14.24
1908	14.23

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	4.50
1981	4.55
1980	4.61
1959	4.93
1877	4.96
1871	5.65
2002	5.73
1989	5.87
1955	5.95
1940	5.95

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 57°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -1°F; 21 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.26 in; 19 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 7.98 in of precipitation in Trenton, NJ, the driest winter since 2025, tied 42nd driest of 147 (with 1942).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Trenton, NJ: 57°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Trenton, NJ: a low of -1°F on Wednesday 21 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Trenton, NJ: 1.26 in on Friday 19 December 2025.