Tri-Cities, WA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 40°F in Tri-Cities, WA, the warmest winter since 1992, tied 6th warmest of 115 (with 1918).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 40°F; Warmest since 1992; 6th warmest of 115
Precipitation: 3.45 in; Wettest since 2025; 34th wettest of 113

A normal winter in Tri-Cities, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36°F, between 32.8°F and 39.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.65 in of precipitation, between 1.67 in and 4.14 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Tri-Cities, WA since 1895: 40°F in 2026; the highest is 43.3°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 32.8 to 39.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Tri-Cities, WA from 1894 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	40	6	47.8	9	32.1	11	3.45	34	0
2025	35.1	68	42.8	66	27.4	70	4.10	17	0
2024	37	38	43.7	56	30.3	29	3.12	42	0
2023	32.6	92	41	88	24.2	101	1.27	107	0
2022	35.2	67	43.9	50	26.7	76	1.69	96	2
2021	37.2	31	45	38	29.3	42	1.79	91	0
2020	39.7	8	48.7	5	30.7	22	1.79	91	0
2019	33.1	88	39.7	100	26.5	80	3.63	27	0
2018	36.6	44	43.9	50	29.3	42	2.25	79	0
2017	27.2	112	34.9	119	19.5	116	3.22	41	0
2016	38.2	19	46.1	19	30.3	29	3.30	38	0
2015	38.2	19	46.2	18	30.2	34	2.38	71	0
2014	32.8	89	40.3	94	25.2	91	1.12	111	0
2013	36.7	43	44.4	42	29	46	1.69	96	0
2012	35	70	43.9	50	26.2	85	1.78	93	1
2011	35.9	56	44	47	27.8	61	2.80	51	0
2010	35.4	66	43.9	50	26.9	75	2.73	55	0
2009	32.7	90	41	88	24.1	103	2.68	57	1
2008	36	53	44.3	44	27.7	64	2.61	60	0
2007	33.6	80	40.9	90	26.4	81	2.93	45	0
2006	36.4	47	44.5	40	28.3	55	3.91	23	0
2005	35.8	58	45.4	30	26.3	83	1.32	106	0
2004	34.2	74	41.2	86	27.3	71	4.07	18	0
2003	39.7	8	47	12	32.4	10	4.98	8	0
2002	37.3	30	46.7	13	28	59	1.96	86	0
2001	34.1	75	40.4	93	27.8	61	1.44	105	0
2000	37.7	28	45.6	26	29.8	38	2.62	59	0
1999	39.1	12	47.9	8	30.3	29	2.31	75	0
1998	38.9	13	46	20	31.9	13	2.55	62	1
1997	35.7	61	43	64	28.5	50	5.40	5	1
1996	34.3	73	41.2	86	27.5	67	4.75	10	0
1995	38	26	45.4	30	30.9	20	3.58	29	1
1994	38.2	19	44.3	44	32	12	2.91	46	0
1993	29.5	107	35.4	117	23.5	106	3.48	32	0
1992	40.4	4	46.6	14	34.3	3	2.52	63	0
1991	34	77	41.5	79	26.4	81	1.69	96	3
1990	38.9	13	45.3	34	32.6	9	1.60	100	0
1989	33.5	82	40.3	94	26.7	76	2.48	64	0
1988	36.4	47	44	47	28.7	49	1.88	88	1
1987	35.5	64	41.8	75	29.4	40	2.46	65	1
1986	32.1	96	39	104	24.9	95	4.37	12	1
1985	28.9	108	36.8	111	21	113	2.05	82	0
1984			41.4	80			3.33	36	19
1983			47.6	10			4.20	15	24
1982			45.3	34			2.78	53	14
1981	38.6	15	45.9	22	31.2	15	2.91	46	1
1980	33.8	78	41.3	85	26.6	78	4.02	19	3
1979	27.9	111	35.5	116	20.2	114	2.23	80	0
1978	36.4	47	42.5	71	30.3	29	4.12	16	0
1977	33.6	80	39.9	96	27.3	71	1.16	110	0
1976	38.1	24	45.8	24	30.3	29	2.42	68	0
1975	36.5	45	44.8	39	28.2	58	3.86	24	1
1974	38.1	24	45.5	29	30.7	22	5.08	7	0
1973	33.2	86	41.4	80	25.1	92	2.72	56	0
1972	36	53	43.8	55	28.3	55	2.83	49	0
1971	38.3	18	46.6	14	30	36	0.97	112	2
1970	36.5	45	42.7	70	30.2	34	5.11	6	0
1969	30.1	104	36.2	113	23.9	105	5.60	3	4
1968	39.4	10	47.5	11	31.2	15	2.31	75	0
1967	43.3	1	51	2	35.4	2	1.19	109	2
1966	38.2	19	45.2	37	31.2	15	1.27	107	0
1965	37.1	34	43.7	56	30.5	26	4.01	20	0
1964	38.2	19	45.7	25	30.7	22	1.81	89	0
1963	36.1	52	42.8	66	29.4	40	2.88	48	0
1962	36.4	47	43.6	59	29.2	44	1.75	94	0
1961	38.5	16	44.5	40	32.8	7	3.33	36	1
1960	32.1	96	39.4	102	24.8	97	1.97	85	3
1959	37.1	34	43.7	56	30.5	26	4.85	9	1
1958	41.5	3	49.5	3	33.5	6	4.25	14	0
1957	31.6	100	38.3	108	24.9	95	1.53	102	0
1956							5.68	2	12
1955	35.7	61	42.5	71	29	46	1.45	104	1
1954	39.2	11	45.3	34	32.8	7	1.80	90	1
1953	42.4	2	49	4	35.7	1	4.60	11	0
1952	32.7	90	39.9	96	25.4	88	2.35	73	0
1951			45.4	30			3.04	44	13
1950	28.4	110	36.9	110	19.8	115	2.60	61	0
1949	26.6	114	34.8	120	18.4	119	2.37	72	0
1948	35.5	64	42.5	71	28.4	53	3.77	26	4
1947	35.6	63	44	47	27.2	74	0.86	113	1
1946					28.4	53	2.80	51	61
1945	37.1	34	43.4	61	30.6	25	3.25	39	1
1944	34.6	71	41.6	78	27.5	67	1.89	87	0
1943	33.7	79	40.7	91	26.6	78	2.66	58	0
1942	33.5	82	40.7	91	26.3	83	2.41	70	0
1941	35.9	56	43.2	62	28.5	50	4.36	13	0
1940	36.8	41	42.8	66	30.8	21	6.78	1	0
1939	37.9	27	45.9	22	29.9	37			1
1938	37	38	43	64	31	19			0
1937	26.9	113	35	118	18.9	117	2.83	49	1
1936	30.5	102	35.6	115	25.4	88			0
1935	37.7	28	44.1	46	31.2	15	1.51	103	1
1934			52.7	1	34.3	3			11
1933	33.5	82	41.8	75	25.1	92	2.42	68	2
1932	32.5	93	39.3	103	25.7	87	3.62	28	0
1931	36.8	41	43.1	63	30.4	28	2.03	83	0
1930	30.4	103	38.5	106	22.4	110	3.99	22	2
1929	25.6	115	33.1	121	18.7	118	2.30	77	4
1928	32.2	94	39.9	96	24.8	97			4
1927	34.6	71	41.4	80	27.3	71			8
1926	40.1	5	46.3	16	33.6	5	3.24	40	4
1925					28.5	50			12
1924	36.9	40	45.6	26	27.7	64	2.78	53	5
1923	32.2	94	39.9	96	24.2	101	3.08	43	1
1922	28.8	109	35.9	114	21.5	111	1.55	101	1
1921	37.2	31	46	20	28.3	55	3.45	34	4
1920	29.8	106	38.5	106	21.1	112			1
1919	37.1	34	46.3	16	27.9	60	3.49	31	3
1918	40	6	48.5	6	31.6	14	3.46	33	2
1917	33.2	86	41.4	80	25	94	2.46	65	1
1916			38.9	105	22.5	109	5.48	4	11
1915	31.5	101	39.6	101	24.1	103	2.28	78	7
1914									16
1913									33
1912	34.1	75	43.6	59	24.7	100	3.50	30	9
1911	36	53	45.6	26	26.1	86	2.03	83	2
1910	29.9	105	36.8	111	23.1	107			6
1909	33.3	85	41.8	75	24.8	97	1.69	96	1
1908	37.2	31	45.4	30	29.1	45	1.74	95	0
1907	31.8	99	38.1	109	25.4	88	4.01	20	2
1906	36.4	47	42.8	66	29.6	39			9
1905									63
1904									45
1900	38.4	17	48.1	7	28.8	48	2.34	74	0
1899	32.1	96	41.4	80	22.9	108			4
1898	35.8	58	44.4	42	27.6	66	2.46	65	6
1897	35.1	68	42.4	74	27.8	61	3.80	25	4
1896									34
1895	35.8	58	43.9	50	27.5	67	2.08	81	3
1894									64

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	43.3
1953	42.4
1958	41.5
1992	40.4
1926	40.1
2026	40
1918	40
2020	39.7
2003	39.7
1968	39.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1929	25.6
1949	26.6
1937	26.9
2017	27.2
1979	27.9
1950	28.4
1922	28.8
1985	28.9
1993	29.5
1920	29.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1940	6.78
1956	5.68
1969	5.60
1916	5.48
1997	5.40
1970	5.11
1974	5.08
2003	4.98
1959	4.85
1996	4.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1947	0.86
1971	0.97
2014	1.12
1977	1.16
1967	1.19
2023	1.27
1966	1.27
2005	1.32
2001	1.44
1955	1.45

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 15 December 2025
Coldest night: 13°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.39 in; 23 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.45 in of precipitation in Tri-Cities, WA, the wettest winter since 2025, tied 34th wettest of 113 (with 1921).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Tri-Cities, WA: 69°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Tri-Cities, WA: a low of 13°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Tri-Cities, WA: 0.39 in on Monday 23 February 2026.