Wallops Island, VA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 36.3°F in Wallops Island, VA, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 13th coldest of 60 (with 2001 and 1996).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 36.3°F; Coldest since 2015; 13th coldest of 60
Precipitation: 8.13 in; Driest since 2018; 20th driest of 62

A normal winter in Wallops Island, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 40.1°F, between 35.9°F and 43.3°F in eight years of ten and 9.75 in of precipitation, between 6.51 in and 12.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Wallops Island, VA since 1967: 36.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 32.9°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 35.9 to 43.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Wallops Island, VA from 1949 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	36.3	46	45.3	40	27.3	54	8.13	43	0
2025	38.7	34	47	35	30.3	33	11.80	14	0
2024	42.7	7	51.4	7	34.1	7	15.24	5	0
2023	42.9	5	52.4	4	33.5	12	8.62	38	0
2022	41.2	15	50.8	10	31.5	25	8.41	39	0
2021	39.9	27	47.7	29	32.2	21	15.42	4	1
2020	43.3	4	52.2	6	34.5	4	11.34	16	0
2019	42.3	10	51.1	9	33.4	13	12.52	10	0
2018	40	24	49	18	31.1	26	7.41	48	0
2017	42.6	8	51.2	8	34	9	10.17	26	0
2016	44	1	52.6	3	35.4	1	11.46	15	0
2015	35.4	55	43.8	48	27.1	56	11.01	21	0
2014	38.7	34	48.3	26	29	42	11.31	17	0
2013	42.5	9	50.8	10	34.1	7	12.09	11	0
2012	43.7	3	53.5	1	34	9	7.78	45	0
2011	35.5	53	43.6	50	27.3	54	6.51	55	0
2010	36.5	44	43.6	50	29.3	40	14.97	6	0
2009	38.9	33	47.6	30	30.1	35	8.14	42	0
2008	40.8	19	49.6	15	32.1	22	9.97	28	0
2007	40	24	49	18	31.1	26	7.75	46	0
2006	40.2	23	48.7	21	31.8	23	7.04	54	0
2005	39.1	32	47.2	33	31	28	9.54	29	0
2004	36.8	42	45.1	42	28.6	45	11.22	19	0
2003	35.5	53	43.3	53	27.8	50	8.88	35	0
2002	43.8	2	53.4	2	34.3	5	5.90	58	0
2001	36.3	46	45.1	42	27.5	51	6.47	57	0
2000	39.4	29	48.2	27	30.6	31	7.32	51	0
1999	41.8	13	50.6	12	33.1	17	10.75	23	0
1998	42.1	12	49.5	16	34.7	2	16.50	1	0
1997	41.3	14	49.3	17	33.3	14	10.70	24	2
1996	36.3	46	44.4	47	28.1	47	10.43	25	0
1995	40.7	20	48.9	20	32.6	19	5.54	60	0
1994	35.9	49	45	44	26.7	58	11.14	20	0
1993	39.2	31	47.4	32	30.9	29	9.24	32	0
1992	41.1	17	50.4	13	31.7	24	7.37	49	0
1991	42.8	6	52.3	5	33.2	15	8.19	41	0
1990	39.3	30	48.6	23	29.9	36	8.20	40	0
1989	39.6	28	48.7	21	30.5	32	5.73	59	0
1988	37.6	39	46.3	37	28.8	43	9.46	30	0
1987	37.6	39	45.5	38	29.7	38	13.48	7	0
1986	36.4	45	44.9	45	27.9	49	7.21	53	0
1985	38.5	36	47.5	31	29.6	39	7.69	47	0
1984	37.8	37	44.8	46	30.7	30	11.97	12	0
1983	40.5	21	47.1	34	34	9	9.98	27	0
1982	35.7	50	43	55	28.5	46	11.94	13	0
1981	35.7	50	43.3	53	28	48	5.37	61	0
1980	37.8	37	45.4	39	30.2	34	7.27	52	0
1979	35.7	50	43.8	48	27.5	51	15.75	3	0
1978	34.2	58	40.9	59	27.5	51	15.88	2	0
1977	32.9	60	40.6	60	25.3	60	8.75	37	0
1976	40.4	22	48.4	25	32.5	20	7.35	50	0
1975	40.9	18	48.5	24	33.2	15	13.05	8	0
1974	41.2	15	48.2	27	34.2	6	11.30	18	0
1973	40	24	47	35	32.9	18	10.87	22	0
1972	42.2	11	49.7	14	34.7	2	9.42	31	2
1971	37.3	41	45.3	40	29.3	40	7.99	44	0
1970	34.3	57	41.6	58	27	57	12.73	9	0
1969	35.3	56	41.7	57	28.8	43	9.20	33	0
1968	34.2	58	41.8	56	26.6	59	8.97	34	0
1967	36.6	43	43.4	52	29.9	36	8.87	36	0
1951							4.75	62	90
1949							6.49	56	90

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	44
2002	43.8
2012	43.7
2020	43.3
2023	42.9
1991	42.8
2024	42.7
2017	42.6
2013	42.5
2019	42.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	32.9
1978	34.2
1968	34.2
1970	34.3
1969	35.3
2015	35.4
2011	35.5
2003	35.5
1982	35.7
1981	35.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	16.50
1978	15.88
1979	15.75
2021	15.42
2024	15.24
2010	14.97
1987	13.48
1975	13.05
1970	12.73
2019	12.52

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	4.75
1981	5.37
1995	5.54
1989	5.73
2002	5.90
2001	6.47
1949	6.49
2011	6.51
2006	7.04
1986	7.21

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 29 December 2025
Coldest night: 12°F; 30 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.52 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.13 in of precipitation in Wallops Island, VA, the driest winter since 2018, 20th driest of 62.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wallops Island, VA: 65°F on Monday 29 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wallops Island, VA: a low of 12°F on Friday 30 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wallops Island, VA: 1.52 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.