Washington, DC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 35.6°F in Washington, DC, the coldest winter since 2003, 48th coldest of 154.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 35.6°F; Coldest since 2003; 48th coldest of 154
Precipitation: 7.50 in; Driest since 2022; 46th driest of 155

A normal winter in Washington, DC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.7°F, between 35.7°F and 42.8°F in eight years of ten and 8.87 in of precipitation, between 6.06 in and 12.42 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Washington, DC since 1873: 35.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 29.1°F, in 1905.

Normal range, 35.7 to 42.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Washington, DC from 1872 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	35.6	107	43.1	105	28.1	105	7.50	110	0
2025	39	43	46.5	47	31.5	40	7.67	104	0
2024	43.2	7	50.9	7	35.5	4	13.72	12	0
2023	43.9	3	52.2	3	35.6	3	7.59	107	0
2022	41.6	14	50.2	11	33	25	6.64	123	0
2021	39.3	41	46.1	54	32.5	28	11.55	27	0
2020	42.8	9	50.4	10	35.2	8	9.28	62	0
2019	40.9	21	48.1	31	33.8	15	12.64	15	0
2018	39.9	34	48	32	31.8	35	6.23	135	0
2017	43.8	4	51.6	5	35.9	2	6.04	142	0
2016	42	12	49.7	13	34.4	11	11.31	28	0
2015	36.7	78	44	91	29.5	68	8.91	75	0
2014	37.4	66	45.5	65	29.4	69	12.13	21	0
2013	41.4	16	48.4	27	34.4	11	7.23	114	0
2012	43.4	5	51.4	6	35.3	7	9.42	59	0
2011	36.5	86	43.7	93	29.3	73	6.15	139	0
2010	35.8	98	42.4	118	29.3	73	11.07	30	0
2009	37.2	72	45.1	72	29.2	76	6.00	143	0
2008	40.9	21	48.3	28	33.6	16	8.82	82	0
2007	38.8	46	46.6	45	31.1	44	6.24	134	0
2006	39.4	38	47	38	31.7	38	9.05	72	0
2005	38.5	52	46.3	51	30.7	52	7.99	100	0
2004	35.9	96	43.5	96	28.3	102	7.95	102	0
2003	34	128	40.4	140	27.5	111	13.84	10	0
2002	43.3	6	51.8	4	34.7	10	3.32	154	0
2001	35.9	96	43.6	95	28.2	103	6.06	140	0
2000	40	32	47.8	33	32.2	30	8.21	96	0
1999	41.2	20	49.2	19	33.1	22	9.70	52	0
1998	42.4	10	49.4	16	35.5	4	12.40	17	0
1997	41.4	16	48.9	21	33.9	14	10.49	39	0
1996	35.2	110	42.3	121	28	107	9.17	65	0
1995	39.5	35	46.9	40	32.1	31	7.28	113	0
1994	34.3	123	41.8	127	26.9	118	12.86	14	0
1993	38	59	45.2	69	30.8	51	8.03	99	0
1992	40.5	26	48.7	22	32.4	29	10.08	44	0
1991	42	12	50.5	9	33.4	20	8.46	89	0
1990	38.7	48	47.1	37	30.2	58	6.35	132	0
1989	38.8	46	46.6	45	31	46	6.59	125	0
1988	36.5	86	44.2	86	28.9	85	8.23	95	0
1987	37.1	76	44.3	81	30	62	11.99	23	0
1986	35.7	104	43	108	28.4	98	6.55	128	0
1985	38	59	45.8	61	30.2	58	6.37	131	0
1984	37.2	72	44.3	81	30	62	11.05	31	0
1983	40.8	24	48.5	26	33.1	22	6.52	129	0
1982	34.8	117	42.4	118	27.3	112	8.40	91	0
1981	38.6	50	46.9	40	30.3	57	3.85	153	0
1980	39	43	46.4	49	31.7	38	4.86	150	0
1979	35.8	98	43.2	101	28.4	98	16.26	3	0
1978	34	128	41.2	132	26.9	118	12.39	18	0
1977	33	136	42	125	24	144	4.15	152	0
1976	40.3	27	49	20	31.5	40	9.15	67	0
1975	41.5	15	49.5	14	33.6	16	9.08	69	0
1974	41.4	16	49.3	18	33.5	18	9.64	54	0
1973	39.5	35	47.7	34	31.2	43	9.49	56	0
1972	40.2	29	48.6	24	31.8	35	9.38	60	0
1971	36.6	82	44.3	81	28.9	85	10.63	35	0
1970	34.3	123	42.6	114	26.1	129	10.47	41	0
1969	35.8	98	43	108	28.7	93	5.99	144	0
1968	35.2	110	44.1	87	26.3	125	8.70	85	0
1967	37.6	63	45.8	61	29.4	69	6.95	120	0
1966	36.7	78	44.8	75	28.6	95	7.99	100	0
1965	36.7	78	45.6	63	27.7	108	7.49	111	0
1964	34.7	118	43.2	101	26.2	126	9.08	69	0
1963	31.9	147	39.6	146	24.1	142	7.13	116	0
1962	35.2	110	42.2	123	28.1	105	8.12	97	0
1961	32.8	137	40.6	138	25.1	136	11.26	29	0
1960	39.5	35	46.3	51	32.7	27	9.25	63	0
1959	35.5	108	43.9	92	27	116	5.34	147	0
1958	35.8	98	42.5	116	29	83	12.27	20	0
1957	39.4	38	46.9	40	31.9	32	8.38	93	0
1956	36.3	91	43.1	105	29.4	69	5.03	148	0
1955	36.7	78	44.3	81	29.1	80	6.26	133	0
1954	40	32	48.7	22	31.3	42	6.47	130	0
1953	40.6	25	48.2	29	33.1	22	9.43	58	0
1952	40.9	21	48.2	29	33.5	18	10.79	33	0
1951	37.8	61	45.9	59	29.6	67	7.55	109	0
1950	43	8	50.9	7	35	9	6.61	124	0
1949	42.1	11	50.2	11	34	13	12.45	16	0
1948	34	128	41.8	127	26.2	126	7.60	106	0
1947	38.4	55	47	38	29.9	65	6.80	121	0
1946	36.2	93	43.3	98	29.1	80	8.91	75	0
1945	34.5	119	41.6	130	27.3	112	9.16	66	0
1944	37.3	67	45.4	67	29.2	76	6.98	119	0
1943	36.6	82	44.1	87	29.1	80	8.72	84	0
1942	37.1	76	44.7	76	29.4	69	8.44	90	0
1941	37.3	67	44.1	87	30.4	53	6.23	135	0
1940	34	128	40.9	135	27	116	7.09	118	0
1939	39.4	38	46.9	40	31.8	35	11.81	24	0
1938	37.8	61	45.2	69	30.4	53	5.72	146	0
1937	40.2	29	47.5	35	33	25	16.39	2	0
1936	30.8	149	37.5	150	24.1	142	11.76	25	0
1935	35.3	109	43.1	105	27.6	110	10.55	37	0
1934	34.4	122	42.6	114	26.1	129	7.62	105	0
1933	40.3	27	48.6	24	31.9	32	9.81	50	0
1932	44.7	1	52.9	2	36.5	1	9.31	61	0
1931	37.3	67	44.7	76	29.9	65	4.96	149	0
1930	38.5	52	46.9	40	30.1	61	6.69	122	0
1929	36.4	90	45.2	69	27.7	108	6.56	127	0
1928	37.5	65	45.9	59	29.2	76	8.83	81	0
1927	36.5	86	43.7	93	29.3	73	7.56	108	0
1926	35.7	104	43	108	28.4	98	8.84	80	0
1925	37.3	67	45.6	63	28.9	85	8.40	91	0
1924	38.2	57	46	56	30.4	53	9.06	71	0
1923	35.8	98	42.7	111	28.8	88	9.91	49	0
1922	36.1	94	43.3	98	28.8	88	10.37	42	0
1921	38.3	56	45.4	67	31.1	44	7.74	103	0
1920	31.3	148	38.8	148	23.8	147	9.09	68	0
1919	39	43	46.1	54	31.9	32	10.13	43	0
1918	29.2	152	36.7	153	21.7	152	6.59	125	0
1917	34.5	119	42.7	111	26.2	126	8.57	87	0
1916	36.5	86	44.3	81	28.7	93	7.21	115	0
1915	35.7	104	42.5	116	28.8	88	14.43	7	0
1914	36.6	82	44.7	76	28.5	96	9.94	47	0
1913	40.2	29	49.5	14	30.9	48	8.34	94	0
1912	32.3	140	40.1	143	24.5	140	8.88	77	0
1911	35.2	110	43.2	101	27.2	115	7.48	112	0
1910	33.3	135	41	133	25.7	132	9.98	45	0
1909	38.5	52	46.5	47	30.4	53	9.58	55	0
1908	34.5	119	42.2	123	26.8	120	11.63	26	0
1907	35	115	43.2	101	26.7	122	8.07	98	0
1906	37.3	67	45.5	65	29	83	10.64	34	0
1905	29.1	154	37.1	152	21.1	154	9.47	57	0
1904	29.4	151	37.5	150	21.3	153	6.16	138	0
1903	35	115	42.7	111	27.3	112	14.87	6	0
1902	32.2	143	39.8	144	24.6	139	15.89	4	0
1901	33.7	132	41.7	129	25.7	132	6.06	140	0
1900	35.1	114	44.7	76	25.4	135	8.86	79	0
1899	32.3	140	40.8	137	23.7	148	13.85	9	0
1898	36.6	82	44.5	80	28.8	88	8.53	88	0
1897	34.3	123	42.3	121	26.4	124	8.75	83	0
1896	36.3	91	44.1	87	28.5	96	9.96	46	0
1895	32	144	39.7	145	24.2	141	9.67	53	0
1894	37.2	72	45.1	72	29.2	76	9.05	72	0
1893	30.8	149	38.7	149	22.9	150	8.92	74	0
1892	37.2	72	46	56	28.4	98	12.28	19	0
1891	37.6	63	45.1	72	30	62	14.37	8	0
1890	44.3	2	53.2	1	35.4	6	5.93	145	0
1889	36	95	43.3	98	28.8	88	9.79	51	0
1888	34.3	123	41.9	126	26.8	120	10.49	39	0
1887	34.1	127	42.4	118	25.9	131	9.25	63	0
1886	33.6	134	41.5	131	25.7	132	12.00	22	0
1885	32.6	138	40.4	140	24.9	138	13.79	11	0
1884	35.8	98	43.5	96	28.2	103	15.32	5	0
1883	33.7	132	40.9	135	26.5	123	10.61	36	0
1882	38.6	50	46.4	49	30.9	48	18.30	1	0
1881	29.2	152	36.5	154	21.8	151	13.17	13	0
1880	41.3	19	49.4	16	33.2	21	8.88	77	0
1879	32	144	38.9	147	25.1	136	9.94	47	0
1878	38.7	48	46.3	51	31	46	10.53	38	0
1877	32	144	40.3	142	23.7	148	6.19	137	0
1876	38.1	58	46	56	30.2	58	8.69	86	0
1875	32.3	140	40.6	138	24	144	7.10	117	0
1874	39.1	42	47.2	36	30.9	48	4.76	151	0
1873	32.5	139	41	133	24	144	10.91	32	0
1872							2.60	155	34

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	44.7
1890	44.3
2023	43.9
2017	43.8
2012	43.4
2002	43.3
2024	43.2
1950	43
2020	42.8
1998	42.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1905	29.1
1918	29.2
1881	29.2
1904	29.4
1936	30.8
1893	30.8
1920	31.3
1963	31.9
1895	32
1879	32
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1882	18.30
1937	16.39
1979	16.26
1902	15.89
1884	15.32
1903	14.87
1915	14.43
1891	14.37
1899	13.85
2003	13.84

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1872	2.60
2002	3.32
1981	3.85
1977	4.15
1874	4.76
1980	4.86
1931	4.96
1956	5.03
1959	5.34
1938	5.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 10°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.99 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 7.50 in of precipitation in Washington, DC, the driest winter since 2022, 46th driest of 155.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Washington, DC: 65°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Washington, DC: a low of 10°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Washington, DC: 1.99 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.