Wausau, WI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 16.6°F in Wausau, WI, the coldest winter since 2018, 55th coldest of 115.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 16.6°F; Coldest since 2018; 55th coldest of 115
Precipitation: 4.69 in; Wettest since 2023; 24th wettest of 113

A normal winter in Wausau, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 18.4°F, between 14.3°F and 23.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.92 in of precipitation, between 2.11 in and 5.24 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Wausau, WI since 1897: 16.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 7.7°F, in 2014.

Normal range, 14.3 to 23.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Wausau, WI from 1896 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	16.6	61	24.5	76	8.7	53	4.69	24	0
2025	18.3	39	26.2	51	10.3	35	2.07	97	0
2024	28.6	1	35.6	1	21.6	1	2.02	100	0
2023	22.2	10	28.8	18	15.5	8	5.18	10	0
2022	17.3	48	26.5	46	8	59	4.11	38	0
2021	18.4	37	25.9	57	10.8	33	2.26	90	0
2020	20.2	24	27.7	26	12.7	20	5.03	14	0
2019	16.8	58	23.8	83	9.8	40	6.53	3	0
2018	15.8	71	23.7	84	7.9	61	3.63	51	0
2017	20.9	19	27.6	27	14.2	14	6.60	1	0
2016	23.9	4	30.5	7	17.3	4	6.37	4	0
2015	14.8	83	21.8	104	7.7	62	2.15	94	0
2014	7.7	115	16.7	121	-1.4	118	4.51	28	0
2013	19.7	29	27.5	30	12	26	4.76	21	0
2012	23.6	5	31.3	4	15.8	7	3.94	41	0
2011	15.5	75	22.6	96	8.4	55	4.21	35	0
2010	18.5	36	25.5	60	11.4	28	2.78	73	0
2009	11.9	103	21.3	108	2.5	107	4.88	18	0
2008	14.7	84	22.9	92	6.6	79	5.11	11	0
2007	19.3	31	26.2	51	12.5	21	4.55	26	0
2006	21	18	27.6	27	14.4	13	2.92	69	0
2005	19	32	26.7	39	11.2	29	3.90	43	0
2004	18.2	40	26.6	44	9.8	40	4.08	39	0
2003	16.1	67	24.8	72	7.5	65	1.50	108	0
2002	26.4	3	33.7	2	19	3	2.54	84	0
2001	14.6	86	23	91	6.2	84	1.72	105	0
2000	21.5	12	30.6	6	12.5	21	3.41	58	0
1999	21.4	15	30.1	11	12.8	19	3.85	44	0
1998	26.7	2	32.9	3	20.5	2	4.04	40	0
1997	17.6	46	25	68	10.2	36	4.41	33	0
1996	14.4	87	23.4	88	5.3	90	4.67	25	0
1995	20.7	22	28.6	20	12.9	18	1.23	110	0
1994	13	98	21.3	108	4.7	92	2.65	80	0
1993	17.2	50	26.1	54	8.3	57	3.76	48	0
1992	21.5	12	29.1	16	14	15	2.75	74	0
1991	16.4	64	25.6	59	7.3	67	3.30	60	0
1990	17.3	48	26.6	44	8	59	2.05	99	0
1989	16.4	64	25.9	57	7	73	2.42	85	0
1988	17	51	25.3	63	8.9	49	2.58	83	2
1987	23.1	8	30.8	5	15.4	10	1.14	111	0
1986	13.2	96	22.3	98	4	98	2.67	77	0
1985	16	69	24.7	73	7.3	67	4.15	37	0
1984	15.5	75	23.4	88	7.7	62	3.01	68	0
1983	23.5	6	30.2	10	16.7	5	5.20	9	0
1982	13.1	97	22.8	94	3.4	104	3.18	66	0
1981	17.6	46	26.3	48	9	47	3.68	49	0
1980	17.8	44	26.8	38	8.8	52	2.66	79	0
1979	9.8	108	18.8	115	0.7	112	3.81	47	0
1978	12.8	100	22	102	3.6	102	2.37	87	0
1977	9.6	111	19.7	113	-0.5	115	2.11	95	0
1976	17	51	26.7	39	7.3	67	4.39	34	0
1975	18.8	34	27.9	25	9.7	42	3.82	46	0
1974	15.8	71	25.1	66	6.4	82	2.67	77	0
1973	17	51	25.4	61	8.6	54	4.53	27	0
1972	12.9	99	22.7	95	3	105	4.85	19	0
1971	13.3	95	22.5	97	4.1	96	5.05	13	0
1970	13.8	91	23.5	85	4.2	95	2.30	88	0
1969	16	69	25	68	7	73	4.75	22	0
1968	15.8	71	25.1	66	6.5	80	2.06	98	0
1967	15	80	24.7	73	5.2	91	5.34	8	0
1966	16.9	55	25.3	63	8.4	55	4.43	31	0
1965	11.9	103	21.5	107	2.3	109	2.08	96	0
1964	16.9	55	26.7	39	7.1	72	1.28	109	0
1963	9.8	108	18.8	115	0.7	112	1.07	113	0
1962	12.2	102	20.8	110	3.6	102	3.93	42	0
1961	18.1	41	27.2	34	9	47	1.77	103	0
1960	21.2	16	28.4	23	14	15	3.63	51	0
1959	9.7	110	19.9	111	-0.6	116	1.74	104	0
1958	17.7	45	26.3	48	9.1	45	1.12	112	0
1957	14.9	81	24.4	78	5.4	89	1.59	106	1
1956	13.5	93	24.6	75	2.5	107	1.82	102	0
1955	15.4	78	24.4	78	6.4	82	1.93	101	0
1954	20	26	29.1	16	10.9	31	3.67	50	0
1953	18.7	35	27.5	30	9.9	39	4.94	15	0
1952	16.5	62	26.1	54	7	73	3.56	55	0
1951	11.7	106	22.1	100	1.2	110	6.25	6	0
1950	14.4	87	25	68	3.7	101	5.74	7	1
1949	15.5	75	25.3	63	5.6	87	5.09	12	2
1948									29
1947			26.1	54					14
1946	14.9	81	23.5	85	6	85			9
1945	13.4	94	22.1	100	4.1	96			8
1944	20.8	21	30.3	9	11.2	29			4
1943	12.8	100	21.9	103	3.8	99			4
1942			29.8	13					19
1941	19.7	29	27.1	35	12.5	21	3.58	54	3
1940	20.9	19	27.6	27	13.7	17	2.30	88	3
1939	19.8	28	27.1	35	11.9	27	4.78	20	5
1938	18.9	33	26.7	39	10.9	31	4.47	30	2
1937	16.8	58	26.2	51	7.3	67	6.60	1	1
1936	11.6	107	18.9	114	4.3	94	3.23	63	1
1935	16.1	67	24.5	76	7.6	64	3.85	44	0
1934	18.4	37	26.7	39	10.1	38	2.61	82	4
1933	17.9	42	26.4	47	9.5	43	6.30	5	0
1932	22.7	9	29.8	13	15.5	8	4.90	17	0
1931	23.2	7	30.5	7	16	6	2.42	85	0
1930	16.8	58	24.2	80	9.3	44	3.30	60	0
1929	11.8	105	19.9	111	3.8	99	4.51	28	0
1928	15.1	79	23.5	85	6.7	78	4.17	36	0
1927	15.7	74	24.2	80	7.2	71	2.19	92	0
1926	16.5	62	24.1	82	8.9	49	3.45	57	0
1925	14.1	89	21.7	105	6.5	80	2.62	81	0
1924	17	51	24.9	71	9.1	45	3.62	53	0
1923	13.9	90	22.3	98	5.5	88	2.70	76	0
1922	13.8	91	22.9	92	4.6	93	4.92	16	0
1921	21.5	12	28.4	23	14.5	12	2.87	70	0
1920	9.4	112	17.8	120	1.1	111			0
1919	22	11	28.6	20	15.3	11	2.79	72	0
1918	9.2	113	18	119	0.5	114	2.18	93	0
1917	8.6	114	18.2	117	-1	117	4.75	22	0
1916	14.7	84	23.4	88	6	85	3.32	59	0
1915					6.8	77	3.52	56	20
1914					8.9	49	1.59	106	16
1913	17.9	42	27.4	32	8.3	57	3.21	64	5
1912			21.6	106	2.8	106	2.24	91	10
1911			28.6	20					16
1910									28
1909	20.1	25	28.7	19	10.2	36	2.81	71	5
1908	21.1	17	29.7	15	12.2	24			3
1907	16.9	55	26.3	48	7.5	65	3.28	62	7
1906	20.7	22	30.1	11	10.7	34	3.19	65	4
1905									62
1904			18.1	118	-4	119			13
1903	16.4	64	25.4	61	6.9	76			2
1902									43
1900									25
1899							3.05	67	42
1898									31
1897	19.9	27	26.9	37	12.2	24	4.43	31	9
1896			27.3	33			2.75	74	20

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	28.6
1998	26.7
2002	26.4
2016	23.9
2012	23.6
1983	23.5
1931	23.2
1987	23.1
1932	22.7
2023	22.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	7.7
1917	8.6
1918	9.2
1920	9.4
1977	9.6
1959	9.7
1979	9.8
1963	9.8
1936	11.6
1951	11.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	6.60
1937	6.60
2019	6.53
2016	6.37
1933	6.30
1951	6.25
1950	5.74
1967	5.34
1983	5.20
2023	5.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	1.07
1958	1.12
1987	1.14
1995	1.23
1964	1.28
2003	1.50
1957	1.59
1914	1.59
2001	1.72
1959	1.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 51°F; 27 February 2026
Coldest night: -25°F; 24 January 2026, 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.78 in; 8 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 4.69 in of precipitation in Wausau, WI, the wettest winter since 2023, 24th wettest of 113.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wausau, WI: 51°F on Friday 27 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wausau, WI: a low of -25°F on Saturday 24 January 2026 and Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wausau, WI: 0.78 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.