Wheeling, WV: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 29.3°F in Wheeling, WV, the coldest winter since 2015, 30th coldest of 117.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 29.3°F; Coldest since 2015; 30th coldest of 117
Precipitation: 2.97 in; Driest on record; Driest of 115, provisional

A normal winter in Wheeling, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.9°F, between 27.6°F and 36.3°F in eight years of ten and 8.03 in of precipitation, between 5.75 in and 10.80 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Wheeling, WV since 1900: 29.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 22.6°F, in 1904.

Normal range, 27.6 to 36.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Wheeling, WV from 1880 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	29.3	88	37.5	91	21.1	90	2.97	115	0
2025	32.1	52	38.9	80	25.2	33	5.06	105	0
2024	38.5	3	45.8	8	31.1	1	7.55	61	0
2023	38.6	2	46.2	6	31	2	5.49	101	0
2022	34.2	27	42.6	32	25.7	28	9.63	22	0
2021	31.8	59	37.7	89	26	23	5.11	104	0
2020	35.9	11	43.1	24	28.7	7	7.99	43	1
2019	34	29	41.7	48	26.3	18	9.69	21	1
2018	31.6	62	39.7	74	23.5	53	10.86	11	0
2017	36.3	10	43.9	20	28.8	5	8.18	40	0
2016	36.6	7	44.7	12	28.5	8	7.26	68	0
2015	27.4	103	35.1	108	19.8	100	5.76	95	0
2014	27.7	101	35.7	104	19.7	102	7.38	64	2
2013	33.8	34	40.3	66	27.3	12	8.66	34	0
2012	35.5	14	42.9	26	28	9	8.07	42	1
2011	27.3	104	33.7	115	20.8	94	6.31	85	2
2010	28.3	98	34	114	22.6	67	7.30	67	3
2009	29.2	89	37.6	90	21.1	90	9.13	26	1
2008	32	55	39.6	76	24.4	43	11.26	10	0
2007	32.1	52	39.7	74	24.5	40	6.43	82	0
2006	33.7	36	40.6	62	26.9	14	5.94	92	0
2005	32.9	41	40.5	63	25.2	33	10.00	19	1
2004	28.9	90	36.3	102	21.6	80	8.34	38	0
2003	27.1	106	33.3	116	20.9	93	5.63	98	0
2002	36.4	8	44	19	28.8	5	5.00	106	0
2001	28.5	94	35.7	104	21.4	83	5.24	103	1
2000	33.3	40	41	56	25.6	31	7.11	71	1
1999	35	17	43.1	24	26.8	16	8.93	30	1
1998	37.9	4	45.2	11	30.7	3	7.91	48	4
1997	34.7	22	43.2	22	26.1	21	6.69	79	1
1996	29.4	87	37.3	96	21.2	88	10.53	14	2
1995	32.6	47	41.1	53	24	44	7.07	73	1
1994	28.4	96	36.5	101	20.4	99	10.79	12	2
1993	33.4	39	40.8	59	26.1	21	8.98	29	1
1992	34.8	20	43.5	21	26	23	8.69	33	1
1991							12.12	6	14
1990	32	55	40.8	59	23.3	58	8.63	35	2
1989	33.9	33	42.8	29	25.1	35	7.77	52	5
1988	31.6	62	40.2	67	23.5	53	7.97	45	4
1987					25.6	31	4.27	111	16
1986					24	44	7.72	56	14
1985					22.7	66	4.77	109	27
1984			40.2	67			6.66	80	12
1983									34
1982			37.4	94	21.3	85	6.40	83	10
1981	30	81	38.9	80	21.1	90	5.82	93	1
1980	31.2	70	38.8	83	23.6	48	4.48	110	0
1979	26.6	110	34.6	110	18.4	109			1
1978	25.3	112	33.2	117	17.4	117	9.26	25	0
1977	22.8	116	31.8	118	13.9	123	3.52	114	0
1976	33.5	38	42.4	33	24.5	40	10.38	15	1
1975	34.4	25	41.8	45	26.9	14	12.74	5	0
1974	35.8	12	44.2	18	27.4	11	7.36	65	0
1973	34	29	42.9	26	25.1	35	6.40	83	0
1972	34	29	44.5	15	23.4	56	7.69	57	0
1971	31.6	62	40.8	59	22.3	72	7.99	43	0
1970	27.3	104	36.1	103	18.4	109	5.95	91	0
1969	30.8	75	39.8	70	21.7	78	6.05	89	0
1968	28.6	93	39.4	77	17.9	114	5.62	100	0
1967	32.1	52	42.1	40	22	74	5.00	106	0
1966	31.4	66	40.4	64	22.3	72	7.52	62	0
1965	31.8	59	42.4	33	21.2	88	11.30	9	0
1964	27	107	37.1	99	17	118	5.63	98	0
1963	24.9	114	35.1	108	14.7	121	6.18	87	0
1962	30.9	74	40.9	58	20.8	94	7.81	50	0
1961	28.1	99	38.1	86	18.2	111	5.70	97	0
1960	34	29	42.3	35	25.7	28	7.09	72	2
1959	28.7	91	39.9	69	17.5	116	5.29	102	1
1958	30.7	77	39.8	70	21.5	81	6.90	74	0
1957	34.9	19	44.3	16	25.7	28	6.86	76	1
1956	32	55	41.5	49	22.5	69	8.52	37	0
1955	31.3	69	41.1	53	21.5	81	7.90	49	0
1954	35	17	45.9	7	23.9	46	4.81	108	1
1953	35.7	13	45.5	10	26	23	7.94	47	0
1952	35.3	16	45.6	9	25	38	10.74	13	0
1951	31.4	66	41.1	53	21.8	77	7.59	60	0
1950	37.5	6	47.9	2	27.1	13	14.38	2	2
1949	37.9	4	47.8	3	28	9	11.46	7	0
1948	28.4	96	39.2	78	17.9	114			3
1947	31.8	59	42.2	38	21.3	85	6.77	78	1
1946	31.1	71	41.5	49	20.5	98			4
1945	28.5	94	37.9	87	18.9	108	8.72	32	1
1944	31.9	58	43.2	22	20.6	97	4.19	112	0
1943	31.1	71	41	56	21.4	83	7.62	59	3
1942	32.2	50	42.1	40	22.4	70	6.01	90	2
1941	32.2	50	41.2	52	23.3	58	6.19	86	3
1940	27.5	102	37.5	91	18	113			5
1939	34.1	28	44.7	12	23.6	48	8.27	39	3
1938	32.6	47	42	42	23	60			2
1937	36.4	8	46.5	4	26.3	18	12.98	4	1
1936	25.1	113	34.3	111	15.9	120	7.75	53	1
1935	32.5	49	41.8	45	23	60	7.75	53	1
1934	30.6	78	41.8	45	19.3	106	7.32	66	0
1933	34.7	22	46.3	5	23.4	56			6
1932	40.5	1	50.2	1	30.7	3	9.53	23	3
1931	32.9	41	42.2	38	23.7	47			2
1930	34.7	22	44.3	16	25.1	35			5
1929	29.7	86	39.8	70	19.8	100	6.84	77	4
1928	32.9	41	42.7	30	22.9	62	10.10	18	3
1927	32.9	41	41.3	51	24.5	40	8.83	31	1
1926	30.2	80	39.2	78	21.3	85	5.72	96	0
1925	32.8	45	42.7	30	22.6	67	7.45	63	3
1924	33.7	36	42.3	35	24.9	39			1
1923	31.5	65	40.4	64	22.8	65	7.21	70	2
1922	32.8	45	42	42	23.5	53	6.08	88	1
1921	34.3	26	42.9	26	25.8	27			1
1920	26.8	109	35.5	106	18.2	111	7.63	58	4
1919	35.4	15	44.6	14	26.2	20	6.87	75	0
1917	28.7	91	37.9	87	19.5	105	5.82	93	0
1916	30.8	75	38.7	84	22.9	62	9.39	24	1
1915	30.4	79	37.3	96	23.6	48	11.45	8	1
1914	29.9	82	36.8	100	22.9	62	9.09	27	0
1913	33.8	34	41.9	44	25.9	26	10.24	16	2
1912	26.9	108	34.1	113	19.6	104	7.81	50	1
1911	31.1	71	38.9	80	23.6	48	9.06	28	3
1910					19.7	102			11
1909	34.8	20	42.3	35	26.8	16			4
1908	29.8	84	37.4	94	22.4	70	7.74	55	6
1907			38.7	84	21.7	78			10
1906	31.4	66	39.8	70	23.6	48	6.59	81	6
1905	24.1	115	31.7	119	16.7	119	8.15	41	6
1904	22.6	117	31.4	120	14	122	7.22	69	2
1903	29.8	84	37.3	96	21.9	76	13.38	3	5
1902	26.5	111	34.2	112	19.2	107	10.23	17	3
1901	28.1	99	35.2	107	20.8	94	4.00	113	1
1900	29.9	82	37.5	91	22	74	7.97	45	1
1882							15.10	1	90
1881							8.62	36	90
1880							9.80	20	91

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	40.5
2023	38.6
2024	38.5
1998	37.9
1949	37.9
1950	37.5
2016	36.6
2002	36.4
1937	36.4
2017	36.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1904	22.6
1977	22.8
1905	24.1
1963	24.9
1936	25.1
1978	25.3
1902	26.5
1979	26.6
1920	26.8
1912	26.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1882	15.10
1950	14.38
1903	13.38
1937	12.98
1975	12.74
1991	12.12
1949	11.46
1915	11.45
1965	11.30
2008	11.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	2.97
1977	3.52
1901	4.00
1944	4.19
1987	4.27
1980	4.48
1985	4.77
1954	4.81
2002	5.00
1967	5.00

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -8°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.47 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.97 in of precipitation in Wheeling, WV, the driest winter on record, in 115 years since 1880 (winter 1883 excluded: 25 of 90 days missing; winter 1884 excluded: 20 of 91 days missing; winter 1885 excluded: 31 of 90 days missing; 29 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wheeling, WV: 66°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wheeling, WV: a low of -8°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wheeling, WV: 0.47 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.