Williston, ND: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 17°F in Williston, ND, the warmest winter since 2024, 28th warmest of 130.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 17°F; Warmest since 2024; 28th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 1.68 in; Wettest since 2022; 48th wettest of 130

A normal winter in Williston, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 14.1°F, between 8.8°F and 21.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.54 in of precipitation, between 0.75 in and 2.72 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Williston, ND since 1895: 17°F in 2026; the highest is 26.4°F, in 1931.

Normal range, 8.8 to 21.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Williston, ND 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	17	28	26.3	39	7.6	25	1.68	48	0
2025	11.9	77	20.4	85	3.4	62	1.37	67	0
2024	25.1	2	33.2	3	16.8	2	0.87	112	5
2023	12.5	67	20.3	86	4.7	46	1.62	54	0
2022	12.4	69	22.9	68	1.8	75	1.71	47	0
2021	19.1	19	28.2	22	10	16	0.61	124	0
2020	18	23	26.3	39	9.7	18	0.91	106	0
2019	12.6	66	21.9	73	3.2	64	2.68	8	0
2018	10.8	84	22.3	69	-0.5	97	1.11	91	2
2017	13.4	60	22.1	71	4.6	50	2.10	24	2
2016	22.4	5	31.7	7	13	4	1.68	48	0
2015	16.7	33	27.2	30	6.3	35	0.97	99	0
2014	10.6	86	21.4	77	-0.3	94	1.51	61	0
2013	15.6	39	24.6	53	6.6	33	1.14	86	0
2012	22.1	6	32.6	5	11.6	9	0.58	126	0
2011	9.4	96	18.6	102	0.2	93	3.80	2	0
2010	9.1	100	17.8	108	0.4	90	1.87	38	0
2009	7.6	110	18.2	104	-3	110	4.80	1	0
2008	12.3	73	25.8	42	-1.1	100	0.56	128	0
2007	15.2	45	26.8	31	3.6	56	1.28	78	0
2006	20.9	11	31	9	10.8	11	0.67	121	0
2005	16.2	35	27.5	25	5	41	0.98	97	0
2004	11.9	77	22	72	1.8	75	2.07	28	0
2003	12.3	73	23.3	64	1.4	80	1.57	58	0
2002	18.4	20	29	20	7.8	23	1.91	35	0
2001	9.7	92	20.1	89	-0.8	99	0.92	105	0
2000	19.6	17	31.7	7	7.5	26	1.14	86	0
1999	15.2	45	25.4	45	5.1	39	3.03	5	0
1998	21.2	9	30.6	11	11.9	7	2.13	23	0
1997	7.8	109	17.9	106	-2.5	109	1.68	48	1
1996	10.2	90	20.1	89	0.3	91	1.64	52	0
1995	14.8	50	25	48	4.7	46	2.16	21	0
1994	8.8	102	18.8	100	-1.2	101	2.23	17	0
1993	8.3	107	18.8	100	-2.2	106	0.90	109	0
1992	24.6	3	36.3	1	13	4	0.76	117	0
1991	14.8	50	25.8	42	3.9	53	0.95	100	0
1990	17.9	24	28.8	21	7	30	0.81	115	0
1989	11	82	20.7	81	1.3	82	2.18	19	0
1988	15.2	45	26.6	33	3.7	54	1.10	92	0
1987	23.8	4	33.2	3	14.4	3	0.60	125	0
1986	15.6	39	24.6	53	6.6	33	1.61	55	0
1985	8.4	106	19.1	93	-2.3	108	0.64	123	0
1984	13.5	58	23.5	62	3.5	59	1.50	62	0
1983	20.2	13	30.5	12	9.8	17	1.85	40	0
1982	7.2	111	17.9	106	-3.4	114	2.09	25	0
1981	20.3	12	30	14	10.6	13	1.01	95	0
1980	15.4	42	27.3	27	3.6	56	0.95	100	0
1979	2.6	129	13.1	127	-7.9	129	1.91	35	0
1978	4.4	123	14	125	-5.2	122	1.68	48	0
1977	12.7	65	23.9	60	1.5	79	1.76	46	0
1976	16.2	35	27.6	24	4.8	44	1.99	30	0
1975	15.9	38	26.6	33	5.1	39	0.57	127	0
1974	13.1	63	23.6	61	2.6	68	1.35	69	1
1973	14.8	50	24.8	51	4.8	44	0.95	100	0
1972	7	113	17.5	113	-3.5	116	2.22	18	0
1971	8.7	104	18.9	97	-1.4	103	1.43	63	0
1970	12.9	64	24.2	57	1.7	77	1.14	86	0
1969	5	120	14.9	120	-5	120	2.72	6	0
1968	12.4	69	24	58	0.8	88	1.25	80	0
1967	13.7	56	24.6	53	2.5	69	3.23	4	1
1966	9.3	98	20.7	81	-2.2	106	1.34	71	0
1965	3.9	125	15.1	119	-7.3	127	2.09	25	0
1964	17.6	25	29.5	15	5.7	38	0.99	96	0
1963	14.1	53	25.2	46	3	66	1.15	83	0
1962	9.5	95	20.6	83	-1.6	105	1.92	33	0
1961	20.1	14	29.5	15	10.8	11	1.79	45	0
1960	16.9	29	24.7	52	9	22	1.55	59	0
1959	9.4	96	19	95	-0.3	94	1.25	80	0
1958	21	10	30.2	13	11.8	8	1.58	57	0
1957	12.1	75	21.2	80	2.9	67	1.30	75	0
1956	8.9	101	18.5	103	-0.7	98	0.73	119	0
1955	17.1	27	26.8	31	7.4	27	1.42	64	0
1954	18.4	20	27.3	27	9.5	19	2.16	21	0
1953	19.8	16	29.2	18	10.3	15	1.38	66	0
1952	9.6	93	18.2	104	1	84	1.93	32	0
1951	10.2	90	19.4	92	0.9	85	2.18	19	0
1950	2.9	127	12.5	129	-6.8	126	2.45	10	0
1949	4.5	122	14.6	122	-5.5	124	1.97	31	0
1948	15	48	25.1	47	5	41	1.87	38	0
1947	14.9	49	24.9	50	4.9	43	0.98	97	1
1946	12.4	69	21.4	77	3.3	63	1.33	73	0
1945	16.9	29	26.5	35	7.2	29	0.91	106	0
1944	21.3	8	32.2	6	10.5	14	0.93	104	0
1943	9.6	93	18.9	97	0.3	91	2.43	13	0
1942	20	15	29.1	19	11	10	1.14	86	0
1941	16.9	29	26.5	35	7.3	28	0.94	103	0
1940	15.4	42	24.6	53	6.2	36	1.53	60	0
1939	13.8	54	24	58	3.7	54	1.61	55	0
1938	12.4	69	21.7	75	3.1	65	2.36	14	0
1937	4.6	121	14.3	124	-5.1	121	1.15	83	1
1936	0.2	130	9.1	130	-8.7	130	1.83	41	0
1935	13.3	62	23.1	66	3.6	56	1.14	86	0
1934	16.1	37	25.5	44	6.7	32	2.28	15	0
1933	13.4	60	23.2	65	3.5	59	1.28	78	0
1932	16.4	34	25.9	41	6.8	31	1.36	68	0
1931	26.4	1	35.3	2	17.4	1	0.30	130	0
1930	10.5	87	18.9	97	2.1	72	2.70	7	0
1929	7.1	112	17.5	113	-3.4	114	1.92	33	0
1928	10.5	87	19.7	91	1.4	80	0.80	116	0
1927	11.2	81	20.3	86	2.1	72	1.83	41	0
1926	21.5	7	30.7	10	12	6	1.33	73	2
1925	11.9	77	21.3	79	2.5	69	1.15	83	0
1924	17.6	25	27.4	26	7.7	24	0.90	109	0
1923	8.8	102	19	95	-1.4	103	2.06	29	0
1922	8.3	107	17.7	111	-1.2	101	1.34	71	0
1921	19.3	18	29.3	17	9.3	21	0.67	121	0
1920	10.4	89	19.1	93	1.7	77	1.30	75	0
1919	18.4	20	27.3	27	9.5	19	2.09	25	0
1918	4.4	123	13.5	126	-4.7	119	1.83	41	0
1917	2.7	128	12.6	128	-7.3	127	2.64	9	0
1916	5.9	119	14.9	120	-3.1	111	2.44	11	2
1915	11	82	20.2	88	1.9	74	0.89	111	0
1914	15.3	44	26.4	38	4.2	52	0.83	114	0
1913	13.7	56	25	48	2.4	71	0.84	113	0
1912	9.2	99	17.6	112	0.9	85	1.20	82	0
1911	6.5	116	17.4	115	-4.4	117	1.30	75	0
1910	6.9	114	16.9	116	-3.1	111	1.07	93	0
1909	11.5	80	21.8	74	1.1	83	0.42	129	0
1908	16.8	32	27.7	23	5.8	37	0.69	120	0
1907	3.9	125	14.4	123	-6.5	125	1.89	37	0
1904	6.2	118	16.9	116	-4.5	118	2.24	16	0
1903	6.3	117	17.8	108	-5.2	122	1.35	69	0
1902	13.5	58	22.3	69	4.7	46	2.44	11	0
1901	13.8	54	23	67	4.6	50	1.07	93	0
1900	12	76	23.5	62	0.5	89	1.64	52	0
1899	6.6	115	16.3	118	-3.1	111	0.74	118	0
1898	15.6	39	26.5	35	4.7	46	0.91	106	0
1897	10.7	85	20.5	84	0.9	85	1.80	44	0
1896	12.5	67	21.5	76	3.5	59	3.36	3	0
1895	8.7	104	17.8	108	-0.3	94	1.39	65	0
1894									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1931	26.4
2024	25.1
1992	24.6
1987	23.8
2016	22.4
2012	22.1
1926	21.5
1944	21.3
1998	21.2
1958	21

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	0.2
1979	2.6
1917	2.7
1950	2.9
1965	3.9
1907	3.9
1978	4.4
1918	4.4
1949	4.5
1937	4.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	4.80
2011	3.80
1896	3.36
1967	3.23
1999	3.03
1969	2.72
1930	2.70
2019	2.68
1917	2.64
1950	2.45

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1931	0.30
1909	0.42
2008	0.56
1975	0.57
2012	0.58
1987	0.60
2021	0.61
1985	0.64
2006	0.67
1921	0.67

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 48°F; 8 February 2026
Coldest night: -30°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.20 in; 10 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 1.68 in of precipitation in Williston, ND, the wettest winter since 2022, tied 48th wettest of 130 (with 2016, 1997 and 1978).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Williston, ND: 48°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Williston, ND: a low of -30°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Williston, ND: 0.20 in on Wednesday 10 December 2025.