Worcester, MA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 23.9°F in Worcester, MA, the coldest winter since 2015, 24th coldest of 128.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 23.9°F; Coldest since 2015; 24th coldest of 128
Precipitation: 9.35 in; Driest since 2007; 47th driest of 129

A normal winter in Worcester, MA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.4°F, between 24°F and 31.1°F in eight years of ten and 11.03 in of precipitation, between 7.87 in and 13.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Worcester, MA since 1896: 23.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 20.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 24 to 31.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Worcester, MA from 1892 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	23.9	105	31	110	16.9	96	9.35	83	0
2025	27.5	45	34.3	67	20.7	35	10.87	51	0
2024	33.5	2	40.2	6	26.8	2	16.92	4	0
2023	33.8	1	40.6	3	27	1	13.85	14	0
2022	29.2	25	37.3	17	21	32	12.04	33	0
2021	29.3	23	35.4	48	23.2	11	12.18	31	0
2020	30.4	13	37.1	22	23.7	7	12.37	28	0
2019	27	56	34.5	61	19.4	52	13.21	18	0
2018	27.3	51	34.8	55	19.8	49	11.36	44	0
2017	30.4	13	37.4	15	23.5	9	10.15	68	0
2016	32.8	4	40.5	4	25	5	12.04	33	0
2015	22.7	114	30	122	15.5	111	13.21	18	1
2014	24.2	98	31.4	108	17.1	94	11.61	41	0
2013	29.5	21	36	32	23.1	13	11.99	36	0
2012	32.8	4	40.4	5	25.1	4	9.61	79	0
2011	24.5	94	31.7	103	17.3	88	14.55	11	0
2010	26.6	62	32.8	91	20.5	38	12.74	24	0
2009	25.3	85	33.1	87	17.5	81	11.03	49	0
2008	27.5	45	34.4	65	20.5	38	16.70	5	0
2007	28.7	29	35.8	37	21.7	25	7.33	111	0
2006	28.8	27	35.6	44	22	23	12.48	26	0
2005	26.6	62	33.7	82	19.6	51	13.65	15	0
2004	24.5	94	31.5	107	17.5	81	8.59	90	0
2003	22.6	116	29	128	16.1	109	10.48	61	2
2002	33.1	3	40	7	26.2	3	6.03	123	0
2001	24.8	91	32	102	17.5	81	6.66	121	0
2000	28.6	30	36	32	21.1	29	8.01	102	0
1999	30.9	9	38.8	10	23.1	13	10.72	52	0
1998	30.8	11	37	24	24.6	6	8.35	99	2
1997	29	26	35.8	37	22.2	22	10.68	53	2
1996	24.1	101	30.9	114	17.4	85			0
1995	28.8	27	36.2	31	21.5	26	11.38	43	0
1994	22	121	30.1	121	13.8	125	11.75	38	0
1993	24.9	89	32.7	93	17.2	91	9.55	80	0
1992	27.3	51	35.5	46	19.1	61	8.41	97	0
1991	29.3	23	37.5	13	21.1	29	10.52	58	0
1990	24.9	89	33.3	84	16.6	102	8.37	98	0
1989	26.8	58	35	53	18.5	68	5.07	126	0
1988	26.8	58	34.6	60	19	63	7.34	110	0
1987	26.3	69	34.1	75	18.4	72	13.02	21	0
1986	24.8	91	32.4	100	17.2	91	10.63	55	0
1985	27.8	41	35.4	48	20.3	45	6.72	120	0
1984	27.9	37	35.2	50	20.5	38	14.59	10	0
1983	30	15	37.3	17	22.8	16	11.22	46	0
1982	23.4	109	30.8	116	16	110	14.16	12	0
1981	24	104	32.7	93	15.3	113	10.36	65	0
1980	26.4	68	34.3	67	18.6	67	3.57	129	0
1979	23.7	107	30.7	117	16.8	98	17.36	2	0
1978	22.4	118	29.4	125	15.3	113	16.97	3	0
1977	20.8	128	28.5	131	13.2	127	8.42	96	0
1976	25.8	80	34.8	55	16.8	98	13.21	18	0
1975	27.7	43	34.8	55	20.7	35	14.91	8	0
1974	27.5	45	35.8	37	19.2	59	16.12	6	0
1973	26.2	72	34	76	18.3	73	12.83	22	0
1972	26.8	58	34.9	54	18.7	66	9.93	75	0
1971	21.8	123	29.1	127	14.5	119	10.66	54	0
1970	21.4	126	29.2	126	13.6	126	14.05	13	0
1969	24.1	101	30.6	118	17.5	81	10.49	60	0
1968	23	111	31	110	15.1	116	9.98	72	0
1967	26.1	74	33.8	79	18.5	68	8.58	91	0
1966	26	76	33.2	85	18.8	64	10.48	61	0
1965	24.5	94	32.5	98	16.5	103	10.93	50	0
1964	23.8	106	31	110	16.5	103	11.34	45	0
1963	22.3	120	30.5	119	14	124	10.07	70	0
1962	24.2	98	31.6	105	16.7	101	12.32	29	0
1961	23	111	31.1	109	15	117	9.74	77	0
1960	27.8	41	34.5	61	21.1	29	13.27	17	0
1959	21.6	124	30.4	120	12.9	129	8.53	93	1
1958	26.2	72	33.1	87	19.3	55	17.78	1	0
1957	25.5	84	33.7	82	17.2	91	6.90	117	0
1956	24.7	93	31.6	105	17.9	77	9.49	81	0
1955	26.8	58	34.3	67	19.2	59	9.17	86	0
1954	29.6	20	37.8	12	21.2	28	9.27	84	1
1953	29.9	16	37.3	17	22.6	18	13.33	16	0
1952	27.9	37	35.8	37	19.9	48	11.20	47	0
1951	28.5	32	36.5	26	20.5	38	11.70	39	0
1950	28.4	33	36.4	28	20.4	42	10.12	69	0
1949	29.9	16	37.5	13	22.3	20	9.23	85	0
1948	22.4	118	32.3	101	12.5	130	7.56	109	0
1947	27.9	37	37.4	15	18.5	68	7.77	105	1
1946	23.6	108	32.7	93	14.5	119	11.88	37	1
1945	24.2	98	33.9	77	14.4	121	10.36	65	0
1944	25.8	80	35.1	52	16.5	103	4.33	128	0
1943	24.5	94	32.8	91	16.2	108	10.01	71	0
1942	26.3	69	35.8	37	16.8	98	10.54	57	3
1941	26.3	69	34.4	65	18	76	8.03	101	1
1940	25	88	33.2	85	16.9	96	9.86	76	1
1939	26.9	57	35.5	46	18.5	68	9.98	72	2
1938	26.6	62	35.8	37	17.4	85	9.39	82	0
1937	32	6	40.9	2	23.2	11	14.84	9	3
1936	22.7	114	31	110	14.4	121	11.17	48	1
1935	24.1	101	33.8	79	14.6	118	12.80	23	2
1934	22	121	31.7	103	12.3	131	10.51	59	0
1933	31.5	7	41.1	1	22	23	7.96	103	1
1932	30.9	9	39.5	8	22.5	19	10.35	67	2
1931	26.5	65	35.6	44	17.4	85	8.46	94	1
1930	27.9	37	37.1	22	18.8	64	6.89	118	0
1929	27.1	55	36.9	25	17.7	79	10.42	64	3
1928	27.7	43	37.2	20	18.3	73	12.59	25	1
1927	25.3	85	34.2	73	16.5	103	9.11	88	5
1926	25.9	78	34.5	61	17.3	88	11.53	42	1
1925	26.5	65	35.8	37	17.1	94	6.79	119	0
1924	28.4	33	35.9	36	20.8	34	8.88	89	2
1923	23	111	29.6	124	16.5	103	7.66	108	2
1922	26	76	32.6	96	19.4	52	5.98	125	4
1921	29.8	18	36.5	26	23.1	13	8.58	91	0
1920	22.6	116	29.7	123	15.3	113	7.72	107	2
1919	29.7	19	36	32	23.4	10	8.19	100	4
1918									21
1917	26.1	74	33	90	19.3	55	7.26	112	5
1916	27.5	45	34.7	58	20.4	42	7.88	104	4
1915	28.3	35	35.2	50	21.5	26	12.46	27	4
1914	27.5	45	34.3	67	20.2	47	5.99	124	7
1913	31.4	8	39	9	23.7	7	9.13	87	4
1912	25.2	87	32.6	96	18.1	75	6.99	115	2
1911	25.8	80	32.5	98	19.1	61	6.43	122	0
1910	27.3	51	34.3	67	20.3	45	12.18	31	0
1909	28.6	30	36.3	30	20.9	33	9.95	74	0
1908	28	36	36.4	28	19.8	49	9.73	78	3
1907	23.2	110	30.9	114	15.4	112	7.76	106	0
1906	30.8	11	38.8	10	22.7	17	6.96	116	0
1905	21.6	124	29	128	14.1	123	7.20	113	0
1904	21	127	29	128	13.1	128	7.14	114	0
1903	26.5	65	33.8	79	19.3	55	10.55	56	0
1902			34.2	73	19.3	55	12.00	35	11
1901	25.6	83	33.1	87	17.8	78	4.66	127	2
1900			37.2	20	19.4	52	12.27	30	10
1899	25.9	78	34.7	58	17.3	88			2
1898	29.4	22	36	32	22.3	20	15.10	7	6
1897	27.5	45	34.5	61	20.6	37	8.46	94	4
1896	27.3	51	34.3	67	20.4	42	11.66	40	8
1895									35
1894			33.9	77	17.7	79	10.47	63	14
1893									38
1892									32

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	33.8
2024	33.5
2002	33.1
2016	32.8
2012	32.8
1937	32
1933	31.5
1913	31.4
1999	30.9
1932	30.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	20.8
1904	21
1970	21.4
1959	21.6
1905	21.6
1971	21.8
1994	22
1934	22
1963	22.3
1978	22.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	17.78
1979	17.36
1978	16.97
2024	16.92
2008	16.70
1974	16.12
1898	15.10
1975	14.91
1937	14.84
1984	14.59

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	3.57
1944	4.33
1901	4.66
1989	5.07
1922	5.98
1914	5.99
2002	6.03
1911	6.43
2001	6.66
1985	6.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 56°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -4°F; 8 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.59 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 9.35 in of precipitation in Worcester, MA, the driest winter since 2007, 47th driest of 129.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Worcester, MA: 56°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Worcester, MA: a low of -4°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Worcester, MA: 1.59 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.