Zanesville, OH: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 28.7°F in Zanesville, OH, the coldest winter since 2015, 29th coldest of 124.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 28.7°F; Coldest since 2015; 29th coldest of 124
Precipitation: 3.11 in; Driest since 1901; 2nd driest of 121

A normal winter in Zanesville, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.9°F, between 27.3°F and 36.3°F in eight years of ten and 7.40 in of precipitation, between 5.72 in and 10.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Zanesville, OH since 1900: 28.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 21.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 27.3 to 36.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Zanesville, OH 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	28.7	96	38.1	90	19.2	110	3.11	120	0
2025	31.6	66	39.5	73	23.7	59	6.37	86	0
2024	38.2	3	46.7	3	29.7	3	7.97	49	0
2023	38.3	2	46.9	2	29.3	4	6.63	79	2
2022	33.1	43	42.5	30	23.6	60	12.10	10	0
2021	31.7	63	38.5	85	24.9	42	5.51	106	0
2020	36.2	9	44.5	13	27.8	9	10.03	19	0
2019	33.8	32	42.1	35	25.6	29	12.21	9	0
2018	31.9	60	40.8	55	23	70	8.81	27	0
2017	37	7	45.1	10	29	5	9.71	21	0
2016	37.2	4	46.4	5	28	7	7.29	66	0
2015	26.8	113	35.1	115	18.5	113	6.77	74	0
2014	27.2	109	36	107	18.3	115	6.71	76	0
2013	33	46	40.6	58	25.3	37	10.05	18	0
2012	35.4	15	43.8	16	26.9	13	7.79	54	0
2011	27.1	111	34.6	117	19.7	105	6.38	85	0
2010	27.5	103	34.3	118	20.7	93	6.70	77	0
2009	30.3	80	39.1	75	21.6	80	6.03	94	0
2008	31.6	66	40.2	61	23	70	8.26	41	0
2007	31.6	66	40.2	61	23.1	68	6.93	73	0
2006	33.9	29	41.5	44	26.2	19	4.96	112	0
2005	32.8	50	40.9	51	24.7	46	13.10	4	0
2004	29.2	90	37.3	97	21	91	8.48	37	0
2003	27.3	108	34.2	120	20.5	96	5.73	102	0
2002	35.8	11	44.8	11	26.8	14	4.61	114	0
2001	28.5	98	36.3	106	20.7	93	5.66	103	0
2000	33.4	37	42.1	35	24.7	46	8.51	36	2
1999	34.9	22	43.7	20	26.1	20	10.53	14	0
1998	37.2	4	43.9	15	30.5	2	9.16	23	0
1997	33.9	29	42.2	34	25.4	35	6.00	95	2
1996	28.6	97	36.7	105	20.5	96	8.78	30	0
1995	31.9	60	40.3	59	23.5	61	7.50	60	1
1994	28	100	35.8	109	20.1	103	6.41	83	0
1993	33.1	43	40.7	56	25.5	31	5.98	97	0
1992	34.5	25	42.4	31	26.6	15	6.09	93	0
1991	35.1	18	43.7	20	26.6	15	11.67	11	0
1990	31.7	63	40.7	56	22.6	73	8.11	46	0
1989	33.1	43	41.5	44	24.6	48	8.44	39	0
1988	31.1	71	39.7	71	22.4	76	8.77	31	0
1987	32.3	59	40	66	24.6	48	6.33	87	0
1986	29.3	88	37.1	98	21.5	86	6.61	80	0
1985	29.9	84	38.4	87	21.3	90	7.01	68	0
1984	29.3	88	37	100	21.5	86	6.16	91	0
1983	35.1	18	43.1	26	27	12	6.49	81	0
1982	27.7	101	35.7	111	19.6	106	7.48	62	0
1981	28.5	98	37	100	19.9	104	6.15	92	0
1980	29.9	84	37.5	94	22.3	77	4.19	116	0
1979	25.1	119	33.6	123	16.6	124	14.29	3	0
1978	22.6	123	31.7	127	13.6	127	8.08	48	0
1977	21.8	124	31.4	128	12.1	129	3.65	119	0
1976	32.9	48	41.5	44	24.2	53	9.00	25	0
1975	32.9	48	40.2	61	25.5	31	9.47	22	0
1974	32.8	50	40.9	51	24.8	43	7.39	64	0
1973	32.8	50	40.9	51	24.6	48	7.34	65	0
1972	32.7	54	42.1	35	23.4	63	7.50	60	0
1971	30.2	82	38.8	82	21.6	80	7.43	63	0
1970	25.7	116	34.3	118	17.1	122	5.53	105	0
1969	29.7	87	37.9	91	21.6	80	7.94	50	0
1968	27.5	103	37.1	98	17.8	118	5.57	104	0
1967	30.5	74	39.4	74	21.6	80	5.35	109	0
1966	30	83	38.4	87	21.6	80	8.22	43	0
1965	30.5	74	40.3	59	20.7	93	11.56	12	0
1964	26.5	115	35.8	109	17.2	121	4.98	111	0
1963	22.8	122	33.3	126	12.3	128	4.74	113	2
1962	28.9	91	37.9	91	20.2	101	8.81	27	2
1961	27.2	109	36.8	103	17.6	119	5.93	98	0
1960	32.4	57	39.8	70	25.2	38	8.09	47	1
1959	26.9	112	37	100	16.7	123	8.36	40	3
1958	28.9	91	37.5	94	20.4	98	7.83	53	0
1957	33.6	34	41.5	44	25.7	28	7.66	57	0
1956	30.3	80	39	76	21.6	80	7.01	68	0
1955	30.4	78	38.9	79	21.8	78	8.14	45	0
1954	34.1	27	43.4	23	24.8	43	6.17	90	0
1953	34.9	22	43.8	16	25.9	26	8.47	38	0
1952	33.6	34	42.9	28	24.3	52	12.39	7	0
1951	28.9	91	38.2	89	19.6	106	9.87	20	0
1950	35.8	11	45.6	7	26	22	12.83	5	0
1949	35.8	11	45.2	8	26.3	18	10.29	16	0
1948	27.6	102	36.8	103	18.4	114	6.26	88	0
1947	31.7	63	40.2	61	23.1	68	7.00	70	0
1946			40	66	21.5	86	6.00	95	10
1945	28.9	91	37.4	96	20.4	98	8.58	35	0
1944	33.4	37	43.7	20	23.2	67	5.36	108	0
1943	32.6	55	41.8	40	23.4	63	8.77	31	0
1942	33.3	41	41.8	40	24.8	43	5.75	101	0
1941	34.1	27	42.1	35	26	22	5.48	107	0
1940	28.9	91	37.9	91	20.4	98	7.53	58	2
1939	36	10	46.1	6	25.9	26	8.64	34	0
1938	33.9	29	42.6	29	25.4	35	8.22	43	2
1937	37.1	6	46.5	4	27.7	10	14.84	2	0
1936	25.6	118	33.8	122	17.3	120	7.08	67	0
1935	35.1	18	44.2	14	26	22			0
1934	33.4	37	43.4	23	23.4	63	6.41	83	0
1933	35.1	18	44.8	11	25.5	31	6.19	89	1
1932	40.8	1	49.8	1	31.8	1	6.99	71	2
1931	33.6	34	41.7	42	25.6	29	3.96	118	1
1930	35.2	16	43.8	16	26.6	15	8.83	26	0
1929	30.6	73	39.7	71	21.4	89	6.99	71	0
1928			40.9	51	24.1	55			11
1927	33.2	42	41.2	49	25.2	38	9.12	24	0
1926	30.5	74	38.5	85	22.6	73			0
1925	33	46	41.9	39	24.2	53			1
1924	34.2	26	42.3	33	26.1	20	12.50	6	0
1923	32.8	50	41.3	48	24.5	51	7.86	52	1
1922	33.4	37	41.6	43	25.5	31	5.93	98	2
1921	35.7	14	43.3	25	28	7	7.70	55	0
1920	27.4	107	35.6	112	19.2	110	6.49	81	0
1919	37	7	45.2	8	28.8	6			0
1918	24.4	121	33.4	125	15.4	126			0
1917	30.4	78	39.9	68	20.9	92	8.23	42	4
1916	32.4	57	41.2	49	23.5	61	8.80	29	0
1915	30.9	72	39	76	22.6	73	10.22	17	1
1914	31.4	70	38.7	83	24	57	7.51	59	0
1913	34.9	22	43.8	16	26	22	12.29	8	2
1912	26.8	113	34.9	116	18.8	112			2
1911	32.5	56	39.9	68	25	40	8.76	33	2
1910	27.5	103	35.6	112	19.4	108	10.99	13	4
1909	35.2	16	43.1	26	27.3	11	10.39	15	0
1908	31.5	69	38.9	79	24.1	55	6.75	75	0
1907	31.8	62	40.1	65	23.9	58	7.91	51	2
1906	33.7	33	42.4	31	25	40	4.44	115	0
1905	25.7	116	33.5	124	17.9	117	5.16	110	0
1904	25	120	34.2	120	15.8	125	4.12	117	0
1903	30.5	74	38.6	84	22.9	72	15.44	1	2
1902	27.5	103	35.5	114	19.4	108	5.88	100	0
1901					21.7	79	2.18	121	18
1900	29.9	84	39	76	20.2	101	7.68	56	8
1899			35.9	108	18.1	116	6.64	78	12
1898									22
1897			38.9	79	23.3	66			10
1896									15

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	40.8
2023	38.3
2024	38.2
2016	37.2
1998	37.2
1937	37.1
2017	37
1919	37
2020	36.2
1939	36

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	21.8
1978	22.6
1963	22.8
1918	24.4
1904	25
1979	25.1
1936	25.6
1970	25.7
1905	25.7
1964	26.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1903	15.44
1937	14.84
1979	14.29
2005	13.10
1950	12.83
1924	12.50
1952	12.39
1913	12.29
2019	12.21
2022	12.10

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	2.18
2026	3.11
1977	3.65
1931	3.96
1904	4.12
1980	4.19
1906	4.44
2002	4.61
1963	4.74
2006	4.96

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 9 January 2026, 28 December 2025
Coldest night: -17°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.40 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.11 in of precipitation in Zanesville, OH, the driest winter since 1901 (winter 1912 excluded: 14 of 91 days missing; winter 1918 excluded: 16 of 90 days missing; winter 1919 excluded: 14 of 90 days missing; 4 more winters excluded for missing days), 2nd driest of 121.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Zanesville, OH: 68°F on Friday 9 January 2026 and Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Zanesville, OH: a low of -17°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Zanesville, OH: 0.40 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.