Albany, NY: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 25.7°F in Albany, NY, the coldest December since 2017, tied 37th coldest of 152 (with 1981 and 1893).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 25.7°F; Coldest since 2017; 37th coldest of 152
Precipitation: 3.27 in; Wettest since 2023; 50th wettest of 152

A normal December in Albany, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.8°F, between 25.8°F and 34°F in eight years of ten and 3.06 in of precipitation, between 1.91 in and 4.56 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Albany, NY since 1874: 25.7°F in 2025; the lowest is 13.6°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 25.8 to 34°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Albany, NY from 1874 to 2025, 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
2025	25.7	114	33.4	108	18.1	113	3.27	50
2024	29.1	63	36.4	63	21.9	66	3.14	55
2023	37.6	3	43.9	4	31.3	3	5.68	6
2022	31.9	30	39	31	24.8	27	3.95	31
2021	36.1	6	42.8	7	29.4	6	2.65	73
2020	29.9	53	37.2	52	22.6	59	3.70	36
2019	29.8	56	36.9	57	22.7	57	4.54	16
2018	32.4	24	40	23	24.7	28	3.04	59
2017	24.8	119	32.2	118	17.5	120	1.93	108
2016	30.3	46	37.7	46	23	50	1.75	115
2015	41.8	1	49.3	1	34.3	1	3.67	37
2014	32.5	23	37.9	41	27.2	13	5.37	10
2013	27.6	90	35.5	79	19.7	96	3.38	45
2012	33.3	20	40	23	26.7	14	4.05	29
2011	34	13	42.2	12	25.7	23	3.76	35
2010	25.9	112	32.6	115	19.2	102	2.95	62
2009	27.4	92	33.8	102	20.9	78	3.59	39
2008	28.4	78	36.4	63	20.5	87	4.54	16
2007	27.8	87	34.2	96	21.4	71	4.74	14
2006	35.2	7	42.9	5	27.5	11	2.01	101
2005	26.7	100	32.8	112	20.6	86	2.95	62
2004	27.8	87	35.4	81	20.2	91	2.93	65
2003	29.2	61	36.3	66	22.2	64	5.48	7
2002	27	96	34.2	96	19.9	94	3.97	30
2001	34.1	12	42.4	10	25.9	19	1.95	107
2000	22.1	136	30.2	137	14.1	136	4.38	20
1999	31	38	38.3	39	23.6	43	1.42	125
1998	33.7	16	42.9	5	24.5	32	1.04	134
1997	29.8	56	36.3	66	23.3	47	2.10	96
1996	33.8	14	39.5	28	28	8	4.50	18
1995	23.9	125	29.9	140	17.9	116	2.30	89
1994	31.6	36	40.4	18	22.8	53	2.58	77
1993	27.3	93	35	87	19.7	96	3.08	57
1992	29.8	56	37.1	55	22.5	60	3.02	61
1991	28.9	65	38	40	19.8	95	2.92	66
1990	33.6	17	41.2	15	26	17	3.50	43
1989	13.6	152	23	152	4.3	152	0.75	146
1988	26.6	102	35.3	82	17.9	116	1.02	135
1987	30.7	41	37.7	46	23.7	42	1.64	117
1986	30.8	39	37.8	43	23.8	40	3.92	32
1985	24.5	122	32.1	119	16.9	122	2.05	99
1984	33.8	14	41.6	14	26	17	2.48	82
1983	24	124	31.7	126	16.3	126	5.10	12
1982	33.6	17	42.3	11	25	25	1.33	129
1981	25.7	114	32.5	116	18.9	107	3.54	42
1980	19.9	146	31.2	131	8.5	151	1.23	130
1979	31.4	37	39.8	26	22.9	52	0.94	141
1978	28.7	71	36.7	60	20.7	82	3.08	57
1977	26.7	100	33.6	103	19.7	96	4.21	24
1976	21.4	142	32	121	10.8	146	1.39	126
1975	26.1	108	35.2	85	16.9	122	2.78	69
1974	28.9	65	36	73	21.8	67	2.57	78
1973	28.2	81	36.6	61	19.7	96	6.73	1
1972	28.8	70	36.2	69	21.5	69	4.19	25
1971	30	52	38.7	34	21.2	75	3.09	56
1970	21.6	138	31	134	12.1	144	3.89	34
1969	21.6	138	29.6	141	13.5	139	6.51	2
1968	23.5	127	31.8	124	15.2	130	4.60	15
1967	28.9	65	37.2	52	20.5	87	3.90	33
1966	27.2	95	35.8	76	18.7	109	3.04	59
1965	30.8	39	38.5	37	23.1	48	0.97	140
1964	27.9	84	34.6	92	21.2	75	3.28	49
1963	18.1	149	26.5	149	9.6	148	1.86	111
1962	23	133	32.1	119	13.8	137	2.24	90
1961	27.6	90	34.4	95	20.9	78	1.96	105
1960	21.6	138	31.6	128	11.6	145	1.35	128
1959	29.9	53	36	73	23.8	40	2.86	68
1958	19.2	148	27.7	147	10.6	147	0.64	150
1957	33.1	21	40.4	18	25.9	19	4.12	27
1956	30.4	45	37.8	43	23	50	3.59	39
1955	20.5	144	27.8	146	13.1	140	0.88	142
1954	27.9	84	35	87	20.7	82	3.36	46
1953	33.5	19	41.9	13	25	25	2.76	70
1952	30.1	49	37.5	50	22.8	53	4.50	18
1951	27	96	36.2	69	17.9	116	3.58	41
1950	25.4	118	32.9	111	17.9	116	4.15	26
1949	29.7	59	38.6	35	20.8	80	1.65	116
1948	29.2	61	37	56	21.3	72	6.05	5
1947	22.5	135	30.6	135	14.5	132	2.36	86
1946	28.4	78	37.8	43	18.9	107	2.68	72
1945	21.3	143	30.1	139	12.6	142	2.33	88
1944	23.9	125	31.2	131	16.6	125	1.99	103
1943	23.1	131	32	121	14.3	134	0.52	151
1942	22.7	134	29.6	141	15.7	127	4.24	22
1941	29.7	59	36.8	59	22.7	57	2.06	98
1940	28.6	74	36.5	62	20.7	82	2.64	74
1939	27	96	33.9	101	20.2	91	1.53	122
1938	28.4	78	35	87	21.8	67	3.33	47
1937	28.7	71	35.3	82	22.2	64	2.05	99
1936	32	28	40	23	24.1	35	2.90	67
1935	25.5	117	31.6	128	19.4	100	0.85	143
1934	26.1	108	33.2	110	19	103	1.93	108
1933	24.7	121	32.7	113	16.7	124	3.39	44
1932	31.8	33	39.7	27	23.9	38	1.01	137
1931	33.1	21	40.4	18	25.8	21	2.62	75
1930	30.2	47	36.1	72	24.3	34	0.69	149
1929	28.2	81	34	99	22.5	60	2.16	93
1928	34.3	10	40.8	17	27.7	9	0.40	152
1927	30.6	43	37.2	52	24	37	3.61	38
1926	21.5	141	29.2	144	13.8	137	1.97	104
1925	30.2	47	36.2	69	24.1	35	1.52	123
1924	26.5	104	34	99	19	103	0.99	139
1923	36.4	5	42.5	8	30.3	4	3.17	54
1922	27.8	87	35.1	86	20.4	90	2.10	96
1921	26.6	102	34.7	91	18.5	112	1.19	132
1920	31.9	30	37.6	49	26.2	16	4.12	27
1919	23.1	131	30.5	136	15.7	127	1.23	130
1918	32.2	27	38.6	35	25.7	23	2.16	93
1917	17.2	150	25.2	150	9.1	150	1.91	110
1916	28.7	71	34.2	96	23.1	48	2.70	71
1915	28.1	83	33.5	104	22.8	53	6.35	3
1914	26.1	108	33.5	104	18.7	109	1.84	112
1913	32	28	39.2	29	24.7	28	1.60	118
1912	34.2	11	41.1	16	27.3	12	2.39	84
1911	34.5	9	40.2	22	28.9	7	2.38	85
1910	21.9	137	29.4	143	14.4	133	1.01	137
1909	26.3	105	31.8	124	20.8	80	2.36	86
1908	28.6	74	35.9	75	21.3	72	1.58	120
1907	32.4	24	38.5	37	26.3	15	2.52	81
1906	24.5	122	32	121	17	121	1.96	105
1905	31.8	33	39	31	24.6	31	1.36	127
1904	20.4	145	28.2	145	12.6	142	1.78	114
1903	23.3	129	31.2	131	15.4	129	1.59	119
1902	23.3	129	32.4	117	14.3	134	5.13	11
1901	26.8	99	34.6	92	19	103	5.42	9
1900	28.6	74	35.8	76	21.3	72	1.80	113
1899	32.3	26	38.8	33	25.8	21	1.55	121
1898	28.9	65	36.4	63	21.5	69	1.02	135
1897	30.1	49	36.3	66	23.9	38	4.38	20
1896	26.2	107	33.4	108	19	103	0.73	147
1895	31.9	30	40.3	21	23.5	45	2.59	76
1894	29	64	35.6	78	22.4	62	3.18	53
1893	25.7	114	32.7	113	18.7	109	2.54	80
1892	26.1	108	31.6	128	20.7	82	0.82	144
1891	37	4	44.3	3	29.6	5	3.23	51
1890	19.8	147	26.9	148	12.8	141	2.94	64
1889	35	8	42.5	8	27.6	10	2.14	95
1888	29.9	53	36.9	57	22.8	53	3.30	48
1887	27.3	93	33.5	104	21	77	5.43	8
1886	23.5	127	31.7	126	15.2	130	2.19	92
1885	30.7	41	37.9	41	23.5	45	1.51	124
1884	27.9	84	35.3	82	20.5	87	3.20	52
1883	30.5	44	37.4	51	23.6	43	2.55	79
1882	30.1	49	35.5	79	24.7	28	2.24	90
1881	38.6	2	44.9	2	32.3	2	4.88	13
1880	24.8	119	30.2	137	19.4	100	2.01	101
1879	28.9	65	37.7	46	20.1	93	4.23	23
1878	28.5	77	34.8	90	22.3	63	6.16	4
1877	31.8	33	39.1	30	24.5	32	0.71	148
1876	17.2	150	24.8	151	9.6	148	2.42	83
1875	25.8	113	33.5	104	18.1	113	1.11	133
1874	26.3	105	34.5	94	18	115	0.76	145

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	41.8
1881	38.6
2023	37.6
1891	37
1923	36.4
2021	36.1
2006	35.2
1889	35
1911	34.5
1928	34.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	13.6
1917	17.2
1876	17.2
1963	18.1
1958	19.2
1890	19.8
1980	19.9
1904	20.4
1955	20.5
1945	21.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	6.73
1969	6.51
1915	6.35
1878	6.16
1948	6.05
2023	5.68
2003	5.48
1887	5.43
1901	5.42
2014	5.37

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1928	0.40
1943	0.52
1958	0.64
1930	0.69
1877	0.71
1896	0.73
1989	0.75
1874	0.76
1892	0.82
1935	0.85

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 57°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -1°F; 5 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.98 in; 19 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 3.27 in of precipitation in Albany, NY, the wettest December since 2023, 50th wettest of 152.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Albany, NY: 57°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Albany, NY: a low of -1°F on Friday 5 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Albany, NY: 0.98 in on Friday 19 December 2025.