Alpena, MI: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 23°F in Alpena, MI, the coldest December since 2017, 38th coldest of 109.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 23°F; Coldest since 2017; 38th coldest of 109
Precipitation: 1.58 in; Driest since 2022; 43rd driest of 110

A normal December in Alpena, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26.8°F, between 20.4°F and 32.1°F in eight years of ten and 1.63 in of precipitation, between 0.66 in and 3.23 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Alpena, MI since 1916: 23°F in 2025; the lowest is 12.5°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 20.4 to 32.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Alpena, MI from 1916 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	Days missing
2025	23	72	29.9	76	16.2	67	1.58	68	0
2024	29	22	34.5	33	23.5	15	2.45	24	0
2023	34.5	2	40.3	3	28.7	2	1.69	57	0
2022	29.7	12	34.6	31	24.7	6	1.52	70	0
2021	29.9	11	37	11	22.9	18	2.48	22	0
2020	29.2	18	34.2	36	24.2	9	1.65	62	0
2019	28.6	25	34.8	26	22.4	22	3.17	11	0
2018	29.1	20	35	22	23.3	16	2.67	19	0
2017	20.4	93	27.9	92	12.8	94	1.24	86	0
2016	27.1	38	32.4	52	21.8	28	2.04	42	0
2015	36.5	1	42.8	1	30.3	1	3.79	6	0
2014	28	30	33.8	41	22.3	23	1.69	57	0
2013	17.2	104	25.2	105	9.2	103	2.14	38	0
2012	30.1	10	35.7	19	24.4	8	2.84	16	0
2011	29.3	16	35.8	18	22.8	20	1.00	94	0
2010	23.5	65	28.4	88	18.5	48	1.33	80	0
2009	23.8	60	30.4	69	17.2	58	2.21	33	0
2008	20.2	94	27.9	92	12.4	96	3.85	4	0
2007	23.6	63	30.5	65	16.6	62	2.10	39	0
2006	32.1	4	37.7	7	26.5	3	2.48	22	0
2005	22.7	75	28.8	85	16.6	62	1.62	64	0
2004	22.1	82	30.4	69	13.8	88	1.90	49	0
2003	27.5	36	34.9	23	20.1	40	1.39	77	0
2002	26.3	45	33.5	42	19	46	0.53	108	0
2001	32.1	4	39.2	4	25.1	5	1.46	73	0
2000	16.6	105	24.1	107	9.1	104	0.67	106	0
1999	26.4	43	34.7	29	18.2	52	1.64	63	0
1998	29	22	37.5	9	20.5	36	1.41	76	0
1997	29.3	16	34.9	23	23.8	13	0.73	104	0
1996	26	47	31.3	58	20.6	35	5.07	1	0
1995	20.6	92	27.4	97	13.8	88	1.36	79	0
1994	32.1	4	40.4	2	23.8	13	0.39	110	0
1993	25.8	49	32.8	49	18.9	47	0.41	109	0
1992	27.8	34	33.9	39	21.8	28	1.24	86	0
1991	25	52	33.4	45	16.5	64	1.44	75	0
1990	26.6	41	34.1	38	19.2	44	1.79	54	0
1989	12.5	109	21.5	110	3.5	109	1.53	69	0
1988	23.9	59	31.8	53	15.9	73	1.24	86	0
1987	29.4	15	34.7	29	24.1	11	2.17	36	0
1986	29.2	18	34.2	36	24.2	9	0.95	97	0
1985	19.6	98	25.7	103	13.4	92	2.60	20	0
1984	27.9	32	35.3	21	20.5	36	2.22	32	0
1983	18.7	99	25	106	12.4	96	1.92	48	0
1982	31.4	7	38.3	6	24.5	7	2.81	17	0
1981	26.3	45	31.3	58	21.3	33	1.17	89	0
1980	18.6	100	27.4	97	9.8	100	2.19	34	0
1979	28.3	28	34.8	26	21.9	27	2.09	40	0
1978	23.7	62	30.5	65	16.9	60	2.26	31	0
1977	22.3	79	29.2	83	15.5	76	2.28	29	0
1976	15	108	23.9	108	6	108	0.61	107	0
1975	23.8	60	31.6	55	16	70	0.93	98	0
1974	28	30	34.6	31	21.4	31	1.04	93	0
1973	22.9	73	29.8	78	16	70	2.17	36	0
1972	23.2	68	30.3	72	16.2	67	3.83	5	0
1971	27.5	36	34.9	23	20.1	40	4.44	2	0
1970	23.1	70	30.4	69	15.8	74	3.32	10	0
1969	22.6	76	29.6	79	15.5	76	1.26	84	0
1968	21.9	85	29.3	81	14.6	83	3.02	12	0
1967	25.7	50	33.1	47	18.2	52	2.39	26	0
1966	22.6	76	30.5	65	14.7	82	2.38	27	0
1965	29.1	20	35.9	17	22.3	23	1.93	46	0
1964	23.2	68	30.3	72	16	70	1.52	70	0
1963	18.1	101	26.5	101	9.6	102	1.85	50	0
1962	21.6	86	30.1	74	13.1	93	1.61	66	0
1961	24.4	57	31.3	58	17.6	55	1.33	80	0
1960	20	97	29.3	81	10.7	99	0.96	96	0
1959	27.7	35	33.9	39	21.6	30	2.18	35	0
1958	16.5	106	25.3	104	7.6	107	0.68	105	0
1957			37.4	10			1.67	59	7
1956	26.6	41	33.5	42	19.7	42	0.89	101	1
1955	21.2	88	28.2	90	14	86	1.66	60	2
1954	23.6	63	31.2	61	15.7	75	1.38	78	2
1953	29.5	14	36.8	12	22.3	23	1.31	82	1
1952	30.4	8	36.6	13	24.1	11	2.00	43	0
1951	23.5	65	31.4	56	15.5	76	2.44	25	0
1950	23.4	67	29.9	76	16.8	61	1.50	72	0
1949	26.4	43	33.5	42	19.2	44	1.15	91	0
1948	27.1	38	34.8	26	19.3	43	1.82	52	0
1947	24.6	56	30.7	64	18.5	48	0.79	103	0
1946	24.8	53	32.5	51	17	59	3.43	8	0
1945	21.1	89	29.5	80	12.7	95	2.06	41	0
1944	22	84	28.7	86	15.4	79	1.13	92	0
1943	23.1	70	31.7	54	14.4	84	0.90	100	0
1942	21.5	87	28	91	14.9	81	3.02	12	0
1941	28.8	24	36.2	16	21.4	31	2.79	18	0
1940	25.9	48	33.4	45	18.5	48	2.53	21	0
1939	27.9	32	35.4	20	20.4	38	1.79	54	0
1938	26.9	40	32.8	49	20.9	34	2.34	28	0
1937	22.5	78	28.9	84	16.2	67	1.17	89	0
1936	28.4	27	36.5	14	20.4	38	1.94	45	0
1935	20.2	94	26.6	100	13.8	88	1.29	83	0
1934	20.7	91	27.6	96	13.9	87	1.60	67	0
1933	20.2	94	28.5	87	12	98	4.24	3	0
1932	25.3	51	32.9	48	17.6	55	1.84	51	0
1931	30.4	8	37.6	8	23.2	17	1.82	52	0
1930	24.3	58	31	62	17.6	55	0.97	95	0
1929	22.1	82	27.8	94	16.4	66	2.86	15	0
1928	28.2	29	34.3	35	22.2	26	0.82	102	0
1927	24.7	55	30.9	63	18.4	51	1.97	44	0
1926	21	90	28.3	89	13.7	91	1.93	46	0
1925	22.2	81	27.8	94	16.5	64	1.26	84	0
1924	18.1	101	26.5	101	9.7	101	1.73	56	0
1923	32.3	3	39	5	25.6	4	2.27	30	0
1922	22.8	74	30.5	65	15.1	80	1.62	64	0
1921	24.8	53	31.4	56	18.1	54	3.48	7	0
1920	28.6	25	34.4	34	22.8	20	3.37	9	0
1919	17.8	103	26.9	99	8.6	105	0.92	99	0
1918	29.7	12	36.4	15	22.9	18	2.95	14	0
1917	15.7	107	23.6	109	7.8	106	1.46	73	0
1916	22.3	79	30.1	74	14.1	85	1.66	60	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	36.5
2023	34.5
1923	32.3
2006	32.1
2001	32.1
1994	32.1
1982	31.4
1952	30.4
1931	30.4
2012	30.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	12.5
1976	15
1917	15.7
1958	16.5
2000	16.6
2013	17.2
1919	17.8
1963	18.1
1924	18.1
1980	18.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	5.07
1971	4.44
1933	4.24
2008	3.85
1972	3.83
2015	3.79
1921	3.48
1946	3.43
1920	3.37
1970	3.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1994	0.39
1993	0.41
2002	0.53
1976	0.61
2000	0.67
1958	0.68
1997	0.73
1947	0.79
1928	0.82
1956	0.89

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 45°F; 18 December 2025
Coldest night: 1°F; 14 December 2025, 8 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.40 in; 29 December 2025

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Alpena, MI the day's answers

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 1.58 in of precipitation in Alpena, MI, the driest December since 2022, 43rd driest of 110.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Alpena, MI: 45°F on Thursday 18 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Alpena, MI: a low of 1°F on Sunday 14 December 2025 and Monday 8 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Alpena, MI: 0.40 in on Monday 29 December 2025.