Anchorage, AK: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 13.5°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest December since 2010, 18th coldest of 73.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 13.5°F; Coldest since 2010; 18th coldest of 73
Precipitation: 0.50 in; Driest since 2024; 16th driest of 73

A normal December in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 19.9°F, between 14.1°F and 25.4°F in eight years of ten and 1.15 in of precipitation, between 0.29 in and 1.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Anchorage, AK since 1953: 13.5°F in 2025; the lowest is 0.8°F, in 1980.

Normal range, 14.1 to 25.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Anchorage, AK from 1953 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	13.5	56	19.3	58	7.8	55	0.50	58	0
2024	25.7	6	30	13	21.4	5	0.49	59	0
2023	16.7	38	22.1	44	11.4	34	2.07	8	0
2022	14.6	53	20.8	53	8.4	53	3.82	1	0
2021	17	35	22.8	39	11.3	35	1.06	35	0
2020	22.6	18	28.4	18	16.8	18	1.49	21	0
2019	24.7	12	30.4	8	19.1	13	0.98	41	0
2018	25.6	7	30.1	11	21	7	2.43	5	0
2017	26.5	5	31.5	5	21.4	5	0.44	62	0
2016	16	42	22	45	10.1	40	1.47	23	0
2015	21.5	21	26.4	24	16.5	19	0.23	70	0
2014	27.8	3	32.3	3	23.3	2	0.68	53	0
2013	15.7	45	21	51	10.5	38	1.43	27	0
2012	15.7	45	22.2	43	9.2	47	1.65	14	0
2011	23.7	16	29.6	15	17.8	17	2.67	2	0
2010	11.2	62	18.3	60	4.1	62	0.87	48	0
2009	20.2	26	25	26	15.5	23	0.71	50	0
2008	14.2	55	19.6	56	8.8	49	0.92	44	0
2007	19.5	27	24.7	30	14.3	27	0.58	55	0
2006	21.5	21	27.7	19	15.4	24	2.09	7	0
2005	25.4	8	30.2	10	20.6	8	0.89	45	0
2004	21.9	19	27.5	22	16.3	21	1.52	18	0
2003	16.8	36	23.1	37	10.5	38	1.86	10	1
2002	24	14	28.8	16	19.2	11	1.55	17	0
2001	10.8	63	17.6	64	4	63	0.33	67	0
2000	25	10	30.5	7	19.6	10	0.58	55	0
1999	14.9	50	21.3	49	8.5	52	1.45	25	0
1998	14.3	54	20.4	55	8.2	54	1.32	30	0
1997	16.8	36	23.5	35	10.1	40	1.80	12	0
1996	12.9	58	19.5	57	6.4	57	0.24	69	0
1995	19	28	23.8	34	14.1	28	0.09	73	0
1994	15.7	45	22.5	40	8.9	48	1.51	19	0
1993	24	14	29.8	14	18.1	16	0.30	68	0
1992	15	49	21.2	50	8.8	49	0.69	51	0
1991	20.5	25	25	26	15.9	22	1.82	11	0
1990	14.7	52	21.8	46	7.7	56	1.78	13	0
1989	24.2	13	30.1	11	18.3	15	1.63	15	0
1988	21.9	19	28.8	16	15.1	26	1.51	19	0
1987	18.2	32	24.1	32	12.3	30	1.12	32	0
1986	28.2	2	32.8	2	23.7	1	1.42	28	0
1985	27.5	4	32.1	4	22.8	4	1.47	23	0
1984	18.8	29	25.5	25	12.2	31	1.08	34	0
1983	16.7	38	22.4	41	11	36	0.48	60	0
1982	21.5	21	26.5	23	16.4	20	0.11	72	0
1981	15.9	44	21.7	47	10.1	40	0.36	65	0
1980	0.8	73	7.9	73	-6.3	72	0.41	63	0
1979	10	65	16.7	65	3.3	65	1.15	31	0
1978	21.4	24	27.6	20	15.2	25	2.60	4	0
1977	11.3	61	17.9	62	4.6	61	0.69	51	0
1976	23.1	17	27.6	20	18.5	14	1.03	39	0
1975	11.6	60	18.4	59	4.8	60	0.89	45	0
1974	18.8	29	24.1	32	13.5	29	2.00	9	0
1973	18.3	31	25	26	11.6	32	0.38	64	0
1972	12.3	59	18.3	60	6.4	57	0.72	49	0
1971	16.2	41	23	38	9.4	45	0.88	47	0
1970	14.9	50	21	51	8.7	51	1.62	16	0
1969	28.4	1	33.6	1	23.1	3	0.94	43	0
1968	6.3	68	13.6	68	-1	68	0.45	61	0
1967	16	42	22.4	41	9.5	44	2.40	6	0
1966	10.8	63	17.9	62	3.7	64	1.06	35	0
1965	13.1	57	20.5	54	5.6	59	1.44	26	0
1964	1	72	9.4	72	-7.4	73	0.64	54	0
1963	24.8	11	30.4	8	19.2	11	1.49	21	0
1962	16.5	40	23.2	36	9.9	43	1.06	35	0
1961	4.2	71	11.3	71	-2.9	70	0.95	42	0
1960	25.2	9	30.6	6	19.8	9	1.04	38	0
1959	18	33	24.4	31	11.6	32	1.34	29	0
1958	15.4	48	21.5	48	9.3	46	0.54	57	0
1957	9.4	66	16.6	66	2.1	66	0.36	65	0
1956	4.3	70	12.7	70	-4.1	71	0.19	71	0
1955	8.1	67	16.1	67	0.1	67	2.67	2	0
1954	6	69	13.4	69	-1.4	69	1.00	40	0
1953	17.9	34	24.8	29	11	36	1.11	33	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1969	28.4
1986	28.2
2014	27.8
1985	27.5
2017	26.5
2024	25.7
2018	25.6
2005	25.4
1960	25.2
2000	25

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1980	0.8
1964	1
1961	4.2
1956	4.3
1954	6
1968	6.3
1955	8.1
1957	9.4
1979	10
2001	10.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	3.82
2011	2.67
1955	2.67
1978	2.60
2018	2.43
1967	2.40
2006	2.09
2023	2.07
1974	2.00
2003	1.86

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	0.09
1982	0.11
1956	0.19
2015	0.23
1996	0.24
1993	0.30
2001	0.33
1981	0.36
1957	0.36
1973	0.38

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 42°F; 3 December 2025, 2 December 2025
Coldest night: -9°F; 23 December 2025, 22 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.25 in; 26 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.50 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the driest December since 2024, 16th driest of 73.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Anchorage, AK: 42°F on Wednesday 3 December 2025 and Tuesday 2 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Anchorage, AK: a low of -9°F on Tuesday 23 December 2025 and Monday 22 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Anchorage, AK: 0.25 in on Friday 26 December 2025.