Bethel, AK: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 4.9°F in Bethel, AK, the coldest December since 2023, tied 33rd coldest of 102 (with 2023).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 4.9°F; Coldest since 2023; 33rd coldest of 102
Precipitation: 1.33 in; Wettest since 2023; 25th wettest of 103

A normal December in Bethel, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 11.1°F, between 1.8°F and 17.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.94 in of precipitation, between 0.45 in and 1.62 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Bethel, AK since 1923: 4.9°F in 2025; the lowest is -10.7°F, in 1999.

Normal range, 1.8 to 17.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Bethel, AK from 1923 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	4.9	69	11	72	-1.2	65	1.33	25	0
2024	18	11	23.8	11	12.3	10	0.66	59	0
2023	4.9	69	12.8	67	-3.1	69	1.65	15	0
2022	12	30	17.2	40	6.8	26	0.47	75	0
2021	18.6	10	24.1	10	13	9	3.92	2	0
2020	12.9	26	19.2	31	6.5	27	0.85	49	0
2019	7.8	55	13.1	64	2.5	46	0.58	65	0
2018	9	46	14.6	57	3.4	42	0.69	58	0
2017	24.8	3	30.3	3	19.4	2	1.10	34	0
2016	13.6	23	19.4	29	7.7	22	0.76	55	0
2015	13.7	21	19.7	25	7.6	23	1.24	28	0
2014	19.4	7	24.5	9	14.3	7	1.59	17	0
2013	14.9	17	19.7	25	10.1	15	2.06	9	0
2012	4.1	72	10.9	73	-2.7	67	1.10	34	0
2011	11.3	37	17.1	41	5.5	29	1.22	29	0
2010	2.6	77	9.7	79	-4.5	77	1.21	32	0
2009	17.3	12	23.5	13	11.1	12	0.27	94	0
2008	14.6	19	21.2	21	8	20	1.92	13	0
2007	11.4	36	17.6	38	5.2	32	1.22	29	0
2006	7.2	59	13.4	63	1.1	53	0.60	63	0
2005	13.8	20	20	23	7.6	23	1.44	23	0
2004	14.8	18	21.3	20	8.4	16	0.98	40	0
2003	6.9	61	14	62	-0.3	63	0.96	41	0
2002	16.3	13	21.6	14	11.1	12	0.29	91	0
2001	-4.6	96	2.3	97	-11.6	97	0.46	78	0
2000	25.2	2	31.1	2	19.2	3	1.39	24	0
1999	-10.7	102	-4.4	103	-17.1	102	0.34	87	0
1998	3.2	73	9.7	79	-3.2	70	0.54	70	0
1997	-0.3	89	7.5	89	-8.1	91	0.87	45	0
1996	5.1	68	12.2	70	-2	66	0.86	47	0
1995	10.8	39	16.4	46	5.3	31	0.46	78	0
1994	7.6	57	14.9	53	0.3	60	1.53	20	0
1993	16.3	13	21.5	17	11	14	0.78	54	0
1992	9	46	17.1	41	1	55	3.49	3	0
1991	2	82	10	75	-6	86	0.91	43	0
1990	9.5	45	16.5	44	2.4	48	2.28	7	2
1989	11.8	33	18.4	34	5.2	32	1.04	38	0
1988	11.8	33	18.4	34	5.2	32	1.68	14	0
1987	1.7	83	10	75	-6.5	87	1.48	21	0
1986	21.5	4	26.4	6	16.7	4	0.45	80	0
1985	25.3	1	31.2	1	19.5	1	0.86	47	0
1984	19.3	8	25.1	7	13.6	8	3.33	5	0
1983	20.8	6	24.9	8	16.6	5	1.03	39	0
1982	13.2	25	18.6	33	7.8	21	0.50	73	0
1981	7.9	54	14.9	53	0.8	57	0.40	83	0
1980	-0.7	90	3.8	93	-5.3	81	0.24	95	0
1979	-1.8	92	3.2	95	-6.8	89	1.22	29	0
1978	21.5	4	27.9	4	15.1	6	1.96	10	0
1977	11	38	16.2	47	5.7	28	1.55	19	0
1976	6.7	63	12.9	65	0.5	58	0.29	91	0
1975	3.1	75	10.4	74	-4.2	76	0.37	84	0
1974	-3.9	95	1.6	98	-9.4	93	0.28	93	0
1973	8.9	48	14.5	58	3.4	42	0.11	101	0
1972	9.6	44	14.7	56	4.4	38	0.64	60	0
1971	12.8	27	21.5	17	4.2	40	2.58	6	0
1970	5.4	67	11.3	71	-0.5	64	2.27	8	0
1969	12.4	29	19.5	28	5.2	32	0.55	67	0
1968	0.9	86	7.6	86	-5.8	85	0.96	41	0
1967	9.9	43	16.5	44	3.4	42	0.83	50	0
1966	3.2	73	9.9	77	-3.5	72	0.55	67	0
1965	2.2	79	9.1	84	-4.7	79	0.50	73	0
1964	-2.9	93	5.5	92	-11.4	96	0.72	56	0
1963	15	15	21.6	14	8.4	16	0.34	87	0
1962	2.7	76	9.2	83	-3.7	73	0.64	60	0
1961	-5.1	98	0.1	99	-10.3	95	1.09	36	0
1960	19.1	9	26.7	5	11.6	11	1.46	22	0
1959	-7.5	100	-1.1	101	-14	100	0.59	64	0
1958	8.2	52	14.1	61	2.3	49	0.19	98	0
1957	-3.7	94	2.6	96	-10	94	0.33	89	0
1956	-6.4	99	-0.9	100	-11.9	98	0.05	102	0
1955	6	66	14.8	55	-2.9	68	0.36	85	0
1954	-5	97	3.6	94	-13.5	99	1.28	26	0
1953	8.5	50	15.6	49	1.3	52	0.83	50	0
1952	2.2	79	9.9	77	-5.5	83	0.54	70	0
1951	10.8	39	17.3	39	4.4	38	6.17	1	0
1950	8.9	48	15.6	49	2.2	50	0.52	72	0
1949	6.9	61	12.8	67	0.5	58	1.95	11	1
1948	4.6	71	12.9	65	-3.7	73	1.59	17	0
1947	10	42	14.5	58	5.4	30	0.83	50	0
1946	0.7	87	9.4	81	-8	90	1.27	27	0
1945	6.3	65	12.5	69	0.2	61	0.41	82	0
1944	13.4	24	19.4	29	7.5	25	0.82	53	0
1943	2.5	78	9.4	81	-4.5	77	1.07	37	0
1942	-9	101	-2.6	102	-15.4	101	0.31	90	0
1941	12.6	28	21.4	19	3.7	41	0.58	65	0
1940	8	53	15.1	51	0.9	56	0.87	45	0
1939	0.5	88	7.6	86	-6.6	88	0.16	100	0
1938	11.7	35	18.4	34	4.9	37	0.47	75	0
1937	7.6	57	15.1	51	0.1	62	0.45	80	0
1936	6.6	64	16.6	43	-3.4	71	1.94	12	0
1935	2.2	79	8.4	85	-3.9	75	trace	103	0
1934	15	15	21.6	14	8.4	16	1.20	33	0
1933	1.2	85	7.2	90	-5.4	82	0.24	95	1
1932	13.7	21	19	32	8.3	19	0.55	67	0
1931	10.3	41	18.2	37	2.5	46	3.42	4	0
1930	11.9	31	20.8	22	2.9	45	0.88	44	0
1929	7.7	56	14.3	60	1.1	53	0.36	85	0
1928	8.3	51	15.7	48	1.9	51	0.62	62	1
1927	11.9	31	19.8	24	5	36	1.64	16	2
1926	1.3	84	7.6	86	-4.9	80	0.47	75	0
1925	7	60	19.7	25	-5.7	84	0.23	97	0
1924			23.7	12			0.17	99	4
1923	-1.2	91	6.7	91	-8.5	92	0.72	56	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	25.3
2000	25.2
2017	24.8
1986	21.5
1978	21.5
1983	20.8
2014	19.4
1984	19.3
1960	19.1
2021	18.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1999	-10.7
1942	-9
1959	-7.5
1956	-6.4
1961	-5.1
1954	-5
2001	-4.6
1974	-3.9
1957	-3.7
1964	-2.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	6.17
2021	3.92
1992	3.49
1931	3.42
1984	3.33
1971	2.58
1990	2.28
1970	2.27
2013	2.06
1978	1.96

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1935	trace
1956	0.05
1973	0.11
1939	0.16
1924	0.17
1958	0.19
1925	0.23
1980	0.24
1933	0.24
2009	0.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 33°F; 22 December 2025
Coldest night: -14°F; 10 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.37 in; 2 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 1.33 in of precipitation in Bethel, AK, the wettest December since 2023, 25th wettest of 103.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Bethel, AK: 33°F on Monday 22 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Bethel, AK: a low of -14°F on Wednesday 10 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Bethel, AK: 0.37 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.