Birmingham, AL: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 47.9°F in Birmingham, AL, the warmest December since 2024, tied 50th warmest of 130 (with 1970).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 47.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 50th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 0.86 in; Driest since 1980; 2nd driest of 131

A normal December in Birmingham, AL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.8°F, between 42.9°F and 50.9°F in eight years of ten and 4.38 in of precipitation, between 2.35 in and 7.16 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Birmingham, AL since 1896: 47.9°F in 2025; the highest is 57.6°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 42.9 to 50.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Birmingham, AL from 1895 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	47.9	50	58.6	32	37.2	66	0.86	130	0
2024	48.6	44	58.6	32	38.6	44	4.20	69	0
2023	49.3	27	59.6	21	39	40	4.70	60	0
2022	49.5	25	57.5	50	41.5	19	4.25	68	0
2021	57.6	1	67.3	1	47.8	2	5.88	38	0
2020	46.1	68	57.5	50	34.7	91	3.82	82	0
2019	51.6	10	60.9	12	42.3	14	5.09	53	0
2018	48.3	46	56.5	64	40.1	27	11.34	5	0
2017	45.5	81	54.5	85	36.6	75	4.01	76	0
2016	49.3	27	58.8	26	39.8	28	2.39	112	0
2015	56.8	2	65.3	4	48.3	1	10.53	8	0
2014	48.7	42	58.2	38	39.2	37	7.15	23	0
2013	47.3	55	56.8	61	37.9	59	7.06	24	0
2012	50.8	13	60.1	17	41.6	18	6.49	28	0
2011	49.5	25	59.6	21	39.5	33	5.24	51	0
2010	40.1	121	50.1	120	30.1	123	1.37	126	0
2009	44.2	96	53	106	35.5	84	6.10	33	0
2008	49.1	33	58.7	28	39.6	32	6.40	29	0
2007	51.6	10	61.4	9	41.9	16	1.94	120	0
2006	49.9	19	61.5	8	38.3	50	3.03	102	0
2005	42.4	112	52.8	108	31.9	113	4.62	62	0
2004	44.9	87	55.5	71	34.3	96	3.55	88	0
2003	43.8	100	54.6	83	32.9	108	3.26	95	0
2002	44.4	93	54	89	34.8	89	7.23	21	0
2001	49.3	27	59.5	23	39.1	38	4.76	59	0
2000	38	128	47.6	129	28.5	127	1.84	122	0
1999	46.7	63	57.8	45	35.6	81	3.13	98	0
1998	50.7	14	58.9	25	42.5	12	6.27	30	0
1997	43	108	52.5	112	33.4	103	4.13	73	0
1996	48.7	42	59.5	23	37.8	60	3.28	94	0
1995	43.5	102	53.9	91	33.2	105	4.91	58	0
1994	49.2	31	58.7	28	39.7	31	4.10	74	0
1993	44.4	93	53.8	94	35	86	4.01	76	0
1992	45.8	76	54	89	37.5	62	5.27	50	0
1991	49.2	31	60.2	15	38.3	50	3.64	86	0
1990	49.6	24	59.9	19	39.4	34	5.47	44	0
1989	37.9	129	48.1	128	27.8	129	3.39	92	0
1988	45.8	76	57.3	55	34.3	96	2.84	105	0
1987	49.1	33	59.9	19	38.3	50	3.08	100	0
1986	44	98	53.3	99	34.7	91	3.08	100	0
1985	40.2	120	51.9	115	28.4	128	2.54	109	0
1984	54.3	6	66.2	2	42.4	13	2.30	114	0
1983	39.8	123	49.6	122	30	125	12.63	3	0
1982	51.2	12	60.2	15	42.2	15	9.51	11	0
1981	42.7	110	52.6	111	32.8	110	5.82	39	0
1980	44	98	56.6	63	31.4	115	0.81	131	0
1979	45.9	75	56.4	65	35.4	85	1.55	124	0
1978	46.4	66	58.5	34	34.2	99	5.43	47	0
1977	44.1	97	53.6	96	34.6	94	2.01	119	0
1976	41.1	119	53.2	102	29.1	126	4.35	65	0
1975	44.6	92	54.5	85	34.7	91	3.49	90	0
1974	47.3	55	56	68	38.6	44	5.97	35	0
1973	44.9	87	55.3	76	34.6	94	7.58	19	0
1972	47.7	53	56.9	59	38.5	48	5.76	42	0
1971	54.8	4	63.9	6	45.6	6	5.92	37	0
1970	47.9	50	58.7	28	37.1	68	3.32	93	0
1969	43.3	105	53.9	91	32.7	111	6.07	34	0
1968	41.4	118	52.1	114	30.8	118	7.38	20	0
1967	48.5	45	57.9	43	39.1	38	11.49	4	0
1966	44.3	95	54.3	88	34.3	96	2.34	113	0
1965	46	70	58	42	34	100	2.06	117	0
1964	48	49	57.2	57	38.8	42	5.09	53	0
1963	36.8	130	46.9	131	26.6	130	5.94	36	0
1962	42.6	111	53.3	99	31.9	113	2.55	107	0
1961	46.9	59	55.7	70	38.1	53	13.98	1	0
1960	41.5	117	51.7	116	31.2	117	3.21	97	0
1959	47.8	52	57.5	50	38.1	53	2.46	111	0
1958	41.8	116	52.4	113	31.3	116	1.29	127	0
1957	48.1	47	58.8	26	37.3	64	4.01	76	0
1956	54.5	5	65.4	3	43.5	8	4.16	70	0
1955	45.3	84	54.8	80	35.8	80	1.64	123	0
1954	43.8	100	54.7	82	32.9	108	5.78	41	0
1953	43.4	103	53.6	96	33.2	105	9.04	14	0
1952	45	86	55.2	78	34.8	89	4.96	56	0
1951	49.8	21	60.9	12	38.6	44	8.71	15	0
1950	39.9	122	49.6	122	30.2	121	3.92	81	0
1949	47.4	54	58.4	36	36.4	76	3.44	91	0
1948	48.8	40	58.1	40	39.4	34	4.28	67	0
1947	46	70	58.4	36	33.6	101	4.94	57	0
1946	48.9	39	61.1	11	36.7	74	3.67	85	0
1945	39.3	125	48.4	126	30.1	123	5.54	43	0
1944	44.7	90	53.1	105	36.2	77	3.71	83	0
1943	44.9	87	52.8	108	36.9	70	3.63	87	0
1942	46.8	60	55.5	71	38.1	53	11.03	6	0
1941	49.8	21	58.2	38	41.5	19	5.40	48	0
1940	50.6	16	58.7	28	42.6	11	4.32	66	0
1939	48.8	40	57.8	45	39.8	28	2.82	106	0
1938	46	70	54.8	80	37.3	64	2.09	116	0
1937	45.5	81	53.7	95	37.4	63	2.04	118	0
1936	49	37	57.1	58	40.9	24	7.78	17	0
1935	38.9	127	47	130	30.7	119	4.10	74	0
1934	44.7	90	53.3	99	36.2	77	3.52	89	0
1933	56.1	3	65.2	5	46.9	3	3.09	99	0
1932	49.1	33	56.7	62	41.4	22	13.85	2	0
1931	54.3	6	61.9	7	46.8	4	8.33	16	0
1930	43.1	106	50.7	119	35.6	81	2.48	110	0
1929	46.1	68	55.4	73	36.9	70	2.97	104	0
1928	46.6	65	56.3	67	37	69	0.91	129	0
1927	45.5	81	55.3	76	35.6	81	9.43	12	1
1926	49	37	58.5	34	39.4	34	10.61	7	0
1925	43.1	106	52.8	108	33.4	103	4.14	71	0
1924	46.8	60	55.4	73	38.1	53	6.89	25	0
1923	53.4	8	60.7	14	46.1	5	5.30	49	0
1922	53.1	9	61.3	10	45	7	7.63	18	0
1921	50.2	17	60.1	17	40.3	26	3.23	96	0
1920	45.6	80	53.2	102	38	57	9.57	9	0
1919	45.8	76	54.9	79	36.8	72	9.56	10	0
1918	50.7	14	57.9	43	43.5	8	4.14	71	1
1917	39.2	126	48.3	127	30.2	121	1.48	125	0
1916	46.8	60	56.4	65	37.2	66	3.70	84	0
1915	46.7	63	55.4	73	38	57	6.11	32	0
1914	41.9	115	48.8	125	35	86	4.65	61	0
1913	47.2	57	54.5	85	39.8	28	2.99	103	0
1912	46	70	53.2	102	38.8	42	5.80	40	0
1911	49.8	21	58.1	40	41.5	19	6.12	31	0
1910	42.2	113	50.8	118	33.5	102	2.55	107	0
1909	39.8	123	49	124	30.6	120	4.41	64	0
1908	49.9	19	57.8	45	41.9	16	6.83	26	0
1907	46.4	66	53.9	91	38.9	41	4.00	80	0
1906	50.2	17	57.3	55	43	10	4.62	62	0
1905	43.4	103	49.9	121	36.8	72	5.21	52	0
1904	47.2	57	55.9	69	38.6	44	5.05	55	0
1903	42.2	113	51.6	117	32.7	111	1.92	121	0
1902	45.7	79	53.6	96	37.8	60	5.44	45	0
1901	43	108	52.9	107	33.2	105	9.07	13	0
1900	49.1	33	57.5	50	40.7	25	4.01	76	0
1899	46	70	56.9	59	35	86	7.20	22	0
1898	45.3	84	54.6	83	36	79	2.17	115	0
1897	49.3	27	57.6	49	41	23	6.52	27	0
1896	48.1	47	57.7	48	38.5	48	1.07	128	0
1895			57.5	50			5.44	45	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	57.6
2015	56.8
1933	56.1
1971	54.8
1956	54.5
1984	54.3
1931	54.3
1923	53.4
1922	53.1
2019	51.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1963	36.8
1989	37.9
2000	38
1935	38.9
1917	39.2
1945	39.3
1983	39.8
1909	39.8
1950	39.9
2010	40.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	13.98
1932	13.85
1983	12.63
1967	11.49
2018	11.34
1942	11.03
1926	10.61
2015	10.53
1920	9.57
1919	9.56

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	0.81
2025	0.86
1928	0.91
1896	1.07
1958	1.29
2010	1.37
1917	1.48
1979	1.55
1955	1.64
2000	1.84

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 78°F; 24 December 2025
Coldest night: 15°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.30 in; 4 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.86 in of precipitation in Birmingham, AL, the driest December since 1980, 2nd driest of 131.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Birmingham, AL: 78°F on Wednesday 24 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Birmingham, AL: a low of 15°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Birmingham, AL: 0.30 in on Thursday 4 December 2025.