Bismarck, ND: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 16.8°F in Bismarck, ND, the warmest December since 2024, tied 71st warmest of 152 (with 1911).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 16.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 71st warmest of 152
Precipitation: 0.81 in; Wettest since 2022; 31st wettest of 152

A normal December in Bismarck, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 19.6°F, between 7.4°F and 25.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.48 in of precipitation, between 0.16 in and 1.27 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Bismarck, ND since 1874: 16.8°F in 2025; the highest is 29.5°F, in 1877.

Normal range, 7.4 to 25.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Bismarck, ND 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	Days missing
2025	16.8	71	28	58	5.6	84	0.81	31	0
2024	21.9	38	31.5	37	12.4	29	0.40	81	0
2023	28.4	2	38.5	2	18.2	4	0.44	74	0
2022	8.2	131	16.8	137	-0.5	123	1.57	3	0
2021	17.3	67	27.5	60	7	67	1.05	14	0
2020	25.8	7	37.7	6	14	12	0.27	108	0
2019	17.5	64	26	77	9	55	0.61	52	0
2018	23.6	22	32.8	31	14.5	10	0.67	45	0
2017	19.6	50	29.7	51	9.5	53	0.42	79	0
2016	10.5	117	19.9	122	1.2	112	2.05	1	0
2015	22.1	33	30.4	46	13.8	13	0.91	21	0
2014	19.8	48	29.1	54	10.4	45	0.11	139	0
2013	7.4	135	17.9	131	-3.1	139	1.26	11	0
2012	14.9	87	24	93	5.8	82	0.63	51	0
2011	25.1	10	35.1	17	15.1	6	0.47	72	0
2010	11.6	107	18.5	128	4.6	90	1.40	7	0
2009	10.5	117	17.6	133	3.5	98	0.91	21	0
2008	6.8	139	18.1	129	-4.4	143	1.41	6	0
2007	15	85	27	70	3.1	100	0.23	118	0
2006	23.4	24	35.9	12	11	41	0.83	29	0
2005	19.5	52	28.3	56	10.7	43	0.84	27	0
2004	22	35	32	35	12	31	0.18	128	0
2003	23.9	19	34.1	20	13.8	13	0.48	66	0
2002	22.8	27	33.5	25	12	31	0.32	97	0
2001	20.8	43	31.3	39	10.3	48	0.13	136	0
2000	6.8	139	16	140	-2.5	131	0.24	113	0
1999	25.5	8	38.1	4	12.9	25	0.23	118	0
1998	20.6	44	31.2	40	10.1	51	0.24	113	0
1997	28.2	3	36.9	9	19.5	2	0.08	144	0
1996	7	138	15.3	143	-1.2	128	0.68	44	0
1995	15	85	23.3	96	6.7	72	0.55	57	0
1994	16.1	77	26.4	75	5.9	81	0.29	103	0
1993	17.5	64	27.5	60	7.5	64	0.84	27	0
1992	11.8	106	21	112	2.6	104	0.48	66	0
1991	25.1	10	35.5	13	14.6	9	0.16	131	0
1990	9.4	125	21.5	108	-2.8	137	0.50	63	0
1989	8.1	132	19.3	126	-3	138	0.30	100	0
1988	18.1	59	29.3	53	6.9	69	0.71	39	0
1987	24	18	33.4	26	14.7	8	0.13	136	0
1986	22.3	32	32.9	30	11.6	37	0.02	151	0
1985	9.1	126	20.6	116	-2.5	131	0.35	90	0
1984	8.5	130	19.6	124	-2.5	131	0.58	55	0
1983	-1.1	151	8.6	151	-10.9	150	0.48	66	0
1982	22.1	33	30.9	42	13.3	22	0.48	66	0
1981	14.7	90	22.8	99	6.5	75	0.48	66	0
1980	18.4	58	28.4	55	8.5	58	0.21	125	0
1979	23.7	21	37.1	7	10.2	50	0.22	122	0
1978	10.7	115	20.4	117	1.1	113	0.49	65	0
1977	10.4	119	17.6	133	3.3	99	0.78	36	0
1976	14.8	89	27.1	69	2.5	106	0.55	57	0
1975	19	55	30.7	44	7.4	65	0.70	41	0
1974	17.4	66	29.6	52	5.3	88	0.50	63	0
1973	9.7	123	19.4	125	0.1	119	0.83	29	0
1972	8.1	132	18	130	-1.9	130	0.67	45	0
1971	10.9	113	20.7	115	1	115	0.47	72	0
1970	11	112	21.7	106	0.4	118	0.16	131	0
1969	17.6	63	28.3	56	6.9	69	0.79	35	0
1968	11.4	110	20.1	119	2.6	104	0.78	36	0
1967	12.8	100	24.5	87	1.1	113	0.95	19	0
1966	15.9	79	27.8	59	4	94	0.18	128	0
1965	23.5	23	35	18	12.1	30	0.29	103	0
1964	3.4	148	13	146	-6.1	148	0.65	47	0
1963	10.6	116	21.6	107	-0.4	122	0.81	31	0
1962	20.2	47	31.7	36	8.7	57	0.24	113	0
1961	10	121	21.5	108	-1.6	129	0.88	25	0
1960	16.9	68	27.3	64	6.4	76	0.89	24	0
1959	26	6	33	29	19.1	3	0.39	83	0
1958	12.6	101	22.4	103	2.7	103	0.34	93	0
1957	24.2	15	35.4	15	12.9	25	0.38	87	0
1956	20.6	44	30.3	48	10.9	42	0.26	110	0
1955	6.3	141	16.1	139	-3.5	141	0.35	90	0
1954	24.8	13	36	11	13.7	17	0.06	147	0
1953	24.1	16	34.1	20	13.7	17	0.41	80	1
1952	20.5	46	33.3	28	7.8	63	0.14	135	0
1951	5.9	142	16.2	138	-4.4	143	0.91	21	0
1950	11.9	105	21	112	2.8	102	0.61	52	0
1949	9.7	123	20.1	119	-0.6	125	0.52	61	0
1948	11.1	111	23.1	98	-0.9	127	0.36	89	0
1947	14.3	93	24.2	91	4.4	92	0.26	110	0
1946	16.4	74	26.3	76	6.6	74	0.53	59	0
1945	8.6	128	17.6	133	-0.5	123	0.39	83	0
1944	17.8	61	27.3	64	8.3	59	trace	152	0
1943	22.7	29	34.1	20	11.3	39	0.33	96	0
1942	12.5	102	23.3	96	1.8	109	0.48	66	0
1941	23.8	20	34	23	13.5	20	0.09	143	0
1940	22	35	32.8	31	11.2	40	0.10	141	0
1939	27.7	4	37.9	5	17.5	5	0.26	110	0
1938	21.8	39	30.6	45	13	24	0.16	131	0
1937	13.7	97	24.4	89	2.9	101	0.51	62	0
1936	16.7	73	25.2	81	8.2	60	0.21	125	0
1935	15.3	83	24.9	82	5.7	83	0.71	39	0
1934	15.4	82	24.6	85	6.1	78	0.13	136	0
1933	12	104	22.5	101	1.6	110	0.43	77	0
1932	15.7	80	25.5	79	6	79	0.17	130	0
1931	21.4	41	29.9	49	12.9	25	0.53	59	0
1930	22.8	27	30.4	46	15.1	6	0.19	127	0
1929	13.6	98	22.4	103	4.9	89	0.81	31	0
1928	22.5	31	32.5	34	12.5	28	0.24	113	0
1927	-2.4	152	7	152	-11.7	152	1.20	12	0
1926	11.5	108	21.4	110	1.5	111	0.64	48	0
1925	19.6	50	27.2	68	12	31	0.35	90	0
1924	5.5	144	15.7	142	-4.7	145	0.23	118	0
1923	25.4	9	37	8	13.8	13	0.22	122	0
1922	13	99	22.1	105	3.9	96	0.94	20	0
1921	18.6	57	26.9	71	10.3	48	0.29	103	0
1920	17.9	60	27.5	60	8.2	60	0.29	103	0
1919	11.5	108	20.8	114	2.2	108	0.23	118	0
1918	21.6	40	31.1	41	12	31	1.02	17	0
1917	3.3	149	12.5	148	-6	147	0.59	54	0
1916	3.5	147	14.8	144	-7.7	149	1.52	4	0
1915	19.7	49	29.8	50	9.7	52	0.39	83	0
1914	7.3	136	17.9	131	-3.2	140	0.34	93	0
1913	24.6	14	35.5	13	13.8	13	0.28	107	0
1912	22	35	33.6	24	10.4	45	0.40	81	0
1911	16.8	71	24.6	85	8.9	56	0.30	100	0
1910	16.1	77	26.9	71	5.4	86	0.31	99	0
1909	7.1	137	14.8	144	-0.7	126	1.05	14	0
1908	16.2	76	25.8	78	6.7	72	0.08	144	0
1907	22.9	26	35.2	16	10.6	44	0.32	97	0
1906	10.8	114	21.1	111	0.5	117	0.64	48	0
1905	16.9	68	24.5	87	9.2	54	0.08	144	0
1904	15.6	81	24.9	82	6.3	77	1.39	8	0
1903	14	95	24	93	3.9	96	1.05	14	0
1902	10	121	20.2	118	-0.3	121	0.10	141	0
1901	14.7	90	22.5	101	6.9	69	0.96	18	0
1900	21.4	41	30.9	42	11.9	35	0.11	139	0
1899	14.1	94	24.1	92	4.2	93	0.64	48	0
1898	16.9	68	26.8	73	7	67	0.44	74	0
1897	14	95	23.9	95	4	94	0.30	100	0
1896	19	55	27.5	60	10.4	45	0.03	150	0
1895	17.7	62	27.3	64	8.2	60	0.27	108	0
1894	22.7	29	33.4	26	11.9	35	0.06	147	0
1893	8.6	128	17.3	136	-0.1	120	1.49	5	0
1892	10.4	119	20.1	119	0.7	116	0.16	131	0
1891	19.5	52	27.3	64	11.6	37	0.44	74	0
1890	24.9	12	36.6	10	13.2	23	0.22	122	0
1889	16.4	74	26.7	74	6	79	0.69	42	0
1888	23.2	25	32.8	31	13.6	19	0.24	113	0
1887	8.7	127	19.9	122	-2.5	131	0.80	34	0
1886	5.9	142	16	140	-4.2	142	0.76	38	0
1885	24.1	16	34.7	19	13.5	20	0.34	93	0
1884	4.9	145	12.5	148	-2.7	136	1.71	2	0
1883	14.6	92	24.7	84	4.5	91	1.33	9	0
1882	12.5	102	22.6	100	2.4	107	0.43	77	0
1881	26.9	5	39.2	1	14.5	10	0.06	147	0
1880	3.7	146	12.8	147	-5.4	146	1.17	13	0
1879	-0.6	150	9.7	150	-11	151	1.28	10	0
1878	14.9	87	24.3	90	5.6	84	0.58	55	0
1877	29.5	1	38.2	3	20.7	1	0.69	42	0
1876	8.1	132	18.7	127	-2.5	131	0.87	26	0
1875	19.4	54	31.4	38	7.4	65	0.39	83	0
1874	15.3	83	25.3	80	5.4	86	0.37	88	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1877	29.5
2023	28.4
1997	28.2
1939	27.7
1881	26.9
1959	26
2020	25.8
1999	25.5
1923	25.4
2011	25.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	-2.4
1983	-1.1
1879	-0.6
1917	3.3
1964	3.4
1916	3.5
1880	3.7
1884	4.9
1924	5.5
1951	5.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	2.05
1884	1.71
2022	1.57
1916	1.52
1893	1.49
2008	1.41
2010	1.40
1904	1.39
1883	1.33
1879	1.28

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	trace
1986	0.02
1896	0.03
1954	0.06
1894	0.06
1881	0.06
1997	0.08
1908	0.08
1905	0.08
1941	0.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 48°F; 16 December 2025
Coldest night: -19°F; 7 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.19 in; 9 December 2025, 6 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.81 in of precipitation in Bismarck, ND, the wettest December since 2022, tied 31st wettest of 152 (with 1963 and 1929).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Bismarck, ND: 48°F on Tuesday 16 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Bismarck, ND: a low of -19°F on Sunday 7 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Bismarck, ND: 0.19 in on Tuesday 9 December 2025 and Saturday 6 December 2025.