Bristol-Johnson City, TN: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 40°F in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the warmest December since 2024, tied 35th warmest of 88 (with 1975).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 40°F; Warmest since 2024; 35th warmest of 88
Precipitation: 1.97 in; Driest since 2021; 14th driest of 89

A normal December in Bristol-Johnson City, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.8°F, between 34.9°F and 42.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.47 in of precipitation, between 1.75 in and 5.85 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Bristol-Johnson City, TN since 1937: 40°F in 2025; the highest is 50.5°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 34.9 to 42.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Bristol-Johnson City, TN from 1937 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	40	35	52.1	20	28	54	1.97	76	0
2024	40.9	26	51.3	26	30.5	30	3.02	53	0
2023	42.4	16	53.9	13	30.9	25	3.59	37	0
2022	40.1	33	50.2	40	30	40	3.85	31	0
2021	47.3	4	59.9	2	34.7	5	1.81	77	0
2020	37.4	58	47.8	51	27	61	3.52	39	0
2019	43.5	9	54.7	8	32.3	15	3.24	44	0
2018	41.3	21	50.1	41	32.6	11	5.85	5	0
2017	38.5	51	47.4	55	29.6	42	1.76	78	0
2016	39.7	38	48.9	44	30.4	35	5.36	11	0
2015	50.5	1	61.3	1	39.6	1	5.27	13	0
2014	41.2	23	49.8	42	32.5	13	3.03	51	0
2013	40.9	26	51.3	26	30.5	30	6.34	4	0
2012	42.7	14	52.7	18	32.6	11	4.00	28	0
2011	42.8	12	54.2	11	31.4	22	4.10	27	0
2010	29.9	86	37.8	87	22.1	85	2.56	63	0
2009	36.6	62	45	72	28.3	50	5.64	9	0
2008	40.5	30	50.6	34	30.5	30	4.41	21	0
2007	42.6	15	52.8	16	32.4	14	3.07	49	0
2006	41.3	21	54.7	8	27.8	55	2.16	72	0
2005	35	72	44.5	73	25.5	68	2.71	60	0
2004	36.3	64	47.4	55	25.2	74	3.03	51	0
2003	36.1	68	46.8	61	25.3	73	3.20	45	0
2002	37.6	56	47.2	57	28.1	53	4.38	22	0
2001	42.8	12	53.8	14	31.8	17	3.42	41	0
2000	30.8	85	40.8	86	20.7	87	1.69	80	0
1999	39	45	51	30	27.1	59	1.38	85	0
1998	41.6	18	51.6	23	31.5	19	5.36	11	0
1997	36.6	62	45.7	66	27.5	56	2.17	71	0
1996	39.8	37	50.3	39	29.4	44	3.90	29	0
1995	34.4	74	43.9	78	24.8	77	2.24	70	0
1994	43.6	8	54.2	11	33	10	1.38	85	0
1993	38.3	52	46.5	63	30.1	39	5.85	5	0
1992	38.2	53	46.3	64	30.2	37	5.05	16	0
1991	40.5	30	50.6	34	30.5	30	6.73	2	0
1990	44.2	6	55.2	6	33.3	8	4.85	19	0
1989	28.1	87	36.9	88	19.3	89	3.16	47	0
1988	37.6	56	48.5	46	26.7	64	2.73	58	0
1987	41.6	18	51.5	24	31.7	18	3.00	54	0
1986	38.8	47	47	59	30.6	29	3.66	35	0
1985	33.8	79	44	77	23.7	81	1.17	88	0
1984	45.5	5	56.7	5	34.2	6	1.76	78	0
1983	34.7	73	44.1	75	25.4	71	4.15	26	0
1982	43.3	10	53.3	15	33.3	8	2.89	55	0
1981	34.4	74	42.5	80	26.4	66	3.20	45	0
1980	36.3	64	47.2	57	25.4	71	1.38	85	0
1979	38.8	47	50.9	32	26.7	64	1.66	82	0
1978	39.4	41	51.5	24	27.4	57	4.89	17	0
1977	35.3	70	45.7	66	24.9	76	2.72	59	0
1976	33.3	80	44.1	75	22.5	84	3.80	32	0
1975	40	35	50.5	37	29.5	43	3.33	43	0
1974	39.5	40	48	50	30.9	25	3.53	38	0
1973	39.2	42	48.2	49	30.3	36	5.07	15	0
1972	43.7	7	52	22	35.4	4	6.43	3	0
1971	47.5	2	57.1	4	37.9	2	2.43	68	0
1970	41.1	24	50.8	33	31.5	19	3.40	42	0
1969	34.4	74	42	83	26.9	62	5.78	7	0
1968	35.2	71	46.3	64	24.1	79	2.13	73	0
1967	40.7	29	51.3	26	30.2	37	5.62	10	0
1966	37.7	55	46.9	60	28.5	48	3.07	49	0
1965	38.9	46	50.5	37	27.3	58	0.21	89	0
1964	41.5	20	51.2	29	31.9	16	2.48	65	0
1963	27.7	88	35.9	89	19.6	88	2.00	75	0
1962	33	81	41.5	84	24.5	78	4.35	23	0
1961	39.1	44	46.8	61	31.5	19	6.75	1	0
1960	32.5	83	43.1	79	21.9	86	2.46	67	0
1959	39.7	38	48.7	45	30.7	28	3.87	30	0
1958	34.1	77	44.3	74	24	80	3.14	48	0
1957	40.9	26	50.6	34	31.2	24	4.45	20	0
1956	47.4	3	57.3	3	37.6	3	4.88	18	0
1955	35.4	69	45.4	68	25.5	68	2.52	64	0
1954	36.2	67	45.4	68	27.1	59	3.79	33	0
1953	37.2	59	47.6	52	26.8	63	2.69	61	0
1952	38.8	47	48.5	46	29	46	2.83	57	0
1951	40.5	30	52.2	19	28.7	47	4.19	25	0
1950	32.9	82	42.1	82	23.7	81	3.45	40	0
1949	42.4	16	54.3	10	30.5	30	2.87	56	0
1948	40.1	33	49.4	43	30.8	27	5.17	14	2
1947	38.6	50	51	30	26.2	67	1.49	84	0
1946	41	25	52.8	16	29.3	45	3.74	34	0
1945	32.1	84	41.2	85	23.6	83	4.29	24	2
1944	34	78	42.4	81	25.5	68	3.60	36	0
1943	36.8	60	45.2	70	28.4	49	2.47	66	0
1942	36.7	61	45.2	70	28.2	51	5.72	8	0
1941	43.1	11	52.1	20	34.1	7	2.03	74	0
1940			55	7	31.3	23	1.58	83	4
1939	39.2	42	48.3	48	29.9	41	2.35	69	3
1938	36.3	64	47.5	53	25	75	1.67	81	0
1937	37.9	54	47.5	53	28.2	51	2.67	62	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	50.5
1971	47.5
1956	47.4
2021	47.3
1984	45.5
1990	44.2
1972	43.7
1994	43.6
2019	43.5
1982	43.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1963	27.7
1989	28.1
2010	29.9
2000	30.8
1945	32.1
1960	32.5
1950	32.9
1962	33
1976	33.3
1985	33.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	6.75
1991	6.73
1972	6.43
2013	6.34
2018	5.85
1993	5.85
1969	5.78
1942	5.72
2009	5.64
1967	5.62

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	0.21
1985	1.17
1999	1.38
1994	1.38
1980	1.38
1947	1.49
1940	1.58
1979	1.66
1938	1.67
2000	1.69

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 28 December 2025, 25 December 2025
Coldest night: 8°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.52 in; 2 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 1.97 in of precipitation in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the driest December since 2021, 14th driest of 89.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 71°F on Sunday 28 December 2025 and Thursday 25 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: a low of 8°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 0.52 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.