Cape Hatteras, NC: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 47.3°F in Cape Hatteras, NC, the coldest December since 2010, 31st coldest of 124.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 47.3°F; Coldest since 2010; 31st coldest of 124
Precipitation: 5.44 in; Wettest since 2023; 39th wettest of 131

A normal December in Cape Hatteras, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.5°F, between 47.2°F and 55.6°F in eight years of ten and 4.65 in of precipitation, between 2.68 in and 6.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Cape Hatteras, NC since 1900: 47.3°F in 2025; the lowest is 40.3°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 47.2 to 55.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Cape Hatteras, NC from 1893 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	47.3	94	55.1	82	39.5	102	5.44	39	0
2024	51	46	57	56	44.9	39	2.96	102	0
2023	53.1	24	60	25	46.3	23	7.07	14	0
2022	49.4	63	55.7	71	43.1	63	3.28	92	0
2021	57.9	2	65	2	50.7	2	3.18	95	0
2020	50.6	49	58	41	43.3	57	6.62	17	0
2019	55.5	10	62	10	48.6	8	6.29	25	1
2018	53.6	19	59.7	29	47.5	14	10.92	1	0
2017	49.6	61	56.2	65	43	66	4.90	49	0
2016	52	30	58.9	33	45.1	37	5.01	47	1
2015	62.8	1	68.9	1	56.8	1	4.97	48	0
2014	49.8	58	56.2	65	43.5	52	2.45	110	0
2013	52.5	27	60.3	20	44.8	40	3.90	74	0
2012	53.6	19	60.3	20	47	18	6.51	20	0
2011	54.3	11	60.9	15	47.8	12	3.16	96	0
2010	40.5	123	46.5	129	34.5	128	3.47	83	0
2009	48.7	71	55.5	75	41.9	78	6.48	21	0
2008	53.3	22	60.7	18	45.8	30	4.84	53	0
2007	53.7	18	61.1	13	46.3	23	3.89	75	0
2006	53.5	21	60.8	17	46.3	23	4.09	70	0
2005	47.4	93	54.3	94	40.4	91	4.80	55	0
2004	51.9	34	59.2	32	44.6	43	2.70	108	0
2003	47.9	83	54.8	88	41	85	5.71	32	0
2002	48.3	78	54.8	88	41.7	80	3.43	86	0
2001	56.2	4	62.8	6	49.5	6	2.34	115	0
2000	43.9	117	49.7	123	38.2	115	3.33	88	0
1999	50.4	50	57.1	54	43.7	49	4.57	63	0
1998	54.2	12	60.3	20	48	9	4.72	56	0
1997	47.7	86	53.2	102	42.2	76	5.63	34	0
1996	50.2	51	56.8	59	43.7	49	4.28	67	0
1995	45	106	51.7	110	38.3	114	1.17	126	1
1994	56.2	4	62.3	9	50.2	4	4.90	49	0
1993	47.6	87	54.4	93	40.9	87	4.14	69	0
1992	51	46	57.9	42	44.2	47	5.66	33	0
1991	52.8	25	60.9	15	44.7	42	4.46	66	0
1990	56.1	7	64.3	3	47.9	10	5.13	46	0
1989	41.3	121	49.2	126	33.4	130	6.47	22	0
1988	47.9	83	54.5	90	41.3	82	0.75	128	0
1987	48.7	71	57.2	52	40.3	93	2.23	117	0
1986	51.6	40	57	56	46.2	26	6.64	16	0
1985	47.6	87	55.4	77	39.9	98	0.64	130	0
1984	55.7	9	63.6	4	47.7	13	1.69	123	0
1983	47.5	91	55.4	77	39.5	102	6.10	26	0
1982	54	14	61.5	12	46.6	21	5.84	31	0
1981	44.4	112	51.4	114	37.4	122	7.20	13	0
1980	47.1	96	55.2	80	39	107	4.48	65	0
1979	49.1	67	57.5	46	40.7	89	5.19	44	0
1978	51.2	45	59.7	29	42.7	68	3.32	90	0
1977	48.7	71	56.8	59	40.7	89	5.99	28	0
1976	46.5	98	55.1	82	37.9	118	6.90	15	0
1975	48.7	71	57.6	44	39.8	100	4.87	51	0
1974	49.9	57	57.6	44	42.1	77	5.14	45	0
1973	52.2	29	61.9	11	42.7	68	8.52	8	1
1972	54.1	13	61.1	13	47.2	16	4.84	53	0
1971	56.1	7	63.2	5	49.1	7	2.07	120	0
1970	48.2	80	57.4	48	38.9	108	2.44	111	0
1969	46	101	53.7	100	38.4	112	5.27	42	0
1968	45	106	53.5	101	37	124	2.64	109	1
1967	51.6	40	60	25	43.1	63	4.71	58	0
1966	46.8	97	54.5	90	39.2	105	6.58	18	0
1965	48.2	80	56.2	65	40.2	96	2.24	116	0
1964	51.9	34	58.9	33	45	38	3.19	94	0
1963	41.1	122	49.1	127	33.1	131	3.96	73	0
1962	44.7	110	51.2	116	38.1	116	8.63	7	0
1961	49.4	63	57.5	46	41.2	83	2.40	112	0
1960	42.7	118	51.7	110	33.7	129	4.62	61	0
1959	50.1	53	56.6	61	43.5	52	5.58	35	0
1958	44.7	110	50.7	118	38.6	110	3.16	96	0
1957	51.5	43	59.8	27	43.2	60	6.40	23	0
1956	56.6	3	62.7	7	50.6	3	1.21	125	0
1955	44	115	49.5	125	38.4	112	0.71	129	0
1954	46.5	98	53.1	103	39.9	98	7.48	10	0
1953	50.9	48	57.4	48	44.5	44	4.72	56	0
1952	47.6	87	52.9	104	42.3	75	4.17	68	0
1951	52	30	58.7	35	45.4	33	2.81	105	0
1950	44.2	113	50.5	119	37.9	118	5.22	43	0
1949	52	30	58.3	37	45.8	30	2.40	112	0
1948	52	30	57.4	48	46.5	22	8.91	5	0
1947	48.9	69	54.9	86	42.9	67	3.31	91	0
1946	53.8	16	60.2	24	47.5	14	2.76	106	0
1945	44.9	108	51.6	113	38.1	116	7.39	12	0
1944	44.1	114	50.4	121	37.9	118	3.56	81	0
1943	45.7	105	52.8	106	38.5	111	5.89	29	0
1942	47.6	87	55.5	75	39.7	101	4.87	51	0
1941	51.8	37	58.2	38	45.5	32	8.82	6	0
1940	52.3	28	58.5	36	46	28	5.56	36	0
1939	48.5	77	54.5	90	42.5	71	3.01	101	0
1938	50	56	55.7	71	44.3	46	8.98	4	0
1937	46	101	51.7	110	40.3	93	3.55	82	0
1936	51.8	37	56.9	58	46.7	20	10.19	2	0
1935	42.5	120	47.8	128	37.1	123	4.03	72	0
1934	47.5	91	53.9	97	41	85	4.07	71	0
1933	53.3	22	59.6	31	47	18	0.37	131	0
1932	53.8	16	60.4	19	47.1	17	3.15	98	0
1931	56.2	4	62.4	8	50	5	5.52	38	0
1930	45.9	103	51.4	114	40.4	91	7.46	11	0
1929	50.1	53	57.1	54	43.1	63	5.87	30	0
1928	49.2	65	54.9	86	43.5	52	10.09	3	0
1927	49.6	61	55.7	71	43.5	52	5.54	37	0
1926	48.6	75	55.8	70	41.4	81	1.54	124	0
1925	47.9	83	53.9	97	41.9	78	3.80	77	0
1924	49.8	58	56.2	65	43.5	52	4.63	60	0
1923	53.9	15	59.8	27	47.9	10	3.71	79	0
1922	51.9	34	57.8	43	46.1	27	6.06	27	0
1921	50.1	53	56.6	61	43.6	51	1.95	121	0
1920	50.2	51	56.3	64	44.2	47	6.40	23	0
1919	45.9	103	52.6	108	39.1	106	0.98	127	0
1918	51.6	40	57.2	52	46	28	4.58	62	0
1917	40.3	124	45.3	130	35.3	126	3.07	100	0
1916	48.6	75	56	69	41.1	84	2.10	119	0
1915	44.8	109	50.8	117	38.9	108	1.80	122	0
1914	48	82	52.9	104	43.2	60	4.71	58	0
1913	49.7	60	55.1	82	44.4	45	2.94	103	0
1912	52.8	25	60.3	20	45.4	33	3.13	99	0
1911	51.7	39	58.2	38	45.3	36	3.76	78	0
1910	42.7	118	49.8	122	35.5	125	2.39	114	0
1909	44	115	50.5	119	37.6	121	2.15	118	0
1908	51.5	43	58.2	38	44.8	40	4.54	64	0
1907	49.1	67	55	85	43.3	57	2.93	104	0
1906	48.3	78	55.6	74	40.9	87	3.71	79	0
1905	49.2	65	55.3	79	43.2	60	5.28	41	0
1904	46.5	98	53.8	99	39.5	102	2.72	107	2
1903			49.7	123	34.9	127	3.27	93	4
1902	48.8	70	55.2	80	42.4	73			3
1901			54	96	40.3	93	6.53	19	6
1900	47.2	95	52.8	106	42.5	71	3.33	88	2
1899							3.47	83	7
1898			54.2	95	42.4	73	3.38	87	4
1897			57.3	51	45.4	33	7.81	9	6
1896			52.2	109	40.2	96	5.40	40	5
1895					42.6	70	3.44	85	6
1893			56.5	63	43.3	57	3.86	76	6

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	62.8
2021	57.9
1956	56.6
2001	56.2
1994	56.2
1931	56.2
1990	56.1
1971	56.1
1984	55.7
2019	55.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	40.3
2010	40.5
1963	41.1
1989	41.3
1935	42.5
1960	42.7
1910	42.7
2000	43.9
1955	44
1909	44

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	10.92
1936	10.19
1928	10.09
1938	8.98
1948	8.91
1941	8.82
1962	8.63
1973	8.52
1897	7.81
1954	7.48

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1933	0.37
1985	0.64
1955	0.71
1988	0.75
1919	0.98
1995	1.17
1956	1.21
1926	1.54
1984	1.69
1915	1.80

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 29 December 2025
Coldest night: 23°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 2.05 in; 2 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 5.44 in of precipitation in Cape Hatteras, NC, the wettest December since 2023, 39th wettest of 131.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Cape Hatteras, NC: 68°F on Monday 29 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Cape Hatteras, NC: a low of 23°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Cape Hatteras, NC: 2.05 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.