Cedar Rapids, IA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 22°F in Cedar Rapids, IA, the coldest December since 2013, tied 44th coldest of 130 (with 1968).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 22°F; Coldest since 2013; 44th coldest of 130
Precipitation: 1.00 in; Driest since 2017; 53rd driest of 130

A normal December in Cedar Rapids, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26.7°F, between 17.6°F and 30.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.23 in of precipitation, between 0.55 in and 2.35 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Cedar Rapids, IA since 1895: 22°F in 2025; the lowest is 10°F, in 2000.

Normal range, 17.6 to 30.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Cedar Rapids, IA 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	22	86	31.5	78	12.6	101	1.00	78	0
2024	30	21	37.2	32	22.9	12	1.48	52	0
2023	35.3	2	42.6	1	28	2	1.50	49	0
2022	23.4	79	32	74	14.7	83	1.21	66	0
2021	31.3	12	41.1	5	21.5	25	1.18	69	0
2020	26.3	58	35.1	51	17.6	59	1.68	44	0
2019	30.3	17	39.8	15	20.8	35	1.22	65	0
2018	29.4	23	37.3	31	21.5	25	2.10	23	0
2017	23.6	75	33	67	14.2	85	0.61	108	0
2016	22.9	80	29.5	93	16.4	71	1.25	64	0
2015	35.6	1	41.8	2	29.4	1	4.07	1	0
2014	28.7	33	35.4	46	22.7	16	0.65	103	2
2013	17.1	118	26.5	116	7.8	120	0.68	101	0
2012	29.1	28	37.6	26	20.6	36	2.11	22	0
2011	30.8	15	38.8	20	22.8	13	2.88	6	0
2010	18.2	112	25.8	119	10.6	112	0.96	80	0
2009	21.2	94	28.6	102	13.9	88	0.95	82	0
2008	16.4	121	27.3	111	5.5	126	1.97	26	0
2007	20.6	98	27.3	111	13.9	88	4.06	2	0
2006	30.9	14	40.3	9	21.5	25	2.29	16	0
2005	17.6	116	24.5	123	10.8	110	1.35	57	0
2004	26.9	52	35.9	42	17.9	58	0.95	82	0
2003	28.1	39	35.8	43	20.5	37	2.12	20	0
2002	28.9	31	39.2	18	18.6	53	0.27	128	0
2001	31.1	13	39.9	13	22.3	22	1.04	74	0
2000	10	130	17.9	131	2.1	131	1.98	25	0
1999	26	63	36.4	37	15.7	77	0.56	114	0
1998	29.3	25	39.1	19	19.6	44	0.49	119	0
1997	27	49	32.5	72	21.4	29	0.81	92	0
1996	21.7	89	29.3	95	14.2	85	0.78	94	0
1995	25.4	67	33.2	66	17.5	61	0.50	118	0
1994	30.3	17	38.2	23	22.5	18	1.26	62	0
1993	26.5	55	33.8	62	19.2	48	0.63	106	0
1992	23.7	73	31	81	16.4	71	1.77	39	0
1991	27.7	42	35.8	43	19.6	44	1.37	56	0
1990	20.6	98	28.9	99	12.4	102	2.45	10	0
1989	14.3	126	23.1	125	5.6	125	0.30	126	0
1988	26.7	53	36.6	35	16.8	66	0.71	99	0
1987	28.7	33	35.1	51	22.3	22	1.87	34	0
1986	27.7	42	33	67	22.5	18	1.20	67	0
1985	11	129	21.8	128	0.1	132	1.50	49	0
1984	28	40	37.4	28	18.5	55	1.78	37	0
1983	11.9	128	18.9	130	4.8	128	1.88	33	0
1982	31.4	10	39.3	17	23.5	10	3.15	4	0
1981	21.4	91	29.8	89	13.1	97	0.56	114	0
1980	24.3	71	31.8	76	16.8	66	1.94	28	0
1979	30.1	20	40.3	9	19.9	41	0.30	126	0
1978	21	96	29.2	97	12.9	99	2.43	11	0
1977	18.4	111	25	122	11.8	107	2.14	18	0
1976	15.5	124	26.8	115	4.3	130	0.24	130	0
1975	27.2	48	34.5	55	19.8	42	0.42	122	0
1974	25.6	65	31.9	75	19.2	48	2.12	20	0
1973	20.5	100	27.3	111	13.7	90	2.85	7	0
1972	19	109	25.8	119	12.2	103	2.35	15	0
1971	30	21	36.9	34	23.1	11	3.58	3	0
1970	24.7	69	32.7	70	16.7	68	0.60	109	0
1969	21.1	95	28.8	101	13.4	93	1.72	43	0
1968	22	86	29.9	88	14.2	85	1.87	34	0
1967	27	49	34.5	55	19.4	47	0.73	98	0
1966	23.6	75	30.6	83	16.6	69	2.09	24	0
1965	32.5	7	41	6	24	9	2.55	9	0
1964	23.7	73	30.5	84	16.9	65	1.03	75	0
1963	13	127	21.1	129	4.9	127	0.57	113	0
1962	23.5	78	32.1	73	15	82	0.58	111	0
1961	19.2	108	27.6	110	10.8	110	2.13	19	0
1960	22.5	83	31.7	77	13.3	96	0.65	103	0
1959	32.2	8	38.8	20	25.7	7	2.37	14	0
1958	20.3	102	29.2	97	11.3	108	0.45	121	0
1957	31.4	10	39.9	13	22.8	13	1.06	73	0
1956	27	49	35.4	46	18.6	53	0.96	80	0
1955	20.4	101	29.6	91	11.2	109	0.26	129	0
1954	27.5	44	33.8	62	21.1	31	1.28	60	0
1953	27.5	44	36.2	39	18.7	51	1.26	62	0
1952	28.4	37	34.2	58	22.7	16	2.40	12	0
1951	22.1	85	30.7	82	13.6	91	1.74	42	0
1950	17.6	116	25.9	118	9.2	118	1.31	59	0
1949	28.3	38	37.4	28	19.2	48	0.75	95	0
1948	26.6	54	34.8	54	18.4	57	2.75	8	0
1947	28.5	36	36.5	36	20.4	38			0
1946	30.8	15	40.7	7	20.9	32			0
1945	19.3	107	26.3	117	12.2	103	1.81	36	0
1944	20.2	104	28.2	104	12.2	103	1.51	48	0
1943	26.4	56	35.5	45	17.2	63	1.38	55	0
1942	20.3	102	27.7	108	12.8	100	1.90	31	0
1941	33.4	5	40.5	8	26.2	6	1.55	47	0
1940	29.4	23	36.4	37	22.4	20	1.89	32	0
1939	32.2	8	41.5	4	22.8	13	0.39	123	0
1938	26.3	58	34.1	59	18.5	55	1.16	70	0
1937	22.8	81	29.8	89	15.8	76	1.03	75	0
1936	29.1	28	37.9	25	20.3	39	1.56	46	0
1935	20.9	97	28.4	103	13.4	93	0.84	90	0
1934	21.4	91	29.4	94	13.5	92	0.62	107	0
1933	26.3	58	36	41	16.6	69	0.92	86	0
1932	23.6	75	32.8	69	14.4	84	1.78	37	0
1931	34.7	3	41.6	3	27.8	3	1.93	30	0
1930	24.9	68	33.7	64	16.1	75	0.93	85	0
1929	25.7	64	34.1	59	17.3	62	0.56	114	0
1928	28.7	33	37.4	28	20	40	0.99	79	0
1927	20.2	104	30.4	87	10.1	114	1.67	45	0
1926	22.8	81	30.5	84	15.1	80	0.75	95	0
1925	17.7	114	27.7	108	7.6	122	0.95	82	0
1924	16.3	122	27.9	105	4.5	129	1.45	54	1
1922	26.1	61	35.2	49	17.1	64	0.35	124	0
1921	29.2	27	37.5	27	20.9	32	2.15	17	0
1920	27.9	41	34.5	55	21.4	29	0.84	90	0
1919	16	123	23	126	8.9	119	0.80	93	0
1918	33.4	5	40.3	9	26.5	5	1.34	58	0
1917	15	125	22.3	127	7.7	121	0.47	120	0
1916	19.4	106	29.3	95	9.5	117	1.12	71	0
1915	23.8	72	31.4	79	16.3	74	0.74	97	0
1914	18.2	112	25.8	119	10.6	112	1.11	72	0
1913	33.5	4	40.3	9	26.7	4	0.90	88	0
1912	29	30	38.5	22	19.6	44	0.60	109	0
1911	29.3	25	37	33	21.7	24	1.94	28	0
1910	21.8	88	30.5	84	13.1	97	0.33	125	0
1909	16.8	120	23.5	124	10	116	1.50	49	0
1908	26.4	56	35.2	49	17.6	59	0.58	111	0
1907	28.9	31	36.2	39	21.5	25	0.69	100	0
1906	26.1	61	33.5	65	18.7	51	1.47	53	0
1905	25.5	66	35.3	48	15.7	77	0.52	117	0
1904	21.6	90	31.2	80	11.9	106	1.75	41	0
1903	17.7	114	28.9	99	6.5	124	0.68	101	0
1902	22.5	83	29.6	91	15.5	79	1.96	27	0
1901	21.4	91	27.8	106	15.1	80	1.76	40	0
1900	27.3	47	35	53	19.7	43	0.92	86	1
1899	24.5	70	32.6	71	16.4	71	1.27	61	1
1898	19	109	27.8	106	10.1	114	0.65	103	0
1897	17	119	27.3	111	6.7	123	1.02	77	0
1896	30.3	17	38.2	23	22.4	20	0.85	89	0
1895	27.5	44	34	61	20.9	32	2.90	5	3
1894			39.7	16	25.3	8	1.19	68	4
1893					13.4	93	2.40	12	7

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	35.6
2023	35.3
1931	34.7
1913	33.5
1941	33.4
1918	33.4
1965	32.5
1959	32.2
1939	32.2
1982	31.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2000	10
1985	11
1983	11.9
1963	13
1989	14.3
1917	15
1976	15.5
1919	16
1924	16.3
2008	16.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	4.07
2007	4.06
1971	3.58
1982	3.15
1895	2.90
2011	2.88
1973	2.85
1948	2.75
1965	2.55
1990	2.45

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.24
1955	0.26
2002	0.27
1989	0.30
1979	0.30
1910	0.33
1922	0.35
1939	0.39
1975	0.42
1958	0.45

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 44°F; 27 December 2025
Coldest night: -11°F; 14 December 2025, 4 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.34 in; 13 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 1.00 in of precipitation in Cedar Rapids, IA, the driest December since 2017, 53rd driest of 130.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Cedar Rapids, IA: 44°F on Saturday 27 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Cedar Rapids, IA: a low of -11°F on Sunday 14 December 2025 and Thursday 4 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Cedar Rapids, IA: 0.34 in on Saturday 13 December 2025.