Charleston, WV: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 37.1°F in Charleston, WV, the coldest December since 2017, 44th coldest of 119.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 37.1°F; Coldest since 2017; 44th coldest of 119
Precipitation: 2.53 in; Driest since 2023; 41st driest of 121

A normal December in Charleston, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.7°F, between 33.2°F and 42.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.06 in of precipitation, between 2.09 in and 5.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Charleston, WV since 1904: 37.1°F in 2025; the lowest is 26°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 33.2 to 42.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Charleston, WV from 1902 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	37.1	76	46.6	75	27.6	80	2.53	80	0
2024	39.8	46	49.3	47	30.4	37	4.08	35	0
2023	43.4	12	53.5	17	33.3	15	2.16	96	0
2022	38.7	57	48	60	29.4	52	1.25	116	1
2021	46.5	7	57.4	5	35.7	6	2.06	101	0
2020	37.4	73	45.8	79	29	55	4.23	31	0
2019	41.9	22	51.6	27	32.2	20	4.74	23	0
2018	40.5	35	48.9	50	32.2	20	5.53	15	0
2017	35.7	88	44.5	86	26.9	84	2.29	89	0
2016	39.2	51	47.6	64	30.8	35	3.83	37	0
2015	49.3	1	59.2	4	39.5	1	5.59	14	0
2014	40.1	40	47.3	68	32.8	17	2.85	68	0
2013	39.2	51	48.1	58	30.4	37	6.24	7	0
2012	42.6	14	51.2	32	34.1	10	4.86	20	0
2011	42.5	16	52.2	23	32.8	17	3.43	47	0
2010	28.9	116	34.5	119	23.4	109	2.43	86	0
2009	35.7	88	43.4	95	28	70	4.86	20	0
2008	38.1	65	48.6	54	27.7	78	5.08	19	0
2007	41	30	50	42	32.1	23	5.64	13	0
2006	42.4	17	53.6	16	31.1	32	1.99	105	0
2005	33.3	102	41.3	107	25.4	93	2.65	78	0
2004	37.8	69	47.5	66	28	70	2.91	64	0
2003	36.3	84	45	83	27.5	81	2.89	66	0
2002	37.6	71	44.8	84	30.4	37	2.94	63	0
2001	42.2	19	51.3	30	33.2	16	2.47	83	0
2000	28.5	117	37.5	117	19.6	117	2.10	98	0
1999	38.2	63	48.5	56	27.9	74	2.55	79	0
1998	40.4	37	49.8	43	30.9	34	3.18	54	0
1997	36.5	81	44	89	29	55	1.57	113	0
1996	41.4	25	50.6	36	32.1	23	2.04	103	0
1995	32.6	105	40.2	110	24.9	98	2.79	71	0
1994	41.2	27	50.5	38	31.9	27	2.52	82	0
1993	36.6	79	43.5	92	29.6	49	3.23	50	0
1992	37.9	67	45.4	81	30.4	37	3.50	45	0
1991	41.2	27	50.7	33	31.8	28	5.89	10	0
1990	43.6	11	53.8	14	33.4	14	7.01	2	0
1989	26	119	34.7	118	17.3	119	1.83	109	0
1988	37.3	74	47.4	67	27.3	83	2.66	77	0
1987	39.8	46	47.6	64	32	25	4.13	32	0
1986	36.4	83	44.1	88	28.6	63	3.89	36	0
1985	33.8	98	42.6	103	24.9	98	2.71	74	0
1984	46.8	5	57.2	6	36.5	4	3.78	40	0
1983	32	109	40	111	23.9	105	3.19	52	0
1982	44.8	10	54.9	10	34.7	8	2.71	74	0
1981	34.5	94	42.9	100	26.2	87	2.71	74	0
1980	36.3	84	45.9	78	26.7	85	1.85	107	0
1979	38.3	61	48.5	56	28	70	2.81	70	0
1978	39	54	49.3	47	28.7	60	8.02	1	0
1977	35.1	93	44.5	86	25.7	91	2.07	100	0
1976	30.9	112	42.1	105	19.8	116	2.18	93	0
1975	38.5	60	47.1	71	30	44	3.74	42	0
1974	36.7	78	44.8	84	28.7	60	3.19	52	0
1973	37.9	67	46.5	76	29.4	52	3.68	43	0
1972	42.1	20	50.3	40	33.9	11	6.35	6	0
1971	47.3	3	56.5	7	38.1	3	1.71	110	0
1970	38.3	61	47.1	71	29.6	49	3.81	38	0
1969	32.2	108	39.2	115	25.3	95	4.85	22	0
1968	34.2	95	43.5	92	24.9	98	2.38	87	0
1967	38.9	55	48.8	52	29	55	4.72	25	0
1966	35.5	91	43.5	92	27.4	82	2.53	80	0
1965	39.8	46	49.8	43	29.8	46	0.45	121	0
1964	39.2	51	48.6	54	29.8	46	3.14	57	0
1963	26.1	118	32.9	120	19.2	118	1.44	115	0
1962	30.8	113	39.2	115	22.4	112	3.46	46	0
1961	37.2	75	45.6	80	28.8	58	4.74	23	0
1960	30.1	115	40	111	20.2	115	2.17	94	0
1959	39.9	44	48.1	58	31.8	28	2.02	104	0
1958	31.5	110	40.7	108	22.3	113	1.24	117	0
1957	40.3	38	50.6	36	30.1	41	3.80	39	0
1956	46.9	4	55.6	8	38.2	2	5.73	11	0
1955	33.7	100	43.8	91	23.5	108	1.23	118	0
1954	35.6	90	43.3	96	27.9	74	3.18	54	0
1953	37.6	71	47	73	28.3	67	2.45	85	0
1952	39.7	50	47.3	68	32.2	20	3.42	48	0
1951	40.5	35	51.5	28	29.6	49	5.73	11	0
1950	33.4	101	41.5	106	25.4	93	2.17	94	0
1949	40	41	51.3	30	28.7	60	4.11	33	0
1948	38.7	57	47.9	61	29.9	45	4.57	28	1
1947	36.5	81	46.9	74	26.2	87	1.02	119	0
1946	40.9	31	53.1	18	28.6	63	2.46	84	0
1945	31.5	110	39.8	113	23.1	110	2.29	89	0
1944	30.5	114	40.5	109	21	114	6.24	7	2
1943	33.3	102	43	98	23.6	107	2.27	92	0
1942	33.8	98	42.8	102	24.7	102	6.54	5	0
1941	41.4	25	52.3	22	30.5	36	2.11	97	0
1940	43	13	54.6	12	31.5	31	1.64	112	0
1939	38.6	59	48.9	50	28.3	67	1.89	106	0
1938			48.8	52			1.49	114	6
1937	35.5	91	43.2	97	27.7	78	2.34	88	0
1936	39.9	44	49.7	45	30.1	41	4.40	30	0
1935	32.3	107	39.7	114	24.8	101	3.59	44	0
1934	38	66	47.3	68	28.8	58	2.29	89	0
1933							3.77	41	5
1932	39.8	46	51.9	25	27.8	77	2.99	60	2
1931	45.3	8	54.6	12	35.9	5	2.83	69	0
1930	36.1	86	46.2	77	26.1	89	2.10	98	0
1929	40	41	51.4	29	28.6	63	1.84	108	0
1928	40.8	32	53.7	15	27.9	74	2.06	101	0
1927	36.8	77	47.8	62	25.9	90	3.17	56	0
1926	36.6	79	45.2	82	28	70	5.92	9	0
1925	34.1	96	44	89	24.7	102	0.78	120	2
1924					25.2	96	3.07	59	4
1923	46.7	6	59.8	3	33.6	13	5.43	17	0
1922	40.2	39	54.7	11	25.6	92	6.87	3	0
1921	40.8	32	51.8	26	29.7	48	5.15	18	0
1920	41.6	24	52.8	19	30.1	41	2.76	72	3
1919	38.2	63	52.2	23	23.8	106	4.43	29	2
1918	47.5	2	60.3	2	34.6	9	3.29	49	1
1917	32.5	106	47.8	62	17.1	120	2.98	61	0
1916	41.9	22	61.3	1	22.6	111	4.10	34	1
1915	37.8	69	49.1	49	26.6	86	4.66	27	0
1914	36.1	86	42.9	100	28.4	66	6.87	3	3
1913	42	21	50.2	41	33.8	12	2.88	67	0
1912	40	41	50.7	33	29.3	54	2.91	64	0
1911	45.1	9	55.3	9	34.9	7	3.13	58	0
1910	34	97	43	98	25	97	3.21	51	0
1909	33.3	102	42.4	104	24.3	104	1.69	111	0
1908	41.2	27	50.7	33	31.6	30	4.71	26	0
1907	40.8	32	50.4	39	31	33			1
1906	42.6	14	52.5	21	32.7	19			0
1905	42.3	18	52.6	20	32	25	2.96	62	0
1904	38.9	55	49.5	46	28.2	69	2.73	73	0
1902							5.47	16	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	49.3
1918	47.5
1971	47.3
1956	46.9
1984	46.8
1923	46.7
2021	46.5
1931	45.3
1911	45.1
1982	44.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	26
1963	26.1
2000	28.5
2010	28.9
1960	30.1
1944	30.5
1962	30.8
1976	30.9
1958	31.5
1945	31.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	8.02
1990	7.01
1922	6.87
1914	6.87
1942	6.54
1972	6.35
2013	6.24
1944	6.24
1926	5.92
1991	5.89

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	0.45
1925	0.78
1947	1.02
1955	1.23
1958	1.24
2022	1.25
1963	1.44
1938	1.49
1997	1.57
1940	1.64

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 3°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.66 in; 2 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.53 in of precipitation in Charleston, WV, the driest December since 2023, tied 41st driest of 121 (with 1966).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Charleston, WV: 71°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Charleston, WV: a low of 3°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Charleston, WV: 0.66 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.