Charlottesville, VA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 36.7°F in Charlottesville, VA, the coldest December since 2010, tied 21st coldest of 98 (with 1954).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 36.7°F; Coldest since 2010; 21st coldest of 98
Precipitation: 1.60 in; Driest since 2021; 24th driest of 115

A normal December in Charlottesville, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41°F, between 35.9°F and 43.3°F in eight years of ten and 2.82 in of precipitation, between 1.54 in and 5.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Charlottesville, VA since 1893: 36.7°F in 2025; the lowest is 26.8°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 35.9 to 43.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Charlottesville, VA 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	36.7	77	45.9	75	27.5	97	1.60	91	0
2024	38.3	62	46.6	64	30.1	65	2.83	60	0
2023	44.8	7	54.7	6	34.8	11	4.36	26	0
2022	40	48	48.9	48	31.1	55	3.97	37	1
2021	48.2	2	58.7	2	37.8	3	0.26	112	0
2020	41.3	29	50.5	27	32.1	35	5.61	11	0
2019	43.6	11	52.9	14	34.2	13	2.54	70	0
2018	41.1	32	49.7	37	32.6	26	6.26	6	0
2017	38.7	58	48	57	29.5	73	0.35	109	0
2016	41.1	32	50.5	27	31.6	45	1.72	87	0
2015	50.5	1	59.5	1	41.5	1	3.83	40	0
2014	41.3	29	49.6	38	33.1	21	2.79	62	0
2013	41.1	32	50.5	27	31.8	40	5.91	8	0
2012	43.5	12	52.2	20	34.7	12	2.90	56	0
2011	43.2	14	54.2	8	32.2	34	4.36	26	0
2010	33	94	40.9	98	25	108	2.36	78	0
2009	35.9	82	44.4	87	27.4	98	7.66	2	0
2008	39.1	52	49.1	44	29.2	77	2.66	67	0
2007	40.1	44	48.5	54	31.7	42	1.60	91	0
2006	43.3	13	54.5	7	32	36	1.69	89	0
2005	35.5	86	44.5	85	26.5	102	2.74	65	0
2004	39.1	52	49	47	29.3	74	2.74	65	0
2003	37.1	72	46.5	67	27.6	95	4.51	22	0
2002	36.1	81	45.3	79	26.9	100	3.92	39	0
2001	42.7	18	52.9	14	32.6	26	2.14	84	0
2000	29.7	97	38.4	100	20.9	117	2.91	55	0
1999	40.1	44	50	31	30.1	65	2.87	57	0
1998	42.1	24	51.8	25	32.3	32	2.85	58	0
1997	40.9	37	50	31	31.9	39	1.54	94	0
1996	41.5	27	49.8	36	33.1	21	3.67	43	0
1995	36.5	79	45.2	80	27.9	89	1.54	94	0
1994	43.1	16	53.1	13	33.1	21	1.03	100	0
1993	37.2	71	45.6	76	28.9	79	2.43	75	0
1992	39.8	50	48.1	56	31.5	49	4.72	17	0
1991	42.3	23	52.6	18	32	36	3.32	48	0
1990	43.1	16	53.2	12	33	25	3.00	53	0
1989	26.8	98	36.6	101	16.9	119	0.98	101	0
1988	38.5	60	48.4	55	28.6	83	0.68	104	0
1987	41.2	31	49.9	34	32.5	29	0.76	103	0
1986	39	55	47.7	60	30.3	62	4.12	34	2
1985	35.7	84	45.4	78	26	105	0.23	113	0
1984	46.6	4	55.8	4	37.5	6	0.29	111	0
1983	36.2	80	43.8	88	28.7	80	4.16	31	0
1982	45.6	6	52.9	14	38.4	2	1.97	86	0
1981							2.27	80	4
1980	37.5	69	46.6	64	28.5	85	0.31	110	0
1979	44.2	9	53.4	11	35	10	0.61	106	0
1978	43.2	14	52.7	17	33.7	18	3.60	44	0
1977	38.1	64	46.4	69	29.8	68	3.07	52	0
1976	35.7	84	46.3	71	25.1	107	2.18	81	0
1975	40.1	44	48.6	51	31.5	49	3.81	41	0
1974	41.5	27	49.9	34	33.1	21	4.50	23	0
1973	39.1	52	46.5	67	31.7	42	6.32	4	0
1972	44.8	7	52.2	20	37.4	7	4.60	20	0
1971	45.7	5	55.7	5	35.6	9	0.67	105	0
1970	40.4	41	49.1	44	31.6	45	2.41	76	0
1969	34.8	88	42	96	27.6	95	5.60	12	0
1968	36.9	74	46	73	27.7	93	1.58	93	0
1967	40.1	44	48.6	51	31.6	45	6.15	7	0
1966	35.9	82	43.5	90	28.4	86	3.23	49	0
1965	41.8	25	52.1	23	31.5	49	0.13	114	0
1964	41.7	26	49.4	42	34	15	2.97	54	0
1963	32.3	96	40.3	99	24.3	112	0.46	107	0
1962	33.7	91	43.3	91	24	115			0
1961	37.3	70	44.8	83	29.7	69			0
1960	33.7	91	43	93	24.4	110	1.39	98	0
1959	41.1	32	49.1	44	33.2	19	3.37	47	0
1958	32.9	95	41.6	97	24.2	113	2.75	64	0
1957	40.9	37	49.5	40	32.3	32	3.96	38	0
1956	47.2	3	56.5	3	37.8	3	2.18	81	0
1955	34	90	43.3	91	24.7	109	0.36	108	0
1954	36.7	77	45.1	81	28.3	87	5.34	15	0
1953	40.9	37	50	31	31.8	40	4.45	25	0
1952	38.4	61	46.2	72	30.7	56	2.60	69	0
1951	40	48	49.6	38	30.3	62	5.44	13	0
1950	34.3	89	42.5	95	26.1	103	4.46	24	0
1949	40.4	41	49.5	40	31.3	54	2.16	83	1
1948	40.8	40	48.9	48	32.6	26	7.56	3	0
1947	37.7	67	47.5	62	27.9	89	1.09	99	0
1946	42.5	21	52.6	18	32.5	29	2.45	74	0
1944					25.3	106	2.84	59	6
1943							2.54	70	11
1942			43.6	89	26.6	101	4.20	29	6
1941					32.4	31	4.68	18	5
1940	42.7	18	52.2	20	33.2	19	4.00	36	1
1939					31.6	45	1.70	88	5
1938	38	65	46.6	64	29	78	5.25	16	1
1937					29.3	74	0.94	102	6
1936					30.4	60	6.29	5	4
1935					24.4	110	3.73	42	5
1934	38.9	56	47.7	60	29.7	69	2.64	68	3
1931					37.6	5	2.78	63	6
1930					27.7	93	2.41	76	4
1929			51.4	26	29.7	69	2.03	85	4
1928	40.2	43	49.3	43	31.5	49	1.45	97	3
1927					30.6	58	4.30	28	6
1925					29.6	72	3.55	45	4
1924					27.8	91	3.22	50	6
1923					36.8	8	2.30	79	4
1922					32	36	4.03	35	5
1921					30.3	62	2.48	72	4
1920					31.4	53	4.60	20	5
1919					24.2	113	2.47	73	7
1918					33.9	16	4.61	19	4
1917					19.9	118			5
1915	36.9	74	45.5	77	28.3	87	3.54	46	0
1914					27.2	99	5.37	14	8
1913	43.8	10	53.5	9	34.2	13	1.67	90	0
1911	42.4	22	50.2	30	33.9	16	4.14	33	2
1909									4
1907	41.1	32	52.1	23	30.1	65	5.86	9	1
1906	38.6	59	47.9	58	29.3	74	3.17	51	0
1905	38.9	56	47	63	30.7	56			0
1904			44.6	84			2.82	61	5
1903	33.4	93	42.9	94	23.8	116	1.54	94	2
1902	36.9	74	45.1	81	28.7	80	4.20	29	0
1901	35.3	87	44.5	85	26.1	103	8.35	1	1
1900	37.6	68	47.9	58	28.7	80	4.16	31	3
1899	37.1	72	46.4	69	27.8	91			0
1898	37.9	66	46	73	30.4	60	5.70	10	2
1896	38.3	62	48.6	51	28.6	83	trace	115	2
1895	39.7	51	48.9	48	30.5	59			0
1893	42.6	20	53.5	9	31.7	42			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	50.5
2021	48.2
1956	47.2
1984	46.6
1971	45.7
1982	45.6
2023	44.8
1972	44.8
1979	44.2
1913	43.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	26.8
2000	29.7
1963	32.3
1958	32.9
2010	33
1903	33.4
1962	33.7
1960	33.7
1955	34
1950	34.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	8.35
2009	7.66
1948	7.56
1973	6.32
1936	6.29
2018	6.26
1967	6.15
2013	5.91
1907	5.86
1898	5.70

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	trace
1965	0.13
1985	0.23
2021	0.26
1984	0.29
1980	0.31
2017	0.35
1955	0.36
1963	0.46
1979	0.61

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 25 December 2025, 24 December 2025
Coldest night: 13°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.57 in; 2 December 2025

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Charlottesville, VA the day's answers

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December 2025 brought 1.60 in of precipitation in Charlottesville, VA, the driest December since 2021, tied 24th driest of 115 (with 2007).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Charlottesville, VA: 65°F on Thursday 25 December 2025 and Wednesday 24 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Charlottesville, VA: a low of 13°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Charlottesville, VA: 0.57 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.