Cincinnati, OH: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 34.6°F in Cincinnati, OH, the coldest December since 2017, tied 70th coldest of 154 (with 1951).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 34.6°F; Coldest since 2017; 70th coldest of 154
Precipitation: 2.53 in; Driest since 2023; 57th driest of 155

A normal December in Cincinnati, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.6°F, between 30.1°F and 40.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.59 in of precipitation, between 1.81 in and 5.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Cincinnati, OH since 1872: 34.6°F in 2025; the lowest is 21.6°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 30.1 to 40.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Cincinnati, OH from 1871 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	34.6	84	42	89	27.2	84	2.53	98	0
2024	38.2	37	45.5	42	31	35	4.73	21	0
2023	41.4	15	49.1	13	33.6	16	1.97	118	0
2022	35.4	78	43.2	70	27.6	81	2.69	88	0
2021	44.5	4	54.3	2	34.7	10	3.45	55	0
2020	36.2	66	44	58	28.4	72	1.78	125	0
2019	40.2	20	49	14	31.5	30	3.58	50	0
2018	38.5	34	46	35	31	35	5.56	14	0
2017	32.3	113	40.9	97	23.8	122	2.39	103	0
2016	33.7	97	40.6	102	26.7	89	4.43	25	0
2015	46.2	3	53.9	4	38.6	3	6.09	8	0
2014	37.5	44	44	58	31.1	33	3.60	47	0
2013	35.2	80	42.4	82	28.1	77	4.93	17	0
2012	40.2	20	47	28	33.4	18	5.75	11	0
2011	39.5	26	47	28	32	26	6.52	4	0
2010	26.5	147	33	148	20.1	139	1.77	126	0
2009	33.3	103	40.2	110	26.3	95	2.93	76	0
2008	33.9	95	43.5	63	24.2	119	4.42	26	0
2007	36.4	58	43.3	68	29.4	55	5.76	10	0
2006	40.4	19	48.9	16	31.8	27	3.46	53	0
2005	30.2	128	36.7	135	23.6	124	1.81	123	0
2004	33.3	103	41.8	92	24.9	113	2.80	84	0
2003	35	82	41.9	90	28.1	77	2.26	112	0
2002	34.2	90	39.9	111	28.5	71	4.90	19	0
2001	39.3	27	47.1	24	31.5	30	4.08	33	0
2000	23.2	151	30.8	152	15.5	151	3.18	69	0
1999	34.8	83	43.7	61	25.9	102	3.60	47	0
1998	38.3	36	46.9	30	29.6	50	3.82	42	0
1997	35.7	73	42.4	82	29	62	2.77	86	0
1996	37.5	44	45.6	41	29.5	52	4.33	27	0
1995	29.3	131	37.6	126	21	134	3.43	56	0
1994	40	22	47.1	24	32.9	21	2.88	79	0
1993	32.8	109	39.2	117	26.4	93	2.53	98	0
1992	35.5	75	42.5	81	28.6	69	1.36	139	0
1991	37.3	48	45.3	44	29.2	57	5.08	16	0
1990	38.2	37	47.4	23	29.1	60	7.90	1	0
1989	21.6	154	30.6	154	12.5	154	1.96	119	0
1988	34.1	91	43.5	63	24.6	117	2.78	85	0
1987	36.7	57	44.3	55	29.2	57	3.43	56	0
1986	34	94	40.8	101	27.1	85	2.58	93	0
1985	26.1	148	34.8	146	17.5	149	1.52	134	0
1984	42.4	10	50.7	6	34.1	14	4.21	31	0
1983	24.5	150	31.5	150	17.6	148	2.84	81	0
1982	42.9	8	50.4	7	35.4	6	4.25	29	0
1981	29	133	37.3	130	20.7	135	2.39	103	0
1980	32.9	108	40.4	107	25.4	107	1.26	143	0
1979	36.2	66	44.6	53	27.7	79	2.91	78	0
1978	36	69	44.9	46	27.1	85	6.46	6	0
1977	28.7	135	37.5	127	19.8	141	4.00	37	0
1976	27.5	143	38	124	17.1	150	0.51	155	0
1975	37.3	48	45.2	45	29.5	52	3.36	61	0
1974	34.4	86	40.5	103	28.2	74	2.83	82	0
1973	33.6	98	40.9	97	26.2	96	2.66	89	0
1972	36	69	43.3	68	28.8	66	4.23	30	0
1971	41.1	16	49.3	11	33	20	3.39	58	0
1970	38	40	46.9	30	29.1	60	3.32	64	0
1969	30.6	126	36.8	134	24.4	118	2.59	92	0
1968	33.6	98	41.1	94	26.2	96	4.01	35	0
1967	36.8	55	44.7	49	28.9	64	3.94	40	0
1966	33.5	100	40.5	103	26.6	90	3.31	66	0
1965	38.8	31	45.8	39	31.8	27	1.19	146	0
1964	35.5	75	44.9	46	26	100	4.92	18	0
1963	22.9	152	31	151	14.8	152	1.08	148	0
1962	28.5	138	39.1	118	17.9	147	1.36	139	0
1961	33.5	100	41.1	94	25.8	105	3.39	58	0
1960	28.7	135	37.2	131	20.3	138	1.73	127	0
1959	37.7	42	44.7	49	30.6	40	3.03	74	0
1958	27	145	36	141	18	145	0.68	152	0
1957	38.7	32	47.1	24	30.3	44	5.98	9	0
1956	42	11	49	14	35	8	2.56	95	0
1955	31.9	118	40.5	103	23.3	126	0.58	154	0
1954	33.9	95	40.4	107	27.5	82	2.86	80	0
1953	34.1	91	42.9	74	25.3	108	1.58	131	0
1952	36.3	62	41.9	90	30.8	38	4.18	32	0
1951	34.6	84	42.7	78	26.6	90	6.17	7	0
1950	27	145	35.7	143	18.4	144	2.35	110	0
1949	38.4	35	47.8	19	29	62	3.17	70	0
1948	37	52	44.7	49	29.4	55	4.07	34	0
1947	34.3	88	42.2	85	26.4	93	0.99	150	0
1946	39.2	29	47.7	21	30.6	40	3.10	73	0
1945	28.5	138	35.3	145	21.7	132	2.05	116	0
1944	29.2	132	36.2	140	22.2	131	3.66	45	0
1943	32.2	114	39.7	113	24.7	115	1.39	137	0
1942	31.2	121	37.5	127	24.8	114	4.44	24	0
1941	39.3	27	45.9	36	32.7	22	2.70	87	0
1940	39.8	24	47.1	24	32.5	23	2.38	108	0
1939	37.5	44	44.4	54	30.5	42	1.41	135	0
1938	36.4	58	44.3	55	28.6	69	1.41	135	0
1937	32	116	38.1	122	25.9	102	3.65	46	0
1936	37.7	42	45.7	40	29.7	49	2.60	91	0
1935	27.2	144	33.1	147	21.2	133	1.92	120	0
1934	33.3	103	40.5	103	26.2	96	1.58	131	0
1933	38.6	33	46.5	34	30.7	39	2.95	75	0
1932	34.1	91	42.1	88	26.2	96	4.01	35	0
1931	42.5	9	50	9	35	8	3.35	62	0
1930	32.6	111	38.5	120	26.8	88	1.20	145	0
1929	34.4	86	41.1	94	27.7	79	2.39	103	0
1928	36.8	55	44.7	49	28.8	66	2.56	95	0
1927	33.4	102	41.7	93	25.2	109	3.48	52	0
1926	32	116	38.9	119	25.1	110	2.47	100	0
1925	30.7	125	38.5	120	22.9	127	0.67	153	0
1924	31	122	39.5	115	22.5	130	3.16	71	0
1923	43.5	6	51.7	5	35.3	7	6.94	3	0
1922	35.3	79	43.6	62	26.9	87	4.00	37	0
1921	36.4	58	43	73	29.8	48	4.86	20	0
1920	36	69	42.3	84	29.6	50	1.38	138	1
1919	27.9	141	36.7	135	18.6	143	2.56	95	1
1918	41.7	13	48.8	17	34.7	10	4.68	22	0
1917	22.3	153	30.7	153	13.9	153	1.56	133	0
1916	31.5	120	40.3	109	22.8	129	3.60	47	0
1915	32.7	110	39.5	115	25.9	102	4.59	23	0
1914	30.3	127	36.4	138	24.1	120	3.14	72	0
1913	39.1	30	45.9	36	32.3	24	1.28	142	0
1912	37.2	51	45.5	42	28.9	64	2.25	113	0
1911	40.6	18	47.7	21	33.5	17	3.46	53	0
1910	29.6	130	36.3	139	22.9	127	2.15	114	0
1909	28	140	35.4	144	20.5	136	2.40	102	0
1908	37.9	41	45.9	36	29.9	46	1.60	130	0
1907	36.9	54	44.3	55	29.5	52	2.38	108	0
1906	36.3	62	43.5	63	29.2	57	3.57	51	0
1905	36.3	62	42.6	80	30	45	2.81	83	0
1904	32.5	112	40.9	97	24.1	120	3.75	43	0
1903	27.6	142	35.8	142	19.5	142	1.72	128	0
1902	33	107	39.9	111	26	100	5.25	15	0
1901	30.8	124	38	124	23.7	123	3.37	60	0
1900	35.5	75	42.7	78	28.2	74	1.01	149	0
1899	33.2	106	40.9	97	25.5	106	2.93	76	0
1898	32.2	114	39.6	114	24.7	115	2.46	101	0
1897	36.3	62	42.2	85	30.4	43	2.32	111	0
1896	38.1	39	44.8	48	31.4	32	1.09	147	0
1895	37.3	48	43.5	63	31.1	33	3.29	67	0
1894	37.5	44	43.4	67	31.6	29	3.23	68	0
1893	36.4	58	42.9	74	29.9	46	2.65	90	0
1892	31.6	119	38.1	122	25.1	110	1.22	144	0
1891	42	11	49.5	10	34.5	13	2.14	115	0
1890	35.8	72	42.9	74	28.8	66	1.88	121	0
1889	48.2	1	56.6	1	39.7	2	2.02	117	0
1888	37	52	43.2	70	30.9	37	1.32	141	0
1887	34.3	88	42.2	85	26.5	92	1.80	124	0
1886	29	133	37.5	127	20.5	136	1.67	129	0
1885	35.2	80	42.9	74	27.5	82	1.82	122	0
1884	36.1	68	44	58	28.2	74	3.99	39	0
1883	39.6	25	46.9	30	32.3	24	5.61	13	0
1882	35.7	73	43.1	72	28.3	73	2.39	103	0
1881	44.4	5	50.3	8	38.5	4	5.67	12	0
1880	30	129	36.6	137	23.5	125	4.26	28	0
1879	41.6	14	48.6	18	34.6	12	7.11	2	0
1878	31	122	36.9	133	25.1	110	3.89	41	0
1877	47.6	2	54	3	41.2	1	3.35	62	0
1876	25	149	31.9	149	18	145	0.88	151	0
1875	43.5	6	49.2	12	37.7	5	3.75	43	0
1874	40	22	46.9	30	33.1	19	2.58	93	0
1873	40.9	17	47.8	19	34	15	6.47	5	0
1872	28.6	137	37.1	132	20.1	139	2.39	103	0
1871							3.32	64	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1889	48.2
1877	47.6
2015	46.2
2021	44.5
1881	44.4
1923	43.5
1875	43.5
1982	42.9
1931	42.5
1984	42.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	21.6
1917	22.3
1963	22.9
2000	23.2
1983	24.5
1876	25
1985	26.1
2010	26.5
1958	27
1950	27

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	7.90
1879	7.11
1923	6.94
2011	6.52
1873	6.47
1978	6.46
1951	6.17
2015	6.09
1957	5.98
2007	5.76

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.51
1955	0.58
1925	0.67
1958	0.68
1876	0.88
1947	0.99
1900	1.01
1963	1.08
1896	1.09
1965	1.19

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 70°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: -3°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.91 in; 18 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.53 in of precipitation in Cincinnati, OH, the driest December since 2023, tied 57th driest of 155 (with 1993).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Cincinnati, OH: 70°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Cincinnati, OH: a low of -3°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Cincinnati, OH: 0.91 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.