Cleveland, OH: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 29.5°F in Cleveland, OH, the coldest December since 2017, 45th coldest of 147.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 29.5°F; Coldest since 2017; 45th coldest of 147
Precipitation: 2.54 in; Wettest since 2024; 77th wettest of 155

A normal December in Cleveland, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.7°F, between 27.3°F and 37.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.85 in of precipitation, between 1.90 in and 4.21 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Cleveland, OH since 1872: 29.5°F in 2025; the lowest is 19.1°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 27.3 to 37.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Cleveland, 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	29.5	103	37.2	97	21.8	123	2.54	77	0
2024	35.7	31	41.8	36	29.6	29	4.23	11	0
2023	42	2	47.4	5	36.6	1	3.33	39	0
2022	34.6	40	40.6	47	28.5	42	1.19	145	0
2021	40.5	5	47.8	3	33.3	8	2.90	53	0
2020	34.1	45	39.3	62	29	37	3.23	43	0
2019	38	12	45.2	12	30.8	21	2.85	55	0
2018	37	19	42.9	29	31	19	2.85	55	0
2017	28.7	109	35.4	112	22.1	118	1.73	119	0
2016	32.3	68	37.6	91	27	63	2.65	72	0
2015	43.9	1	51.3	1	36.5	2	2.96	46	0
2014	35.5	33	40.7	46	30.2	25	1.95	107	0
2013	32	74	38.5	74	25.5	85	4.10	16	0
2012	37.8	15	43.7	21	31.9	11	3.93	21	0
2011	37.5	16	43.5	22	31.5	13	4.97	5	0
2010	26.4	124	30.8	142	21.9	120	1.34	142	0
2009	31.7	81	37.8	87	25.5	85	2.71	63	0
2008	31	89	38.9	66	23	108	3.77	24	0
2007	32.6	64	37.7	89	27.5	54	4.20	13	0
2006	38.4	10	44.8	13	32	10	3.51	34	0
2005	27.4	117	32.6	128	22.1	118	2.04	105	0
2004	31	89	38	83	24	102	4.47	9	0
2003	33.6	53	38.9	66	28.3	43	4.01	18	0
2002	30.7	93	36.2	105	25.2	90	3.71	27	0
2001	37.1	18	43.2	25	30.9	20	2.53	78	0
2000	22.3	144	28.8	149	15.8	149	2.75	61	0
1999	33.8	50	40.3	50	27.2	58	2.70	65	0
1998	37	19	44.4	16	29.5	31	1.92	108	0
1997	33.4	60	38.5	74	28.3	43	2.42	87	0
1996	34.7	38	41.1	41	28.2	46	3.03	45	0
1995	26	125	32.3	131	19.8	134	1.45	135	0
1994	36.9	21	44.2	18	29.6	29	2.94	50	0
1993	30.5	96	36.3	103	24.6	97	2.21	96	0
1992	34.1	45	40	56	28.1	50	4.31	10	0
1991	34.8	36	42.1	33	27.5	54	2.26	93	0
1990	35.6	32	44	19	27.2	58	8.59	1	0
1989	19.1	147	26.6	153	11.7	154	1.72	121	0
1988	31.2	87	38.7	72	23.8	103	2.49	80	0
1987	34.7	38	40.2	52	29.3	35	2.96	46	0
1986	32.5	66	38	83	27.1	60	2.82	60	0
1985	24.3	135	31	140	17.5	143	2.63	74	0
1984	36.4	25	44.8	13	28.1	50	3.38	37	0
1983	23.2	138	29.2	147	17.2	144	2.92	52	0
1982	40.5	5	47.6	4	33.3	8	3.68	28	0
1981	30.6	95	35.6	109	25.5	85	3.44	36	0
1980	28.5	111	35.3	114	21.7	125	2.10	99	0
1979	33.6	53	40.8	44	26.5	68	4.00	19	0
1978	33.6	53	41.2	39	26.1	76	2.96	46	0
1977	29.2	104	37.4	94	21	129	3.51	34	0
1976	23.2	138	32.9	127	13.6	153	1.57	130	0
1975	32	74	37.9	86	26	77	3.77	24	0
1974	31.7	81	36.2	105	27.1	60	4.86	7	0
1973	34.3	43	39.7	59	28.9	38	3.53	33	0
1972	34.5	42	39.9	57	29.1	36	3.26	41	0
1971	38.1	11	45.6	11	30.5	23	3.90	23	0
1970	32.2	70	38.4	77	26	77	2.25	94	0
1969	27.2	119	32.2	133	22.2	115	2.46	83	0
1968	29.9	101	36.3	103	23.6	106	3.94	20	0
1967	34.6	40	41	42	28.3	43	2.46	83	0
1966	30.4	97	35.9	107	25	94	2.84	58	0
1965	37.3	17	43.4	23	31.3	17	2.07	101	0
1964	32.2	70	38.9	66	25.5	85	2.67	70	0
1963	21.9	145	26.9	152	16.9	145	1.05	149	0
1962	25.9	126	33.5	124	18.3	139	3.05	44	0
1961	29.7	102	36.6	101	22.7	111	1.84	111	0
1960	22.9	140	30.9	141	14.8	152	1.09	147	0
1959	36	28	41.9	35	30	28	2.39	90	0
1958	23.3	137	31.2	139	15.4	150	0.71	155	0
1957	36.1	27	43.2	25	28.9	38	3.38	37	0
1956	38	12	44.5	15	31.5	13	2.70	65	0
1955	28.4	112	34.6	118	22.2	115	0.96	151	0
1954	32	74	37.7	89	26.4	70	2.33	91	0
1953	34.1	45	41.5	38	26.6	67	2.62	75	0
1952	34.8	36	40.3	50	29.4	33	2.70	65	0
1951	30.4	97	38.2	81	22.6	113	5.60	2	0
1950	25.1	131	32.1	134	18.1	140	2.60	76	0
1949	34.2	44	42.5	30	25.8	81	3.30	40	0
1948	33.7	52	40.5	48	27	63	2.71	63	0
1947	31.5	85	38.3	79	24.7	95	1.84	111	0
1946	34	48	42.2	32	25.9	80	1.85	110	0
1945	25.2	130	31.3	138	19.2	136	1.36	140	0
1944	25.6	128	32.6	128	18.5	137	2.43	86	0
1943	28.4	112	35.4	112	21.4	127	1.02	150	0
1942	26.8	123	32.3	131	21.3	128	2.94	50	0
1941	36.9	21	42.3	31	31.5	13	1.76	115	0
1940	36.7	23	43.2	25	30.2	25	4.07	17	0
1939	35.9	30	41.2	39	30.6	22	1.17	146	0
1938	33.5	57	38.8	71	28.2	46	1.72	121	0
1937	30.1	99	35.6	109	24.6	97	2.52	79	0
1936	36.4	25	43.3	24	29.5	31	1.64	125	0
1935	26.9	120	31.6	137	22.2	115	2.83	59	0
1934	31.1	88	36.6	101	25.5	85	1.84	111	0
1933	33.5	57	40.8	44	26.4	70	1.60	128	1
1932	33.9	49	41.6	37	26.2	75	3.77	24	0
1931	40.2	8	46.2	10	34.3	6	2.65	72	0
1930	32	74	37.2	97	26.7	66	0.89	152	0
1929	32	74	38	83	26	77	2.68	68	0
1928	35.1	35	40.9	43	29.4	33	1.41	137	0
1927	32.1	73	38.7	72	25.6	84	3.91	22	0
1926	28	115	34	122	21.9	120	2.01	106	0
1925	28.9	106	34	122	23.8	103	1.45	135	0
1924	27.6	116	34.1	120	21	129	3.58	31	0
1923	40.5	5	46.3	9	34.6	4	4.50	8	0
1922	31.7	81	38.3	79	25.2	90	2.45	85	0
1921	32.6	64	37.8	87	27.3	56	1.75	116	0
1920	33.6	53	39	65	28.2	46	1.64	125	0
1919	25.7	127	31.8	136	19.6	135	1.32	144	0
1918	38.7	9	43.9	20	33.5	7	1.58	129	0
1917	22.5	143	28	150	16.9	145	1.41	137	0
1916	29.1	105	35.6	109	22.5	114	2.06	102	0
1915	30.9	91	34.9	115	26.8	65	1.75	116	0
1914	26.9	120	32	135	21.9	120	1.57	130	0
1913	35.3	34	40.2	52	30.5	23	1.38	139	0
1912	33.8	50	40.5	48	27.1	60	1.33	143	0
1911	36.6	24	42.1	33	31.1	18	2.67	70	0
1910	25.6	128	30.7	144	20.5	133	2.42	87	0
1909	24.7	133	30.8	142	18.5	137	2.05	104	0
1908	32.2	70	38.1	82	26.3	74	2.75	61	0
1907	33.5	57	39.6	60	27.3	56	2.47	82	0
1906	32.3	68	38.9	66	25.8	81	3.68	28	0
1905	33.1	61	38.5	74	27.7	52	1.72	121	0
1904	27.3	118	33	126	21.6	126	2.49	80	0
1903	23.8	136	29.8	145	17.8	142	1.90	109	0
1902	28.8	108	34.7	117	22.9	110	3.67	30	0
1901	28.2	114	34.5	119	21.8	123	4.21	12	0
1900	31.7	81	37	99	26.5	68	0.81	154	0
1899	30.8	92	37.5	93	24.2	100	2.85	55	0
1898	28.9	106	34.8	116	23	108	2.13	98	0
1897	31.5	85	36.7	100	26.4	70	1.36	140	0
1896	32.7	62	37.6	91	27.7	52	2.30	92	0
1895			40.2	52	26.4	70	4.14	15	6
1894			40.1	55	28.6	41	2.09	100	6
1893			38.4	77	23.8	103	2.96	46	5
1892	28.6	110	34.1	120	23.1	107	1.08	148	2
1891			46.9	6	31.7	12	2.22	95	5
1890			35.8	108	24.7	95	1.75	116	4
1889	42	2	49.8	2	34.5	5	3.24	42	2
1888			39.2	63	28.2	46	1.52	132	4
1887	30.7	93	37.3	96	24.1	101	2.06	102	0
1886	24.5	134	32.5	130	16.4	147	3.57	32	0
1885	32	74	38.9	66	25.1	93	1.68	124	0
1884	30.1	99	37.4	94	22.7	111	1.83	114	0
1883	32.5	66	39.8	58	25.2	90	2.68	68	0
1882	26.9	120	33.2	125	20.7	131	2.41	89	0
1881	37.9	14	44.3	17	31.5	13	4.89	6	0
1880	22.7	142	27.5	151	17.9	141	1.51	134	0
1879	32.7	62	39.6	60	25.7	83	4.19	14	0
1878	24.9	132	29.2	147	20.6	132	5.06	4	0
1877	41	4	46.9	6	35.2	3	1.52	132	0
1876	20.5	146	26.1	154	14.9	151	2.16	97	0
1875	36	28	43	28	28.9	38	2.89	54	0
1874	31.8	80	39.2	63	24.4	99	1.64	125	0
1873			46.4	8	30.1	27	5.50	3	4
1872	22.8	141	29.6	146	15.9	148	1.73	119	0
1871							0.84	153	14

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	43.9
2023	42
1889	42
1877	41
2021	40.5
1982	40.5
1923	40.5
1931	40.2
1918	38.7
2006	38.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	19.1
1876	20.5
1963	21.9
2000	22.3
1917	22.5
1880	22.7
1872	22.8
1960	22.9
1983	23.2
1976	23.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	8.59
1951	5.60
1873	5.50
1878	5.06
2011	4.97
1881	4.89
1974	4.86
1923	4.50
2004	4.47
1992	4.31

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	0.71
1900	0.81
1871	0.84
1930	0.89
1955	0.96
1943	1.02
1963	1.05
1892	1.08
1960	1.09
1939	1.17

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 6°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.46 in; 10 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.54 in of precipitation in Cleveland, OH, the wettest December since 2024, 77th wettest of 155.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Cleveland, OH: 64°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Cleveland, OH: a low of 6°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Cleveland, OH: 0.46 in on Wednesday 10 December 2025.