Columbia, MO: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 36°F in Columbia, MO, the warmest December since 2024, tied 44th warmest of 137 (with 1956).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 36°F; Warmest since 2024; 44th warmest of 137
Precipitation: 0.86 in; Driest since 2017; 19th driest of 137

A normal December in Columbia, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.1°F, between 29.9°F and 37.9°F in eight years of ten and 1.71 in of precipitation, between 0.90 in and 3.51 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Columbia, MO since 1889: 36°F in 2025; the highest is 49.1°F, in 1889.

Normal range, 29.9 to 37.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Columbia, MO from 1889 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	44	46.9	25	25	76	0.86	119	0
2024	37.5	30	45.9	36	29	25	2.43	40	0
2023	42.2	6	49.7	7	34.8	5	2.90	26	0
2022	34.5	67	43.2	64	25.9	63	1.18	102	0
2021	46	2	56.7	2	35.2	3	2.04	54	0
2020	37.2	34	47.4	18	26.9	52	0.90	114	0
2019	38.6	17	48.4	13	28.9	26	1.62	76	0
2018	37.2	34	45.6	39	28.9	26	4.30	10	0
2017	33.6	76	43.1	65	24.2	83	0.23	135	0
2016	31.9	87	40.7	84	23.2	94	1.01	109	0
2015	42.6	4	50.2	6	34.9	4	7.04	2	2
2014	36.7	37	42.8	71	30.6	14	2.18	50	0
2013	29.9	110	39.9	93	19.9	118	1.71	69	0
2012	39	15	47.9	15	30.1	18	1.64	74	0
2011	37.7	26	46.8	26	28.7	30	3.51	15	0
2010	28.5	119	36.7	121	20.2	116	2.28	46	0
2009	30.7	103	38.4	108	23	95	2.76	28	0
2008	29.7	112	40.3	86	19.2	119	2.57	33	0
2007	33.2	82	40.7	84	25.8	65	3.52	14	0
2006	37.8	25	47.3	20	28.3	34	1.35	91	0
2005	31.1	94	38.4	108	23.8	87	0.95	113	0
2004	35.4	55	44.7	47	26	61	0.98	111	0
2003	35.9	46	44	55	27.9	39	3.47	17	0
2002	35.1	57	44.7	47	25.5	67	2.08	52	0
2001	37.5	30	46.2	31	28.8	28	1.45	85	0
2000	19.8	136	28.8	136	10.8	136	0.87	117	0
1999	36.2	39	45.9	36	26.5	56	3.36	20	0
1998	35.1	57	44.3	52	26	61	1.22	99	0
1997	33.4	77	39	101	27.8	41	1.79	64	0
1996	33.3	80	43	67	23.6	89	0.48	129	0
1995	31.8	88	39.5	96	24.1	84	1.72	68	0
1994	37.6	28	45.5	40	29.8	20	0.90	114	0
1993	34.6	66	43.6	61	25.5	67	1.52	82	0
1992	33.4	77	42.3	75	24.5	79	2.64	32	0
1991	37	36	45.5	40	28.5	32	2.72	29	0
1990	31.7	89	40.9	83	22.4	101	3.49	16	0
1989	21.5	135	31.8	133	11.1	135	0.78	122	0
1988	34	74	45.4	42	22.5	100	3.42	18	0
1987	35.8	49	42.9	70	28.8	28	5.48	4	0
1986	34.5	67	41.4	79	27.7	43	2.05	53	0
1985	24.5	131	34.3	127	14.6	133	3.38	19	0
1984	38.5	18	48.5	11	28.5	32	4.99	5	0
1983	17.5	137	24.5	137	10.6	137	2.72	29	0
1982	39.5	12	47	23	32.1	9	6.96	3	0
1981	29.6	113	37.4	119	21.8	106	1.10	106	0
1980	33.8	75	42.7	72	24.8	77	1.12	104	0
1979	35.8	49	45.4	42	26.3	58	1.36	89	0
1978	34.1	72	43.9	56	24.4	82	2.51	36	0
1977	30.8	102	38.8	103	22.7	98	1.23	97	0
1976	27.1	125	38.3	110	16	130	0.59	126	0
1975	35.1	57	43.1	65	27.2	47	2.48	37	0
1974	32	86	38.8	103	25.2	72	1.65	73	0
1973	30.7	103	38.2	113	23.3	92	4.55	8	0
1972	27.2	123	33.9	130	20.5	114	2.71	31	0
1971	39.7	10	47.2	22	32.2	8	4.21	11	0
1970	37.4	32	46.1	33	28.6	31	1.76	66	0
1969	31	97	36.7	121	25.2	72	1.35	91	0
1968	30.9	101	39.5	96	22.3	102	2.92	24	0
1967	34.8	65	42.5	73	27.1	49	2.44	38	0
1966	34.2	71	43	67	25.5	67	2.29	43	0
1965	42.4	5	51.1	4	33.8	6	2.42	41	0
1964	32.4	84	41.1	82	23.6	89	1.30	94	0
1963	22.1	134	31.2	134	13	134	0.60	124	0
1962	31.1	94	40.2	87	22	104	0.77	123	0
1961	29.4	114	37.3	120	21.5	109	1.63	75	0
1960	31.1	94	40.1	89	22	104	1.69	70	0
1959	38.1	22	45.8	38	30.4	15	1.91	60	0
1958	30.4	106	39.7	94	21	112	0.60	124	0
1957	39.1	14	48.1	14	30	19	2.79	27	0
1956	36	44	44.5	49	27.4	45	3.00	22	0
1955	31.5	90	41.3	80	21.7	108	0.19	137	0
1954	35.5	52	43.7	60	27.3	46	1.59	80	0
1953	36.2	39	46.1	33	26.4	57	1.06	107	0
1952	34.9	64	42	77	27.7	43	1.62	76	0
1951	31	97	40.2	87	21.8	106	1.49	84	0
1950	28.4	121	38.7	105	18.2	125	0.23	135	0
1949	36.5	38	46.3	30	26.7	53	3.85	12	0
1948	35	62	44.9	44	25.1	74	1.28	95	0
1947	38.5	18	47.6	16	29.3	23	1.99	56	0
1946	38.9	16	48.5	11	29.4	22	1.42	87	0
1945	26.4	128	34.1	129	18.7	121	1.44	86	0
1944	27.2	123	34.3	127	20.1	117	1.58	81	0
1943	29.4	114	37.8	117	21	112	2.17	51	0
1942	31.3	93	38.5	106	24.1	84	4.51	9	0
1941	39.6	11	46.8	26	32.4	7	1.81	63	0
1940	38	23	44.9	44	31.2	13	2.91	25	0
1939	38.2	21	47.4	18	29.1	24	1.16	103	0
1938	35.5	52	43.9	56	27.2	47	3.22	21	0
1937	31.5	90	37.9	115	25.1	74	1.78	65	0
1936	38.3	20	46.4	29	30.2	17	2.44	38	0
1935	30.5	105	38.3	110	22.8	96	0.97	112	0
1934	31	97	37.9	115	24	86	1.19	101	0
1933	37.6	28	47	23	28.2	35	1.94	58	0
1932	31.4	92	40	91	22.8	96	4.81	6	0
1931	43.4	3	51.1	4	35.7	2	2.52	35	0
1930	34.1	72	41.3	80	27	51	0.48	129	0
1929	34.4	69	43	67	25.7	66	0.88	116	0
1928	36.1	43	44.3	52	28	38	2.04	54	0
1927	29.2	117	39.2	99	19.2	119	1.94	58	0
1926	32.2	85	39.7	94	24.6	78	1.60	78	0
1925	31	97	39.3	98	22.7	98	1.88	61	0
1924	26	129	34.5	126	17.9	128	4.76	7	1
1923	40.1	8	48.7	10	31.6	12	2.53	34	0
1922	34.3	70	44.9	44	23.7	88	1.36	89	0
1921	35.5	52	43.9	56	27.1	49	1.41	88	0
1920	35.9	46	43.9	56	27.9	39	1.33	93	0
1919	26.9	126	35.3	125	18.6	123	0.55	127	0
1918	39.8	9	47.5	17	32.1	9	2.30	42	0
1917	24	132	32.2	131	15.8	131	0.44	131	0
1916	29.9	110	38.5	106	21.2	110	1.66	72	0
1915	33.3	80	40	91	26.6	55	1.67	71	0
1914	25.4	130	32.1	132	18.7	121	1.86	62	0
1913	37.9	24	43.6	61	32.1	9	1.74	67	0
1912	35.9	46	46.2	31	25.5	67	0.40	132	0
1911	35.1	57	43.5	63	26.7	53	2.94	23	0
1910	30.3	107	40.1	89	20.5	114	0.81	121	0
1909	22.8	133	30.5	135	15.2	132	3.60	13	0
1908	36.2	39	46.1	33	26.2	59	1.23	97	0
1907	36.2	39	44.3	52	28.1	36	1.26	96	0
1906	35.2	56	42.5	73	27.8	41	1.60	78	0
1905	33.4	77	42.3	75	24.5	79	0.99	110	0
1904	32.5	83	41.6	78	23.3	92	1.96	57	0
1903	28.5	119	39	101	17.9	128	0.87	117	0
1902	30	109	36.5	123	23.5	91	2.20	48	0
1901	26.9	126	35.6	124	18.2	125	2.29	43	0
1900	35	62	44.4	50	25.5	67	0.38	133	0
1899	28.8	118	39.2	99	18.5	124	2.29	43	0
1898	28.2	122	38.1	114	18.2	125	1.52	82	0
1897	29.4	114	37.7	118	21.1	111	2.20	48	0
1896	39.3	13	49.1	8	29.5	21	1.11	105	0
1895	35.1	57	44.4	50	25.9	63	7.82	1	0
1894	37.7	26	47.3	20	28.1	36	1.20	100	0
1893	35.6	51	46.6	28	24.5	79	0.55	127	0
1892	30.2	108	38.3	110	22.2	103	2.28	46	0
1891	41.6	7	52.9	3	30.4	15	1.04	108	0
1890	37.4	32	48.8	9	26.1	60	0.38	133	0
1889	49.1	1	61.5	1	36.7	1	0.85	120	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1889	49.1
2021	46
1931	43.4
2015	42.6
1965	42.4
2023	42.2
1891	41.6
1923	40.1
1918	39.8
1971	39.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1983	17.5
2000	19.8
1989	21.5
1963	22.1
1909	22.8
1917	24
1985	24.5
1914	25.4
1924	26
1945	26.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1895	7.82
2015	7.04
1982	6.96
1987	5.48
1984	4.99
1932	4.81
1924	4.76
1973	4.55
1942	4.51
2018	4.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.19
2017	0.23
1950	0.23
1900	0.38
1890	0.38
1912	0.40
1917	0.44
1996	0.48
1930	0.48
1919	0.55
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 24 December 2025
Coldest night: 4°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 18 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.86 in of precipitation in Columbia, MO, the driest December since 2017, 19th driest of 137.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Columbia, MO: 73°F on Wednesday 24 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Columbia, MO: a low of 4°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Columbia, MO: 0.75 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.