Columbia, SC: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 46.6°F in Columbia, SC, the coldest December since 2022, tied 62nd coldest of 139 (with 1907).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 46.6°F; Coldest since 2022; 62nd coldest of 139
Precipitation: 2.81 in; Driest since 2024; 68th driest of 139

A normal December in Columbia, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 49.2°F, between 42.9°F and 51.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.32 in of precipitation, between 1.22 in and 6.53 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Columbia, SC since 1887: 46.6°F in 2025; the lowest is 37.9°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 42.9 to 51.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Columbia, SC from 1887 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
2025	46.6	77	58	64	35.3	90	2.81	72
2024	48.1	58	59.1	51	37.1	67	1.93	104
2023	49.4	45	61.5	29	37.2	61	4.70	27
2022	46.2	82	56	93	36.3	80	3.02	67
2021	54.8	5	66.5	6	43	10	3.92	40
2020	45.8	91	57.2	74	34.4	99	3.49	54
2019	50.5	26	61.4	30	39.6	35	9.31	1
2018	48.8	51	58.5	59	39.2	40	7.25	8
2017	49.6	39	59.8	43	39.4	38	3.29	59
2016	49.7	38	59.6	46	39.9	31	3.35	57
2015	60.1	1	70.1	1	50.1	1	6.45	12
2014	50	33	61	32	39.1	41	3.90	42
2013	51.5	17	62.5	19	40.6	21	5.88	17
2012	52.5	10	63.2	13	41.9	13	3.51	53
2011	51.5	17	64.4	8	38.7	42	1.11	130
2010	39.6	135	51.1	132	28.2	138	1.40	121
2009	44.4	110	54.2	120	34.5	98	9.31	1
2008	51.4	19	62.4	21	40.5	23	3.40	55
2007	52.3	11	64.2	9	40.4	28	5.68	19
2006	50.1	32	63	15	37.2	61	3.05	66
2005	44	113	55.8	96	32.3	120	4.09	38
2004	45.9	88	58.6	56	33.1	112	1.22	127
2003	42.5	125	55.4	101	29.6	134	2.13	99
2002	44.5	109	55.1	106	33.8	102	4.16	36
2001	51.6	16	63.6	10	39.6	35	1.18	129
2000	38.4	138	48.3	137	28.5	137	0.97	131
1999	46.7	74	59.3	50	34.2	100	1.42	119
1998	51.9	12	62.4	21	41.4	16	2.29	92
1997	45.5	97	55.6	98	35.3	90	4.39	34
1996	48	59	60.6	35	35.5	88	2.34	91
1995	42.9	121	55	107	30.8	128	2.19	97
1994	50.2	30	59.9	42	40.5	23	5.83	18
1993	45	100	56.7	83	33.2	109	2.39	88
1992	45.8	91	55.5	100	36	82	3.26	61
1991	50	33	62.6	18	37.3	60	2.62	78
1990	51.7	15	62.8	16	40.6	21	1.64	113
1989	40.9	134	51.7	131	30.2	131	5.28	21
1988	46	86	59.7	45	32.3	120	0.75	135
1987	49	49	60.4	36	37.5	55	1.50	117
1986	46.7	74	57	77	36.4	79	2.52	82
1985	42.9	121	55.9	94	29.9	132	0.88	133
1984	53.4	9	68.1	3	38.6	44	1.75	109
1983	43.3	118	54.3	119	32.3	120	6.58	10
1982	51.3	20	61.8	28	40.7	20	3.72	48
1981	43.3	118	53.6	122	33	113	8.54	3
1980	44.7	103	57.8	66	31.6	126	1.33	123
1979	44.9	101	57.5	71	32.3	120	1.51	116
1978	49.5	41	63.2	13	35.7	84	1.82	107
1977	44.4	110	55.4	101	33.4	105	3.69	49
1976	44	113	55.4	101	32.6	115	7.54	4
1975	46.2	82	59.1	51	33.4	105	5.03	23
1974	48	59	58.6	56	37.4	58	4.61	29
1973	49.5	41	62.2	23	36.7	75	6.66	9
1972	51.3	20	62.1	24	40.5	23	5.39	20
1971	56.4	3	66.9	5	45.8	3	2.90	71
1970	50	33	63.5	11	36.6	76	4.55	31
1969	44.1	112	56.3	89	31.9	125	4.51	33
1968	42.6	124	54.9	111	30.4	129	3.26	61
1967	49.5	41	61.9	25	37.2	61	2.59	80
1966	45.6	93	57.7	67	33.6	103	3.31	58
1965	47.3	66	61.2	31	33.4	105	0.64	137
1964	49.8	37	60.3	38	39.3	39	4.58	30
1963	39.6	135	50.4	133	28.8	136	5.05	22
1962	43.7	117	55	107	32.4	117	2.27	95
1961	47	71	58.5	59	35.5	88	3.21	63
1960	41.3	132	55.3	105	27.3	139	2.37	90
1959	47.1	68	59	53	35.1	93	2.42	86
1958	42.2	130	55	107	29.4	135	3.85	43
1957	47.7	61	59.8	43	35.6	86	2.44	84
1956	56.2	4	68.7	2	43.7	8	2.44	84
1955	43.9	115	55.4	101	32.4	117	0.32	139
1954	44.6	107	57.1	75	32	124	1.94	103
1953	46.4	80	57.5	71	35.3	90	7.43	5
1952	44.7	103	55.9	94	33.5	104	3.64	50
1951	49.4	45	60.9	33	37.9	52	3.76	45
1950	41.3	132	52.3	128	30.3	130	3.52	52
1949	48.6	54	60	40	37.1	67	1.62	114
1948	49.6	39	60.8	34	38.4	46	3.85	43
1947	47.6	62	57	77	38.2	47	4.76	26
1946	51.8	14	63.3	12	40.3	29	0.47	138
1945	41.5	131	49.8	135	33.3	108	6.35	14
1944	42.8	123	52.6	124	33	113	0.91	132
1943	46.7	74	56.9	80	36.6	76	3.75	46
1942	45.9	88	55	107	36.8	74	4.14	37
1941	50.2	30	59.5	48	40.9	18	4.89	24
1940	51	24	60.4	36	41.6	15	1.32	124
1939	48.3	55	58.4	61	38.2	47	2.18	98
1938	47.5	63	57.1	75	37.8	54	2.46	83
1937	45.4	98	54.9	111	35.9	83	2.01	102
1936	49.4	45	56.8	81	42.1	12	4.62	28
1935	39.5	137	47.4	138	31.5	127	2.80	73
1934	45.6	93	54.9	111	36.3	80	2.29	92
1933	54.4	6	64.5	7	44.3	6	0.80	134
1932	50.5	26	58.8	55	42.3	11	4.53	32
1931	53.5	8	61.9	25	45.2	5	6.46	11
1930	42.5	125	50.3	134	34.7	95	2.74	74
1929	47.1	68	56.6	86	37.5	55	3.97	39
1928	47.3	66	56.7	83	37.9	52	1.82	107
1927	46.8	72	56.6	86	37	69	7.39	6
1926	50.3	29	59.5	48	41.2	17	1.74	110
1925	45.6	93	54.4	118	36.9	71	2.70	76
1924	49	49	57.5	71	40.5	23	6.37	13
1923	54.1	7	62.7	17	45.5	4	2.72	75
1922	51.9	12	60.1	39	43.8	7	2.61	79
1921	51.2	22	61.9	25	40.5	23	1.21	128
1920	46.5	79	54.9	111	38	50	2.26	96
1919	46.3	81	55.7	97	36.9	71	2.64	77
1918	51.2	22	58.9	54	43.4	9	3.91	41
1917	37.9	139	45.9	139	29.9	132	1.24	126
1916	47.4	64	56.7	83	38	50	1.40	121
1915	44.7	103	54.8	116	34.6	97	1.41	120
1914	43.3	118	49.3	136	37.4	58	3.13	64
1913	48.2	57	56.3	89	40	30	2.93	69
1912	49.5	41	58.3	62	40.8	19	2.09	100
1911	49.2	48	58.6	56	39.8	32	6.09	16
1910	42.4	129	52.4	127	32.4	117	1.30	125
1909	42.5	125	52.6	124	32.5	116	2.06	101
1908	50.7	25	59.6	46	41.7	14	2.40	87
1907	46.6	77	55.6	98	37.5	55	4.22	35
1906	48.7	53	57.6	69	39.8	32	2.56	81
1905	44.6	107	52.2	129	37	69	7.34	7
1904	45.6	93	54.1	121	37.2	61	2.38	89
1903	42.5	125	51.8	130	33.2	109	1.70	111
1902	47.4	64	56.2	92	38.6	44	3.60	51
1901	44.7	103	53.6	122	35.7	84	4.88	25
1900	46.2	82	56.8	81	35.6	86	6.17	15
1899	45.2	99	56.5	88	33.9	101	3.01	68
1898	46.8	72	56.3	89	37.2	61	1.46	118
1897	47.1	68	57.6	69	36.6	76	1.90	106
1896	43.9	115	54.7	117	33.2	109	3.38	56
1895	46.2	82	57.7	67	34.7	95	3.27	60
1894	48.8	51	58.2	63	39.5	37	2.29	92
1893	49.9	36	60	40	39.8	32	2.91	70
1892	48.3	55	57.9	65	38.7	42	1.67	112
1891	50.4	28	62.5	19	38.2	47	1.92	105
1890	46	86	57	77	35.1	93	1.57	115
1889	58	2	68	4	48	2	0.75	135
1888	45.9	88	54.9	111	36.9	71	3.07	65
1887	44.9	101	52.6	124	37.2	61	3.73	47

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	60.1
1889	58
1971	56.4
1956	56.2
2021	54.8
1933	54.4
1923	54.1
1931	53.5
1984	53.4
2012	52.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	37.9
2000	38.4
1935	39.5
2010	39.6
1963	39.6
1989	40.9
1960	41.3
1950	41.3
1945	41.5
1958	42.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	9.31
2009	9.31
1981	8.54
1976	7.54
1953	7.43
1927	7.39
1905	7.34
2018	7.25
1973	6.66
1983	6.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.32
1946	0.47
1965	0.64
1988	0.75
1889	0.75
1933	0.80
1985	0.88
1944	0.91
2000	0.97
2011	1.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 79°F; 25 December 2025
Coldest night: 21°F; 16 December 2025, 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.26 in; 18 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 2.81 in of precipitation in Columbia, SC, the driest December since 2024, 68th driest of 139.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Columbia, SC: 79°F on Thursday 25 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Columbia, SC: a low of 21°F on Tuesday 16 December 2025 and Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Columbia, SC: 1.26 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.