Columbus, MS: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 48.4°F in Columbus, MS, the warmest December since 2023 (2024 excluded: 8 of 31 days missing), 32nd warmest of 106.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 48.4°F; Warmest since 2023; 32nd warmest of 106
Precipitation: 1.86 in; Driest since 2010; 9th driest of 111

A normal December in Columbus, MS (1991 to 2020): 4.94 in of precipitation, between 2.93 in and 7.44 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Columbus, MS since 1903: 48.4°F in 2025; the highest is 55.6°F, in 2015.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Columbus, MS from 1903 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	48.4	32	58.6	38	38.2	32	1.86	103	0
2024									8
2023	49.7	23	61.1	19	38.2	32	2.35	100	0
2022									4
2021									5
2020	46.2	54	58.2	42	34.3	70	4.16	66	0
2019									8
2018									8
2017	45.9	60	55.6	74	35.9	51	4.61	56	3
2016	49.2	28	59.9	26	39.3	19	3.83	71	2
2015	55.6	1	65.8	2	45.4	2	6.80	24	0
2014	47.4	39	56.6	61	38.5	27	7.68	15	2
2013	45.7	64	55.3	78	36.2	50	7.10	22	0
2012	49.5	26	59.5	30	39.5	17	7.34	21	0
2011	47.2	45	57.4	55	37.1	40	6.37	30	0
2010	41.2	95	51.6	101	30.8	91	1.85	104	0
2009	44.7	70	54.3	85	34.8	62	7.68	15	3
2008	47.4	39	57.2	56	37.5	37	10.44	5	0
2007	50.3	14	61	21	39.6	16	2.96	92	0
2006	47.1	47	58	45	36.3	49	4.69	54	0
2005	42.1	90	53.4	93	31.3	89	5.45	42	3
2004			57.5	53	31.6	86	6.65	27	5
2003	42.9	87	54.1	88	31.6	86	3.94	69	0
2002	45.8	63	56.5	62	35.5	57	5.83	37	2
2001	49.4	27	59.5	30	39.2	20	5.19	47	0
2000	36.7	105	46.4	110	26.9	109	2.86	96	0
1999	47.2	45	58.6	38	35.8	55	4.66	55	0
1998							0.00	111	31
1997	43.5	85	52.4	96	34.5	66	5.35	43	0
1996	48.8	31	59.4	34	38.2	32	4.28	64	1
1995	47.4	39	58.2	42	36.6	45	4.56	60	1
1994	50.2	15	58.8	37	41	9	5.28	45	1
1993	45.9	60	55	80	36.7	43	3.04	91	1
1992	46.1	56	53.5	92	38.8	24	5.27	46	0
1991	49.7	23	60.5	24	38.9	22	4.31	62	0
1990	49.1	29	59.9	26	38.3	30	13.26	3	1
1989	37.2	104	47.9	108	26.5	110	4.58	57	0
1988	46.7	48	57.9	47	35.6	56	3.46	87	0
1987	50	18	61.1	19	38.9	22	3.48	86	0
1986	43.9	78	52.6	95	35.3	59	4.01	67	2
1985	39.9	100	51.8	100	27.9	106	3.75	75	0
1984	53.3	6	65.2	3	41.6	8	2.59	97	1
1983	39.3	101	48.5	107	30.2	100	14.78	1	0
1982	51.8	9	60.2	25	42.9	5	7.42	20	1
1981	40.8	98	51.9	99	29.6	101	3.74	77	1
1980	43.6	84	56.4	64	30.8	91	1.35	108	0
1979	44.2	75	56.3	66	32.1	82	3.65	82	0
1978	44.1	77	57.6	52	30.5	94	6.76	25	0
1977	43.8	81	54.4	83	33.3	79	2.49	98	0
1976	41.2	95	53.8	90	28.2	103	5.12	48	1
1975	43.9	78	54.4	83	33.4	76	4.57	59	0
1974	44.9	68	56.2	69	33.7	74	9.10	8	0
1973	44.6	71	57	58	32.2	81	7.58	18	0
1972	45.2	66	55.8	72	34.5	66	6.82	23	0
1971	54.2	4	63.6	6	44.9	3	8.97	9	0
1970	48.2	33	61.6	14	34.8	62	3.70	79	0
1969	43.7	83	55.6	74	31.8	83	9.21	7	0
1968	43.1	86	55.8	72	30.4	96	6.56	29	1
1967	49.8	21	59.7	28	39.8	13	13.52	2	0
1966	46	58	56.5	62	35.2	61	3.71	78	1
1965	46.5	49	62.5	10	30.6	93	1.75	105	0
1964	44.9	68	55.9	71	34	72	6.31	31	0
1963	36.2	106	47.4	109	25	111	5.30	44	0
1962	42.9	87	55.5	76	30.3	97	2.06	102	0
1961	45.4	65	54.9	82	35.9	51	12.00	4	0
1960	41.2	95	53.3	94	29.1	102	2.26	101	1
1959	48.1	34	59	36	37.1	40	3.69	80	1
1958	41.3	94	52.3	97	30.3	97	1.65	106	0
1957	50.1	16	61.5	16	38.8	24	3.67	81	0
1956	55.1	2	67.5	1	42.7	6	7.65	17	0
1955	46.1	56	58.1	44	34.4	68	1.57	107	1
1954	44.2	75	57.2	56	31.3	89	4.58	57	0
1953	42.2	89	53.8	90	30.5	94	7.49	19	0
1952	46.3	53	57.9	47	34.7	65	4.29	63	0
1951	51.4	10	63.6	6	39.2	20	7.92	14	0
1950	41.8	91	52	98	31.6	86	3.18	89	0
1949	49.8	21	61.8	13	37.8	36	5.47	41	0
1948	49.9	20	61	21	38.7	26	4.99	50	0
1947	47.4	39	61.4	17	33.4	76	3.94	69	0
1946	51	13	63.4	8	38.5	27	3.99	68	2
1945	41.4	92	51.1	102	31.7	85	5.62	38	0
1944	44.4	73	54.3	85	34.4	68	6.20	33	0
1943	46.4	51	56.3	66	36.5	46	2.87	95	0
1942	47.9	36	57.5	53	38.3	30	5.94	36	0
1941	48.9	30	57.7	50	40	12	3.79	73	0
1940	51.9	8	61.6	14	42.3	7	4.51	61	0
1939	50	18	61.4	17	38.5	27	3.82	72	0
1938	47.4	39	58.3	41	36.5	46	2.96	92	1
1937	46.2	54	56.3	66	36.4	48	3.56	85	1
1936	49.7	23	59.5	30	39.8	13	5.55	40	0
1935	40.4	99	50.4	104	30.3	97	3.79	73	0
1929	46.5	49	57.7	50	35.4	58			0
1928	47.7	38	59.5	30	35.9	51	1.18	109	0
1927	46.4	51	58	45	34.8	62	8.22	12	0
1926	51.2	11	62.3	11	40.2	11	8.54	11	0
1925	44.3	74	55.4	77	33.4	76	3.63	84	2
1924	47.8	37	58.5	40	37.2	39	6.18	34	0
1923	54.2	4	62.6	9	45.9	1			0
1922	54.8	3	65	4	44.7	4	8.16	13	0
1921	52.3	7	64.2	5	40.4	10	3.23	88	0
1920	47.3	44	56.7	59	37.9	35	8.60	10	0
1919	48	35	59.3	35	36.7	43	4.97	51	0
1918	51.1	12	62.2	12	39.8	13	3.75	75	1
1917	39.2	102	50.4	104	28	105	0.93	110	0
1916	45	67	56.4	64	33.5	75	5.56	39	0
1915	46	58	56.7	59	35.3	59	6.29	32	0
1914							4.26	65	8
1913	45.9	60	55	80	36.8	42	3.64	83	1
1912	43.9	78	54.1	88	34.2	71	6.57	28	2
1911			57.9	47	37.3	38	10.23	6	5
1910			55.1	79	28.1	104	2.96	92	4
1909					27.5	108	6.10	35	19
1908			59.7	28	35.9	51	6.68	26	4
1907	44.6	71	56	70	33.9	73	3.06	90	3
1906	50.1	16	60.9	23	39.4	18	4.82	52	0
1905	41.4	92	50.9	103	31.8	83	4.72	53	0
1904	43.8	81	54.2	87	33.2	80	5.06	49	1
1903	38.7	103	49.5	106	27.9	106	2.47	99	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	55.6
1956	55.1
1922	54.8
1971	54.2
1923	54.2
1984	53.3
1921	52.3
1940	51.9
1982	51.8
1951	51.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1963	36.2
2000	36.7
1989	37.2
1903	38.7
1917	39.2
1983	39.3
1985	39.9
1935	40.4
1981	40.8
2010	41.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	14.78
1967	13.52
1990	13.26
1961	12.00
2008	10.44
1911	10.23
1969	9.21
1974	9.10
1971	8.97
1920	8.60

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	0.00
1917	0.93
1928	1.18
1980	1.35
1955	1.57
1958	1.65
1965	1.75
2010	1.85
2025	1.86
1962	2.06

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 78°F; 24 December 2025
Coldest night: 18°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.20 in; 18 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 1.86 in of precipitation in Columbus, MS, the driest December since 2010 (2018 excluded: 7 of 31 days missing; 2019 excluded: 8 of 31 days missing; 2021 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing; 2 more years excluded for missing days), 9th driest of 111.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Columbus, MS: 78°F on Wednesday 24 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Columbus, MS: a low of 18°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Columbus, MS: 1.20 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.