Columbus, OH: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 31.8°F in Columbus, OH, the coldest December since 2017, tied 50th coldest of 148 (with 1951 and 1890).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 31.8°F; Coldest since 2017; 50th coldest of 148
Precipitation: 2.50 in; Driest since 2022; 66th driest of 148

A normal December in Columbus, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 34.7°F, between 29.5°F and 39°F in eight years of ten and 3.05 in of precipitation, between 1.75 in and 4.84 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Columbus, OH since 1878: 31.8°F in 2025; the lowest is 19.8°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 29.5 to 39°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Columbus, OH from 1878 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	31.8	97	39.8	83	23.8	107	2.50	82
2024	37	27	43.6	32	30.3	23	3.77	26
2023	41.8	4	48.4	5	35.3	3	3.25	48
2022	34.6	53	41.8	50	27.4	62	2.02	104
2021	41.8	4	50.5	3	33.1	11	4.51	13
2020	34.6	53	41.5	56	27.7	56	2.24	98
2019	37.4	22	45.9	16	28.8	39	2.76	72
2018	37.3	23	44.1	29	30.6	21	3.57	33
2017	31.2	103	38.6	98	23.7	109	1.76	119
2016	32.4	90	38.7	95	26.2	81	3.09	55
2015	44.7	1	52.5	1	36.9	1	4.88	8
2014	36	37	42.1	45	29.9	26	2.70	75
2013	34.7	49	41.3	58	28.1	47	4.30	15
2012	39.4	14	45.5	19	33.4	9	5.70	3
2011	38.9	15	45.3	21	32.6	12	5.44	4
2010	26.5	129	31.8	142	21.2	124	1.26	134
2009	32.2	94	38.7	95	25.6	88	3.60	30
2008	33.1	78	41.7	52	24.6	100	4.84	9
2007	35.7	39	42.4	42	29	36	4.34	14
2006	40.1	11	48.2	6	32	15	3.18	52
2005	29.6	118	35.3	125	23.8	107	1.67	123
2004	32.6	85	40.3	74	25	97	3.36	42
2003	33.8	71	39.8	83	27.7	56	2.78	70
2002	32.4	90	37.8	106	27	69	2.76	72
2001	38.4	18	44.9	24	31.8	17	3.01	58
2000	23.3	145	30.5	144	16.1	142	3.59	31
1999	34.6	53	41.9	47	27.3	64	2.69	77
1998	38.1	21	45.9	16	30.3	23	3.25	48
1997	34.6	53	40.4	71	28.9	37	2.13	102
1996	37	27	44.3	26	29.8	27	3.46	38
1995	28.8	123	36.5	118	21.1	125	1.97	106
1994	38.7	17	46.5	15	31	19	2.22	99
1993	32.9	81	38.9	93	26.8	72	2.16	101
1992	34.7	49	41.3	58	28.1	47	1.32	131
1991	36.4	33	44	30	28.7	40	3.79	25
1990	37.2	25	45.8	18	28.6	41	6.98	1
1989	19.8	148	28	148	11.6	148	1.79	116
1988	31.5	102	40.7	67	22.4	117	2.49	84
1987	35.7	39	41.9	47	29.5	31	2.88	64
1986	33.3	77	39	90	27.5	60	2.81	69
1985	26	134	33.5	131	18.5	135	1.81	115
1984	39.5	13	48	7	31	19	2.84	68
1983	24.8	139	31.1	143	18.5	135	3.16	53
1982	40.4	9	47.5	11	33.2	10	3.84	23
1981	30.5	110	36.7	115	24.4	101	2.88	64
1980	32.5	86	39.5	87	25.5	90	1.96	108
1979	35.1	45	42.8	39	27.4	62	1.83	114
1978	34.4	59	42.3	43	26.5	77	5.01	7
1977	29.5	119	37.2	110	21.8	119	3.54	35
1976	24.7	141	33.2	133	16.3	141	0.93	141
1975	33.5	75	39.7	85	27.2	66	3.01	58
1974	34	66	39.3	88	28.6	41	2.68	79
1973	33.7	72	40.4	71	27	69	2.70	75
1972	36.1	36	42.8	39	29.4	34	3.49	37
1971	38.4	18	46.8	14	30	25	4.61	11
1970	34.3	61	41.8	50	26.8	72	2.50	82
1969	26.8	128	33.6	130	20	132	2.30	94
1968	31.1	104	38.1	103	24.1	103	3.40	41
1967	34.3	61	41.7	52	26.9	71	2.55	81
1966	32.5	86	39	90	26.1	83	3.33	43
1965	36.6	32	43.6	32	29.6	29	1.24	135
1964	33.9	69	41.2	62	26.6	76	4.09	20
1963	21.6	146	28.5	147	14.6	145	0.85	144
1962	24.9	138	33.7	129	16	143	1.76	119
1961	29.7	116	37.2	110	22.2	118	2.42	87
1960	25.1	137	34.3	126	15.9	144	1.62	125
1959	36.4	33	43.3	35	29.5	31	2.27	96
1958	23.4	144	32.3	138	14.5	146	0.69	147
1957	36.7	31	45.4	20	28.1	47	4.68	10
1956	40.8	7	47.9	8	33.6	8	3.21	51
1955	30.1	113	38.7	95	21.4	121	0.46	148
1954	32.3	93	39	90	25.5	90	1.69	122
1953	34	66	42.5	41	25.4	94	1.88	109
1952	35.2	44	41.6	55	28.9	37	3.30	45
1951	31.8	97	40.9	66	22.6	115	5.07	6
1950	24.8	139	33.2	133	16.4	140	3.14	54
1949	35.5	42	44.9	24	26.1	83	2.86	66
1948	35.1	45	43.1	37	27.2	66	2.86	66
1947	33.4	76	40	79	26.8	72	1.44	130
1946	36.8	30	45	23	28.6	41	1.98	105
1945	26.5	129	32.3	138	20.8	127	1.66	124
1944	27.9	125	34.3	126	21.4	121	3.53	36
1943	30.6	109	37.9	105	23.2	111	0.91	143
1942	29.1	120	35.5	124	22.7	114	3.28	47
1941	38.2	20	44.2	27	32.3	13	1.78	118
1940	38.8	16	45.3	21	32.3	13	2.72	74
1939	35.8	38	42.2	44	29.5	31	1.20	136
1938	34.9	47	41.2	62	28.5	46	1.04	140
1937	31	106	36.5	118	25.5	90	3.00	60
1936	37	27	44.2	27	29.7	28	1.79	116
1935	26.3	132	31.9	140	20.6	129	2.32	92
1934	31.6	100	38	104	25.3	96	1.30	133
1933	35.6	41	43.1	37	28	50	2.45	85
1932	32.5	86	40.3	74	24.8	98	3.05	56
1931	41.1	6	47.9	8	34.3	5	3.29	46
1930	31.6	100	37	113	26.2	81	0.80	145
1929	33.1	78	38.9	93	27.3	64	3.81	24
1928	36.4	33	43.2	36	29.6	29	2.07	103
1927	32.8	82	40.3	74	25.4	94	3.55	34
1926	30.3	112	36.7	115	24	106	3.05	56
1925	29.7	116	36.6	117	22.8	112	0.73	146
1924	29	121	37.3	107	20.8	127	2.35	90
1923	42	3	49.3	4	34.7	4	6.12	2
1922	33.6	74	41.3	58	26	86	2.69	77
1921	33.9	69	40	79	27.7	56	3.74	27
1920	34	66	40.1	77	27.9	53	1.60	126
1919	26	134	34	128	18.1	138	2.26	97
1918	40.4	9	46.9	13	33.9	7	3.23	50
1917	21.3	147	28.7	146	13.9	147	1.31	132
1916	30.4	111	38.3	101	22.5	116	3.59	31
1915	31	106	36.5	118	25.6	88	4.15	17
1914	27.6	126	33.5	131	21.6	120	2.91	63
1913	35.5	42	41.7	52	29.3	35	1.13	137
1912	34.4	59	42.1	45	26.8	72	2.34	91
1911	37.3	23	43.6	32	31.1	18	4.53	12
1910	26.5	129	32.7	136	20.3	131	2.31	93
1909	25.9	136	33	135	18.7	134	2.58	80
1908	34.3	61	41.5	56	27.1	68	1.59	128
1907	34.6	53	41.3	58	28	50	1.85	112
1906	32.7	83	39.3	88	26.1	83	3.33	43
1905	34.2	64	40.5	70	27.9	53	1.87	110
1904	29	121	36.9	114	21.1	125	3.63	28
1903	24.5	143	32.4	137	16.7	139	1.71	121
1902	30.7	108	37.3	107	24.1	103	3.41	39
1901	28.7	124	36	121	21.4	121	3.61	29
1900	32.5	86	38.5	99	26.5	77	0.92	142
1899	31.1	104	38.5	99	23.7	109	2.98	61
1898	30	114	37.2	110	22.8	112	1.09	139
1897	33.7	72	39.9	81	27.5	60	2.43	86
1896	34.6	53	41.1	65	28	50	1.52	129
1895	34.9	47	41.2	62	28.6	41	4.14	18
1894	34.7	49	40.7	67	28.6	41	2.95	62
1893	33	80	39.6	86	26.5	77	1.97	106
1892	30	114	35.8	123	24.2	102	1.60	126
1891	40	12	47.9	8	32	15	2.42	87
1890	31.8	97	37.3	107	26.4	80	2.19	100
1889	44.6	2	52.3	2	36.9	1	2.36	89
1888	34.2	64	40.7	67	27.8	55	1.11	138
1887	32.7	83	39.9	81	25.5	90	1.87	110
1886	27.1	127	36	121	18.2	137	3.41	39
1885	32.4	90	40.1	77	24.7	99	1.85	112
1884	32.2	94	40.4	71	24.1	103	2.77	71
1883	34.7	49	41.9	47	27.6	59	4.12	19
1882	32	96	38.3	101	25.7	87	2.28	95
1881	40.5	8	47.1	12	34	6	5.28	5
1880	24.6	142	30.4	145	18.9	133	3.98	21
1879	37.2	25	43.9	31	30.5	22	4.29	16
1878	26.2	133	31.9	140	20.5	130	3.88	22

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	44.7
1889	44.6
1923	42
2023	41.8
2021	41.8
1931	41.1
1956	40.8
1881	40.5
1982	40.4
1918	40.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	19.8
1917	21.3
1963	21.6
2000	23.3
1958	23.4
1903	24.5
1880	24.6
1976	24.7
1983	24.8
1950	24.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	6.98
1923	6.12
2012	5.70
2011	5.44
1881	5.28
1951	5.07
1978	5.01
2015	4.88
2008	4.84
1957	4.68

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.46
1958	0.69
1925	0.73
1930	0.80
1963	0.85
1943	0.91
1900	0.92
1976	0.93
1938	1.04
1898	1.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 1°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.60 in; 18 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.50 in of precipitation in Columbus, OH, the driest December since 2022, tied 66th driest of 148 (with 1970).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Columbus, OH: 68°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Columbus, OH: a low of 1°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Columbus, OH: 0.60 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.