Detroit, MI: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 27.7°F in Detroit, MI, the coldest December since 2017, tied 50th coldest of 152 (with 1893).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 27.7°F; Coldest since 2017; 50th coldest of 152
Precipitation: 2.12 in; Driest since 2020; 67th driest of 152

A normal December in Detroit, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.1°F, between 25.8°F and 35.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.37 in of precipitation, between 1.16 in and 3.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Detroit, MI since 1874: 27.7°F in 2025; the lowest is 17.8°F, in 1876.

Normal range, 25.8 to 35.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Detroit, MI from 1874 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	27.7	102	35	84	20.3	119	2.12	86
2024	33.3	33	39	38	27.5	33	3.27	32
2023	40.1	3	45.1	4	35.1	2	2.27	78
2022	32.8	42	38.3	48	27.3	37	2.34	70
2021	37.2	9	44.1	5	30.3	13	3.47	28
2020	32.9	40	39	38	26.7	40	1.36	124
2019	35.1	20	42.1	13	28.1	27	2.29	76
2018	34.5	23	40.5	24	28.5	24	2.66	52
2017	26.6	115	33	108	20.2	121	1.48	115
2016	29	85	34.6	92	23.5	78	2.16	85
2015	41.1	1	47.3	1	34.9	3	3.01	38
2014	33.6	29	39.3	35	27.9	29	1.41	117
2013	26.8	114	32.9	110	20.7	114	2.42	62
2012	35.9	12	42	14	29.8	15	2.64	54
2011	35.5	16	41.5	18	29.6	16	2.79	48
2010	25.6	124	30.6	130	20.7	114	1.28	130
2009	29.3	80	35.2	82	23.3	82	2.90	43
2008	27.4	105	34.4	96	20.5	116	4.07	12
2007	29.6	75	34.9	85	24.3	71	3.48	27
2006	37.4	7	43.1	10	31.6	7	3.65	19
2005	25.8	122	30.6	130	20.9	112	2.52	59
2004	29.7	71	36.2	68	23.1	86	2.91	42
2003	33.1	37	38.7	42	27.5	33	2.62	56
2002	28.7	91	34.9	85	22.5	89	1.16	135
2001	35.8	14	41.5	18	30.2	14	2.23	80
2000	19.2	150	26.2	149	12.3	150	2.63	55
1999	32	51	38.7	42	25.2	55	2.22	81
1998	35.3	19	43.8	7	26.7	40	1.16	135
1997	32.2	47	36.8	62	27.6	31	1.61	107
1996	31.5	58	36.9	61	26.1	48	2.57	58
1995	25.6	124	32	118	19.2	129	0.85	145
1994	35.4	18	41.9	15	28.8	23	2.39	64
1993	30.8	61	36.2	68	25.4	53	0.78	147
1992	33.2	35	38.2	50	28.1	27	2.35	68
1991	32.1	50	39.1	37	25.1	57	1.91	98
1990	32.8	42	40.3	27	25.2	55	4.37	10
1989	18	151	25.8	150	10.1	152	1.24	132
1988	28.7	91	36.3	64	21.1	110	1.97	93
1987	33.5	31	38.8	41	28.3	25	4.60	7
1986	31.7	56	36.2	68	27.1	39	2.28	77
1985	22.2	145	28.9	142	15.5	146	1.51	112
1984	34	27	42.5	12	25.5	52	2.90	43
1983	20.8	149	27.2	148	14.4	148	3.78	16
1982	37.3	8	44	6	30.5	11	3.29	31
1981	27.8	101	34	103	21.6	102	2.38	66
1980	26	119	34.2	101	17.7	137	2.30	73
1979	31.9	54	39.7	29	24.1	75	2.36	67
1978	28.9	90	36.3	64	21.5	104	2.81	47
1977	25.5	126	32	118	18.9	130	2.97	41
1976	21.5	148	30.3	132	12.6	149	0.79	146
1975	29.1	84	37.1	58	21.1	110	3.00	39
1974	28.6	94	33.7	104	23.5	78	4.00	13
1973	28.6	94	34.1	102	23.2	83	3.51	24
1972	29.3	80	34.4	96	24.3	71	3.11	35
1971	33.3	33	40.7	22	25.8	51	3.79	15
1970	29	85	36	74	22	94	1.61	107
1969	26.4	117	33.1	107	19.6	125	1.33	127
1968	28.1	99	34.8	87	21.4	105	3.59	20
1967	30.9	60	37.2	56	24.5	66	5.19	1
1966	28.6	94	35.1	83	22.2	91	4.53	9
1965	35.9	12	40.9	20	30.8	10	3.93	14
1964	30.4	66	36.2	68	24.5	66	2.19	83
1963	23.8	136	29.1	141	18.5	134	1.37	123
1962	25.1	131	31.5	123	18.7	131	1.02	139
1961	29	85	34.5	94	23.5	78	1.29	129
1960	25.2	130	31.6	122	18.7	131	0.44	150
1959	34.6	22	40	28	29.3	19	2.86	45
1958	22.4	144	29.3	139	15.5	146	0.59	149
1957	34.1	25	40.9	20	27.3	37	4.60	7
1956	34.8	21	40.5	24	29.2	21	2.19	83
1955	27.3	107	32.5	114	22	94	1.41	117
1954	29.7	71	34.7	90	24.6	65	1.72	102
1953	33.6	29	39.7	29	27.6	31	1.35	125
1952	34.1	25	38.6	44	29.5	18	1.94	96
1951	28.4	98	35.5	78	21.3	106	3.50	26
1950	25.4	128	30.9	128	19.9	124	2.47	60
1949	33	39	39.4	34	26.6	43	3.51	24
1948	31.7	56	37.3	54	26.1	48	2.35	68
1947	29	85	34.4	96	23.6	77	1.85	99
1946	32.2	47	39.6	32	24.7	64	2.10	87
1945	24.7	134	30.1	135	19.3	128	2.08	88
1944	24.8	133	30.9	128	18.7	131	1.34	126
1943	27.4	105	34.4	96	20.5	116	0.43	151
1942	25.5	126	30.2	134	20.9	112	3.42	30
1941	35.5	16	40.7	22	30.4	12	1.31	128
1940	32	51	37.6	53	26.5	46	2.98	40
1939	33.5	31	38.6	44	28.3	25	1.02	139
1938	30.2	69	35.6	77	24.9	62	1.54	111
1937	26.3	118	31.5	123	21.2	109	1.70	104
1936	32.2	47	39.3	35	25.1	57	2.04	91
1935	24.9	132	29.6	136	20.3	119	1.66	106
1934	26	119	32.4	115	19.5	126	2.43	61
1933	29.7	71	36.3	64	23.2	83	1.38	120
1932	29.5	78	37	59	22	94	3.57	22
1931	37.2	9	42.8	11	31.6	7	2.66	52
1930	29.6	75	34.7	90	24.5	66	1.10	138
1929	27.1	109	32	118	22.2	91	4.79	3
1928	32.9	40	38.3	48	27.5	33	1.38	120
1927	30.5	63	36.4	63	24.5	66	2.39	64
1926	25.9	121	31.8	121	20	122	1.39	119
1925	26.9	110	32.6	113	21.3	106	1.68	105
1924	23.2	139	29.3	139	17.1	141	3.54	23
1923	37.7	6	43.5	8	31.8	6	3.46	29
1922	29.2	83	35.8	75	22.5	89	2.31	72
1921	30.7	62	36.3	64	25	61	2.04	91
1920	32.8	42	37.8	52	27.7	30	2.84	46
1919	23.1	140	29.4	138	16.9	143	0.97	142
1918	36.3	11	41.7	16	31	9	3.59	20
1917	21.8	146	28	146	15.7	145	0.88	144
1916	26.9	110	33.3	106	20.5	116	2.24	79
1915	27.9	100	32.7	112	23	87	2.08	88
1914	23.8	136	29.5	137	18.2	135	2.42	62
1913	34.3	24	39.5	33	29.1	22	0.99	141
1912	32	51	38.5	46	25.4	53	1.26	131
1911	33.9	28	38.5	46	29.3	19	1.94	96
1910	23.3	138	28.8	143	17.7	137	2.05	90
1909	23	141	28.8	143	17.1	141	2.59	57
1908	29.8	70	35.4	80	24.2	73	1.38	120
1907	30.5	63	36.2	68	24.8	63	4.62	5
1906	29	85	34.8	87	23.2	83	3.77	17
1905	31.9	54	37.2	56	26.7	40	1.72	102
1904	25.8	122	31.5	123	20	122	1.83	100
1903	22.5	143	28.1	145	16.8	144	1.83	100
1902	26.9	110	32.3	116	21.6	102	2.73	50
1901	25.4	128	31.2	126	19.5	126	3.66	18
1900	29.3	80	34.6	92	24	76	0.42	152
1899	28.7	91	34.3	100	23	87	2.30	73
1898	26.9	110	32.1	117	21.7	100	2.75	49
1897	27.5	104	33	108	22	94	1.95	95
1896	30.3	67	35.4	80	25.1	57	0.93	143
1895	29.6	75	34.8	87	24.5	66	4.73	4
1894	32.4	46	37.3	54	27.5	33	1.56	110
1893	27.7	102	33.7	104	21.7	100	3.13	34
1892	26.5	116	31	127	22.1	93	1.47	116
1891	35.6	15	41.7	16	29.6	16	1.61	107
1890	27.3	107	32.8	111	21.8	98	1.23	133
1889	39.2	4	45.8	3	32.5	5	3.09	36
1888	31.4	59	36.2	68	26.6	43	1.16	135
1887	29.4	79	34.5	94	24.2	73	2.34	70
1886	23.9	135	30.3	132	17.5	140	2.21	82
1885	33.1	37	39.7	29	26.5	46	2.30	73
1884	30.3	67	37	59	23.5	78	3.05	37
1883	33.2	35	40.5	24	25.9	50	2.67	51
1882	30.5	63	35.8	75	25.1	57	1.50	113
1881	40.6	2	46	2	35.2	1	4.17	11
1880	21.8	146	25.8	150	17.8	136	1.23	133
1879	28.6	94	35.5	78	21.8	98	4.62	5
1878	22.8	142	28	146	17.6	139	4.83	2
1877	38.1	5	43.4	9	32.7	4	1.49	114
1876	17.8	152	24.3	152	11.3	151	1.96	94
1875	32.7	45	38.9	40	26.6	43	3.20	33
1874	29.7	71	38	51	21.3	106	0.60	148

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	41.1
1881	40.6
2023	40.1
1889	39.2
1877	38.1
1923	37.7
2006	37.4
1982	37.3
2021	37.2
1931	37.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1876	17.8
1989	18
2000	19.2
1983	20.8
1976	21.5
1917	21.8
1880	21.8
1985	22.2
1958	22.4
1903	22.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	5.19
1878	4.83
1929	4.79
1895	4.73
1907	4.62
1879	4.62
1987	4.60
1957	4.60
1966	4.53
1990	4.37

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1900	0.42
1943	0.43
1960	0.44
1958	0.59
1874	0.60
1993	0.78
1976	0.79
1995	0.85
1917	0.88
1896	0.93

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 61°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 5°F; 5 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.74 in; 28 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.12 in of precipitation in Detroit, MI, the driest December since 2020, 67th driest of 152.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Detroit, MI: 61°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Detroit, MI: a low of 5°F on Friday 5 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Detroit, MI: 0.74 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.