El Centro, CA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 61.5°F in El Centro, CA, the warmest December on record, in 98 years since 1926 (1932 excluded: 15 of 31 days missing; 2022 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing); provisional.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 61.5°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 98, provisional
Precipitation: 0.55 in; Wettest since 2018; 28th wettest of 95

A normal December in El Centro, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 55.1°F, between 52°F and 57.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.08 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in El Centro, CA since 1926: 61.5°F in 2025, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 52 to 57.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in El Centro, CA from 1925 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	61.5	1	75	5	48.1	1	0.55	28	0
2024	58.7	7	74.3	6	43.2	24	0.00	83	0
2023	57.7	15	71.3	26	44.1	12	trace	71	0
2022							0.05	54	5
2021	57.5	18	70	45	44.9	7	trace	71	0
2020	55	56	70.3	40	39.8	66	trace	71	0
2019	54.2	70	65.5	89	43	28	0.15	45	0
2018	56.2	36	68.2	69	44.3	10	1.09	13	0
2017	57.4	19	73.2	11	41.5	47	trace	71	0
2016	56.5	32	69	58	44	14	0.85	17	0
2015	55.1	53	69.2	57	40.9	54	0.03	61	0
2014	57.1	23	68.5	66	45.6	4	0.39	35	0
2013	55.2	49	69.8	49	40.7	57	trace	71	2
2012	56.6	29	69.5	54	43.7	18	0.43	34	0
2011	52	83	65.9	85	38.1	84	0.30	39	0
2010	58.6	9	71.2	28	46	3	0.47	32	0
2009	54.3	68	67.3	75	41.2	50	0.34	37	0
2008	55.2	49	67.7	72	42.7	32	0.98	15	0
2007	51.8	87	64.5	94	39.1	77	0.04	59	0
2006	55	56	70.7	34	39.4	72	0.00	83	0
2005	56.4	33	71.5	21	41.3	49	trace	71	0
2004	55	56	67.9	71	42.1	37	0.65	24	0
2003	54.1	71	68.9	59	39.4	72	0.02	65	0
2002	54.7	62	68.9	59	40.5	59	0.01	67	0
2001	52	83	66.2	82	37.8	86	trace	71	0
2000	56.4	33	72.4	14	40.5	59	0.00	83	0
1999	56.9	26	70.7	34	43.1	25	0.00	83	0
1998	54.3	68	68.6	63	39.8	66	0.12	48	2
1997	53.2	80	65.8	87	40.5	59	0.91	16	0
1996	56	41	69.8	49	42.1	37	0.02	65	0
1995	57.7	15	71.4	25	44	14	0.05	54	0
1994	53.4	77	66.1	84	40.8	56	0.78	19	0
1993	54.9	59	69.8	49	39.8	66	0.01	67	1
1992	51.1	94	63.2	98	39.2	74	1.36	8	1
1991	56	41	67.6	73	44.3	10	1.26	10	0
1990	51.5	90	66.2	82	36.8	91	0.00	83	0
1989	56.4	33	71.7	20	41.1	51	0.00	83	0
1988	55.9	44	70.3	40	41.6	45	0.00	83	0
1987	53.4	77	65.1	92	41.7	42	0.32	38	0
1986	57	25	70.6	38	43.3	22	0.04	59	0
1985	57.1	23	71.2	28	43	28	0.76	20	0
1984	54.6	63	64.5	94	44.8	8	1.43	7	0
1983	58.8	6	70.7	34	46.9	2	0.60	26	0
1982	55.3	48	67.1	78	43.7	18	2.40	4	1
1981	59.8	3	74.3	6	45.3	6	0.00	83	0
1980	58.6	9	74.2	8	43.1	25	trace	71	0
1979	55.5	47	71.3	26	39.8	66	trace	71	0
1978	49.1	98	61.9	99	36.2	95	0.53	29	0
1977	56.6	29	68.9	59	44.4	9	1.11	12	0
1976	53.5	76	69.5	54	37.6	88	0.15	45	0
1975	54	73	69.7	53	38.4	82	0.12	48	0
1974	51	96	65.5	89	36.6	93	0.47	32	0
1973	55.2	49	70.9	32	39.6	70	0.00	83	0
1972	52	83	65.6	88	38.3	83	trace	71	0
1971	51.4	93	64.2	97	38.5	80	0.05	54	0
1970	53.8	75	67.3	75	40.3	62	0.05	54	0
1969	56.2	36	70.2	43	42.2	36	0.10	50	0
1968	51	96	66.3	81	35.7	96	0.03	61	0
1967	51.8	87	64.8	93	38.9	79	0.49	31	0
1966	56.6	29	71.5	21	41.7	42	trace	71	0
1965	54	73	67.4	74	40.7	57	1.61	6	0
1964	55.1	53	70.3	40	40	64	0.01	67	0
1963	54.5	67	72.2	17	36.7	92	0.00	83	0
1962	56.7	27	72.3	16	41	53	0.75	21	0
1961	55.2	49	68.6	63	41.8	41	0.83	18	0
1960	54.9	59	69.9	47	39.9	65	0.07	52	0
1959	56.1	39	68.6	63	43.6	20	1.03	14	0
1958	59.6	5	76.6	3	42.7	32	0.00	83	0
1957	57.9	13	72.6	13	43.1	25	0.07	52	0
1956	56.7	27	74.2	8	39.2	74	0.01	67	0
1955	57.8	14	71.9	19	43.8	16	0.05	54	0
1954	55.8	45	69.8	49	41.7	42	0.03	61	0
1953	54.6	63	70.8	33	38.5	80	0.00	83	0
1952	55.1	53	69.3	56	40.9	54	0.19	43	0
1951	54.6	63	67.1	78	42.1	37	0.36	36	0
1950	60.6	2	77.2	1	44.1	12	0.03	61	0
1949	52.8	82	68.8	62	36.9	90	0.19	43	0
1948	51.5	90	65.4	91	37.9	85	0.29	41	1
1947	51.6	89	65.9	85	37.3	89	0.14	47	0
1946	57.3	20	71	31	43.5	21	0.57	27	0
1945	54.1	71	68	70	40.2	63	0.67	23	0
1944	56.1	39	70.7	34	41.6	45	1.15	11	1
1943	54.6	63	67.2	77	42.1	37	2.46	3	0
1942	57.7	15	72.7	12	42.6	34	0.00	83	0
1941	56.2	36	69.9	47	42.4	35	1.34	9	0
1940	58.6	9	71.5	21	45.6	4	2.38	5	0
1939	59.7	4	76.4	4	43	28			0
1938	57.2	21	71.5	21	43	28			0
1937	58.7	7	73.5	10	43.8	16	0.09	51	0
1936	54.8	61	68.5	66	41.1	51	0.21	42	0
1935	56	41	70.6	38	41.5	47	0.70	22	0
1934	57.2	21	71.1	30	43.3	22			0
1933	55.7	46	72	18	39.5	71			0
1932							0.62	25	15
1931	51.1	94	66.5	80	35.7	96	0.30	39	0
1930	51.5	90	70	45	32.9	98			0
1929	58	12	77	2	39	78	trace	71	0
1928	53.2	80	70.2	43	36.3	94			1
1927	53.3	79	68.5	66	37.8	86	2.92	2	3
1926	52	83	64.5	94	39.2	74	3.87	1	2
1925			72.4	14			0.50	30	4

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2025	61.5
1950	60.6
1981	59.8
1939	59.7
1958	59.6
1983	58.8
2024	58.7
1937	58.7
2010	58.6
1980	58.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	49.1
1974	51
1968	51
1992	51.1
1931	51.1
1971	51.4
1990	51.5
1948	51.5
1930	51.5
1947	51.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1926	3.87
1927	2.92
1943	2.46
1982	2.40
1940	2.38
1965	1.61
1984	1.43
1992	1.36
1941	1.34
1991	1.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.00
2006	0.00
2000	0.00
1999	0.00
1990	0.00
1989	0.00
1988	0.00
1981	0.00
1973	0.00
1963	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 83°F; 16 December 2025, 11 December 2025, 10 December 2025
Coldest night: 42°F; 29 December 2025, 6 December 2025, 5 December 2025, 2 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.33 in; 24 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.55 in of precipitation in El Centro, CA, the wettest December since 2018, 28th wettest of 95.
The hottest day of December 2025 in El Centro, CA: 83°F on Tuesday 16 December 2025, Thursday 11 December 2025 and Wednesday 10 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in El Centro, CA: a low of 42°F on Monday 29 December 2025, Saturday 6 December 2025, Friday 5 December 2025 and 1 other day.
The wettest day of December 2025 in El Centro, CA: 0.33 in on Wednesday 24 December 2025.