Elizabeth City, NC: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 41.5°F in Elizabeth City, NC, the coldest December since 2010, tied 17th coldest of 91 (with 1981).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 41.5°F; Coldest since 2010; 17th coldest of 91
Precipitation: 1.89 in; Driest since 2024; 21st driest of 92

A normal December in Elizabeth City, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46.9°F, between 41.5°F and 50°F in eight years of ten and 3.17 in of precipitation, between 1.20 in and 5.16 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Elizabeth City, NC since 1934: 41.5°F in 2025; the lowest is 34.5°F, in 2010.

Normal range, 41.5 to 50°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Elizabeth City, NC from 1934 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	41.5	74	51.9	72	31.1	78	1.89	72	0
2024	46.7	32	57	28	36.5	34	1.33	80	0
2023	47.9	24	59	18	36.9	25	5.76	5	0
2022	44.5	50	54.6	53	34.4	53	2.88	53	0
2021	52.2	5	63.1	4	41.4	7	1.22	82	0
2020	44.5	50	54.4	55	34.6	50	6.25	4	0
2019	49.9	11	59.6	16	40.2	10	2.08	68	0
2018	48	21	56.6	31	39.4	12	4.63	16	0
2017	44.1	56	53	64	35.2	46	3.06	48	0
2016	45.2	46	54.9	50	35.5	44	2.67	55	0
2015	58	1	66.4	1	49.5	1	4.01	26	0
2014	49.7	14	59	18	40.4	9	3.14	45	0
2013	47.3	26	56.8	29	37.7	22	5.15	11	0
2012	52.2	5	61.7	8	42.7	3	3.85	29	0
2011	49.2	15	60.1	13	38.2	20	0.94	88	0
2010	34.5	91	43.7	91	25.4	91	1.98	70	0
2009	45	47	54	56	36.1	39	5.27	9	0
2008	48.4	19	58.4	24	38.4	19	2.10	66	0
2007	48.8	17	58.7	22	39	14	2.17	64	0
2006	48.3	20	59.8	14	36.8	28	1.06	86	0
2005	41.8	72	51.5	73	32.1	72	3.66	34	0
2004	43.8	57	53.9	57	33.7	60	1.78	74	0
2003	42.6	69	53	64	32.3	68	8.25	1	0
2002	43.1	63	52.1	69	34	55	3.74	30	0
2001	50.3	8	61.5	9	39.1	13	1.06	86	0
2000	38.4	86	47.5	86	29.3	84	1.22	82	0
1999	46.4	37	56.6	31	36.1	39	1.55	76	0
1998							4.69	15	5
1997	43.6	58	55.2	47	32.1	72	3.61	35	0
1996	46.9	29	57.7	26	36.2	38	3.92	28	0
1995	40.4	79	50.6	77	30.1	80	2.12	65	1
1994	49.9	11	59.8	14	40.1	11	1.46	78	0
1993	42.5	71	52.2	68	32.7	65	3.20	43	1
1992	47	28	55.6	43	38.5	17	4.16	23	1
1991	48.5	18	60.3	11	36.9	25	4.09	24	3
1990	50.6	7	62.1	7	39	14	1.87	73	1
1989	35.9	90	46	89	25.8	90	3.97	27	0
1988	43.6	58	54.5	54	32.7	65	0.76	90	0
1987	48	21	62.4	6	33.4	64	2.86	54	1
1986	46.4	37	57.2	27	35.7	42	4.07	25	0
1985	42.9	66	53.5	59	32.3	68	0.49	91	0
1984	52.6	4	63.2	3	41.7	5	1.17	84	3
1983	43.6	58	53.2	63	34	55	5.15	11	0
1982	50.1	10	59	18	41.2	8	3.49	39	0
1981	41.5	74	50.7	75	32.2	71	4.61	17	0
1980	43.5	61	53.4	61	33.6	62	2.10	66	0
1979	45.4	45	56	38	34.8	48	1.71	75	0
1978	47.5	25	58.6	23	36.4	36	2.60	56	0
1977	44.5	50	53.7	58	35.2	46	4.85	14	0
1976	40.3	80	50.7	75	29.9	81	4.22	20	0
1975	44.6	49	54.7	51	34.5	51	4.17	22	0
1974	46.5	36	55.4	45	37.5	23	3.68	33	0
1973	46.7	32	56.6	31	36.8	28	5.57	7	0
1972	50.3	8	59	18	41.6	6	2.89	52	0
1971	53.4	2	62.5	5	44.2	2	1.40	79	0
1970	46.1	41	55.4	45	36.8	28	3.03	49	0
1969	41.8	72	49.5	81	34	55	4.19	21	0
1968	41.1	76	50.3	78	31.9	75	2.36	60	0
1967	46.6	35	56.4	34	36.9	25	4.40	19	0
1966	42.9	66	51.2	74	34.5	51	4.44	18	0
1965	44.9	48	55.1	48	34.7	49	0.35	92	0
1964	47.3	26	55.8	40	38.9	16	3.74	30	0
1963	37	89	45.7	90	28.3	87	3.20	43	0
1962	39.7	81	47.8	85	31.6	76	3.54	37	0
1961	43.5	61	52.7	67	34.4	53	3.12	47	0
1960	37.5	87	48.7	83	26.4	89	2.00	69	0
1959	46.1	41	55.6	43	36.6	33	2.99	50	0
1958	37.5	87	46.8	87	28.1	88	3.61	35	0
1957	46.3	39	56.2	35	36.4	36	4.99	13	0
1956	52.8	3	63.3	2	42.3	4	1.12	85	0
1955	38.5	85	47.9	84	29	85	0.89	89	0
1954	40.9	77	52.1	69	29.7	82	3.40	41	0
1953	45.7	44	55.7	41	35.6	43	5.21	10	0
1952	42.8	68	52	71	33.6	62	3.52	38	0
1951	46.9	29	58	25	35.8	41	2.30	61	0
1950	39.2	82	48.8	82	29.6	83	3.13	46	0
1949	46.2	40	56	38	36.5	34	2.26	63	0
1948	46.7	32	55.7	41	37.8	21	5.28	8	0
1947	43.1	63	53	64	33.8	59	2.97	51	1
1946	49.9	11	61.5	9	38.5	17	1.33	80	1
1945	39.2	82	46.1	88	32.3	68	7.48	2	0
1944	40.6	78	49.6	79	31.6	76	2.47	58	0
1943	43.1	63	55	49	31.1	78	3.45	40	0
1942	44.2	55	53.5	59	33.7	60	5.70	6	2
1941	48	21	59.5	17	36.8	28	3.37	42	2
1940	48.9	16	60.3	11	37.4	24	1.94	71	0
1939	44.4	53	54.7	51	34	55	1.48	77	0
1938	45.8	43	56.1	36	35.5	44	3.71	32	0
1937	42.6	69	53.3	62	32	74	2.48	57	0
1936	46.8	31	56.8	29	36.7	32	7.34	3	0
1935	39	84	49.6	79	28.5	86	2.38	59	0
1934	44.3	54	56.1	36	32.6	67	2.30	61	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	58
1971	53.4
1956	52.8
1984	52.6
2021	52.2
2012	52.2
1990	50.6
2001	50.3
1972	50.3
1982	50.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	34.5
1989	35.9
1963	37
1960	37.5
1958	37.5
2000	38.4
1955	38.5
1935	39
1950	39.2
1945	39.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	8.25
1945	7.48
1936	7.34
2020	6.25
2023	5.76
1942	5.70
1973	5.57
1948	5.28
2009	5.27
1953	5.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	0.35
1985	0.49
1988	0.76
1955	0.89
2011	0.94
2006	1.06
2001	1.06
1956	1.12
1984	1.17
2021	1.22
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 29 December 2025
Coldest night: 16°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.74 in; 2 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 1.89 in of precipitation in Elizabeth City, NC, the driest December since 2024, 21st driest of 92.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Elizabeth City, NC: 72°F on Monday 29 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Elizabeth City, NC: a low of 16°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Elizabeth City, NC: 0.74 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.