Erie, PA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 29.9°F in Erie, PA, the coldest December since 2017, tied 44th coldest of 153 (with 1934, 1929 and 1882).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 29.9°F; Coldest since 2017; 44th coldest of 153
Precipitation: 4.02 in; Wettest since 2024; 35th wettest of 153

A normal December in Erie, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 34.5°F, between 28.3°F and 38.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.76 in of precipitation, between 2.88 in and 5.71 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Erie, PA since 1873: 29.9°F in 2025; the lowest is 21.7°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 28.3 to 38.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Erie, PA from 1873 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	29.9	107	36.8	93	22.9	125	4.02	35
2024	34.8	46	40.5	44	29.1	42	4.08	30
2023	41.5	2	46.7	5	36.2	2	3.27	66
2022	33.3	60	39.1	63	27.5	63	1.06	149
2021	41.1	3	47.5	4	34.8	5	3.68	48
2020	35.6	34	40.6	41	30.6	25	3.36	60
2019	36.8	20	43.5	16	30.1	28	5.01	9
2018	36.5	23	41.5	34	31.5	16	2.83	93
2017	28.4	122	33.4	125	23.4	119	7.55	1
2016	32.8	70	38	78	27.5	63	3.88	41
2015	44	1	51	1	36.9	1	3.89	40
2014	36	24	40.8	40	31.2	19	2.45	112
2013	31.2	92	37	91	25.4	91	5.96	5
2012	38.3	10	44.2	13	32.5	10	4.81	17
2011	37.6	15	43.4	18	31.8	14	5.26	8
2010	27.8	128	31.6	138	24	113	2.24	119
2009	30.9	96	36.6	95	25.2	94	3.28	65
2008	32.4	75	39.9	57	25	95	7.36	2
2007	32.8	70	38.3	76	27.2	66	4.93	11
2006	38.2	11	44.4	11	32	12	3.68	48
2005	28.7	116	33.2	129	24.2	109	2.96	82
2004	32.2	81	38.5	71	25.9	87	5.68	6
2003	34.4	52	39.7	58	29.1	42	2.97	81
2002	30.3	104	35.3	109	25.3	93	3.98	37
2001	37.2	17	43	20	31.5	16	4.46	22
2000	24	148	29.5	150	18.5	147	4.86	14
1999	34.9	45	40.6	41	29.3	38	3.84	42
1998	38.2	11	44.8	10	31.5	16	3.59	50
1997	33.9	56	38.4	74	29.4	37	4.85	15
1996	34.6	48	40.5	44	28.6	48	2.96	82
1995	27.6	130	32.1	136	23	124	3.25	68
1994	36.7	21	42.8	22	30.7	24	3.19	72
1993	30.5	102	36.1	103	24.9	97	2.88	88
1992	34.7	47	40.1	53	29.3	38	3.34	61
1991	34.6	48	41.3	36	27.8	60	3.17	74
1990	36.7	21	43.9	15	29.5	34	6.94	3
1989	21.7	153	27.2	153	16.2	151	3.25	68
1988	32.4	75	38.5	71	26.3	84	2.62	105
1987	35.7	32	40.3	52	31.2	19	3.39	59
1986	32.9	69	37.5	84	28.2	55	4.13	28
1985	27.2	135	32.8	132	21.6	132	2.83	93
1984	37.3	16	45.1	9	29.5	34	4.10	29
1983	25.8	141	31.5	140	20.2	141	3.97	38
1982	40.3	6	47.9	3	32.6	8	3.34	61
1981	31.4	89	36.1	103	26.6	80	2.84	90
1980	27.5	133	34.6	114	20.4	140	2.49	110
1979	34.5	50	40	54	29	45	4.90	12
1978	31	94	37.3	88	24.6	103	3.81	45
1977	28.3	124	34.6	114	21.9	131	5.63	7
1976	23.9	149	30.7	143	17.1	150	2.24	119
1975	30.7	101	36.6	95	24.7	101	4.55	21
1974	31	94	35	112	26.9	72	3.58	51
1973	31.7	86	36.9	92	26.5	82	3.46	55
1972	33.3	60	38.9	65	27.7	62	3.69	47
1971	35.8	29	42.6	23	29.1	42	4.06	31
1970	30.8	99	36.6	95	24.9	97	2.80	96
1969	25.7	142	30.5	146	21	137	2.43	113
1968	30.5	102	36.5	99	24.5	105	4.06	31
1967	34	54	40	54	27.9	59	2.21	121
1966	32.3	79	37.6	81	26.9	72	4.32	25
1965	36	24	41.2	37	30.8	23	2.68	102
1964	33.2	64	39.5	59	26.9	72	3.21	71
1963	25.3	145	29.9	149	20.7	139	3.17	74
1962	26.9	136	33.5	124	20.2	141	4.28	26
1961	30.9	96	36.7	94	25	95	2.84	90
1960	25.4	144	31.8	137	19.1	146	1.38	142
1959	34.2	53	39.5	59	28.9	47	3.58	51
1958	23.2	150	30.2	148	16.2	151	2.73	100
1957	35.8	29	42.3	26	29.3	38	2.20	122
1956	36	24	41.7	31	30.3	27	2.81	95
1955	28.3	124	33.6	123	22.9	125	1.98	126
1954	31.3	90	36.5	99	26.1	86	2.94	85
1953	35.2	40	41.7	31	28.6	48	3.14	77
1952	35.8	29	40.4	47	31.1	22	2.46	111
1951	33.9	56	40.4	47	27.5	63	3.99	36
1950	28.3	124	33.4	125	23.2	123	3.03	80
1949	35.9	28	42	28	29.7	33	2.94	85
1948	35.2	40	40.5	44	29.9	32	2.13	123
1947	32.2	81	37.7	79	26.7	77	2.30	115
1946	35.7	32	43.1	19	28.4	53	3.16	76
1945	27.6	130	32.4	134	22.8	127	1.97	127
1944	28.7	116	34	119	23.5	118	4.69	19
1943	29.3	113	34.6	114	24	113	1.13	147
1942	28.5	120	32.7	133	24.2	109	2.08	125
1941	37	19	42.4	24	31.7	15	1.56	139
1940	35.6	34	41.7	31	29.5	34	3.50	54
1939	35.3	39	40.6	41	30	31	2.96	82
1938	32.7	72	37.5	84	27.8	60	1.93	129
1937	29.1	115	34.2	117	24	113	3.55	53
1936	35.4	37	41.9	30	29	45	1.19	146
1935	26.6	138	31.2	141	22	129	2.62	105
1934	29.9	107	35.2	110	24.5	105	1.50	141
1933	31.7	86	38.8	67	24.6	103	2.67	103
1932	33.4	59	40.4	47	26.5	82	3.33	63
1931	38.4	9	44.2	13	32.6	8	2.80	96
1930	30.8	99	34.9	113	26.7	77	1.61	137
1929	29.9	107	35.1	111	24.7	101	4.38	24
1928	35.4	37	40.4	47	30.4	26	0.66	153
1927	32.1	83	38.7	68	25.5	89	4.60	20
1926	27.4	134	33.4	125	21.3	135	2.57	108
1925	29.5	112	34.2	117	24.8	99	1.20	145
1924	27.7	129	33.9	122	21.5	134	2.79	98
1923	40.2	7	45.2	7	35.2	3	4.72	18
1922	31.2	92	37.5	84	24.8	99	2.25	117
1921	32.4	75	37.5	84	27.2	66	1.33	143
1920	33.7	58	38.9	65	28.5	51	2.12	124
1919	25.5	143	31.6	138	19.3	144	1.80	132
1918	38.2	11	43.5	16	32.9	7	2.41	114
1917	23.1	151	28.9	151	17.4	149	1.53	140
1916	30.3	104	36.3	101	24.2	109	2.87	89
1915	30	106	34	119	25.9	87	3.12	79
1914	27.6	130	32.9	131	22.2	128	3.42	56
1913	35	43	40	54	30.1	28	1.07	148
1912	34.5	50	40.4	47	28.6	48	2.59	107
1911	37.2	17	42.4	24	32	12	3.41	57
1910	25.9	140	31	142	20.9	138	2.89	87
1909	26.2	139	30.7	143	21.6	132	1.85	130
1908	31.9	84	36.6	95	27.2	66	2.30	115
1907	34	54	39.5	59	28.5	51	3.41	57
1906	30.9	96	37.6	81	24.2	109	3.31	64
1905	33.3	60	38.5	71	28	58	0.95	151
1904	26.7	137	32.3	135	21.1	136	1.82	131
1903	25	147	30.7	143	19.3	144	2.25	117
1902	28.7	116	34	119	23.4	119	1.97	127
1901	29.3	113	35.4	107	23.3	122	3.84	42
1900	32.3	79	37.6	81	26.9	72	1.06	149
1899	31.8	85	37.3	88	26.3	84	4.22	27
1898	29.6	111	35.4	107	23.9	116	2.84	90
1897	32.4	75	37.7	79	27.1	70	2.73	100
1896	31.6	88	36.2	102	27	71	1.76	134
1895	33.1	66	39	64	27.2	66	4.98	10
1894	35.1	42	42.1	27	28.2	55	2.53	109
1893	31.3	90	37.3	88	25.4	91	2.65	104
1892	28.4	122	33.4	125	23.4	119	1.60	138
1891	37.8	14	44.4	11	31.2	19	3.27	66
1890	28.7	116	35.5	105	22	129	1.72	135
1889	40.7	5	49.2	2	32.3	11	4.03	34
1888	33.2	64	38.1	77	28.3	54	1.77	133
1887	33.3	60	41.2	37	25.5	89	3.13	78
1886	28.1	127	38.6	70	17.7	148	4.04	33
1885	33	67	41.4	35	24.5	105	3.19	72
1884	32.7	72	38.7	68	26.8	76	3.84	42
1883	33	67	39.3	62	26.7	77	3.74	46
1882	29.9	107	35.5	105	24.4	108	3.23	70
1881	39.5	8	45.2	7	33.9	6	6.44	4
1880	25.2	146	30.4	147	20	143	1.25	144
1879	35	43	42	28	28.1	57	4.84	16
1878	28.5	120	33.2	129	23.8	117	4.45	23
1877	40.9	4	46.6	6	35.2	3	2.77	99
1876	22.1	152	28.4	152	15.9	153	0.75	152
1875	36	24	42.9	21	29.2	41	3.91	39
1874	32.5	74	38.4	74	26.6	80	1.72	135
1873	35.6	34	41.2	37	30.1	28	4.89	13

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	44
2023	41.5
2021	41.1
1877	40.9
1889	40.7
1982	40.3
1923	40.2
1881	39.5
1931	38.4
2012	38.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	21.7
1876	22.1
1917	23.1
1958	23.2
1976	23.9
2000	24
1903	25
1880	25.2
1963	25.3
1960	25.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	7.55
2008	7.36
1990	6.94
1881	6.44
2013	5.96
2004	5.68
1977	5.63
2011	5.26
2019	5.01
1895	4.98

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1928	0.66
1876	0.75
1905	0.95
2022	1.06
1900	1.06
1913	1.07
1943	1.13
1936	1.19
1925	1.20
1880	1.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 9°F; 5 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.80 in; 10 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 4.02 in of precipitation in Erie, PA, the wettest December since 2024, 35th wettest of 153.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Erie, PA: 62°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Erie, PA: a low of 9°F on Friday 5 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Erie, PA: 0.80 in on Wednesday 10 December 2025.