Fort Lauderdale, FL: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 73.2°F in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the warmest December since 2021, tied 10th warmest of 92 (with 2001, 1998 and 1912).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 73.2°F; Warmest since 2021; 10th warmest of 92
Precipitation: 2.14 in; Wettest since 2024; 45th wettest of 108

A normal December in Fort Lauderdale, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.1°F, between 68°F and 74.6°F in eight years of ten and 1.78 in of precipitation, between 0.75 in and 6.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Fort Lauderdale, FL since 1912: 73.2°F in 2025; the highest is 77.5°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 68 to 74.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Fort Lauderdale, FL from 1912 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	73.2	10	79.7	25	66.7	10	2.14	45	0
2024	71	35	77.8	60	64.3	26	2.65	34	0
2023	70.5	41	76.2	81	64.7	21	4.86	13	0
2022	72.6	15	79.1	33	65.5	16	1.91	51	1
2021	74.5	4	81.3	8	67.6	8	2.15	44	0
2020	69.4	53	77.5	67	61.3	50	1.13	70	0
2019	72.3	19	79	36	65.7	13	9.74	2	0
2018	71.6	29	78.3	51	64.8	20	1.77	55	0
2017	70.2	44	77.2	70	63.1	36	0.87	81	0
2016	75.8	2	81.1	9	70.5	3	3.59	24	0
2015	77.5	1	81.7	7	73.3	1	6.34	8	0
2014	71.1	34	78.2	53	64.1	29	2.19	42	0
2013	74	6	79.2	31	68.9	4	1.20	66	0
2012	72.1	22	79.1	33	65.2	19	0.75	86	0
2011	73.5	7	79	36	68	5	1.33	62	0
2010	60.4	92	70.5	110	50.3	92	1.05	73	0
2009	72.4	16	79.4	27	65.5	16	10.11	1	0
2008	72.3	19	78.9	38	65.7	13	0.13	106	0
2007	74.5	4	80.9	12	68	5	1.66	57	0
2006	75.1	3	79.2	31	71	2	2.05	46	0
2005	68.2	63	75.8	88	60.5	58	0.72	87	0
2004	68.5	59	75.9	86	61.2	52	1.42	59	0
2003	67.2	70	74.9	97	59.4	64	0.83	83	0
2002	69.4	53	77.2	70	61.5	46	6.23	9	0
2001	73.2	10	78.6	44	67.7	7	1.78	54	0
2000	68.4	60	74.9	97	62	44	5.82	10	0
1999	70	47	76.9	74	63.2	35	2.98	30	0
1998	73.2	10	79.1	33	67.4	9	2.04	47	0
1997	69.2	56	76.4	78	62	44	5.65	11	0
1996	69.6	50	77.7	63	61.5	46	2.03	48	0
1995	67	73	74.5	103	59.5	62	0.80	84	0
1994	71.2	32	78.1	54	64.3	26	6.65	6	0
1993	68.1	64	77.7	63	58.5	69	1.07	72	0
1992	70.4	42	77.8	60	63	37	2.16	43	0
1991	71	35	78	57	64	30	0.62	92	0
1990	71.6	29	78.5	46	64.7	21	1.81	53	0
1989	64.6	86	74.4	104	54.9	86	0.14	105	0
1988	70.2	44	78.1	54	62.3	43	0.43	100	0
1987	70.6	40	77.8	60	63.5	31	4.74	15	0
1986	73.4	8	80.2	18	66.6	11	3.49	27	0
1985	67	73	75.6	90	58.4	71	3.63	22	2
1984	71.8	25	79.4	27	64.3	26	0.55	94	0
1983	71	35	79.6	26	62.4	41	7.10	5	0
1982	72	24	79.3	29	64.4	25	1.16	68	1
1981	66.9	75	77.3	68	56.4	81	0.21	103	0
1980	65.9	81	74.8	100	57	80	1.26	64	0
1979	69.2	56	77	73	61.5	46	2.89	31	1
1978	73.1	14	80.5	13	65.7	13	4.57	16	0
1977	68.4	60	77.3	68	59.4	64	3.57	25	1
1976	67.3	68	75.6	90	58.9	66	4.84	14	0
1975	67.3	68	76	85	58.7	68	1.04	74	0
1974	67.2	70	76.3	80	58.1	73	2.99	29	0
1973	65.1	83	74.8	100	55.4	84	2.45	38	0
1972	70.1	46	78.9	38	61.4	49	1.98	49	0
1971	73.4	8	80.3	16	66.5	12	2.71	33	0
1970	67.6	66	78.1	54	57.1	79	0.53	96	0
1969	63.6	89	74	106	53.2	89	0.63	90	0
1968	64.9	84	75.5	92	54	87	0.11	107	2
1967	68.3	62	75.3	95	61.3	50	1.98	49	0
1966	64.9	84	74.8	100	55.1	85	0.67	88	0
1965	67.2	70	77.2	70	57.2	78	0.63	90	0
1964	70.8	39	78.6	44	63	37	2.55	37	0
1963	62.3	90	73.7	107	50.8	91	3.92	17	0
1961	70.4	42	78.4	49	62.4	41	0.37	102	1
1960	65.5	82	73.5	108	57.4	77	0.48	98	0
1959	67.4	67	76.2	81	58.3	72	1.00	77	1
1958	69.5	51	78.3	51	60.9	56			1
1957	66.9	75	75.9	86	57.9	75	3.90	18	0
1956	69.7	49	79.3	29	60	59	0.00	108	0
1955	69.3	55	78.8	40	59.8	61	3.75	20	0
1954	64.5	87	75.5	92	53.4	88	0.85	82	0
1953	69.9	48	78.7	43	61.1	54	2.60	36	2
1952	66.6	78	76.5	76	56.3	82	3.60	23	1
1951	72.2	21	81.1	9	63.3	32	1.00	77	0
1950	64.2	88	76.4	78	52.1	90	1.15	69	0
1949									5
1948	72.4	16	81.8	6	63	37	3.85	19	0
1947	70.9	38	80.3	16	60.6	57	1.20	66	2
1946	72.1	22	79.8	23	64.5	24	2.75	32	0
1945	66.8	77	75.5	92	58.1	73			0
1944	66.6	78	74.4	104	58.8	67	0.55	94	1
1943	68	65	76.1	83	60	59	0.98	79	1
1942	71.3	31	78.5	46	63.3	32	3.71	21	1
1941	71.7	28	79.8	23	63.3	32	1.32	63	2
1940	72.4	16	80.2	18	64.6	23	8.57	3	0
1939	66.6	78	77.6	66	55.5	83	1.91	51	0
1938	68.6	58	78.8	40	58.5	69	2.35	40	0
1937									30
1936	71.8	25	80.5	13	63	37	2.41	39	1
1935	61.8	91	73.5	108	50.2	93	0.78	85	3
1934			78.4	49			1.41	60	4
1933			79.9	21			1.01	76	4
1932			80.1	20			0.44	99	6
1931			82.5	3			0.39	101	4
1930			74.9	97			1.61	58	8
1929			76.1	83			7.51	4	4
1928			76.5	76			1.40	61	8
1927			76.6	75			1.75	56	9
1926			81.1	9			0.49	97	6
1925			78	57			6.43	7	10
1924			82.2	5			1.21	65	6
1923	71.2	32	82.6	1	59.5	62	0.57	93	3
1922	71.8	25	82.6	1	61	55	2.29	41	3
1921			82.3	4			0.17	104	5
1920			78.5	46			1.09	71	9
1919			79.9	21			0.98	79	6
1918			77.7	63			3.35	28	8
1917			75.8	88			2.62	35	7
1916			78.8	40			0.67	88	4
1915			75.3	95			3.50	26	10
1914	69.5	51	77.9	59	61.2	52	5.49	12	0
1913					57.5	76	1.04	74	7
1912	73.2	10	80.5	13	65.5	16			2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	77.5
2016	75.8
2006	75.1
2021	74.5
2007	74.5
2013	74
2011	73.5
1986	73.4
1971	73.4
2025	73.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	60.4
1935	61.8
1963	62.3
1969	63.6
1950	64.2
1954	64.5
1989	64.6
1968	64.9
1966	64.9
1973	65.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	10.11
2019	9.74
1940	8.57
1929	7.51
1983	7.10
1994	6.65
1925	6.43
2015	6.34
2002	6.23
2000	5.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	0.00
1968	0.11
2008	0.13
1989	0.14
1921	0.17
1981	0.21
1961	0.37
1931	0.39
1988	0.43
1932	0.44

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 2 December 2025
Coldest night: 45°F; 31 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.76 in; 9 December 2025

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Fort Lauderdale, FL the day's answers

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 2.14 in of precipitation in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the wettest December since 2024, 45th wettest of 108.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: 87°F on Tuesday 2 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: a low of 45°F on Wednesday 31 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: 0.76 in on Tuesday 9 December 2025.