Grand Forks, ND: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 10.4°F in Grand Forks, ND, the coldest December since 2022, 39th coldest of 84.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 10.4°F; Coldest since 2022; 39th coldest of 84
Precipitation: 0.98 in; Wettest since 2022; 16th wettest of 84

A normal December in Grand Forks, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 13.1°F, between 4.6°F and 20.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.64 in of precipitation, between 0.27 in and 1.11 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Grand Forks, ND since 1941: 10.4°F in 2025; the lowest is -0.5°F, in 2000.

Normal range, 4.6 to 20.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Grand Forks, ND from 1941 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	10.4	46	20.9	40	-0.1	51	0.98	16	0
2024	18.5	14	25.5	21	11.6	9	0.77	27	0
2023	26.4	1	33.4	1	19.3	1	0.93	19	0
2022	8.5	52	16	59	1	47	1.57	3	0
2021	10.7	44	21.3	37	0.2	49	1.36	6	0
2020	21	7	31.2	5	10.9	10	0.40	59	0
2019	9.3	47	19.7	45	-1.1	58	1.50	5	0
2018	15.1	28	23.5	28	6.7	26	0.63	42	0
2017	11.4	43	20.5	43	2.3	44	0.77	27	0
2016	13.1	35	21.1	39	5	33	1.61	2	0
2015	19.9	9	27.5	12	12.4	6	1.06	11	0
2014	17.9	15	25.1	24	10.6	11	0.22	77	0
2013	-0.1	83	8.6	83	-8.7	82	0.82	24	0
2012	12.1	41	19	46	5.2	32	0.31	70	0
2011	22.2	4	31.9	2	12.6	5	0.65	39	0
2010	8.3	53	15.5	63	1.1	46	0.72	33	0
2009	6.9	64	14.4	69	-0.6	55	0.69	34	0
2008	1.6	80	12.1	77	-8.8	83	0.98	16	0
2007	7.1	62	16.2	57	-1.9	63	0.75	31	0
2006	22.5	2	31.5	3	13.5	4	0.62	44	0
2005	15.8	26	22.4	34	9.3	20	0.50	53	0
2004	15.2	27	24.1	26	6.4	28	0.96	18	0
2003	17.6	19	25.6	19	9.5	17	0.67	36	0
2002	18.6	13	27.2	13	10.1	12	0.32	69	0
2001	16.8	25	25.2	23	8.4	24	0.28	71	0
2000	-0.5	84	8.7	82	-9.6	84	0.53	51	0
1999	20.4	8	31.4	4	9.5	17	0.35	66	0
1998	12.2	39	20.1	44	4.3	36	0.24	73	0
1996	5.3	70	12.8	75	-2.2	65	1.32	7	0
1995	8.8	50	15.9	60	1.7	45	0.64	41	0
1994	19	11	26.3	16	11.7	8	0.10	82	0
1993	12.7	38	20.7	42	4.6	35	0.50	53	0
1992	8	57	15.8	61	0.1	50	0.80	26	0
1991	17.2	24	25.7	17	8.7	23	0.38	61	0
1990	9	48	18.6	47	-0.5	53	0.56	48	0
1989	3.1	76	13	73	-6.8	79	0.23	75	0
1988	13.4	33	23.5	28	3.3	40	1.96	1	0
1987	17.7	17	25.4	22	9.9	13	0.37	62	0
1986	17.5	20	25.7	17	9.3	20	0.36	64	0
1985	1.3	81	10.8	81	-8.3	81	0.37	62	0
1984	7.9	59	16.9	55	-1.1	58	1.23	9	0
1983	0	82	7.6	84	-7.5	80	0.62	44	0
1982	21.8	5	28.5	9	15.1	3	0.43	58	0
1981	10.6	45	18.3	49	2.9	42	0.25	72	0
1980	13	36	21.3	37	4.7	34	0.24	73	0
1979	21.4	6	30.8	6	12.1	7	0.07	84	0
1978	4.4	73	14.6	67	-5.8	75	0.63	42	0
1977	4.6	72	12.3	76	-3	71	0.83	23	0
1976	6.8	65	17.7	53	-4.1	72	0.35	66	0
1975	12.2	39	21.8	35	2.7	43	0.21	80	0
1974	18.7	12	28	11	9.4	19	0.45	56	0
1973	6.8	65	14.3	70	-0.8	57	1.04	13	0
1972	2.8	78	12.1	77	-6.5	78	0.86	22	0
1971	12	42	20.9	40	3.2	41	0.35	66	0
1970	8.1	55	16.8	56	-0.5	53	1.24	8	0
1969	14.1	30	22.6	32	5.6	31	0.76	30	0
1968	8.1	55	15.4	64	0.9	48	0.66	38	0
1967	14	31	21.8	35	6.1	29	0.82	24	0
1966	8.3	53	18.3	49	-1.6	62	0.92	20	0
1965	17.8	16	26.4	14	9.1	22	0.60	47	0
1964	2.9	77	11.2	80	-5.5	74	1.10	10	0
1963	6.5	67	14.5	68	-1.5	61	0.61	46	0
1962	14.8	29	23.9	27	5.7	30	0.56	48	0
1961	7.5	60	15.8	61	-0.7	56	0.52	52	0
1960	8.8	50	18.6	47	-1.1	58	0.65	39	0
1959	22.5	2	29.5	7	15.5	2	0.39	60	0
1958	6.1	68	14.9	65	-2.7	69	0.69	34	0
1957	19.8	10	29.1	8	9.7	16	0.09	83	2
1956	13	36	22.8	31	3.4	39	0.67	36	2
1955	2.7	79	11.5	79	-6	76	0.74	32	0
1954	17.5	20	25.1	24	9.9	13	0.36	64	0
1953	13.4	33	22.6	32	4.2	37	1.03	14	0
1952	17.7	17	25.6	19	9.8	15	0.22	77	0
1951	5.3	70	13	73	-2.5	67	1.56	4	0
1950	5.9	69	14.3	70	-2.6	68	0.48	55	0
1949	7	63	16.1	58	-2	64	1.06	11	0
1948	7.2	61	17.3	54	-2.8	70	0.77	27	0
1947	8	57	18.2	52	-2.2	65	0.44	57	0
1946	9	48	18.3	49	-0.3	52	0.54	50	0
1945	4.2	75	13.5	72	-5.1	73	1.02	15	0
1944	13.5	32	23.4	30	3.7	38	0.23	75	0
1943	17.4	22	28.2	10	6.5	27	0.22	77	0
1942	4.3	74	14.8	66	-6.1	77	0.89	21	0
1941	17.3	23	26.4	14	8.3	25	0.21	80	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	26.4
2006	22.5
1959	22.5
2011	22.2
1982	21.8
1979	21.4
2020	21
1999	20.4
2015	19.9
1957	19.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2000	-0.5
2013	-0.1
1983	0
1985	1.3
2008	1.6
1955	2.7
1972	2.8
1964	2.9
1989	3.1
1945	4.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1988	1.96
2016	1.61
2022	1.57
1951	1.56
2019	1.50
2021	1.36
1996	1.32
1970	1.24
1984	1.23
1964	1.10

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	0.07
1957	0.09
1994	0.10
1975	0.21
1941	0.21
2014	0.22
1952	0.22
1943	0.22
1989	0.23
1944	0.23

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 49°F; 16 December 2025
Coldest night: -21°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.38 in; 9 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.98 in of precipitation in Grand Forks, ND, the wettest December since 2022, tied 16th wettest of 84 (with 2008).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Grand Forks, ND: 49°F on Tuesday 16 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Grand Forks, ND: a low of -21°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Grand Forks, ND: 0.38 in on Tuesday 9 December 2025.