Houghton Lake, MI: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 22°F in Houghton Lake, MI, the coldest December since 2017, tied 35th coldest of 110 (with 1972 and 1955).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 22°F; Coldest since 2017; 35th coldest of 110
Precipitation: 2.32 in; Wettest since 2024; 26th wettest of 111

A normal December in Houghton Lake, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26°F, between 19.7°F and 30.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.69 in of precipitation, between 0.58 in and 2.95 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Houghton Lake, MI since 1913: 22°F in 2025; the lowest is 12.9°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 19.7 to 30.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Houghton Lake, MI from 1913 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	22	74	28.7	78	15.4	74	2.32	26	0
2024	26.6	37	32	45	21.2	27	2.56	18	0
2023	34.2	2	39.5	2	28.8	2	1.25	74	0
2022	27.1	30	31.7	52	22.4	19	1.36	68	0
2021	28.3	20	35.4	16	22	21	2.52	19	2
2020	27.7	25	32.5	40	22.8	15	2.03	38	0
2019	27.9	23	33.8	27	21.9	24	3.26	8	0
2018	27.6	28	32.8	37	22.4	19	2.16	33	0
2017	19.7	96	26.4	100	13	93	1.48	63	0
2016	24.7	54	29.7	69	19.7	40	2.22	30	0
2015	35.3	1	41.2	1	29.3	1	3.57	4	0
2014	27	32	32.6	38	21.3	26	1.43	64	0
2013	18.3	102	24.8	103	11.9	98	2.20	31	0
2012	29.5	13	35	21	23.9	10	2.91	14	0
2011	30	10	35.5	15	24.6	6	1.10	83	0
2010	21.9	77	27.5	91	16.3	66	1.12	80	0
2009	22.5	72	29.1	75	15.9	67	1.91	45	0
2008	20.1	94	26.7	99	13.6	90	4.60	1	0
2007	23.1	65	29.2	74	17.1	61	2.39	25	0
2006	31.3	4	36.2	11	26.4	3	2.61	16	0
2005	23.2	64	27	96	19.4	45	1.50	62	0
2004	23	67	29.6	70	16.5	64	1.78	51	0
2003	27.7	25	34.2	26	21.1	28	1.20	75	0
2002	24.8	52	31.8	50	17.8	54	0.41	108	0
2001	31.4	3	37.1	8	25.6	4	0.59	102	0
2000	16	107	23.8	106	8.1	106	0.60	101	0
1999	26.2	39	33.3	30	19.1	48	1.63	57	0
1998	28.7	17	36.7	9	20.7	30	1.04	87	0
1997	28.1	21	33.1	35	23.2	12	0.34	110	0
1996	24.8	52	30	64	19.6	42	2.29	27	0
1995	19.5	97	27.5	91	11.5	100	1.38	66	0
1994	30.7	8	38.3	5	23.1	13	0.53	104	0
1993	25.9	44	32.2	44	19.5	44	0.74	98	0
1992	26.1	41	31.9	48	20.3	35	1.98	42	0
1991	25.4	48	32.5	40	18.3	51	1.76	52	0
1990	25.8	45	32.4	43	19.2	46	1.55	60	0
1989	12.9	110	20.8	110	5	109	0.92	90	0
1988	23.6	62	30.4	61	16.9	63	1.86	48	0
1987	28.7	17	33.2	34	24.2	8	2.45	22	0
1986	26.7	36	31.5	54	22	21	0.85	93	0
1985	18	103	23.8	106	12.2	96	2.14	34	0
1984	27	32	33.5	28	20.5	32	2.93	13	0
1983	16.8	105	23.5	108	10.1	103	1.69	56	0
1982	31.2	5	37.5	7	24.8	5	3.47	6	0
1981	25.3	49	30.6	58	20	36	1.08	84	0
1980	18.9	100	27.1	95	10.6	101	1.95	44	0
1979	27.6	28	34.7	24	20.5	32	1.71	54	0
1978	21.7	80	29	77	14.5	82	2.08	36	0
1977	21.4	84	27.7	89	15	78	2.20	31	0
1976	13.8	109	22.8	109	4.8	110	0.65	100	0
1975	23.8	59	30.3	62	17.2	59	1.33	72	0
1974	26.1	41	32.6	38	19.6	42	1.43	64	0
1973	22.9	70	29.4	72	16.4	65	1.81	50	0
1972	22	74	28.2	86	15.7	70	3.48	5	0
1971	26.2	39	33.3	30	19.1	48	4.48	2	0
1970	21.8	78	29.5	71	14.2	86	2.00	40	0
1969	21.5	83	28.7	78	14.4	84	0.94	89	0
1968	21	89	28.5	81	13.5	91	2.50	20	0
1967	24.1	57	31.1	56	17.2	59	2.41	24	0
1966	23	67	30.1	63	15.9	67	3.46	7	0
1965	28.9	15	35.1	19	22.6	17	2.73	15	0
1964	21.8	78	29.1	75	14.5	82	1.11	82	0
1963	19.5	97	26.1	102	13	93	0.98	88	0
1962	22.8	71	29.9	66	15.6	72	1.07	85	0
1961	25	51	31.1	56	19	50	1.12	80	0
1960	20.5	93	27.9	87	13	93	0.18	111	0
1959	28.9	15	35.2	18	22.5	18	2.07	37	0
1958	16.1	106	24.3	105	7.9	107	0.52	105	0
1957	27.9	23	35	21	21	29	1.26	73	1
1956	26.9	34	33.4	29	20.4	34	1.57	59	0
1955	22	74	28.5	81	15.5	73	3.12	9	0
1954	24	58	30.6	58	17.4	56	1.34	69	0
1953	28.5	19	35.1	19	22	21	4.00	3	0
1952	29.6	12	35.3	17	24.1	9	3.09	10	1
1951	22.3	73	29.9	66	14.8	80	2.42	23	0
1950	21.6	81	27.6	90	15.7	70	1.37	67	0
1949	26.3	38	32.9	36	19.7	40	1.88	47	0
1948	25.7	46	33.3	30	18.1	52	1.72	53	0
1947	23.8	59	29.9	66	17.8	54	2.02	39	0
1946	24.6	55	32	45	17.3	57	2.60	17	0
1945	19.9	95	27.9	87	12	97	1.14	79	0
1944	20.6	92	27.4	93	13.8	88	0.82	95	0
1943	23.1	65	31.9	48	14.3	85	0.54	103	0
1942	21.3	85	27.4	93	15.3	76	3.04	11	0
1941	30.4	9	36.3	10	24.5	7	1.19	76	0
1940	26.1	41	32.5	40	19.8	39	1.99	41	0
1939	29.4	14	36	12	22.8	15	0.89	91	0
1938	25.7	46	31.6	53	19.9	38	1.62	58	0
1937	21.6	81	28.5	81	14.7	81	0.84	94	0
1936	26.9	34	35.8	14	17.9	53	2.09	35	0
1935	21	89	26.8	98	15.1	77	0.87	92	0
1934	21.2	87	28.6	80	13.7	89	0.74	98	0
1933	21.3	85	29.3	73	13.3	92	1.83	49	0
1932	25.3	49	33.3	30	17.3	57	1.89	46	0
1931	30	10	38.4	4	21.7	25	1.16	77	0
1930	23.7	61	31.5	54	15.8	69	0.80	96	0
1929	21.2	87	28.5	81	14.2	86	1.70	55	2
1928	27.7	25	34.6	25	20.7	30	1.34	69	0
1927	24.5	56	32	45	17.1	61	1.97	43	0
1926	19	99	28.3	85	9.7	104	1.53	61	0
1925	23	67	30.5	60	15.4	74	2.27	28	0
1924	17.6	104	26.9	97	8.3	105	1.34	69	0
1923	30.9	7	38.9	3	22.9	14	1.16	77	0
1922	20.9	91	30	64	11.9	98	0.43	107	0
1921	23.4	63	31.8	50	15	78	2.98	12	0
1920	28	22	35.9	13	20	36	2.26	29	0
1919	15.1	108	24.4	104	6.4	108	0.76	97	2
1918	27.1	30	35	21	19.2	46	2.49	21	0
1917							0.44	106	31
1916							1.05	86	4
1914	18.4	101	26.4	100	10.5	102			0
1913	31	6	38.3	5	23.7	11	0.40	109	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	35.3
2023	34.2
2001	31.4
2006	31.3
1982	31.2
1913	31
1923	30.9
1994	30.7
1941	30.4
2011	30
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	12.9
1976	13.8
1919	15.1
2000	16
1958	16.1
1983	16.8
1924	17.6
1985	18
2013	18.3
1914	18.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2008	4.60
1971	4.48
1953	4.00
2015	3.57
1972	3.48
1982	3.47
1966	3.46
2019	3.26
1955	3.12
1952	3.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1960	0.18
1997	0.34
1913	0.40
2002	0.41
1922	0.43
1917	0.44
1958	0.52
1994	0.53
1943	0.54
2001	0.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 43°F; 18 December 2025
Coldest night: -8°F; 8 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.53 in; 28 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 2.32 in of precipitation in Houghton Lake, MI, the wettest December since 2024, 26th wettest of 111.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Houghton Lake, MI: 43°F on Thursday 18 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Houghton Lake, MI: a low of -8°F on Monday 8 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Houghton Lake, MI: 0.53 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.