Lansing, MI: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 25.6°F in Lansing, MI, the coldest December since 2017, tied 60th coldest of 160 (with 2005, 1955, 1951 and 1 other year).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 25.6°F; Coldest since 2017; 60th coldest of 160
Precipitation: 3.15 in; Wettest since 2019; 23rd wettest of 162

A normal December in Lansing, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29°F, between 24.4°F and 33.6°F in eight years of ten and 1.84 in of precipitation, between 1.03 in and 2.76 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Lansing, MI since 1863: 25.6°F in 2025; the lowest is 13.9°F, in 1876.

Normal range, 24.4 to 33.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Lansing, MI from 1863 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	25.6	97	33.1	89	18.2	104	3.15	23	0
2024	30.5	41	36.2	53	24.8	31	2.78	38	0
2023	38.3	2	43.4	3	33.2	1	2.20	61	0
2022	31	35	36.2	53	25.8	23	1.25	128	0
2021	36	5	43.1	5	28.9	6	2.12	66	0
2020	31.7	25	37.7	34	25.7	24	2.08	68	0
2019	33	15	39.8	15	26.2	19	3.91	7	0
2018	31.6	27	37.4	37	25.9	22	2.34	53	0
2017	24	118	30.9	120	17.2	115	1.32	120	0
2016	27.9	66	32.9	95	22.9	49	1.76	90	0
2015	39	1	45.8	1	32.3	2	2.72	39	0
2014	31.6	27	37.1	42	26.1	20	1.56	99	0
2013	24.4	113	30.2	132	18.5	100	1.88	80	0
2012	33.5	13	40.1	12	26.8	15	1.98	75	0
2011	33	15	38.5	25	27.5	12	2.22	60	0
2010	24.4	113	29.9	134	18.9	93	1.65	93	0
2009	27.3	70	32.9	95	21.8	60	1.52	103	0
2008	25.5	102	32.4	105	18.6	98	3.80	8	0
2007	27.2	72	32.9	95	21.4	63	2.43	51	0
2006	34.8	7	40.4	11	29.2	5	3.07	27	0
2005	25.6	97	29.3	138	21.9	59	1.91	78	0
2004	28.2	63	34	76	22.4	52	1.84	81	0
2003	30.7	38	37.3	39	24	39	1.43	112	0
2002	26.8	78	34.5	68	19.2	88	0.79	152	0
2001	34.2	10	40.1	12	28.3	8	1.13	132	0
2000	15.6	159	25	157	6.2	158	1.06	136	0
1999	29.1	52	37.4	37	20.8	68	1.84	81	0
1998	31.9	21	41.4	9	22.4	52	1.53	102	0
1997	30	46	35.2	57	24.8	31	0.89	147	0
1996	28.9	56	34.4	69	23.3	46	2.58	44	0
1995	23.3	124	30.9	120	15.6	121	1.05	137	0
1994	31.6	27	39.2	20	24	39	1.55	100	0
1993	27.4	69	34.1	73	20.8	68	0.70	155	0
1992	30.8	37	36.8	47	24.8	31	2.16	62	0
1991	28.8	57	36.8	47	20.8	68	2.13	65	0
1990	29.2	51	37	43	21.3	64	2.79	37	0
1989	15.8	158	23.6	160	7.9	155	0.86	149	0
1988	27.1	73	34.7	64	19.5	85	1.26	127	0
1987	31.7	25	36.9	46	26.4	17	3.40	18	0
1986	29.9	47	34.6	66	25.2	28	1.13	132	0
1985	21.2	143	27.6	150	14.7	132	1.29	123	0
1984	31.3	32	38.9	23	23.7	43	3.79	9	0
1983	17.8	155	24.8	158	10.8	152	1.83	85	0
1982	34.8	7	41.6	8	28	9	3.54	13	0
1981	27.1	73	33.1	89	21.1	67	1.10	135	0
1980	23.7	120	32.3	107	15.1	126	3.06	29	0
1979	30.6	39	37.8	33	23.4	45	2.30	54	0
1978	26.7	80	33	92	20.5	72	2.85	36	0
1977	25.2	106	31.5	111	19	90	2.30	54	0
1976	18	154	27.1	153	8.9	154	0.96	141	0
1975	27.8	67	34.9	61	20.6	71	3.32	19	0
1974	29.3	50	34.4	69	24.2	38	2.39	52	0
1973	26.5	83	32.9	95	20.2	77	3.09	25	0
1972	26.5	83	31.8	109	21.2	65	4.16	5	0
1971	31.9	21	39.3	19	24.5	37	4.24	3	0
1970	25.8	94	33.9	78	17.7	112	2.48	49	0
1969	25.8	94	32.6	103	18.9	93	0.53	158	0
1968	25.4	103	32.2	108	18.7	96	2.62	42	0
1967	29	54	35.9	55	22.2	56	3.45	17	0
1966	25.8	94	33.3	86	18.3	103	2.46	50	0
1965	32.8	18	40	14	25.6	25	3.54	13	0
1964	25.9	92	33.2	87	18.5	100	1.62	94	0
1963	20.6	147	29.3	138	11.8	148	0.93	142	0
1962	23.1	126	31.1	117	15.2	125	1.32	120	0
1961	26.3	87	32.8	99	19.7	81	1.44	111	0
1960	22.8	131	30.7	125	14.8	129	0.37	162	0
1959	32.7	19	39.4	18	26	21	2.23	58	0
1958	20.9	146	28.7	143	13.1	144	0.59	156	0
1957									10
1956	32.7	19	38.4	27	27	14	1.47	109	0
1955	25.6	97	31.2	116	20.1	78	0.78	153	0
1954	28	65	33.6	83	22.4	52	2.71	40	0
1953	31.6	27	38	30	25.2	28	1.48	108	0
1952	31.6	27	36.5	50	26.8	15	1.84	81	0
1951	25.6	97	33	92	18.2	104	3.09	25	0
1950	22.5	135	28.8	142	16.3	120	1.97	76	0
1949	31.1	33	38.4	27	23.8	42	4.70	2	0
1948	28.7	59	35.1	58	22.3	55	2.23	58	0
1947	27.3	70	33.1	89	21.5	61	2.00	73	0
1946	30.3	42	38.5	25	22.2	56	3.06	29	0
1945	22.9	129	29.3	138	16.5	117	1.28	125	0
1944	21.9	137	29.2	141	14.6	134	1.61	95	0
1943	25.3	104	32.5	104	18.2	104	0.45	160	0
1942	23.7	120	28.5	145	18.8	95	3.05	31	0
1941	34.3	9	39.2	20	29.4	3	1.83	85	0
1940	30.3	42	35.1	58	25.4	27	2.66	41	0
1939	31.8	24	37.3	39	26.4	17	0.89	147	0
1938	28.1	64	33.8	81	22.5	50	2.07	70	0
1937	24.6	111	30.2	132	19	90	1.54	101	0
1936	29.8	48	37	43	22.5	50	1.99	74	0
1935	23.1	126	28.3	146	17.9	110	1.49	107	0
1934	23.7	120	30.4	129	17.1	116	1.77	89	0
1933	26.1	89	33	92	19.3	87	1.50	106	0
1932	27.1	73	34.6	66	19.5	85	2.49	48	0
1931	33.6	12	39.6	16	27.6	11	3.79	9	0
1930	26.6	81	32.7	101	20.5	72	0.91	145	0
1929	24.8	109	29.9	134	19.7	81	3.22	22	0
1928	29.1	52	35	60	23.2	47	1.81	87	0
1927	26.9	77	33.5	85	20.3	76	3.11	24	0
1926	22.7	132	30.5	128	14.9	128	1.58	96	0
1925	24.4	113	31	119	17.8	111	1.15	131	0
1924	21.1	144	28.2	148	13.9	139	1.97	76	0
1923	35	6	42.1	7	27.9	10	2.96	34	0
1922	26.1	89	33.6	83	18.6	98	1.03	138	0
1921	28.5	60	34.9	61	22	58	3.54	13	0
1920	30.6	39	36.4	51	24.7	34	3.94	6	0
1919	19.4	152	26.8	155	12	147	0.86	149	0
1918	32.9	17	38.8	24	27.1	13	3.61	12	0
1917	19.1	153	26.9	154	11.3	151	0.74	154	0
1916	22.7	132	30.9	120	14.5	136	2.11	67	0
1915	24.8	109	30.9	120	18.7	96	1.01	140	0
1914	21.6	140	28.3	146	14.8	129	1.57	98	0
1913	31.9	21	39.1	22	24.6	36	0.55	157	0
1912	31	35	38.1	29	23.9	41	1.20	129	0
1911	31.1	33	37.2	41	25	30	1.58	96	0
1910	21.5	141	28.7	143	14.4	138	1.28	125	0
1909	23	128	30.7	125	15.4	123	2.51	47	0
1908	26.4	86	32.4	105	20.4	75	2.08	68	0
1907	27.7	68	33.9	78	21.5	61	4.19	4	0
1906	26.8	78	33.8	81	19.8	80	1.84	81	0
1905	30.2	45	36.7	49	23.6	44	2.54	45	0
1904	21.7	138	30.3	131	13.2	143	1.42	114	0
1903	19.5	150	27.4	152	11.5	150	1.35	117	0
1902	24.6	111	31.5	111	17.6	114	2.91	35	0
1901	22.2	136	31.1	117	13.3	142	3.00	33	0
1900	27	76	34.4	69	19.7	81	0.50	159	0
1899	25.6	97	33.2	87	18	109	1.51	105	0
1898	25	108	31.5	111	18.5	100	1.42	114	0
1897	24.1	117	32.8	99	15.4	123	2.02	71	0
1896	26.2	88	34.3	72	18.1	108	0.90	146	0
1895	26.1	89	37.6	35	14.6	134	6.91	1	0
1894	28.5	60	37	43	19.9	79	0.93	142	0
1893	25.3	104	35.9	55	14.7	132	2.28	56	0
1892	24	118	31.5	111	16.4	118	1.52	103	0
1891	34	11	43.3	4	24.7	34	1.47	109	0
1890	25.9	92	34	76	17.7	112	1.12	134	0
1889	36.8	3	45.1	2	28.5	7	2.61	43	0
1888	29.7	49	36.4	51	23	48	1.30	122	0
1887	28.8	57	37.9	31	19.7	81	3.32	19	0
1886	17.6	157	27.9	149	7.4	156	1.76	90	0
1885	26.6	81	34.1	73	19.1	89	2.14	64	0
1884	23.2	125	31.5	111	14.8	129	3.73	11	0
1883	25.1	107	33.9	78	16.4	118	1.36	116	0
1882	22.9	129	30.4	129	15.5	122	0.93	142	0
1881	33.1	14	40.7	10	25.6	25	1.75	92	0
1880	21.3	142	27.6	150	15	127	0.85	151	0
1879	26.5	83	34.9	61	18.2	104	3.53	16	0
1878	19.5	150	26	156	13.1	144	2.27	57	0
1877	36.1	4	42.9	6	29.3	4	1.03	138	0
1876	13.9	160	24.7	159	3.1	160	1.29	123	0
1875	30.3	42	39.5	17	21.2	65	2.54	45	0
1874	24.3	116	34.1	73	14.5	136	0.45	160	0
1873	29	54	37.6	35	20.5	72	3.02	32	0
1872							1.16	130	31
1871							2.01	72	31
1870	21.7	138	29.9	134	13.5	140	3.07	27	0
1869	23.4	123	34.7	64	12.2	146	2.16	62	0
1868	17.8	155	29.4	137	6.2	158	1.35	117	0
1867	20	148	32.7	101	7.2	157	1.34	119	0
1866	21.1	144	30.6	127	11.6	149	1.90	79	0
1865	22.6	134	31.6	110	13.5	140	1.43	112	0
1864	20	148	30.8	124	9.1	153	3.29	21	0
1863	28.5	60	37.9	31	19	90	1.81	87	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	39
2023	38.3
1889	36.8
1877	36.1
2021	36
1923	35
2006	34.8
1982	34.8
1941	34.3
2001	34.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1876	13.9
2000	15.6
1989	15.8
1886	17.6
1983	17.8
1868	17.8
1976	18
1917	19.1
1919	19.4
1903	19.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1895	6.91
1949	4.70
1971	4.24
1907	4.19
1972	4.16
1920	3.94
2019	3.91
2008	3.80
1984	3.79
1931	3.79

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1960	0.37
1943	0.45
1874	0.45
1900	0.50
1969	0.53
1913	0.55
1958	0.59
1993	0.70
1917	0.74
1955	0.78

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 56°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: -3°F; 8 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.52 in; 28 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 3.15 in of precipitation in Lansing, MI (1 day missing), the wettest December since 2019, 23rd wettest of 162.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Lansing, MI: 56°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Lansing, MI: a low of -3°F on Monday 8 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Lansing, MI: 1.52 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.