Long Beach, CA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 60.5°F in Long Beach, CA, the warmest December since 2023, 4th warmest of 68.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 60.5°F; Warmest since 2023; 4th warmest of 68
Precipitation: 3.59 in; Wettest since 2021; 14th wettest of 68

A normal December in Long Beach, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.6°F, between 54.6°F and 58.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.49 in of precipitation, between 0.32 in and 4.43 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Long Beach, CA since 1958: 60.5°F in 2025; the highest is 62°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 54.6 to 58.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Long Beach, CA from 1958 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	60.5	4	69.7	12	51.4	3	3.59	14
2024	58	18	67.8	29	48.2	11	0.04	61
2023	62	1	71.6	7	52.4	2	1.71	29
2022	58.1	15	66.8	36	49.3	6	3.19	18
2021	54.4	54	62.3	67	46.5	24	5.74	2
2020	58.1	15	70.5	10	45.7	35	1.49	32
2019	56	41	65	51	47.1	20	4.63	7
2018	58.7	10	67.9	28	49.5	5	1.75	27
2017	60.8	3	74.8	1	46.7	22	trace	65
2016	57.5	25	66	42	48.9	9	3.59	14
2015	57.3	27	68.3	25	46.2	28	0.90	44
2014	59	8	67.3	33	50.7	4	4.41	8
2013	58	18	70.3	11	45.8	32	0.34	54
2012	56.4	36	63.7	60	49.1	7	2.40	22
2011	54.2	57	66.3	39	42.1	66	1.28	38
2010	56.2	37	64.6	56	47.9	13	10.41	1
2009	55.5	47	64.9	52	46.1	30	2.46	21
2008	54.6	51	63.6	61	45.6	39	2.61	20
2007	55.3	50	65.1	50	45.5	41	1.11	40
2006	56.2	37	68.3	25	44.1	53	0.68	46
2005	57.8	22	66.8	36	48.9	9	0.55	49
2004	55.9	43	66	42	45.7	35	3.79	12
2003	55.6	45	65.5	46	45.8	32	1.32	37
2002	55.7	44	64.8	54	46.6	23	1.49	32
2001	54	59	64.3	57	43.8	55	0.59	47
2000	57.1	30	68.3	25	46	31	trace	65
1999	57.8	22	71.3	8	44.4	50	0.11	58
1998	56.5	34	68.4	23	44.5	48	0.57	48
1997	57.5	25	68.5	22	46.4	27	3.70	13
1996	56.7	32	66	42	47.5	16	4.07	9
1995	58.2	13	67.4	32	49	8	1.98	25
1994	56.5	34	66.6	38	46.5	24	0.53	50
1993	57	31	69.6	13	44.4	50	0.78	45
1992	54.4	54	65.3	49	43.6	57	4.97	6
1991	57.9	20	68.4	23	47.5	16	2.06	23
1990	55.5	47	68.8	18	42.2	65	0.02	62
1989	59.3	6	72.9	3	45.7	35	trace	65
1988	56	41	66.3	39	45.7	35	3.21	17
1987	53	66	62.9	63	43.2	59	1.79	26
1986	57.2	28	68.8	18	45.6	39	0.37	52
1985	57.7	24	69.6	13	45.8	32	0.33	55
1984	54	59	62.8	64	45.2	43	5.20	5
1983	56.1	40	64.9	52	47.4	19	1.99	24
1982	55.6	45	66.2	41	45.1	45	0.92	43
1981	58.3	12	68.9	17	47.7	14	0.98	42
1980	59.1	7	72.1	5	46.2	28	1.54	31
1979	58.6	11	72.2	4	45	46	0.28	56
1978	52.6	67	63.6	61	41.6	67	1.42	35
1977	61.1	2	69.1	16	53.2	1	3.03	19
1976	59	8	73.9	2	44.1	53	0.43	51
1975	57.2	28	69.2	15	45.2	43	0.21	57
1974	54.1	58	65.7	45	42.5	60	5.21	4
1973	55.4	49	67.3	33	43.5	58	0.36	53
1972	53.9	62	65.4	48	42.5	60	1.36	36
1971	52.6	67	62.6	65	42.5	60	5.29	3
1970	54.5	53	64.3	57	44.7	47	3.81	11
1969	58.2	13	68.6	21	47.7	14	0.06	60
1968	54	59	65.5	46	42.5	60	1.55	30
1967	54.6	51	64.8	54	44.5	48	1.06	41
1966	56.2	37	67.1	35	45.4	42	3.91	10
1965	54.4	54	64.3	57	44.4	50	3.44	16
1964	53.8	63	61	68	46.5	24	1.43	34
1963	56.7	32	71	9	42.5	60	trace	65
1962	57.9	20	67.6	30	48.2	11	0.01	64
1961	53.1	65	62.5	66	43.8	55	1.17	39
1960	53.6	64	67.5	31	39.6	68	0.09	59
1959	58.1	15	68.7	20	47.5	16	1.72	28
1958	59.5	5	72	6	47.1	20	0.02	62

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	62
1977	61.1
2017	60.8
2025	60.5
1958	59.5
1989	59.3
1980	59.1
2014	59
1976	59
2018	58.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	52.6
1971	52.6
1987	53
1961	53.1
1960	53.6
1964	53.8
1972	53.9
2001	54
1984	54
1968	54

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2010	10.41
2021	5.74
1971	5.29
1974	5.21
1984	5.20
1992	4.97
2019	4.63
2014	4.41
1996	4.07
1966	3.91

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	trace
2000	trace
1989	trace
1963	trace
1962	0.01
1990	0.02
1958	0.02
2024	0.04
1969	0.06
1960	0.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 10 December 2025
Coldest night: 44°F; 29 December 2025, 28 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.57 in; 24 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 3.59 in of precipitation in Long Beach, CA, the wettest December since 2021, tied 14th wettest of 68 (with 2016).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Long Beach, CA: 84°F on Wednesday 10 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Long Beach, CA: a low of 44°F on Monday 29 December 2025 and Sunday 28 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Long Beach, CA: 1.57 in on Wednesday 24 December 2025.