Milwaukee, WI: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 24.6°F in Milwaukee, WI, the coldest December since 2013, 55th coldest of 155.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 24.6°F; Coldest since 2013; 55th coldest of 155
Precipitation: 1.80 in; Wettest since 2023; 76th wettest of 155

A normal December in Milwaukee, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.7°F, between 23°F and 33.5°F in eight years of ten and 1.86 in of precipitation, between 0.75 in and 3.45 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Milwaukee, WI since 1871: 24.6°F in 2025; the lowest is 13.2°F, in 1963.

Normal range, 23 to 33.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Milwaukee, WI from 1871 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	24.6	101	31.5	96	17.6	106	1.80	76
2024	32.9	18	39.2	20	26.6	19	0.98	127
2023	39.5	1	44.6	1	34.4	1	2.22	56
2022	29.9	42	36.3	40	23.4	48	2.28	49
2021	35.4	7	42.9	4	27.9	12	2.34	46
2020	31.7	27	37.9	30	25.5	29	2.15	58
2019	33.5	15	40.6	10	26.3	26	1.96	67
2018	32.2	25	38.4	24	26	27	2.41	42
2017	25.8	89	32.2	91	19.4	90	0.46	149
2016	25.8	89	31.5	96	20.1	80	1.93	70
2015	37.7	2	42.7	5	32.7	2	3.82	8
2014	31.4	28	36.4	39	26.4	24	1.03	121
2013	21	131	28.7	124	13.2	137	1.79	77
2012	33.8	12	39.7	13	27.9	12	3.87	7
2011	33.3	16	39.7	13	26.9	15	2.23	54
2010	24.7	100	30.6	110	18.8	95	1.57	86
2009	26.4	80	32.2	91	20.6	74	2.68	27
2008	22.4	121	30.8	109	14	128	4.00	6
2007	26.3	83	32.4	88	20.2	78	3.41	12
2006	32.6	21	38.7	23	26.5	20	2.91	21
2005	23.1	116	28.5	125	17.7	105	1.18	111
2004	27.3	72	34.1	69	20.6	74	1.53	89
2003	30.7	35	37.1	33	24.4	33	2.03	63
2002	30.1	40	36.6	36	23.5	45	0.75	138
2001	32.8	20	39.2	20	26.5	20	0.86	133
2000	16.6	147	24.6	146	8.6	148	2.41	42
1999	29.3	51	36.3	40	22.3	57	1.26	106
1998	32	26	39.7	13	24.2	36	0.88	131
1997	30.3	38	34.7	59	26	27	1.30	102
1996	27.1	74	32.4	88	21.8	63	1.53	89
1995	24.1	107	29.9	116	18.3	98	0.53	145
1994	34.5	10	40.9	8	28	11	1.14	113
1993	29.9	42	35.9	45	23.9	40	0.70	140
1992	28.2	62	34.3	67	22.1	59	2.45	40
1991	29.5	47	36.1	44	23	51	1.94	69
1990	26.9	76	34.1	69	19.6	86	2.66	29
1989	16.7	146	23.9	149	9.4	146	0.47	148
1988	26.6	79	34.5	62	18.7	96	1.43	96
1987	31.4	28	36.2	42	26.5	20	5.42	1
1986	29.1	52	34.5	62	23.8	43	1.03	121
1985	15.7	151	23.9	149	7.5	153	2.62	32
1984	29.1	52	37	34	21.2	70	4.25	4
1983	14.4	153	20.9	155	7.8	152	2.89	22
1982	33.1	17	39.4	16	26.9	15	4.10	5
1981	24.1	107	30.9	105	17.4	108	1.03	121
1980	24.4	102	31	102	17.8	104	3.52	11
1979	31.4	28	39.3	17	23.5	45	2.27	50
1978	23.7	111	29.6	119	17.9	101	2.92	20
1977	22.8	117	28.5	125	17	110	3.27	14
1976	16.3	149	24.5	147	8	151	0.29	154
1975	27.9	65	34.7	59	21	73	1.70	81
1974	29.1	52	34.5	62	23.7	44	2.10	61
1973	25.5	93	31.3	100	19.7	82	3.80	9
1972	20.2	135	26.9	134	13.5	133	2.47	39
1971	29.4	49	35.8	46	23.1	50	4.34	3
1970	24.2	106	32.6	85	15.9	115	3.02	19
1969	25.1	96	30.6	110	19.6	86	1.18	111
1968	25.6	91	32.9	82	18.3	98	2.65	30
1967	28.8	56	35.5	51	22.2	58	1.33	101
1966	24.4	102	31	102	17.9	101	2.31	48
1965	32.9	18	39.3	17	26.5	20	3.73	10
1964	23.2	114	30.2	112	16.2	114	0.98	127
1963	13.2	155	21.5	153	4.9	155	0.70	140
1962	21.5	126	29.1	122	13.9	130	0.55	144
1961	22.8	117	31	102	14.6	125	1.02	124
1960	22.4	121	30.9	105	14	128	0.35	152
1959	32.5	22	38.3	25	26.7	18	2.85	24
1958	18.7	141	26.5	138	10.9	142	0.34	153
1957	29.7	46	37.9	30	21.5	67	2.36	45
1956	28.5	60	35.6	50	21.3	69	1.04	120
1955	22.5	119	29.8	117	15.3	119	1.09	117
1954	28	63	33.5	74	22.5	54	2.64	31
1953	28.7	58	35.3	54	22.1	59	1.87	72
1952	30.5	36	35.7	47	25.4	30	2.10	61
1951	23.8	109	31.8	94	15.8	116	2.26	52
1950	18.4	142	26.6	136	10.2	144	2.62	32
1949	28.7	58	35.7	47	21.6	65	2.27	50
1948	28	63	34.9	58	21.1	72	2.50	38
1947	26.9	76	33.5	74	20.3	77	1.72	80
1946	27.9	65	36.6	36	19.2	91	1.54	88
1945	20.5	132	27.5	132	13.5	133	1.47	93
1944	19.7	138	27.1	133	12.4	140	1.14	113
1943	25.1	96	33.8	71	16.4	113	0.99	126
1942	20.1	136	26.7	135	13.5	133	2.55	36
1941	32.3	24	38.3	25	26.4	24	1.29	104
1940	29.5	47	35	57	24	38	0.95	129
1939	33.8	12	39.3	17	28.4	10	0.46	149
1938	27.3	72	33.3	76	21.4	68	1.10	116
1937	25	98	30.2	112	19.7	82	1.42	97
1936	31.1	31	38.3	25	23.9	40	2.14	60
1935	24.3	105	29.2	121	19.5	89	1.42	97
1934	24.4	102	30.9	105	17.9	101	1.22	109
1933	26.4	80	33.1	77	19.7	82	1.13	115
1932	26.1	86	33.1	77	19.1	93	2.15	58
1931	36.2	5	41.6	6	30.8	4	1.85	73
1930	27.8	68	33.7	73	21.8	63	0.79	136
1929	27.4	71	32.9	82	21.9	62	1.08	118
1928	30.3	38	36.5	38	24	38	1.97	65
1927	23.2	114	30.9	105	15.5	117	1.22	109
1926	23.3	112	30.1	114	16.5	112	1.23	108
1925	21.3	129	27.8	131	14.7	124	1.76	78
1924	18.4	142	25.5	142	11.3	141	1.25	107
1923	35.6	6	41.6	6	29.5	7	2.34	46
1922	25.6	91	33	80	18.3	98	1.30	102
1921	27.7	69	34.3	67	21.2	70	2.54	37
1920	29.9	42	35.4	53	24.3	35	3.12	16
1919	16.5	148	23.3	151	9.6	145	0.92	130
1918	34.1	11	38.9	22	29.3	8	3.03	18
1917	18.8	139	24.8	143	12.7	139	0.87	132
1916	21.1	130	28.4	127	13.8	131	1.81	75
1915	26.8	78	32.1	93	21.6	65	0.70	140
1914	20.4	133	26.6	136	14.1	127	1.55	87
1913	35.2	8	40.6	10	29.7	6	0.08	155
1912	30.8	34	38.1	28	23.5	45	1.34	100
1911	32.5	22	38.1	28	26.8	17	1.53	89
1910	23.8	109	30.1	114	17.4	108	0.46	149
1909	18.8	139	24.7	144	12.8	138	3.34	13
1908	26.1	86	33	80	19.2	91	1.50	92
1907	28.4	61	34.5	62	22.4	55	2.23	54
1906	28.8	56	34.7	59	22.8	52	1.39	99
1905	29.4	49	35.5	51	23.3	49	1.46	94
1904	25.2	94	31.5	96	18.9	94	2.67	28
1903	17.7	144	24.7	144	10.8	143	1.65	84
1902	25.9	88	31.3	100	20.4	76	1.82	74
1901	22.5	119	28.3	128	16.6	111	1.69	82
1900	28.9	55	35.1	56	22.7	53	0.84	134
1899	26.3	83	32.4	88	20.2	78	2.25	53
1898	21.4	128	28.3	128	14.6	125	0.58	143
1897	22.2	123	29.1	122	15.4	118	2.42	41
1896	30.4	37	35.7	47	25.2	32	0.76	137
1895	27.5	70	32.5	86	22.4	55	2.60	34
1894	31.1	31	36.9	35	25.3	31	0.84	134
1893	21.7	125	29.7	118	13.6	132	2.59	35
1892	20.4	133	25.8	140	15.1	120	1.61	85
1891	33.7	14	40.5	12	27	14	1.46	94
1890	27.9	65	33.8	71	22	61	0.50	146
1889	37	4	43.3	2	30.7	5	2.87	23
1888	29.9	42	35.3	54	24.4	33	1.97	65
1887	26.4	80	33.1	77	19.7	82	4.57	2
1886	17.3	145	25.7	141	8.9	147	2.03	63
1885	26.3	83	32.5	86	20.1	80	2.71	26
1884	22.1	124	29.3	120	15	122	2.37	44
1883	27.1	74	34.5	62	19.6	86	1.96	67
1882	25	98	31.5	96	18.5	97	1.67	83
1881	34.7	9	40.8	9	28.6	9	1.27	105
1880	19.8	137	26.1	139	13.5	133	0.74	139
1879	23.3	112	31.8	94	14.8	123	1.76	78
1878	21.5	126	27.9	130	15.1	120	1.08	118
1877	37.6	3	43.1	3	32.1	3	3.25	15
1876	13.4	154	21.2	154	5.7	154	2.16	57
1875	31	33	37.9	30	24.2	36	3.11	17
1874	25.2	94	32.8	84	17.6	106	1.00	125
1873	30	41	36.2	42	23.9	40	2.81	25
1872	15.6	152	22.9	152	8.3	149	0.49	147
1871	16.3	149	24.4	148	8.2	150	1.93	70

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	39.5
2015	37.7
1877	37.6
1889	37
1931	36.2
1923	35.6
2021	35.4
1913	35.2
1881	34.7
1994	34.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1963	13.2
1876	13.4
1983	14.4
1872	15.6
1985	15.7
1976	16.3
1871	16.3
1919	16.5
2000	16.6
1989	16.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	5.42
1887	4.57
1971	4.34
1984	4.25
1982	4.10
2008	4.00
2012	3.87
2015	3.82
1973	3.80
1965	3.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1913	0.08
1976	0.29
1958	0.34
1960	0.35
2017	0.46
1939	0.46
1910	0.46
1989	0.47
1872	0.49
1890	0.50

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 48°F; 23 December 2025, 18 December 2025
Coldest night: -5°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 28 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 1.80 in of precipitation in Milwaukee, WI, the wettest December since 2023, 76th wettest of 155.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Milwaukee, WI: 48°F on Tuesday 23 December 2025 and Thursday 18 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Milwaukee, WI: a low of -5°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Milwaukee, WI: 0.64 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.