Mitchell, SD: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 25.1°F in Mitchell, SD, the warmest December since 2024, tied 39th warmest of 118 (with 2018 and 1896).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 25.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 39th warmest of 118
Precipitation: 0.80 in; Wettest since 2023; 36th wettest of 130

A normal December in Mitchell, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 23.5°F, between 14.9°F and 28.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.26 in of precipitation, between 0.01 in and 1.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Mitchell, SD since 1895: 25.1°F in 2025; the highest is 32.9°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 14.9 to 28.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Mitchell, SD from 1895 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	25.1	39	36.6	31	13.7	55	0.80	36	0
2024	26	33	34.8	39	17.1	24	0.23	81	0
2023	32.9	1	42.5	4	23.3	1	1.46	9	0
2022	16.7	102	25.2	109	8.2	97	1.35	11	0
2021	25.8	34	35.5	35	16	36	1.09	19	0
2020	28.5	13	39.4	17	17.7	18	0.65	44	0
2019	23.5	51	30.8	76	16.1	33	1.38	10	0
2018	25.1	39	34.1	45	16.1	33	1.79	4	0
2017	22.9	59	32.5	59	13.4	61	0.62	47	0
2016	20	81	29.1	90	10.9	82	1.11	18	0
2015	26.4	29	34.5	41	18.4	13	1.03	22	0
2014	25.2	38	33.2	51	17.2	23	1.22	15	0
2013	13	113	22.2	117	3.8	113	0.65	44	0
2012	22.1	66	30.8	76	13.3	62	1.06	20	0
2011	28.5	13	39.5	14	17.4	21	0.22	83	0
2010	20.6	79	28.5	92	12.7	69	0.25	78	0
2009	15.1	107	22.3	116	7.9	100	0.05	115	0
2008	15.9	105	26.6	103	5.2	108	0.01	121	0
2007	18.8	91	28.2	96	9.4	89	0.19	88	0
2006	28.5	13	39.5	14	17.5	20	1.29	12	0
2005	19.6	87	26.5	104	12.7	69	0.23	81	0
2004	27.6	23	37.7	27	17.4	21	0.12	102	1
2003	27.9	19	35.3	36	20.5	5	0.13	99	0
2002	28.3	16	38.6	24	18	16	0.08	111	0
2001	24.4	45	32	64	16.8	25	0.01	121	0
2000	9.2	117	17.8	121	0.6	121	0.13	99	0
1999	28.6	10	40.8	5	16.5	29	0.02	120	0
1998	27.5	24	40.6	6	14.5	43	0.31	71	0
1997	28.2	17	37.1	29	19.3	10	0.00	127	1
1996	10.5	116	19.2	120	1.9	118	1.54	7	0
1995	22.8	60	31.1	75	14.4	46	0.15	94	1
1994	20.9	76	31.6	69	11	81	0.71	40	3
1993	23.5	51	31.5	72	14.5	43	0.27	76	1
1992	20	81	30.5	79	9	91	0.33	67	1
1991	26.7	27	37	30	16.5	29	0.00	127	0
1990	16.7	102	28.5	92	3.8	113	0.68	41	1
1989	12.4	115	22.2	117	2.2	117	0.31	71	3
1988	24.8	43	35.6	34	13.9	54	0.41	64	0
1987	26.3	30	34.6	40	18	16	1.99	2	0
1986	27.7	20	39	22	16.4	31	trace	123	0
1985			22.7	115			0.81	35	4
1984	19.8	85	30.4	82	9.3	90	0.55	50	1
1983									7
1982	26.2	31	36.2	32	15.2	40	0.94	28	2
1981	21	73	29.2	89	12.9	65	1.75	5	0
1980	22.4	64	32.4	60	12.4	71	0.46	60	0
1979	28.1	18	39.4	17	16.8	25	0.04	119	0
1978	17.4	100	27.1	101	7.7	103	0.49	58	0
1977	17.5	99	26.5	104	8.4	96	0.84	32	0
1976	19.3	89	32.2	62	6.3	107	0.30	73	1
1975	20.7	78	28.5	92	12.9	65	0.08	111	0
1974	22.7	62	33.5	49	11.8	75	0.11	104	0
1973	18.2	93	27.2	100	9.7	88	0.66	43	1
1972	17.9	95	27.3	99	8.7	94	0.43	62	2
1971	19.4	88	28.3	95	10.6	84	0.54	52	0
1970	17.4	100	28	97	6.7	106	0.45	61	0
1969	23.4	54	31.8	67	15.4	38	0.92	29	1
1968	18.1	94	26.3	106	9.9	87	1.48	8	0
1967	23.9	48	34.1	45	13.6	57	0.50	56	0
1966	22.8	60	32.4	60	13.2	63	0.53	53	0
1965	29.7	7	39.3	19	20.1	7	0.82	33	0
1964	15.2	106	26.1	107	4.2	112	0.72	39	0
1963	13.2	112	24.9	110	1.6	119	0.25	78	0
1962	24.8	43	35.9	33	13.7	55	0.13	99	0
1961	17.9	95	28.8	91	7	105	0.29	75	0
1960	21.8	70	31.6	69	11.9	74	1.21	16	0
1959	31.2	5	39.1	20	23.3	1	0.68	41	0
1958	20	81	32.9	56	7.2	104	0.09	110	0
1957	31.7	3	42.9	3	20.4	6	0.14	97	0
1956	28.6	10	39.5	14	17.6	19	0.17	93	0
1955	12.7	114	21.5	119	3.8	113	0.80	36	0
1954	23.7	50	33.2	51	14.2	52	0.10	107	2
1953	23	57	32.9	56	13	64	1.05	21	0
1952	25.3	36	34.5	41	16.1	33	0.11	104	0
1951	14.3	109	24.4	111	4.3	111	1.24	14	0
1950	21	73	31.5	72	10.5	85	0.15	94	0
1949	22.6	63	34.3	44	10.9	82	0.90	30	0
1948	20.6	79	29.7	87	11.5	77	0.42	63	0
1947	21.7	71	30.5	79	12.9	65	0.41	64	0
1946	25.3	36	35.3	36	15.4	38	0.33	67	0
1945	13.8	110	23.2	113	4.5	109	0.73	38	0
1944	23.8	49	34.1	45	13.5	59	0.05	115	0
1943	27.5	24	40.5	7	14.4	46	trace	123	0
1942	21.1	72	30.7	78	11.6	76	0.18	91	0
1941	30.9	6	40.3	8	21.5	3	0.22	83	0
1940	26.7	27	34.5	41	18.9	11	0.38	66	0
1939	32.5	2	44.1	1	20.9	4	0.19	88	0
1938	26.2	31	37.9	25	14.5	43	0.15	94	0
1937	21	73	31.7	68	10.4	86	1.02	23	0
1936	24.9	42	33.1	55	16.6	28	0.82	33	0
1935	21.9	68	30.3	84	13.6	57	0.48	59	1
1934	23.1	55	32	64	14.3	50	0.12	102	0
1933	23.1	55	34.1	45	12.3	72	0.53	53	1
1932	18.8	91	29.7	87	7.9	100	0.25	78	0
1931	25.8	34	33.2	51	18.3	14	1.97	3	0
1930	28.6	10	37.8	26	19.4	9	0.05	115	0
1929	22.4	64	30.5	79	14.3	50	0.10	107	0
1928	29.1	9	40	11	18.3	14	0.10	107	0
1927	7.6	118	17.4	122	-2.2	123	1.29	12	0
1926	20.8	77	30.1	85	11.5	77	0.27	76	0
1925	21.9	68	32.1	63	12.3	72	0.33	67	1
1924	13.7	111	23.1	114	4.4	110	0.96	25	1
1923	31.3	4	43	2	19.7	8	0.20	86	1
1922	18.9	90	29.9	86	7.8	102	0.58	49	0
1921	24.2	46	34.9	38	13.5	59	0.22	83	0
1920	23.5	51	32.9	56	14.2	52	0.96	25	0
1919	16.5	104	24.4	111	8.5	95	0.14	97	0
1918	29.6	8	40.2	9	18.8	12	1.15	17	3
1917					-1.1	122	0.19	88	6
1916					1	120	0.32	70	6
1915	22.1	66	33.2	51	11.5	77	0.63	46	3
1914	14.6	108	25.7	108	3.3	116	0.60	48	2
1913	27.4	26	39	22	15.6	37	trace	123	2
1912			40	11	14.7	42	0.18	91	4
1911			31.4	74	12.9	65	0.55	50	4
1910	19.8	85	30.4	82	8.8	92	0.06	113	3
1909							1.60	6	9
1908							0.85	31	8
1907			40	11	14.9	41	0.20	86	4
1906	23	57	31.6	69	14.4	46	1.00	24	0
1905	27.7	20	40.2	9	14.4	46	trace	123	2
1904							0.50	56	9
1903							0.95	27	10
1902							2.13	1	17
1901							0.30	73	13
1900	27.7	20	39.1	20	16.4	31	0.00	127	0
1899	17.8	98	27.8	98	8	98	0.11	104	2
1898	20	81	31.9	66	8	98	0.06	113	0
1897	17.9	95	27	102	8.8	92	0.53	53	0
1896	25.1	39	33.5	49	16.8	25	0.00	127	0
1895	24.2	46	37.2	28	11.3	80	0.05	115	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	32.9
1939	32.5
1957	31.7
1923	31.3
1959	31.2
1941	30.9
1965	29.7
1918	29.6
1928	29.1
1999	28.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	7.6
2000	9.2
1996	10.5
1989	12.4
1955	12.7
2013	13
1963	13.2
1924	13.7
1945	13.8
1951	14.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1902	2.13
1987	1.99
1931	1.97
2018	1.79
1981	1.75
1909	1.60
1996	1.54
1968	1.48
2023	1.46
2019	1.38

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	0.00
1991	0.00
1900	0.00
1896	0.00
1986	trace
1943	trace
1913	trace
1905	trace
2008	0.01
2001	0.01

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 53°F; 27 December 2025
Coldest night: -11°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.28 in; 6 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 0.80 in of precipitation in Mitchell, SD, the wettest December since 2023, tied 36th wettest of 130 (with 1955).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Mitchell, SD: 53°F on Saturday 27 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Mitchell, SD: a low of -11°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Mitchell, SD: 0.28 in on Saturday 6 December 2025.