Mount Mitchell, NC: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 31.3°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the warmest December since 2023 (2024 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), tied 37th warmest of 76 (with 1992).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 31.3°F; Warmest since 2023; 37th warmest of 76

A normal December in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32°F, between 26.1°F and 35.5°F in eight years of ten and 6.84 in of precipitation, between 4.56 in and 9.92 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1931: 31.3°F in 2025; the highest is 42°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 26.1 to 35.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Mount Mitchell, NC from 1925 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	31.3	37	38	44	24.5	27			0
2023	32.8	27	40.2	33	25.5	24	12.33	3	0
2022	30.3	40	38.8	40	21.9	43			0
2021	41.2	3	49.9	2	32.5	3	1.52	73	0
2020	29.5	45	39	38	19.9	56	6.90	31	0
2019	33.5	22	41.3	22	25.7	22	8.52	18	0
2018	30.2	42	37	46	23.5	36	12.57	2	0
2017	28.8	49	37	46	20.7	50	4.93	53	0
2016	32	34	40.4	31	23.7	35	5.58	41	0
2015	42	1	49.4	3	34.6	1	16.13	1	0
2014	34.7	13	41.1	25	28.3	9	5.39	47	0
2013	33.2	24	40.8	26	25.6	23	8.81	16	0
2012	33.8	20	41.3	22	26.3	19	6.88	32	0
2011	34	17	41.7	18	26.3	19	7.60	22	0
2010	17.9	75	25.6	76	10.2	78	9.07	11	0
2009	26.4	59	33.8	62	19.1	59	11.53	4	0
2008	32.8	27	39.4	35	25.8	21	9.52	6	1
2007	33.9	18	41.7	18	26.7	15	7.04	27	3
2006	34.6	14	42.9	12	26.4	16	6.84	33	0
2005	26.3	60	34.1	61	18.4	63	5.13	49	0
2004	27.9	54	36.7	49	19.1	59	5.31	48	0
2003	27.3	57	35.6	55	18.9	62			0
2002					21.4	46	5.78	39	4
2001	35.4	11	43.9	7	26.9	14	4.65	54	0
2000	22.9	70	32	68	14.7	72	1.85	70	2
1999	32.4	31	40.6	29	24.1	32	4.18	55	0
1998	36.1	9	44.5	5	27.8	11	5.51	43	2
1997	30.3	40	38.4	42	22.2	41	5.99	36	2
1996	32	34	39.4	35	24.5	27	9.09	10	0
1995	25.4	63	33.5	63	17.9	66	3.67	56	2
1994	36.3	6	43.6	8	28.9	8	5.87	38	3
1993	27.5	55	35	59	19.9	56	7.73	21	2
1992	31.3	37	39	38	23.4	37	6.61	35	1
1991	33.8	20	41.7	18	26.4	16	8.82	15	1
1990	36.2	7	44.4	6	28.1	10	8.58	17	0
1989	23	69	31.2	70	14.8	71	5.42	46	0
1988					21.5	45	2.37	66	6
1987	33.5	22	43.5	9	23.4	37	5.67	40	1
1986	33.9	18	42.3	16	25.5	24	7.22	25	0
1985	25.6	61	35.2	57	15.9	70	1.46	74	0
1984	41.4	2	50	1	32.8	2	3.13	60	0
1983	28.7	50	36.9	48	20.5	51	9.51	7	0
1982	37	5	43	10	31.1	5	6.99	29	2
1981	24.5	66	32.4	66	16.7	68	5.88	37	1
1980	32.3	32	41.6	21	23	39	1.60	72	0
1964	32	34	40	34	23.9	34	5.50	45	0
1963	19.5	74	28	75	10.9	77	2.31	67	0
1962	22.8	71	31.9	69	13.6	76	2.31	67	0
1961	29.2	47	36.2	50	22.1	42	9.50	8	0
1960	23.1	68	32.1	67	14.3	74	2.88	61	1
1959	30.8	39	37.5	45	24	33	5.51	43	1
1958	25.5	62	32.7	64	18.3	65	5.06	50	0
1957	28.1	52	35.3	56	21.1	48	7.08	26	1
1956	36.2	7	42.6	14	29.6	6	6.65	34	1
1955	27.4	56	34.4	60	20.5	51	2.06	69	0
1954	25.2	64	32.6	65	17.8	67	7.44	24	0
1953	29.6	44	38.8	40	20.3	55	7.45	23	0
1952	30	43	38.2	43	21.7	44	4.97	52	0
1951	29.5	45	39.1	37	19.9	56	8.88	14	0
1950	22	72	30.1	72	14	75	7.04	27	0
1949	32.8	27	40.7	27	24.5	27	5.57	42	1
1948	32.3	32	40.3	32	24.2	31	5.00	51	0
1947	32.5	30	40.6	29	24.3	30	2.38	65	0
1946	33.2	24	42.4	15	25.1	26			3
1945	23.2	67	29.1	74	16.1	69	6.98	30	3
1944	24.8	65	31.2	70	18.4	63			0
1943	28.1	52	35.7	52	20.5	51	3.16	59	0
1942	27.1	58	35.2	57	19.1	59	9.17	9	0
1941	32.9	26	43	10	22.8	40	9.01	12	0
1940	34.8	12	42.8	13	26.4	16	8.04	19	2
1939			35.7	52	21.4	46	2.67	62	4
1938	28.3	51	35.9	51	20.4	54	2.50	63	3
1937	29.1	48	35.7	52	20.9	49	3.55	58	3
1936	34.1	16	41.2	24	27.1	13	7.80	20	0
1935	16.6	76	23.7	77	8.7	79	2.47	64	2
1934	21.9	73	30	73	14.4	73	3.60	57	3
1933	34.6	14	40.7	27	27.7	12			2
1932	35.9	10	42	17	29.5	7	11.20	5	2
1931	38.5	4	44.7	4	31.9	4	8.95	13	3
1930									18
1926							1.73	71	16
1925									17

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	42
1984	41.4
2021	41.2
1931	38.5
1982	37
1994	36.3
1990	36.2
1956	36.2
1998	36.1
1932	35.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	16.6
2010	17.9
1963	19.5
1934	21.9
1950	22
1962	22.8
2000	22.9
1989	23
1960	23.1
1945	23.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	16.13
2018	12.57
2023	12.33
2009	11.53
1932	11.20
2008	9.52
1983	9.51
1961	9.50
1942	9.17
1996	9.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	1.46
2021	1.52
1980	1.60
1926	1.73
2000	1.85
1955	2.06
1963	2.31
1962	2.31
1988	2.37
1947	2.38

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: -3°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.50 in; 19 December 2025

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The hottest day of December 2025 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 54°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of -3°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 1.50 in on Friday 19 December 2025.