New Bern, NC: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 44.4°F in New Bern, NC, the coldest December since 2010, 23rd coldest of 89.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 44.4°F; Coldest since 2010; 23rd coldest of 89
Precipitation: 3.88 in; Wettest since 2023; 39th wettest of 88

A normal December in New Bern, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 48.2°F, between 43.8°F and 51.7°F in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in New Bern, NC since 1933: 44.4°F in 2025; the lowest is 36.5°F, in 2010.

Normal range, 43.8 to 51.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in New Bern, NC from 1933 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	44.4	67	56.3	57	32.5	76	3.88	39	0
2024	47.8	39	58.8	37	36.7	39	1.51	78	0
2023	49.9	21	61.8	18	37.9	29	6.92	7	0
2022	47	46	57.8	45	36.1	46	3.07	54	0
2021	55.6	4	67.7	2	43.5	5	3.10	52	0
2020	46.2	51	57.3	49	35.1	55	5.65	15	0
2019	50.7	16	61.5	19	39.9	17	3.19	50	0
2018	49.3	28	58.8	37	39.8	18	6.59	8	0
2017	44.8	62	54	74	35.5	51	4.23	33	0
2016	47.4	43	57.5	46	37.3	34	3.50	47	0
2015	59.8	1	69.5	1	50	1	6.42	10	0
2014	49.6	24	60	26	39.3	20	4.15	36	0
2013	51.7	11	63.1	9	40.4	13	2.39	66	0
2012	52.2	9	62.4	15	42.1	9	4.94	23	0
2011	50.7	16	63.1	9	38.4	26	0.72	85	2
2010	36.5	89	46.1	89	26.8	87	3.02	57	0
2009	45.7	54	55.4	64	36	48	5.50	17	0
2008	50	20	61.4	22	38.7	23	3.74	42	0
2007	51.8	10	63	11	40.3	14	2.63	63	2
2006	50.5	18	62.6	14	38.4	26	4.98	22	0
2005	43.7	75	54.6	72	32.8	73	3.68	44	0
2004	45.2	57	56.8	54	33.5	66	2.48	65	0
2003	44.2	69	55.8	60	32.5	76	7.50	4	0
2002	44.3	68	54.8	70	33.9	64	2.53	64	0
2001	51.5	13	62.7	13	40.3	14	2.08	69	0
2000	39.9	85	49.8	85	29.9	83	2.22	68	0
1999	47.4	43	59.3	35	35.5	51	0.79	83	0
1998	51	15	60.6	23	41.3	12	4.91	25	0
1997	45.8	52	55.4	64	36.3	43			0
1993	43.9	73	54.8	70	32.9	72	2.31	67	0
1992	48.2	37	57.3	49	39.1	21	3.09	53	0
1991	50.2	19	62.3	16	38	28	2.85	58	0
1990	52.9	8	63.3	8	42.5	6	1.94	71	0
1989	36.9	88	46.9	88	26.8	87	7.01	6	0
1988	45.1	58	57	51	33.3	68	0.74	84	0
1987	48.8	29	60	26	37.5	31	3.76	41	0
1986	47.6	41	56.8	54	38.5	25	3.59	46	0
1985	44.6	64	55.7	61	33.5	66	0.60	86	0
1984	54.7	5	66.9	4	42.5	6	1.52	77	0
1983	45	59	56	59	34.1	62	6.55	9	0
1982	51.6	12	61.5	19	41.7	10	5.56	16	0
1981	44.1	70	53.8	76	34.5	58	4.42	31	0
1980	46.5	50	57.5	46	35.4	54	6.15	12	0
1979	47	46	58.4	42	35.5	51	2.80	60	0
1978	48.6	31	60.5	24	36.7	39	3.96	38	0
1977	45.7	54	55.3	66	36.2	44	3.71	43	0
1976	43.5	76	52.8	80	34.1	62	5.30	18	0
1975	46.6	49	57.5	46	35.7	49	5.86	13	0
1974	48.3	34	58	44	38.6	24	4.82	26	0
1973	48.7	30	59.6	33	37.7	30	9.78	1	0
1972	53.8	6	63.9	7	43.6	4	4.21	34	0
1971	56.3	2	66.6	5	46	2	1.89	73	0
1970	48.6	31	60.5	24	36.7	39	1.32	80	0
1969	43.8	74	53.8	76	33.8	65	3.99	37	0
1968	44	71	55.5	63	32.4	79	1.93	72	0
1967	48.3	34	59.8	28	36.8	36	6.42	10	0
1966	43.3	77	53.9	75	32.6	75	3.07	54	0
1965	45	59	57	51	33	71	0.30	88	0
1964	49.6	24	59.7	30	39.5	19	3.63	45	0
1963	37.1	87	48.2	87	26	89	2.80	60	0
1962	41.9	81	51.5	83	32.3	80	1.82	74	0
1961	47.4	43	58.5	41	36.2	44	1.26	81	0
1960	40.3	84	53.3	78	27.3	86	1.77	75	0
1959	47.7	40	58.6	40	36.8	36	4.47	29	0
1958									20
1957	48.2	37	59.6	33	36.8	36	4.44	30	0
1956	55.9	3	67.6	3	44.1	3	1.26	81	0
1955	41.9	81	52.2	81	31.5	81	1.41	79	0
1954	42.7	79	55	69	30.5	82	5.13	21	0
1953	47.5	42	58.8	37	36.1	46	5.23	20	0
1952	44.7	63	55.2	68	34.2	61	3.36	48	0
1951	49.6	24	61.9	17	37.4	32	3.18	51	0
1950	40.5	83	51.7	82	29.2	85	2.81	59	0
1949	48.3	34	59.2	36	37.4	32	3.78	40	0
1948	48.5	33	59.7	30	37.2	35	5.77	14	0
1947	44	71	55.3	66	32.8	73	4.16	35	0
1946	49.7	23	62.8	12	36.7	39	2.77	62	1
1945	42.7	79	50.9	84	34.5	58	7.17	5	0
1944	42.9	78	53.2	79	32.5	76	3.04	56	1
1943	45.3	56	56.2	58	34.4	60	4.71	27	0
1942	44.6	64	54.5	73	34.6	57	5.25	19	0
1941	49.4	27	59.8	28	38.9	22	4.94	23	0
1940	51.5	13	61.5	19	41.6	11	1.74	76	0
1939	44.9	61	56.5	56	33.3	68	2.05	70	0
1938	47	46	58.4	42	35.6	50	4.36	32	0
1937	44.5	66	55.7	61	33.3	68	3.25	49	0
1936	49.9	21	59.7	30	40.2	16	8.14	2	0
1935	39.4	86	49.1	86	29.7	84	7.69	3	0
1934	45.8	52	56.9	53	34.8	56	4.71	27	0
1933	53.3	7	64.4	6	42.2	8	0.50	87	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	59.8
1971	56.3
1956	55.9
2021	55.6
1984	54.7
1972	53.8
1933	53.3
1990	52.9
2012	52.2
2007	51.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	36.5
1989	36.9
1963	37.1
1935	39.4
2000	39.9
1960	40.3
1950	40.5
1962	41.9
1955	41.9
1954	42.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	9.78
1936	8.14
1935	7.69
2003	7.50
1945	7.17
1989	7.01
2023	6.92
2018	6.59
1983	6.55
2015	6.42
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	0.30
1933	0.50
1985	0.60
2011	0.72
1988	0.74
1999	0.79
1961	1.26
1956	1.26
1970	1.32
1955	1.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 29 December 2025
Coldest night: 18°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.71 in; 2 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 3.88 in of precipitation in New Bern, NC, the wettest December since 2023, 39th wettest of 88.
The hottest day of December 2025 in New Bern, NC: 75°F on Monday 29 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in New Bern, NC: a low of 18°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in New Bern, NC: 1.71 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.