New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 33.5°F in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the coldest December since 2010, 11th coldest of 78.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 33.5°F; Coldest since 2010; 11th coldest of 78
Precipitation: 3.17 in; Driest since 2022; 31st driest of 69

A normal December in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.2°F, between 34.7°F and 42.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.68 in of precipitation, between 1.90 in and 6.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY since 1948: 33.5°F in 2025; the lowest is 26.6°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 34.7 to 42.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY from 1948 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	33.5	68	40.3	64	26.6	70	3.17	38	0
2024	39.2	28	45.7	22	32.6	30	4.44	23	0
2023	42.6	8	48.5	10	36.8	5	7.63	2	0
2022	37.5	41	44.1	37	30.9	43	3.17	38	0
2021	43.4	4	49.3	6	37.5	3	1.70	61	0
2020	38.5	31	44.7	32	32.2	33	3.54	34	0
2019	38.1	33	44.2	36	32	34	8.03	1	0
2018	39.8	21	45.6	24	34	21	6.76	4	0
2017	35	59	40.5	60	29.5	57	1.65	62	0
2016	39.6	23	45.7	22	33.5	23	3.06	42	0
2015	50.3	1	56.4	1	44.2	1	4.79	20	0
2014	41.4	14	46.7	15	36.2	9	7.04	3	0
2013	38.1	33	44.5	33	31.6	38	4.50	22	0
2012	41.7	12	47.6	13	35.9	11	4.94	17	0
2011	42.5	9	49.9	3	35.1	13	3.13	40	0
2010	33	69	38.8	70	27.3	68	3.13	40	0
2009	36.2	52	42.6	51	29.8	53	6.25	6	0
2008	38.3	32	45.3	26	31.3	41	5.97	12	0
2007	37.3	44	42.8	48	31.7	36	4.39	25	0
2006	42.9	6	49.5	5	36.2	9	1.91	58	0
2005	34.8	61	40.7	58	28.9	63	3.73	31	0
2004	37.5	41	44.4	34	30.6	47	3.51	35	0
2003	37.1	45	43.5	44	30.7	45	3.99	28	0
2002	34.8	61	40.5	60	29.1	61	3.72	32	0
2001	43.3	5	49.8	4	36.7	6	1.84	59	0
2000	31.3	73	37.8	73	24.7	72	2.84	47	0
1999	39.6	23	45.9	20	33.3	24	2.33	52	0
1998	41.9	10	48.5	10	35.3	12	0.93	66	0
1997	37.8	40	43.9	40	31.7	36	3.45	36	0
1996	40.5	16	46.1	18	35	14	6.00	11	0
1995	34	65	39.9	67	28.1	65	2.07	56	0
1994	41.8	11	49	9	34.6	18	2.92	45	0
1993	36.9	47	43	45	30.8	44	3.78	30	0
1992	37.9	39	44.1	37	31.6	38	4.93	18	0
1991	40	19	46.8	14	33.1	26	3.64	33	0
1990	41.7	12	48.5	10	34.8	16	3.89	29	0
1989	26.6	78	33.3	78	19.9	78	0.61	69	0
1988	35.9	53	42.5	52	29.3	60	1.08	65	0
1987	39.3	26	45.3	26	33.3	24	2.24	53	0
1986	39.6	23	45.2	29	33.9	22	6.73	5	0
1985	34	65	40.3	64	27.6	66	0.87	68	0
1984	43.9	2	50.9	2	36.9	4	2.94	44	0
1983	35.9	53	42.1	54	29.7	55	6.14	8	0
1982	43.5	3	49.3	6	37.8	2	1.52	63	0
1981	37.5	41	42.5	52	32.4	31	4.40	24	0
1980	33.7	67	40.4	63	27	69	0.90	67	0
1979	38.1	33	43.9	40	32.3	32	2.09	55	0
1978	39.3	26	45.8	21	32.8	29	5.29	16	0
1977	34.3	63	39.5	68	29	62	4.92	19	0
1976	30.1	74	37.1	74	23.1	77	2.02	57	0
1975	36.6	50	43	45	30.1	50	3.03	43	0
1974	39.8	21	45.5	25	34.1	20	6.07	9	0
1973	37.1	45	43.8	42	30.5	48	5.96	13	0
1972	41.2	15	46	19	36.4	7	4.26	26	0
1971	42.7	7	49.2	8	36.3	8	1.46	64	0
1970	35	59	40.5	60	29.5	57	2.55	50	0
1969	35.2	57	40.6	59	29.8	53	6.16	7	0
1968	33	69	38.6	71	27.4	67	4.55	21	0
1967	36.7	49	42.7	49	30.7	45	5.70	14	0
1966	35.6	56	41.5	55	29.6	56	2.78	49	0
1965	38.6	29	45.3	26	31.9	35	2.22	54	0
1964	36.5	51	42.7	49	30.1	50	5.34	15	2
1963	29.9	76	35.5	77	24.4	74	1.80	60	0
1962	32.3	71	39.1	69	25	71	2.41	51	2
1961	34.1	64	40	66	28.3	64	2.88	46	0
1960	31.4	72	38.3	72	24.5	73	3.24	37	0
1959	38.6	29	44.1	37	33.1	26	4.02	27	1
1958	30	75	36	75	23.8	76			2
1957	40	19	45.2	29	34.9	15			0
1956	40.5	16	46.3	16	34.7	17			0
1955	29.9	76	35.8	76	23.9	75			0
1954	35.8	55	41.1	56	30.5	48			0
1953	40.3	18	46.2	17	34.4	19			0
1952	38	37	42.9	47	33	28			0
1951	38	37	44.4	34	31.5	40			0
1950	35.2	57	40.9	57	29.5	57			0
1949	38.1	33	45	31	31.2	42	2.79	48	0
1948	36.9	47	43.8	42	29.9	52	6.05	10	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	50.3
1984	43.9
1982	43.5
2021	43.4
2001	43.3
2006	42.9
1971	42.7
2023	42.6
2011	42.5
1998	41.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	26.6
1963	29.9
1955	29.9
1958	30
1976	30.1
2000	31.3
1960	31.4
1962	32.3
2010	33
1968	33

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	8.03
2023	7.63
2014	7.04
2018	6.76
1986	6.73
2009	6.25
1969	6.16
1983	6.14
1974	6.07
1948	6.05

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	0.61
1985	0.87
1980	0.90
1998	0.93
1988	1.08
1971	1.46
1982	1.52
2017	1.65
2021	1.70
1963	1.80

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 57°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 18°F; 9 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.90 in; 19 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 3.17 in of precipitation in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the driest December since 2022, tied 31st driest of 69 (with 2022).
The hottest day of December 2025 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 57°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: a low of 18°F on Tuesday 9 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 0.90 in on Friday 19 December 2025.