New York-LGA, NY: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 34.4°F in New York-LGA, NY, the coldest December since 2000, 18th coldest of 87.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 34.4°F; Coldest since 2000; 18th coldest of 87
Precipitation: 3.54 in; Driest since 2021; 37th driest of 86

A normal December in New York-LGA, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.1°F, between 36.1°F and 44.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.90 in of precipitation, between 2.17 in and 6.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in New York-LGA, NY since 1939: 34.4°F in 2025; the lowest is 26.1°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 36.1 to 44.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in New York-LGA, NY from 1939 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	34.4	70	40.5	69	28.4	72	3.54	50
2024	39.1	31	44.5	34	33.7	33	5.07	19
2023	44.3	5	49.2	9	39.4	4	6.71	5
2022	38.7	39	44.6	32	32.8	40	4.40	36
2021	45	3	50.1	4	39.9	2	1.44	78
2020	40.9	17	46.5	16	35.3	17	3.53	51
2019	38.9	37	44	43	33.8	30	7.17	2
2018	40.5	20	45.6	25	35.3	17	6.90	3
2017	36.2	61	41.1	63	31.3	56	2.05	72
2016	40.3	21	45.7	23	34.9	22	2.95	57
2015	50.8	1	56.3	1	45.3	1	4.33	38
2014	40.6	19	45.2	28	35.9	13	6.20	9
2013	38.2	46	43.9	46	32.5	43	4.46	32
2012	42.7	10	47.6	13	37.8	7	4.30	39
2011	43.3	7	49.5	7	37.1	9	3.92	44
2010	35	68	39.7	72	30.3	66	3.16	56
2009	36.9	53	42.6	54	31.1	59	6.81	4
2008	39	33	45.6	25	32.4	44	5.27	14
2007	38.6	41	43.5	50	33.8	30	4.40	36
2006	45.4	2	51.2	2	39.6	3	2.21	67
2005	36.4	60	41.5	59	31.4	55	4.22	41
2004	38.2	46	44.2	38	32.1	48	3.33	54
2003	38.7	39	44.5	34	32.8	40	5.09	18
2002	36.7	55	41.7	58	31.7	53	3.88	45
2001	44.6	4	50.2	3	39	5	2.12	71
2000	32.1	77	38.1	79	26	78	3.79	47
1999	40.8	18	46.5	16	35.2	19	2.86	58
1998	44	6	49.6	6	38.4	6	1.03	82
1997	39.1	31	44	43	34.1	26	3.66	49
1996	41.8	12	46.9	15	36.7	10	6.29	8
1995	34.1	73	39.4	74	28.8	69	2.17	68
1994	42.3	11	49.1	10	35.5	15	2.74	59
1993	37.8	51	43.6	48	32	49	4.43	34
1992	38	49	43.6	48	32.3	45	5.47	11
1991	40.3	21	46.5	16	34.1	26	3.49	53
1990	43.2	9	49.9	5	36.4	11	4.88	24
1989	26.1	87	32.4	87	19.8	87	0.78	83
1988	36.6	56	42.7	53	30.5	64	1.18	81
1987	39.8	24	45.1	29	34.6	24	2.28	65
1986	39.3	29	44.4	37	34.2	25	5.19	17
1985	34.6	69	40.6	68	28.7	71	0.63	84
1984	43.3	7	49.4	8	37.2	8	2.58	60
1983	35.1	67	41.4	61	28.8	69	6.63	6
1982	41.8	12	47.5	14	36.1	12	1.42	79
1981	36.5	58	40.9	67	32.2	46	4.65	30
1980	30.8	81	37.6	80	23.9	84	0.61	85
1979	39	33	44.7	30	33.3	35	2.57	61
1978	38	49	44.2	38	31.8	51	4.90	23
1977	35.7	64	41	65	30.4	65	4.86	25
1976	30.6	83	37.5	81	23.8	85	2.23	66
1975	37.1	52	43.1	52	31.1	59	3.69	48
1974	39.5	27	44.1	40	34.8	23	6.38	7
1973	39.4	28	45.7	23	33.1	38	7.70	1
1972	38.5	43	43.2	51	33.7	33	4.66	29
1971	40	23	45.9	21	34	28	1.55	76
1970	36.1	63	41.1	63	31.2	58	1.86	74
1969	33.8	74	38.5	76	29	68	5.30	13
1968	33.5	75	39.6	73	27.4	75	3.80	46
1967	38.6	41	43.9	46	33.3	35	5.82	10
1966	36.8	54	42	56	31.6	54	2.54	63
1965	39.6	25	44	43	35.2	19	1.47	77
1964	36.6	56	41.4	61	31.9	50	4.25	40
1963	30.5	85	34.2	86	26.8	77	2.13	70
1962	31.2	80	36.7	82	25.7	80	2.05	72
1961	35.4	66	40.1	71	30.7	61	3.52	52
1960	31.8	79	38.5	76	25.1	81	3.19	55
1959	39.2	30	44.5	34	33.9	29	5.00	21
1958	30	86	36.3	84	23.7	86	1.56	75
1957	41.1	16	46.2	19	35.9	13	5.25	15
1956	41.6	14	48.1	11	35.1	21	4.07	42
1955	30.6	83	36.7	82	24.5	83	0.31	86
1954	36.5	58	42.2	55	30.7	61	4.42	35
1953	41.6	14	47.8	12	35.5	15	4.81	28
1952	39	33	44.1	40	33.8	30	4.57	31
1951	39	33	45.8	22	32.2	46	5.25	15
1950	35.6	65	41	65	30.1	67	5.00	21
1949	39.6	25	46.1	20	33.2	37	2.16	69
1948	38.4	45	44.1	40	32.8	40	5.31	12
1947	34.2	72	40.2	70	28.3	73	3.99	43
1946	38.5	43	45.6	25	31.3	56	2.42	64
1945	30.8	81	35.7	85	25.8	79	5.03	20
1944	33	76	38.5	76	27.5	74	4.83	27
1943	34.3	71	41.5	59	27.1	76	1.42	79
1942	32	78	38.8	75	25.1	81	4.86	25
1941	38.9	37	44.7	30	33.1	38	4.45	33
1940	38.2	46	44.6	32	31.8	51	2.55	62
1939	36.2	61	41.9	57	30.6	63

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	50.8
2006	45.4
2021	45
2001	44.6
2023	44.3
1998	44
2011	43.3
1984	43.3
1990	43.2
2012	42.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	26.1
1958	30
1963	30.5
1976	30.6
1955	30.6
1980	30.8
1945	30.8
1962	31.2
1960	31.8
1942	32

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	7.70
2019	7.17
2018	6.90
2009	6.81
2023	6.71
1983	6.63
1974	6.38
1996	6.29
2014	6.20
1967	5.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.31
1980	0.61
1985	0.63
1989	0.78
1998	1.03
1988	1.18
1982	1.42
1943	1.42
2021	1.44
1965	1.47

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 20°F; 9 December 2025, 5 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.28 in; 19 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 3.54 in of precipitation in New York-LGA, NY, the driest December since 2021, 37th driest of 86.
The hottest day of December 2025 in New York-LGA, NY: 58°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in New York-LGA, NY: a low of 20°F on Tuesday 9 December 2025 and Friday 5 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in New York-LGA, NY: 1.28 in on Friday 19 December 2025.