New York-Central Park, NY: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 33.8°F in New York-Central Park, NY, the coldest December since 2010, 45th coldest of 157.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 33.8°F; Coldest since 2010; 45th coldest of 157
Precipitation: 3.38 in; Driest since 2021; 78th driest of 157

A normal December in New York-Central Park, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.3°F, between 34.8°F and 43.3°F in eight years of ten and 4.44 in of precipitation, between 2.20 in and 6.52 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in New York-Central Park, NY since 1869: 33.8°F in 2025; the lowest is 25°F, in 1917 and 1876.

Normal range, 34.8 to 43.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in New York-Central Park, NY from 1869 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	33.8	113	40	107	27.7	117	3.38	80	0
2024	38.2	59	43.6	61	32.9	41	4.53	46	0
2023	44.6	2	49.7	4	39.5	2	6.71	9	0
2022	38.5	47	44.2	51	32.8	44	5.83	21	0
2021	43.8	4	49.3	8	38.3	3	1.39	143	0
2020	39.2	35	45.1	36	33.3	35	4.61	42	0
2019	38.3	55	43.5	63	33.1	38	7.09	5	0
2018	40.1	24	45.5	28	34.8	20	6.51	11	0
2017	35	96	40	107	30.1	83	2.21	126	0
2016	38.3	55	43.9	55	32.8	44	2.89	101	0
2015	50.8	1	56.3	1	45.3	1	4.72	39	0
2014	40.5	21	45.1	36	35.9	12	6.04	20	0
2013	38.5	47	44.5	47	32.6	50	4.85	37	0
2012	41.5	14	46.3	21	36.6	10	4.80	38	0
2011	43.3	7	49.7	4	36.9	8	4.00	67	0
2010	32.8	123	37.7	132	27.9	112	4.24	59	0
2009	35.9	82	41.9	80	29.9	91	7.27	4	0
2008	38.1	62	44.9	44	31.3	68	6.62	10	0
2007	37	71	41.6	83	32.3	56	5.22	28	0
2006	43.6	6	49.5	7	37.7	5	2.15	129	0
2005	35.3	92	40.4	104	30.1	83	4.60	43	0
2004	38.4	50	44.4	48	32.4	55	3.71	71	0
2003	37.6	66	43.5	63	31.7	66	5.42	25	0
2002	36	81	41.1	91	30.9	74	4.06	64	0
2001	44.1	3	50	2	38.1	4	2.24	124	0
2000	31.1	137	37.2	136	25	137	3.19	88	0
1999	39.9	25	45.7	26	34.2	25	3.23	86	0
1998	43.1	8	48.9	10	37.4	7	1.12	151	0
1997	38.2	59	43.5	63	33	39	4.27	54	0
1996	41.3	15	46.6	19	35.9	12	6.48	12	0
1995	32.4	127	37.9	129	26.8	123	2.12	130	0
1994	42.2	12	48.9	10	35.4	16	2.90	100	0
1993	37.3	69	43.5	63	31.1	72	4.95	34	0
1992	37.9	65	43.7	59	32	60	5.50	24	0
1991	39.6	27	46.3	21	32.8	44	4.26	55	0
1990	42.6	10	49.7	4	35.5	15	5.58	23	0
1989	25.9	155	32.6	154	19.1	155	0.83	153	0
1988	35.9	82	42.9	73	28.9	101	1.13	149	0
1987	39.5	28	45.3	33	33.7	28	2.17	128	0
1986	39	38	44.4	48	33.6	30	6.16	16	0
1985	34.2	107	40.1	105	28.3	109	0.83	153	0
1984	43.7	5	50	2	37.5	6	3.26	85	0
1983	35.2	94	41.3	87	29.1	98	9.77	2	0
1982	42.7	9	48.7	12	36.8	9	1.47	142	0
1981	36.5	78	40.9	95	32.1	59	5.18	29	0
1980	32.4	127	39.9	112	25	137	0.58	156	0
1979	41.1	17	46.9	18	35.3	17	2.69	108	0
1978	38.9	41	45.1	36	32.6	50	5.61	22	0
1977	35.6	89	41	93	30.3	81	5.06	31	0
1976	29.9	146	36.7	139	23.1	149	2.29	120	0
1975	35.8	85	42.2	78	29.5	94	3.63	73	0
1974	39.3	32	44.1	53	34.6	21	6.33	13	0
1973	39	38	45.5	28	32.5	53	9.98	1	0
1972	38.5	47	43.5	63	33.5	32	6.09	18	0
1971	40.8	20	47.1	17	34.5	24	1.76	139	0
1970	34.4	104	39.4	117	29.4	95	2.82	102	0
1969	33.4	116	38.4	124	28.4	106	7.07	6	0
1968	34.2	107	40.6	99	27.9	112	4.15	62	0
1967	38.2	59	43.8	57	32.5	53	6.08	19	0
1966	35.7	88	41.2	88	30.2	82	3.18	90	0
1965	40.5	21	46.3	21	34.6	21	1.72	140	0
1964	36.4	79	42.1	79	30.7	77	4.16	61	0
1963	31.2	136	36	144	26.4	127	2.31	119	0
1962	31.5	134	37.4	134	25.6	130	2.26	123	0
1961	35.5	90	41	93	30	87	3.04	96	0
1960	30.9	140	38.1	127	23.7	145	3.04	96	0
1959	38.4	50	43.8	57	32.9	41	4.64	41	0
1958	29.3	150	35.9	145	22.8	151	1.25	146	0
1957	40.2	23	45.4	31	35	18	5.26	26	0
1956	40.9	18	47.2	16	34.6	21	3.29	84	0
1955	29.7	147	35.9	145	23.5	148	0.25	157	0
1954	35.9	82	41.7	82	30.1	83	3.03	98	0
1953	41.3	15	47.6	14	35	18	4.42	48	0
1952	38.4	50	43.6	61	33.2	37	4.12	63	0
1951	39.1	36	45.7	26	32	60	4.28	52	2
1950	34.9	98	40.5	102	29.4	95	4.32	50	0
1949	39.4	30	45.9	24	32.8	44	2.28	121	0
1948	38.3	55	44	54	32.6	50	6.28	14	0
1947	34	110	39.8	113	28.2	110	3.92	69	0
1946	38.1	62	45.3	33	30.9	74	1.61	141	0
1945	31	139	36.5	141	25.4	136	4.56	45	0
1944	32.3	130	38.3	125	26.4	127	2.57	111	0
1943	33	122	40.5	102	25.5	133	1.20	148	0
1942	31.1	137	38	128	24.1	142	4.57	44	0
1941	38.3	55	44.6	46	32	60	4.05	65	0
1940	38.4	50	44.9	44	31.9	64	2.79	104	0
1939	36.9	73	42.9	73	30.9	74	1.39	143	0
1938	37	71	42.6	76	31.3	68	2.62	110	0
1937	35.4	91	40.8	96	30	87	2.06	132	0
1936	38.6	45	45.9	24	31.3	68	7.53	3	0
1935	30	144	35.1	151	24.8	141	1.24	147	0
1934	33.4	116	40	107	26.8	123	2.66	109	0
1933	32.7	124	39.7	114	25.6	130	3.45	78	0
1932	39.1	36	45.3	33	32.9	41	2.51	113	0
1931	40.9	18	48	13	33.9	27	2.44	117	0
1930	34.6	103	39.3	118	29.9	91	2.73	107	0
1929	35.8	85	41.6	83	29.9	91	3.34	82	0
1928	39.3	32	45	42	33.6	30	0.98	152	0
1927	36.7	75	43.3	69	30.1	83	4.01	66	0
1926	28.9	152	35.3	150	22.5	152	4.00	67	0
1925	34.8	100	40.6	99	29	99	3.30	83	0
1924	34	110	40.6	99	27.3	121	2.47	115	0
1923	42	13	47.4	15	36.6	10	4.43	47	0
1922	33.5	115	39.5	115	27.6	119	3.86	70	0
1921	32.5	125	39.5	115	25.5	133	2.34	118	0
1920	37.2	70	43.1	71	31.4	67	6.16	16	0
1919	30.2	142	36.7	139	23.6	147	2.77	106	0
1918	39.4	30	45.5	28	33.3	35	3.61	74	0
1917	25	156	31.6	155	18.3	157	4.25	57	0
1916	34	110	39	121	28.9	101	4.25	57	0
1915	33.4	116	39.1	120	27.8	115	4.28	52	0
1914	31.6	132	37.5	133	25.6	130	5.24	27	0
1913	38.7	43	45.1	36	32.3	56	3.59	75	0
1912	39.3	32	45.1	36	33.5	32	5.01	33	0
1911	39.5	28	45.4	31	33.7	28	3.07	94	0
1910	29.7	147	35.8	147	23.7	145	1.88	138	0
1909	32.5	125	37.2	136	27.9	112	4.29	51	0
1908	37.5	67	42.9	73	32	60	3.19	88	0
1907	38.7	43	43.2	70	34.2	25	4.26	55	0
1906	34.2	107	41.2	88	27.3	121	3.58	76	0
1905	38.8	42	44.2	51	33.4	34	3.37	81	0
1904	30.2	142	35.4	148	25	137	1.96	134	0
1903	31.5	134	37.3	135	25.7	129	3.09	92	0
1902	32.4	127	37.9	129	26.8	123	6.77	8	0
1901	35.8	85	41.2	88	30.5	79	7.01	7	0
1900	36.2	80	41.8	81	30.6	78	2.01	133	0
1899	38.1	62	43.9	55	32.2	58	1.91	137	0
1898	35	96	40	107	30	87	3.07	94	0
1897	38.6	45	44.4	48	32.8	44	4.87	36	0
1896	34.4	104	40	107	28.8	103	1.13	149	0
1895	38.4	50	45	42	31.9	64	2.48	114	0
1894	36.7	75	42.5	77	31	73	4.65	40	0
1893	34.9	98	41.4	86	28.4	106	3.08	93	0
1892	32.2	131	36.8	138	27.7	117	1.30	145	0
1891	42.5	11	49.3	8	35.6	14	3.55	77	0
1890	30	144	36.1	142	24	143	3.70	72	0
1889	39.7	26	46.6	19	32.7	49	1.92	136	0
1888	34.7	102	40.7	98	28.8	103	3.42	79	0
1887	33.4	116	39.2	119	27.5	120	4.39	49	0
1886	29.7	147	35.4	148	24	143	2.79	104	0
1885	35.3	92	41.6	83	29	99	2.46	116	0
1884	33.6	114	38.9	123	28.4	106	6.17	15	0
1883	31.6	132	37.8	131	25.5	133	3.20	87	0
1882	30.6	141	36.1	142	25	137	1.95	135	0
1881	39	38	45.1	36	33	39	4.18	60	0
1880	26.4	154	31.5	156	21.3	153	2.27	122	0
1879	36.8	74	43.7	59	30	87	4.94	35	2
1878	33.2	121	38.2	126	28.2	110	5.14	30	0
1877	37.4	68	43.5	63	31.3	68	0.68	155	0
1876	25	156	31.1	157	19	156	2.54	112	0
1875	33.4	116	39	121	27.8	115	2.12	130	0
1874	34.4	104	41.1	91	26.6	126	2.82	102	2
1873	36.7	75	43.1	71	30.4	80	2.96	99	0
1872	26.7	153	33.1	153	20.2	154	3.18	90	0
1871	29	151	35.1	151	22.9	150	2.24	124	0
1870	35.1	95	40.1	105	29.3	97	2.18	127	2
1869	34.8	100	40.8	96	28.7	105	5.02	32	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	50.8
2023	44.6
2001	44.1
2021	43.8
1984	43.7
2006	43.6
2011	43.3
1998	43.1
1982	42.7
1990	42.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	25
1876	25
1989	25.9
1880	26.4
1872	26.7
1926	28.9
1871	29
1958	29.3
1955	29.7
1910	29.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	9.98
1983	9.77
1936	7.53
2009	7.27
2019	7.09
1969	7.07
1901	7.01
1902	6.77
2023	6.71
2008	6.62

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.25
1980	0.58
1877	0.68
1989	0.83
1985	0.83
1928	0.98
1998	1.12
1988	1.13
1896	1.13
1943	1.20

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 19°F; 15 December 2025, 14 December 2025, 9 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.16 in; 19 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 3.38 in of precipitation in New York-Central Park, NY, the driest December since 2021, 78th driest of 157.
The hottest day of December 2025 in New York-Central Park, NY: 58°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in New York-Central Park, NY: a low of 19°F on Monday 15 December 2025, Sunday 14 December 2025 and Tuesday 9 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in New York-Central Park, NY: 1.16 in on Friday 19 December 2025.