Newark, NJ: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 33.2°F in Newark, NJ, the coldest December since 2010, 69th coldest of 177.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 33.2°F; Coldest since 2010; 69th coldest of 177
Precipitation: 3.13 in; Driest since 2021; 74th driest of 170

A normal December in Newark, NJ (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.7°F, between 33.7°F and 42.6°F in eight years of ten and 4.13 in of precipitation, between 2.03 in and 6.53 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Newark, NJ since 1843: 33.2°F in 2025; the lowest is 24.1°F, in 1876.

Normal range, 33.7 to 42.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Newark, NJ from 1843 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	33.2	109	40.8	92	25.7	125	3.13	97	0
2024	37.9	45	45	40	30.7	49	4.39	54	0
2023	44.3	3	50.7	4	37.8	2	7.55	3	0
2022	38.3	37	45.9	30	30.7	49	4.53	49	0
2021	44.5	2	51.2	2	37.7	3	1.28	161	0
2020	38	41	45.4	36	30.6	52	4.10	64	0
2019	37.6	49	44.1	57	31	39	6.49	9	0
2018	39.4	22	45.9	30	32.8	21	7.09	6	0
2017	34.6	89	40.9	87	28.4	84	1.64	151	0
2016	37.7	47	44.6	50	30.8	44	2.91	109	0
2015	49.8	1	56.6	1	42.9	1	4.40	51	0
2014	40.1	16	45.9	30	34.2	14	4.91	33	0
2013	36.9	57	44.1	57	29.8	59	4.62	46	0
2012	41.1	12	47.4	13	34.8	8	5.06	30	0
2011	42.5	7	50.6	6	34.5	9	4.51	50	0
2010	32.9	113	39.3	120	26.5	116	3.88	74	0
2009	35.6	75	42.5	72	28.7	80	7.13	5	0
2008	37.4	51	45	40	29.8	59	5.88	12	0
2007	36.5	66	42.3	75	30.7	49	4.78	39	0
2006	43	5	50.7	4	35.3	6	2.19	133	0
2005	33.8	98	40.2	104	27.4	102	3.65	84	0
2004	36.5	66	43.8	59	29.2	69	3.37	91	0
2003	36.6	65	43.6	62	29.5	68	5.11	28	0
2002	35.1	82	41.6	82	28.7	80	3.71	81	0
2001	43.5	4	50.9	3	36.2	4	2.01	140	0
2000	30.7	144	37.9	136	23.5	148	3.42	90	0
1999	39.4	22	46.3	25	32.5	24	2.95	107	0
1998	41.8	9	49.3	9	34.4	10	1.03	164	0
1997	37.6	49	44.4	54	30.8	44	4.16	61	0
1996	40.2	15	46.7	19	33.6	16	6.87	7	0
1995	31.7	135	38.2	132	25.2	131	2.03	139	0
1994	41.4	10	49.2	10	33.6	16	3.12	98	0
1993	37.2	52	44.3	56	30.1	55	4.89	34	0
1992	38.8	30	45	40	32.6	23	4.63	44	0
1991	38.8	30	46.3	25	31.2	35	3.67	83	0
1990	42.2	8	50.2	8	34.3	13	5.19	25	0
1989	25.6	174	32.6	172	18.5	176	0.75	167	0
1988	35.5	76	43.2	68	27.8	94	0.98	165	0
1987	38.4	36	44.9	43	31.9	29	2.37	129	0
1986	38.1	40	44.4	54	31.8	30	5.23	23	0
1985	33.3	107	40	108	26.6	115	1.31	159	0
1984	40.8	14	48	12	33.5	18	3.69	82	0
1983	34.2	95	40.9	87	27.4	102	9.47	1	0
1982	42.8	6	50.5	7	35.1	7	1.32	158	0
1981	34.6	89	40.9	87	28.3	86	5.32	19	0
1980	30.3	148	39.6	113	21.1	167	0.63	168	0
1979	40.1	16	47	17	33.3	19	2.08	135	0
1978	38	41	45.3	38	30.8	44	5.37	17	0
1977	33.3	107	40.1	106	26.5	116	4.77	40	0
1976	29.1	159	36.6	152	21.5	164	2.17	134	0
1975	35.3	77	42.6	71	28.1	88	2.91	109	0
1974	38.9	29	44.8	46	33	20	4.02	67	0
1973	39.4	22	46.4	23	32.4	26	7.24	4	0
1972	39.6	21	44.9	43	34.4	10	4.10	64	0
1971	41.3	11	48.3	11	34.4	10	1.51	153	0
1970	35.3	77	40.9	87	29.7	61	2.05	136	0
1969	33.1	110	38.8	124	27.4	102	4.97	32	0
1968	32.4	125	39.9	110	25	136	4.32	56	0
1967	38.3	37	44.8	46	31.7	31	4.65	43	0
1966	36.5	66	43.3	66	29.6	63	3.01	104	0
1965	38.8	30	46.2	27	31.3	34	1.86	146	0
1964	35.9	72	42.2	78	29.6	63	4.10	64	0
1963	29.2	158	34.5	165	24	144	1.97	142	0
1962	31	141	37.6	141	24.5	141	2.39	127	0
1961	33.8	98	39.9	110	27.6	98	3.65	84	0
1960	30	150	38.3	130	21.6	163	3.89	72	0
1959	38	41	44.7	48	31.2	35	4.17	60	0
1958	29.1	159	36.8	150	21.5	164	1.45	155	0
1957	39	27	45.7	34	32.4	26	5.74	15	0
1956	39.9	18	47.3	15	32.5	24	3.22	95	0
1955	29.3	155	36.5	154	22	160	0.27	169	0
1954	35.2	80	42	79	28.4	84	2.89	112	0
1953	39.1	26	47.4	13	30.9	40	3.85	75	0
1952	37.1	54	43.3	66	30.8	44	4.40	51	0
1951	37.2	52	44.7	48	29.6	63	4.85	37	0
1950	33.5	105	40	108	26.9	111	4.66	42	0
1949	38.3	37	46.5	22	30.1	55	2.47	124	0
1948	35.9	72	43.6	62	28.1	88	5.84	13	0
1947	32.9	113	40.1	106	25.7	125	3.78	77	0
1946	36.9	57	45.4	36	28.5	83	2.38	128	0
1945	29.1	159	35.5	160	22.6	156	3.33	92	0
1944	30.7	144	37.5	144	23.8	145	2.96	106	0
1943	31.2	140	40.2	104	22.2	157	1.47	154	0
1942	30	150	37.3	147	22.8	155	4.37	55	0
1941	36.7	62	44.5	52	29	76	3.89	72	0
1940	37.1	54	44.6	50	29.6	63	3.11	100	0
1939	35.1	82	42.5	72	27.7	95	1.45	155	0
1938	35.7	74	42.3	75	29.1	72	2.73	116	0
1937	34.1	96	40.5	97	27.7	95	1.72	147	0
1936	37.9	45	45.9	30	30	58	6.63	8	0
1935	29.3	155	35	162	23.6	146	1.06	163	0
1934	32.5	123	39.6	113	25.3	129	2.54	122	0
1933	31	141	38.8	124	23.1	151	2.85	114	0
1932	36.8	60	44.9	43	28.7	80	1.89	145	0
1931	39	27	47.2	16	30.9	40	1.71	149	0
1930	34.6	89	42	79	27.3	106	2.99	105	0
1929	32.8	116	41.1	86	25.1	133	2.46	125	1
1928	38.6	34	46.7	19	30.9	40	4.63	44	3
1927							4.00	69	9
1926	28.8	162	37.8	138	19.9	171	3.30	93	3
1925	34.5	92	41.3	85	27.6	98	3.92	71	0
1924	32.7	119	39.4	119	26	121	2.61	120	0
1923	41.1	12	46.4	23	35.9	5	4.24	57	0
1922	32.2	127	38	135	26.3	118	4.22	58	0
1921	32.2	127	38.3	130	26.1	119	2.25	131	0
1920	36.8	60	42.4	74	31.1	38	5.72	16	0
1919	29.5	154	36.8	150	22.2	157	3.12	98	0
1918	36.7	62	43.1	69	30.3	53	4.02	67	0
1917	24.5	176	32.1	174	17	177	3.52	88	0
1916	33.7	101	39.6	113	27.9	93	5.12	26	0
1915	31.9	131	37.8	138	25.9	123	3.56	87	0
1914	32	129	38.5	129	25.5	127	5.26	22	0
1913	39.2	25	46.8	18	31.6	32	4.59	47	0
1912	38	41	45.6	35	30.3	53	5.34	18	0
1911	38.5	35	46.2	27	30.9	40	5.09	29	0
1910	27.4	169	34.3	167	20.5	170	2.85	114	0
1909	31.3	139	37.6	141	25	136	3.78	77	0
1908	34.8	86	41.4	84	28.2	87	3.15	96	1
1907	36.3	70	43.5	64	29.2	69	4.87	35	0
1906	31.9	131	40.3	102	23.5	148	6.18	10	0
1905	36.7	62	44.5	52	28.9	79	3.23	94	0
1904	26.2	173	33	171	19.4	173	2.87	113	0
1903	28.2	166	35.7	159	20.7	169	2.65	119	0
1902	30.3	148	37.5	144	23.1	151	5.05	31	0
1901	31.9	131	39.6	113	24.1	143	7.58	2	0
1900	32.8	116	40.8	92	24.7	139	0.81	166	0
1899	34.5	92	42.3	75	26.7	114	2.44	126	0
1898	32.5	123	39	123	26	121			0
1897	35.3	77	41.6	82	29.1	72	5.32	19	0
1896	31.7	135	39.1	121	24.4	142	1.72	147	0
1895	36.9	57	43.7	61	30.1	55	2.67	118	0
1894	35	84	40.9	87	29.2	69			0
1893	33.9	97	40.6	96	27.2	108	3.80	76	0
1892							1.69	150	31
1891							3.98	70	31
1887	34.8	86	39.9	110	29.6	63	4.81	38	0
1886	29.6	153	34.1	168	25.1	133	2.95	107	0
1885	36.4	69	42	79	30.8	44	3.05	103	0
1884	34.7	88	40.5	97	29	76	5.92	11	0
1883	32.7	119	38.2	132	27.1	110	2.72	117	1
1882	30.5	147	35.9	157	25.1	133	1.95	143	0
1881	38.7	33	45.1	39	32.4	26	4.22	58	0
1880	26.6	172	31.7	175	21.5	164	2.57	121	0
1879	34.9	85	40.8	92	29	76	5.28	21	0
1878	32	129	36.5	154	27.5	100	3.48	89	0
1877	37.7	47	43.8	59	31.5	33	0.08	170	0
1876	24.1	177	29.3	177	19	174	2.04	138	0
1875	32.3	126	37.3	147	27.3	106			0
1874	31	141	36.9	149	25.2	131			0
1873	34.3	94	39.6	113	29.1	72	2.49	123	0
1872	24.7	175	30.8	176	18.6	175			0
1871	28.4	165	34.6	164	22.2	157	2.20	132	0
1870	33.6	102	39.1	121	28	90	1.31	159	0
1869	32.9	113	38.6	127	27.2	108	4.16	61	0
1868	28.2	166	33.4	169	23	153	4.86	36	0
1867	26.7	171	32.5	173	20.8	168	2.05	136	0
1866	30.7	144	36.6	152	24.7	139	2.91	109	0
1865	35.2	80	40.8	92	29.7	61	4.40	51	0
1864	31.9	131	37.6	141	26.1	119	4.76	41	0
1863	31.4	138	37.8	138	25	136	4.58	48	0
1862	32.7	119	39.5	118	25.9	123	1.62	152	0
1861	33.6	102	40.5	97	26.8	112	1.99	141	0
1860	28.8	162	34.7	163	23	153	1.95	143	0
1859	29.3	155	35.2	161	23.4	150	5.20	24	0
1858	32.7	119	37.9	136	27.5	100	3.10	101	0
1857	37	56	42.9	70	31.2	35	5.80	14	0
1856	29.8	152	35.9	157	23.6	146	2.34	130	0
1855	33.6	102	40.4	100	26.8	112			0
1854	28.8	162	36	156	21.7	162			0
1853	32.8	116	40.3	102	25.3	129	1.25	162	0
1852	39.7	20	46.6	21	32.7	22			0
1851	27.2	170	34.5	165	19.8	172	1.45	155	0
1850	33.8	98	40.4	100	27.7	95			1
1849	33.1	110	38.2	132	28	90	3.60	86	0
1848	39.9	18	46	29	33.7	15			0
1847	36.3	70	43.5	64	29.1	72	5.12	26	0
1846	31.5	137	37.5	144	25.5	127	3.76	79	0
1845	27.6	168	33.4	169	21.8	161	3.74	80	0
1844	33	112	38.7	126	27.4	102	3.10	101	0
1843	33.4	106	38.6	127	28	90	4.15	63	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	49.8
2021	44.5
2023	44.3
2001	43.5
2006	43
1982	42.8
2011	42.5
1990	42.2
1998	41.8
1994	41.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1876	24.1
1917	24.5
1872	24.7
1989	25.6
1904	26.2
1880	26.6
1867	26.7
1851	27.2
1910	27.4
1845	27.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	9.47
1901	7.58
2023	7.55
1973	7.24
2009	7.13
2018	7.09
1996	6.87
1936	6.63
2019	6.49
1906	6.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1877	0.08
1955	0.27
1980	0.63
1989	0.75
1900	0.81
1988	0.98
1998	1.03
1935	1.06
1853	1.25
2021	1.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 59°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 15°F; 9 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.08 in; 19 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 3.13 in of precipitation in Newark, NJ, the driest December since 2021, 74th driest of 170.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Newark, NJ: 59°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Newark, NJ: a low of 15°F on Tuesday 9 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Newark, NJ: 1.08 in on Friday 19 December 2025.