Poplar Bluff, MO: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 40.2°F in Poplar Bluff, MO, the warmest December since 2024, tied 36th warmest of 97 (with 1929).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 40.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 36th warmest of 97
Precipitation: 0.61 in; Driest since 1958; 3rd driest of 118

A normal December in Poplar Bluff, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.3°F, between 35.6°F and 42.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.22 in of precipitation, between 2.06 in and 7.67 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Poplar Bluff, MO since 1894: 40.2°F in 2025; the highest is 49.4°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 35.6 to 42.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Poplar Bluff, MO from 1894 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	40.2	36	49.5	42	30.8	33	0.61	116	0
2024	42.3	20	50	38	34.6	9	7.84	11	0
2023	43.4	14	53.2	16	33.7	16	1.65	102	0
2022	37.7	59	45.6	81	29.8	44	5.69	24	0
2021	49.4	1	60.2	1	38.5	1	4.22	41	0
2020	39	45	48.5	49	29.6	47	2.78	71	0
2019	42.4	19	51.9	23	32.9	23	1.67	101	0
2018	41.2	26	49.2	44	33.1	21	4.18	42	0
2017	37.9	54	47.5	59	28.2	64	2.27	86	0
2016	37.8	57	46.1	70	29.4	51	3.70	55	0
2015	47.3	3	56.6	3	38	3	7.44	13	0
2014	40.7	31	46.1	70	35.3	6	2.68	73	0
2013	37	66	45.4	85	28.6	62	12.19	1	0
2012	43.9	12	53.5	13	34.3	13	2.61	76	0
2011	41.8	24	50.5	33	33.2	19	6.19	20	0
2010	33.7	89	41.2	99	26.3	73	2.21	89	0
2009	36	74	43.1	93	28.8	58	7.32	14	0
2008	37.4	62	47.3	63	27.5	67	2.07	92	1
2007	39.5	41	47.2	64	31.7	29	8.59	7	0
2006	41.9	23	51.1	28	32.8	24	3.14	64	0
2005	35.4	82	44.1	91	26.7	71	0.69	114	0
2004	35.7	76	46	74	25.4	81	2.52	81	0
2003	40	38	48.7	48	31.2	31	3.05	65	0
2002	37.6	60	45.9	76	29.4	51	8.72	4	0
2001	40.9	29	49.6	41	32.2	26	7.57	12	0
2000	26.4	97	34.2	105	18.6	101	2.00	95	0
1999	40.8	30	50.9	29	30.6	36	4.39	40	0
1998	39.5	41	48.3	53	30.6	36	2.61	76	0
1997	38.8	48	46.6	67	30.8	33	4.50	38	1
1996			47.9	54			5.45	28	5
1995			41.6	97			3.35	60	7
1994	42.6	17	50.5	33	34.5	11	3.29	62	1
1993	38.6	49	47.5	59	29.9	43	2.14	90	3
1992	37	66	45.2	86	28.7	59	3.60	57	1
1991	39.8	40	50.5	33	29	57	2.51	82	2
1990			48.5	49			8.21	8	14
1989	27.5	96	38.5	103	16.6	103	1.17	111	0
1988	38.6	49	50.9	29	26.3	73	2.55	79	0
1987			47.8	57			8.11	9	9
1986			45.5	84			1.76	99	5
1985			40.6	100			2.07	92	7
1984	44.6	7	54.1	11	34.6	9	8.04	10	3
1982	43.6	13	51.9	23	35.2	7	10.15	2	1
1981							2.66	75	11
1980							1.27	109	11
1979									13
1978							6.08	22	9
1977							3.62	56	10
1976	33.5	90	45.9	76	21.1	98	1.41	106	0
1975	37.8	57	46	74	29.6	47	4.16	43	0
1974	37.4	62	46.1	70	28.7	59	2.94	67	0
1973	37.2	65	44.6	90	29.8	44	5.61	25	0
1972	34.1	88	42.2	95	26	78	3.73	53	0
1971	44.6	7	53.6	12	35.6	4	6.09	21	1
1970	40.5	33	50.9	29	30.1	42	3.86	49	0
1969	35.5	80	44.7	89	26.2	75	4.90	32	0
1968	35.3	84	45.9	76	24.6	88	6.33	18	1
1967	39.3	44	48.4	51	30.3	40	6.94	17	0
1966	37.3	64	47.8	57	26.8	69	3.35	60	0
1965	44	11	55	9	33	22	1.65	102	0
1964	38.9	46	47.5	59	30.3	40	2.87	70	0
1963	29.8	94	39.7	101	19.8	100	1.41	106	0
1962	37	66	47.9	54	26.1	77	2.31	85	0
1961	37.9	54	46.2	69	29.6	47	4.13	45	0
1960	34.5	87	44	92	25	84	3.59	58	0
1959	42.2	21	50.7	32	33.7	16	3.80	51	0
1958	35.5	80	45.9	76	25	84	0.07	118	0
1957	44.9	6	55.6	5	34.2	14	6.28	19	0
1956	45.3	5	56	4	34.4	12	1.91	96	1
1955	36.2	73	47.5	59	25	84	0.32	117	0
1954			48.4	51	29.7	46	6.96	16	4
1953	38.9	46	51.3	27	26.7	71	2.02	94	1
1952					31.3	30	3.49	59	5
1951					30.7	35	2.61	76	8
1950	35.7	76	46.1	70	25.4	81	1.09	112	0
1949	42.7	16	53.4	14	31.9	27	5.98	23	0
1948	42.6	17	52	22	33.2	19	4.87	33	0
1947	41.1	28	53	17	29.1	55	2.46	83	0
1946	44.5	9	55.5	6	33.5	18	2.94	67	0
1945	32.3	92	42.2	95	22.4	96	1.50	105	0
1944	32.6	91	41.3	98	24	90	3.77	52	0
1943	35.7	76	45.9	76	25.5	79	2.09	91	0
1942	38.1	53	46.7	66	29.5	50	2.25	87	0
1941	41.8	24	52.5	19	31.2	31	4.16	43	1
1940	43.4	14	54.2	10	32.3	25	4.00	46	1
1939	40.6	32	53.4	14	27.8	66	2.24	88	0
1938	38.4	52	51.5	26	25.2	83	1.88	98	0
1937	36.5	70	45.1	87	27.9	65	2.90	69	0
1936	41.2	26	53	17	29.4	51	3.91	48	0
1935	31.1	93	42.5	94	20.7	99	2.55	79	2
1934	35.6	79	45.6	81	25.5	79	3.71	54	0
1933	42.1	22	52.4	20	31.9	27	3.21	63	0
1932	36.6	69	47	65	26.2	75	9.87	3	0
1931					35.2	7	5.09	29	4
1930	37.9	54	48.8	47	27.4	68	1.73	100	2
1929	40.2	36	51.7	25	28.6	62	5.46	27	0
1928	38.5	51	50.2	37	26.8	69	3.00	66	0
1927	36.3	71	49.8	39	22.8	94	4.95	31	0
1926	36	74	47.9	54	25	84	4.72	36	2
1925	34.8	85	44.8	88	24.6	88	1.33	108	1
1924	35.4	82	49.7	40	21.8	97	2.75	72	2
1923	47.9	2	57.5	2	38.2	2	4.67	37	0
1922	39.5	41	49.4	43	30.4	39	4.80	35	2
1921	44.5	9	55.1	8	33.9	15	1.89	97	0
1920							4.44	39	31
1919	34.6	86	45.6	81	23.6	93	1.19	110	0
1918	45.5	4	55.4	7	35.6	4	8.65	6	0
1917	28.8	95	39.5	102	17.4	102	1.07	113	1
1916	36.3	71	48.9	46	22.8	94	4.96	30	1
1915	39.9	39	49.1	45	30.6	36	8.71	5	0
1914			38.3	104	23.9	91	4.82	34	5
1902	37.6	60	46.3	68	29.1	55	7.23	15	1
1901					23.7	92	2.68	73	14
1900							2.37	84	6
1898							1.65	102	5
1897							5.48	26	5
1896							0.66	115	5
1895	40.5	33	52.3	21	28.7	59	3.81	50	0
1894	40.4	35	50.3	36	29.2	54	3.92	47	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	49.4
1923	47.9
2015	47.3
1918	45.5
1956	45.3
1957	44.9
1984	44.6
1971	44.6
1946	44.5
1921	44.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2000	26.4
1989	27.5
1917	28.8
1963	29.8
1935	31.1
1945	32.3
1944	32.6
1976	33.5
2010	33.7
1972	34.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	12.19
1982	10.15
1932	9.87
2002	8.72
1915	8.71
1918	8.65
2007	8.59
1990	8.21
1987	8.11
1984	8.04

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	0.07
1955	0.32
2025	0.61
1896	0.66
2005	0.69
1917	1.07
1950	1.09
1989	1.17
1919	1.19
1980	1.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 77°F; 26 December 2025
Coldest night: 11°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.40 in; 18 December 2025

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Poplar Bluff, MO the day's answers

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 0.61 in of precipitation in Poplar Bluff, MO, the driest December since 1958 (1979 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing; 1983 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), 3rd driest of 118.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Poplar Bluff, MO: 77°F on Friday 26 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Poplar Bluff, MO: a low of 11°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Poplar Bluff, MO: 0.40 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.