Poughkeepsie, NY: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 27.7°F in Poughkeepsie, NY, the coldest December since 2005, 22nd coldest of 94.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 27.7°F; Coldest since 2005; 22nd coldest of 94
Precipitation: 2.93 in; Driest since 2021; 39th driest of 95

A normal December in Poughkeepsie, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.5°F, between 27.8°F and 36.7°F in eight years of ten and 3.47 in of precipitation, between 1.94 in and 4.44 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Poughkeepsie, NY since 1931: 27.7°F in 2025; the lowest is 16°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 27.8 to 36.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1931 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	27.7	73	36.6	68	18.7	76	2.93	56	0
2024	31.3	43	40.1	41	22.5	43	4.24	18	0
2023	38.4	2	46.5	4	30.3	2	6.90	3	0
2022	33	26	42.3	23	23.6	32	4.29	16	0
2021	37.5	4	46.1	6	29	4	1.81	81	0
2020	33.2	24	42.7	20	23.7	31	3.21	44	0
2019	31.3	43	39.3	49	23.4	34	4.38	15	0
2018	33.7	23	42	26	25.4	22	4.05	24	0
2017	27.8	71	35.8	72	19.8	70	1.56	83	0
2016	31.2	48	39.7	48	22.7	41	2.60	66	0
2015	44.3	1	52.4	1	36.2	1	3.90	27	0
2014	35.7	10	42.5	21	28.8	5	3.00	51	0
2013	31.4	39	40.3	40	22.5	43	3.33	39	0
2012	35.6	11	43.7	15	27.5	8	4.22	19	0
2011	37.1	5	47.3	2	27	10	4.39	14	0
2010	28.3	68	36.5	69	20	67	2.52	67	0
2009	29.3	60	37.2	64	21.4	54	3.75	30	0
2008	31.3	43	40.7	33	21.9	50	5.73	6	0
2007	30.4	49	37.7	57	23.1	38	4.91	10	0
2006	37.6	3	46.7	3	28.5	6	1.82	80	0
2005	27.3	74	35.8	72	18.9	75	3.57	33	0
2004	31.4	39	40.7	33	22.2	48	3.48	37	0
2003	31.9	32	40.7	33	23.1	38	4.01	26	0
2002	28.8	62	37.1	65	20.4	63	2.94	55	0
2001	35.6	11	45.7	9	25.5	21	1.95	78	0
2000	24.4	85	33.3	89	15.5	85	3.18	45	1
1999	31.7	37	40.9	29	22.5	43	2.08	74	0
1998	36.6	7	46.1	6	27.1	9	1.06	88	0
1997	31.6	38	39.8	46	23.5	33	3.50	35	0
1996	36.5	8	43.4	16	29.6	3	7.09	2	1
1995	25.7	83	35.2	78	15.9	84	2.62	65	1
1994	34.3	19	44.2	11	24.3	26	3.45	38	0
1993	30.2	53	38.5	55	21.9	50	4.10	23	0
1992	30.3	52	38	56	22.5	43	4.16	20	0
1991	31.9	32	40.5	37	23.3	36	3.03	50	0
1990	34.9	14	44.2	11	25.6	20	5.00	9	0
1989	16	94	25.8	94	6.2	95	1.01	89	0
1988	28.4	66	37.6	58	19.1	74	0.88	91	0
1987	31.4	39	40	44	22.9	40	1.50	85	0
1986	31.9	32	39.8	46	24	28	3.28	42	0
1985	27.3	74	35	79	19.6	72	2.23	70	0
1984	34.9	14	44	13	25.9	15	2.65	63	0
1983	27.9	70	35.3	76	20.5	62	6.60	4	0
1982	34.9	14	43.9	14	25.8	16	0.93	90	0
1981	28.6	63	36.2	70	21	58	3.61	32	0
1980	24.9	84	35.6	75	14.2	88	0.57	93	0
1979	34	20	43.1	17	24.8	24	1.96	77	0
1978	31.4	39	40.1	41	22.7	41	2.66	62	0
1977	28.5	65	35.9	71	21.1	57	3.54	34	0
1976	24.2	86	34.6	83	13.7	91	2.09	73	0
1975	28.6	63	37.1	65	20.2	64	2.98	53	0
1974	33.2	24	40.6	36	25.7	17	3.08	49	0
1973	32.8	28	42.1	25	23.4	34	8.65	1	0
1972	32.6	31	38.8	51	26.4	12	5.33	8	0
1971	34	20	42.3	23	25.7	17	2.70	60	0
1970	26.5	78	35.3	76	17.7	81	3.10	47	0
1969	25.8	82	33.9	86	17.8	79	4.15	22	0
1968	26.2	80	34.6	83	17.8	79	3.87	28	0
1967	31.3	43	40.8	31	21.9	50	4.16	20	0
1966	29.4	58	38.8	51	19.9	68	2.23	70	0
1965	32.7	29	41.7	28	23.8	30	2.08	74	0
1964	29.1	61	37.4	60	20.7	60	2.82	59	0
1963	22.9	91	31.6	93	14.2	88	2.22	72	0
1962	23.8	87	34.9	80	12.7	93	2.99	52	0
1961	29.4	58	37.4	60	21.3	55	2.69	61	0
1960	22.6	92	34.4	85	10.8	94	1.63	82	0
1959	31.9	32	40.5	37	23.2	37	2.93	56	1
1958	22.6	92	32.3	91	13	92	0.62	92	0
1957	34.9	14	43.1	17	26.6	11	5.71	7	0
1956	33.8	22	41.9	27	25.7	17	4.25	17	0
1955	23.5	90	31.9	92	15.1	86	0.54	94	0
1954	30.1	54	38.7	53	21.5	53	3.27	43	0
1953	35	13	45.8	8	24.2	27	4.64	12	0
1952	32.7	29	40.9	29	24.5	25	3.69	31	0
1951	30.4	49	40.1	41	20.1	65	3.50	35	2
1950	26.5	78	35.8	72	17.3	83	3.09	48	0
1949	30.4	49	40.8	31	19.9	68	4.03	25	0
1948	29.7	56	40	44	19.4	73	6.42	5	0
1947	23.7	88	33	90	14.5	87	3.18	45	0
1946	31.8	36	42.8	19	20.8	59	2.00	76	0
1945	26.1	81	34.9	80	17.4	82	3.81	29	0
1944	23.7	88	33.5	88	13.9	90	2.98	53	0
1943	27.8	71	37.6	58	18	77	0.51	95	0
1942	27.2	76	34.7	82	19.7	71	4.59	13	0
1941	32.9	27	40.5	37	25.3	23	2.64	64	0
1940	34.4	18	42.5	21	26.4	12	2.88	58	0
1939	29.9	55	37.3	62	22.3	47	1.22	86	2
1938	31.3	43	38.7	53	23.9	29	2.51	68	0
1937	29.7	56	37.3	62	22.1	49	2.32	69	0
1936	37	6	45.5	10	28.4	7	4.66	11	0
1935	27.1	77	33.8	87	20.1	65	1.09	87	1
1934	28.4	66	36.7	67	20.6	61	1.95	78	1
1933	28.1	69	39	50	17.9	78	3.31	40	2
1932					21.2	56	1.53	84	4
1931	36	9	46.4	5	26	14	3.29	41	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	44.3
2023	38.4
2006	37.6
2021	37.5
2011	37.1
1936	37
1998	36.6
1996	36.5
1931	36
2014	35.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	16
1960	22.6
1958	22.6
1963	22.9
1955	23.5
1947	23.7
1944	23.7
1962	23.8
1976	24.2
2000	24.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	8.65
1996	7.09
2023	6.90
1983	6.60
1948	6.42
2008	5.73
1957	5.71
1972	5.33
1990	5.00
2007	4.91

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	0.51
1955	0.54
1980	0.57
1958	0.62
1988	0.88
1982	0.93
1989	1.01
1998	1.06
1935	1.09
1939	1.22

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 1°F; 28 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.07 in; 19 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.93 in of precipitation in Poughkeepsie, NY, the driest December since 2021, tied 39th driest of 95 (with 1959).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 58°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Poughkeepsie, NY: a low of 1°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 1.07 in on Friday 19 December 2025.