Raleigh, NC: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 42.1°F in Raleigh, NC, the coldest December since 2010, 53rd coldest of 134.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 42.1°F; Coldest since 2010; 53rd coldest of 134
Precipitation: 2.00 in; Driest since 2021; 27th driest of 138

A normal December in Raleigh, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.6°F, between 40.2°F and 48.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.97 in of precipitation, between 1.84 in and 5.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Raleigh, NC since 1887: 42.1°F in 2025; the lowest is 32.7°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 40.2 to 48.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Raleigh, NC from 1887 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	42.1	82	52.7	74	31.5	93	2.00	112	0
2024	46.3	30	56.3	31	36.3	34	2.05	106	0
2023	49.2	10	60.2	8	38.2	14	7.01	2	0
2022	43.2	68	53	67	33.4	70	3.64	49	0
2021	52.6	3	63.8	2	41.4	5	1.63	124	0
2020	43.4	63	54.1	53	32.7	74	5.62	15	0
2019	47.6	18	58.1	16	37.1	26	3.32	58	0
2018	45.4	39	54.6	44	36.1	35	6.23	9	0
2017	42.3	80	52	81	32.6	76	2.29	96	0
2016	44.5	48	54.3	50	34.8	53	2.19	103	0
2015	56.1	1	65.1	1	47.1	1	6.07	13	0
2014	44.7	47	53.8	56	35.6	40	4.97	21	0
2013	46.5	28	57	26	36	38	5.91	14	0
2012	49.3	9	58.9	13	39.7	8	2.94	74	0
2011	48.5	12	59.4	11	37.6	23	2.05	106	0
2010	34.9	131	43.7	136	26.1	131	2.39	91	0
2009	40.5	102	49.8	107	31.2	98	6.09	12	0
2008	47.4	22	57.5	20	37.3	25	3.06	67	0
2007	48.5	12	58.6	14	38.3	13	4.45	27	0
2006	47.8	16	60.1	9	35.5	42	3.00	72	0
2005	40.7	99	50.9	96	30.5	110	4.24	33	0
2004	43.5	62	54.7	43	32.2	86	1.48	126	0
2003	41	96	52.2	79	29.8	113	3.52	53	0
2002	40.5	102	50.3	104	30.6	108	5.04	18	0
2001	47.6	18	59.1	12	36.1	35	2.01	111	0
2000	35.4	130	45.5	131	25.4	135	1.51	125	0
1999	43.9	57	55.8	35	31.9	89	2.31	95	0
1998	46.6	26	56.7	29	36.5	31	3.44	56	0
1997	40.8	98	50.5	99	31.2	98	2.75	80	0
1996	45.8	35	56.1	33	35.4	44	2.89	78	0
1995	39.4	113	49.5	110	29.4	116	1.88	117	0
1994	47.9	15	57.6	19	38.1	16	1.27	129	0
1993	40.3	106	50.4	102	30.2	112	3.72	44	0
1992	42.5	75	51.1	93	33.8	62	2.44	90	0
1991	47	24	57.9	18	36.1	35	2.65	84	0
1990	48.1	14	58.4	15	37.8	21	3.08	66	0
1989	34.6	133	43.7	136	25.5	134	3.01	71	0
1988	42.3	80	53.5	61	31.2	98	1.04	132	0
1987	44.4	49	54.5	46	34.4	58	3.02	69	0
1986	42.6	74	52.5	76	32.7	74	2.95	73	0
1985	39.3	114	50.5	99	28.2	124	0.81	135	0
1984	49.7	8	60.5	6	38.8	11	2.32	94	0
1983	39.5	112	49.4	113	29.5	115	6.65	3	0
1982	47.5	20	57	26	38	18	4.02	38	0
1981	39.7	111	48.6	118	30.8	106	4.96	22	0
1980	40.7	99	52.2	79	29.1	119	1.42	128	0
1979	43.3	66	54.5	46	32.2	86	0.94	133	0
1978	44.8	44	57.3	23	32.4	82	3.26	62	0
1977	39.9	109	50	106	29.8	113	3.70	46	0
1976	37.1	125	48.6	118	25.6	133	4.04	36	0
1975	42	83	53.2	65	30.8	106	4.04	36	0
1974	43.2	68	52.9	71	33.5	68	4.02	38	0
1973	42.5	75	53.7	57	31.3	97	6.38	8	0
1972	46.2	32	55.6	36	36.8	29	5.01	19	0
1971	50.2	7	60.1	9	40.4	6	1.69	122	0
1970	42.7	71	53.7	57	31.7	91	2.57	87	0
1969	37.7	121	47.6	125	27.7	127	3.31	59	0
1968	38.7	116	49.3	115	28.2	124	2.75	80	0
1967	46.2	32	57	26	35.5	42	4.93	23	0
1966	41.9	84	51.2	92	32.6	76	2.61	86	0
1965	43.8	59	56.5	30	31.1	103	0.25	138	0
1964	43.3	66	53.9	55	32.6	76	4.13	35	0
1963	34.7	132	44.8	133	24.5	137	3.28	60	0
1962	38	118	47.5	126	28.5	122	2.21	101	0
1961	41.3	90	51.4	88	31.2	98	4.76	26	0
1960	36.6	128	49.1	116	24.1	138	1.92	115	0
1959	43.2	68	54.1	53	32.4	82	2.25	97	0
1958	36.9	126	47.8	123	26	132	4.24	33	0
1957	44.8	44	55.5	38	34.1	60	3.42	57	0
1956	51	5	62.2	4	39.7	8	3.28	60	0
1955	37.3	124	47.5	126	27.1	129	0.59	137	0
1954	40	108	50.7	97	29.3	117	2.09	105	0
1953	43.4	63	54.2	52	32.6	76	4.84	24	0
1952	41.6	88	51.1	93	32.1	88	3.03	68	0
1951	45.4	39	57.1	25	33.6	66	3.24	63	0
1950	37.6	122	48.1	122	27.1	129	2.66	83	0
1949	44.3	51	55.1	40	33.4	70	1.65	123	0
1948	44.9	43	54.6	44	35.2	47	5.14	17	0
1947	40.6	101	52	81	29.3	117	1.18	131	0
1946	45.5	38	57.3	23	33.8	62	2.04	109	0
1945	36.7	127	45.4	132	28.1	126	6.20	10	0
1944	37.4	123	47.5	126	27.4	128	2.23	100	0
1943	41.2	92	51.3	90	31.2	98	3.49	54	1
1942	41	96	50.4	102	31.5	93	3.81	40	0
1941	46.2	32	56.1	33	36.4	32	4.39	28	0
1940	47.3	23	57.5	20	37.7	22	1.72	120	2
1939	44.8	44	53.3	63	36.4	32	2.24	99	1
1938	44	55	53	67	35.1	50	2.93	76	0
1937	42.5	75	50.5	99	34.5	56	2.38	92	0
1936	45.1	41	52.7	74	37.4	24	6.52	5	1
1935	36.2	129	43.8	135	28.6	121	2.94	74	0
1934	41.9	84	52	81	32.4	82	2.36	93	1
1933	49	11	58.1	16	39.8	7	0.92	134	1
1932	47.5	20	56.2	32	38.9	10	4.34	31	0
1931	51.9	4	60.8	5	42.3	3	6.12	11	2
1930	39.8	110	47.7	124	31.8	90	3.68	47	0
1929	44.4	49	53.6	59	35.2	47	2.17	104	0
1928	44.3	51	53	67	35.6	40	1.48	126	0
1927	43.8	59	53	67	34.5	56	6.47	7	0
1926									4
1925	41.9	84	49.5	110	34.3	59	2.70	82	0
1924	43.9	57	52.8	73	35.1	50	3.81	40	0
1923	51	5	60.3	7	41.6	4	1.71	121	0
1922	46.3	30	54.4	49	38.2	14	3.47	55	0
1921	45.8	35	54.9	41	36.7	30	2.86	79	0
1920	43.4	63	51.5	87	35.4	44	4.35	30	0
1919	40.2	107	49.5	110	30.9	105	1.96	114	0
1918	46.6	26	54.5	46	38.6	12	4.33	32	0
1917	32.7	134	40.7	138	24.6	136	1.98	113	0
1916	42.7	71	51.7	86	33.7	64	2.25	97	0
1915	41.2	92	49.8	107	32.6	76	2.05	106	0
1914	38.6	117	44.2	134	33.1	73	6.60	4	0
1913	45	42	52.9	71	37.1	26	3.80	42	0
1912	46.4	29	54.8	42	38	18	3.58	51	0
1911	46.8	25	55.6	36	38	18	4.80	25	0
1910	37.9	119	46.8	130	29	120	3.65	48	0
1909	39.3	114	48.2	121	30.5	110	1.89	116	0
1908	45.6	37	54.3	50	37	28	3.64	49	0
1907	44.3	51	53.2	65	35.4	44	7.78	1	0
1906	44.3	51	53.5	61	35.2	47	2.92	77	0
1905	42.4	79	50.7	97	34.1	60	6.52	5	0
1904	40.4	104	49	117	31.7	91	3.02	69	0
1903	37.8	120	47.3	129	28.3	123	2.21	101	0
1902	42.5	75	51.3	90	33.6	66	3.15	65	0
1901	41.1	94	51.1	93	31	104	5.46	16	0
1900	42.7	71	51.9	84	33.5	68	3.75	43	0
1899	41.9	84	51.4	88	32.3	85	2.02	110	0
1898	43.6	61	52.3	78	34.9	52	1.88	117	0
1897	44	55	52.4	77	35.7	39	2.56	88	0
1896	40.4	104	49.4	113	31.4	96	1.84	119	0
1895			53.3	63	33.4	70	2.62	85	6
1894			53.6	59	34.8	53	2.46	89	6
1893			55.2	39	34.7	55	4.38	29	4
1892			49.8	107	30.6	108	3.72	44	5
1891	47.8	16	57.5	20	38.1	16	1.24	130	0
1890	41.3	90	50.1	105	32.5	81	3.57	52	0
1889	53.4	2	63.2	3	43.5	2	0.60	136	0
1888	41.6	88	51.8	85	31.5	93	3.18	64	0
1887	41.1	94	48.6	118	33.7	64	4.99	20	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	56.1
1889	53.4
2021	52.6
1931	51.9
1956	51
1923	51
1971	50.2
1984	49.7
2012	49.3
2023	49.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	32.7
1989	34.6
1963	34.7
2010	34.9
2000	35.4
1935	36.2
1960	36.6
1945	36.7
1958	36.9
1976	37.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	7.78
2023	7.01
1983	6.65
1914	6.60
1936	6.52
1905	6.52
1927	6.47
1973	6.38
2018	6.23
1945	6.20

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	0.25
1955	0.59
1889	0.60
1985	0.81
1933	0.92
1979	0.94
1988	1.04
1947	1.18
1891	1.24
1994	1.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 25 December 2025
Coldest night: 14°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.81 in; 19 December 2025, 2 December 2025

Every month, season and year

Months

Seasons

Years

Raleigh, NC the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 2.00 in of precipitation in Raleigh, NC, the driest December since 2021, 27th driest of 138.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Raleigh, NC: 72°F on Thursday 25 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Raleigh, NC: a low of 14°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Raleigh, NC: 0.81 in on Friday 19 December 2025 and Tuesday 2 December 2025.