Rhinelander, WI: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 14.2°F in Rhinelander, WI, the coldest December since 2017, tied 26th coldest of 107 (with 1951 and 1932).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 14.2°F; Coldest since 2017; 26th coldest of 107
Precipitation: 2.04 in; Wettest since 2022; 14th wettest of 115

A normal December in Rhinelander, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 19.6°F, between 12.8°F and 24.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.99 in of precipitation, between 0.21 in and 2.03 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Rhinelander, WI since 1908: 14.2°F in 2025; the lowest is 3.4°F, in 1919.

Normal range, 12.8 to 24.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Rhinelander, WI from 1908 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	14.2	80	22.3	90	6	79	2.04	14	0
2024	21.4	25	28.1	38	14.6	19	0.88	67	0
2023	29.6	1	36.5	2	22.7	2	0.76	77	0
2022	17.5	53	25	63	10	47	2.34	9	0
2021	20.7	30	30.1	24	11	40	2.41	7	1
2020	21.6	21	29.1	30	14.2	20	0.78	74	0
2019	19.6	36	26.8	45	12.5	28	3.50	2	0
2018	24.3	13	30.9	18	17.7	10	1.14	51	0
2017	13	89	21.2	97	4.9	84	1.73	29	0
2016	18	49	24.6	68	11.5	35	2.07	13	0
2015	29	2	34	3	24.1	1	3.96	1	0
2014	18.5	45	25.6	60	11.5	35	2.02	17	0
2013	7.5	102	16.4	108	-1.5	102	1.66	32	0
2012	22.5	19	29.1	30	15.9	17	0.88	67	0
2011	21.5	24	28.9	34	14.1	21	1.62	34	0
2010	16.4	64	23.3	82	9.5	53	0.68	83	0
2009	15.5	73	23.1	84	8	66	0.18	109	0
2008	10.5	99	20.3	101	0.7	100	0.53	91	2
2007	15.2	76	23.5	79	6.9	73	trace	115	0
2006	23.9	15	30.7	20	17.1	12	2.00	19	0
2005	17	56	23.7	76	10.4	44	0.63	85	0
2004	16.5	62	24.9	65	8.2	64	1.10	57	0
2003	21.3	26	29.9	25	12.7	25	0.74	79	0
2002	21	27	28.9	34	13.1	22	0.21	108	0
2001	23.6	16	31.1	16	16.1	14	1.26	45	0
2000	6.1	104	16.1	109	-4	105	0.11	112	1
1999	20.4	32	29.6	27	11.2	39	0.76	77	0
1998	23.5	17	34	3	13.1	22	0.84	70	0
1997	25	7	31.6	12	18.3	8	0.59	88	1
1996	17.1	54	23.5	79	10.7	42	2.03	16	0
1995	13.2	88	22.2	92	4.3	88	1.35	41	0
1994	25	7	34	3	16	15	0.35	105	3
1993	19.9	34	26.8	45	12.5	28	0.59	88	1
1992	19.5	37	26.5	49	11.5	35	1.80	27	1
1991	18.7	43	27.6	41	9.9	50	1.16	49	0
1990	15.8	71	25.8	58	6.2	77	0.77	75	1
1989	5.4	105	15.3	111	-4.5	107	0.61	87	0
1988	16.6	60	26.1	55	7	72	1.01	62	0
1987			29.9	25			3.46	3	10
1986							0.47	95	11
1985			15.9	110			1.05	59	9
1984							2.33	10	16
1983							1.13	53	17
1982							3.32	4	13
1981	15.3	75	26.5	49	4.6	87	1.16	49	2
1980	13.3	87	23.5	79	2.9	92	1.03	60	1
1979	22	20	31.4	15	12.6	26	0.59	88	0
1978	12.5	90	22.4	88	2.7	94	1.44	38	0
1977	14.7	77	23.8	75	5.6	82	1.85	26	0
1976	6.8	103	20	103	-6.4	109	0.45	97	1
1975	16.3	66	26	56	6.6	75	1.12	55	0
1974	21.6	21	31.5	13	11.8	33	0.79	73	0
1973	15.7	72	25	63	6.5	76	1.55	36	0
1972	11.9	92	19.9	105	3.8	89	2.62	6	1
1971	18.1	48	26.5	49	9.8	52	2.27	11	0
1970	16.4	64	25.6	60	7.1	71	1.90	24	0
1969	17.6	52	26.5	49	8.6	61	2.00	19	0
1968	17.8	51	25.7	59	10	47	2.74	5	0
1967	19.3	41	27.8	40	10.8	41	0.39	103	0
1966	18.4	46	26.2	54	10.6	43	1.13	53	0
1965	24.5	11	30.4	22	18.6	5	1.40	39	0
1964	13.8	84	22.6	85	4.9	84	1.65	33	0
1963	11.4	96	20.3	101	2.9	92	0.82	71	2
1962	16.6	60	24.7	66	8.5	63	0.52	93	0
1961	16.7	59	24.4	70	8.9	58	0.95	64	0
1960	16.1	69	24.7	66	7.4	69	0.40	102	0
1959	26.1	5	32.2	9	19.9	3	2.40	8	0
1958	10.5	99	20	103	1	97	0.33	106	0
1957	20.1	33	28.3	37	12	31	0.41	101	0
1956	20.8	29	29.1	30	12.6	26	0.45	97	0
1955	13.6	85	22.2	92	5	83	1.14	51	0
1954	19.9	34	26.8	45	13.1	22	0.42	100	0
1953	20.5	31	29	33	11.9	32	1.69	30	0
1952	23.2	18	29.4	28	17	13	1.33	43	0
1951	14.2	80	22.3	90	6.1	78	1.11	56	1
1950	11.5	94	20.6	100	2.4	95	1.95	22	0
1949	17.9	50	26.3	53	9.5	53	1.07	58	0
1948	18.2	47	27.6	41	8.8	60	0.53	91	0
1947	18.9	42	26.8	45	10.3	45	0.93	65	2
1946	18.7	43	28	39	9.4	55	1.34	42	0
1945	14	83	22	94	5.9	80			0
1944	16.3	66	23.6	77	8.9	58	0.46	96	0
1943			30.2	23			0.03	113	4
1942	14.4	79	20.7	99	7.5	68	1.62	34	3
1941	24.5	11	31.5	13	17.8	9	0.91	66	1
1940	19.5	37	27.1	43	11.8	33	1.90	24	0
1939	26.2	4	34	3	18.6	5	1.91	23	1
1938	16.8	57	24.5	69	9.2	56	1.67	31	0
1937	13.5	86	22.4	88	4.8	86	0.64	84	2
1936	19.4	40	29.3	29	9.9	50	1.18	48	2
1935	16.5	62	23.9	74	9.1	57	0.43	99	0
1934			25.9	57	5.8	81	1.25	46	4
1933	11.5	94	19.5	106	2	96			2
1932	14.2	80	23.6	77	3.7	90	2.21	12	3
1931	25.6	6	32.2	9	19.1	4	1.03	60	0
1930	20.9	28	30.5	21	11.3	38	0.14	111	0
1929	15.5	73	24.1	72	7.3	70	0.37	104	1
1928			31	17			0.18	109	6
1927	8.2	101	19	107	-2.3	103	2.04	14	2
1926	11.7	93	22.5	86	0.9	98	1.20	47	2
1925	14.6	78	21.9	95	6.9	73	0.74	79	3
1924	5.2	106	14.6	112	-4.4	106	0.85	69	1
1923	24.7	10	33.4	7	16	15	0.80	72	0
1922	11.1	98	21.5	96	0.9	98	0.77	75	1
1921	16.1	69	24.4	70	7.8	67	1.37	40	0
1920			26.9	44			1.76	28	4
1919	3.4	107	14.5	113	-6.1	108			3
1918	24	14	31.8	11	15.8	18	1.46	37	1
1917					-3.3	104	0.71	81	7
1916	11.2	97	22.5	86	0.2	101	0.63	85	3
1915	19.5	37	28.8	36	10.2	46	0.97	63	0
1914	12.2	91	21	98	3.3	91	0.23	107	0
1913	28.4	3	38.5	1	18.4	7	0.03	113	0
1912	21.6	21	30.9	18	12.4	30	2.02	17	0
1911	24.8	9	32.4	8	17.4	11	1.97	21	1
1910	16.2	68	24.1	72	8.1	65	0.52	93	2
1909	16.8	57	23.3	82	10	47	1.27	44	1
1908	17.1	54	25.6	60	8.6	61	0.71	81	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	29.6
2015	29
1913	28.4
1939	26.2
1959	26.1
1931	25.6
1997	25
1994	25
1911	24.8
1923	24.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1919	3.4
1924	5.2
1989	5.4
2000	6.1
1976	6.8
2013	7.5
1927	8.2
2008	10.5
1958	10.5
1922	11.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	3.96
2019	3.50
1987	3.46
1982	3.32
1968	2.74
1972	2.62
2021	2.41
1959	2.40
2022	2.34
1984	2.33

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	trace
1943	0.03
1913	0.03
2000	0.11
1930	0.14
2009	0.18
1928	0.18
2002	0.21
1914	0.23
1958	0.33

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 38°F; 23 December 2025, 18 December 2025, 17 December 2025, 16 December 2025
Coldest night: -15°F; 8 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.06 in; 28 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.04 in of precipitation in Rhinelander, WI, the wettest December since 2022, tied 14th wettest of 115 (with 1927).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Rhinelander, WI: 38°F on Tuesday 23 December 2025, Thursday 18 December 2025, Wednesday 17 December 2025 and 1 other day.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Rhinelander, WI: a low of -15°F on Monday 8 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Rhinelander, WI: 1.06 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.