Roanoke, VA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 38°F in Roanoke, VA, the coldest December since 2010, 37th coldest of 114.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 38°F; Coldest since 2010; 37th coldest of 114
Precipitation: 2.13 in; Driest since 2021; 26th driest of 112

A normal December in Roanoke, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41°F, between 36.1°F and 44.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.60 in of precipitation, between 1.99 in and 4.62 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Roanoke, VA since 1912: 38°F in 2025; the lowest is 27.5°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 36.1 to 44.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Roanoke, VA from 1912 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	38	78	47.3	74	28.8	79	2.13	86	0
2024	39.1	57	47.4	73	30.7	43	3.09	48	0
2023	44.8	9	54.5	10	35	11	4.36	18	0
2022	38.6	69	47.3	74	29.9	59	3.98	25	0
2021	48.2	2	58.9	1	37.5	3	0.69	108	0
2020	40.7	43	50.1	43	31.3	40	3.63	38	0
2019	43.1	18	51.9	28	34.3	15	2.84	54	0
2018	41.2	38	49	55	33.4	22	6.24	3	0
2017	39	60	47.8	69	30.2	52	0.36	111	0
2016	40.3	46	48.5	59	32.1	33	2.79	58	0
2015	49.9	1	58.9	1	40.8	1	4.55	16	0
2014	42.3	27	50	45	34.6	13	2.54	68	0
2013	42.3	27	52	27	32.6	27	4.38	17	0
2012	44.6	10	53.3	17	36	5	2.58	67	0
2011	43.9	13	54.2	11	33.7	20	4.19	19	0
2010	31.3	110	38	113	24.7	104	1.99	88	0
2009	37.3	85	44.6	93	29.9	59	8.22	1	0
2008	41.8	32	51.2	37	32.4	29	2.25	80	0
2007	43.4	16	51.4	33	35.5	8	2.76	59	0
2006	45	8	55.6	7	34.5	14	1.98	89	0
2005	36.8	88	44.2	95	29.5	69	2.36	76	0
2004	39.5	54	49.3	53	29.6	67	2.13	86	0
2003	37.9	79	46.2	81	29.6	67	2.95	51	0
2002	37.7	82	45.4	86	29.9	59	3.16	43	0
2001	44.2	12	53.3	17	35.2	9	2.48	71	0
2000	31.1	111	39.5	109	22.7	111	1.67	98	0
1999	42.5	25	52.4	25	32.6	27	2.46	72	0
1998	43.4	16	52.8	22	33.9	18	2.32	77	0
1997	38.3	75	46.2	81	30.4	45	2.37	75	0
1996	40.1	49	49.8	47	30.5	44	2.72	62	0
1995	35.5	94	44.2	95	26.8	89	2.32	77	0
1994	42.9	20	52.4	25	33.5	21	2.41	74	0
1993	36.2	90	44.8	89	27.5	88	5.27	9	0
1992	38.5	71	47	77	30	57	2.62	64	0
1991	42.3	27	52.8	22	31.9	36	3.81	31	0
1990	43.7	14	53.3	17	34.2	17	3.79	33	0
1989	29.5	113	38.7	111	20.4	113	2.60	65	0
1988	38.9	63	48.8	56	28.9	76	1.28	100	0
1987	41.4	35	49.6	49	33.2	25	2.16	85	0
1986	38.5	71	47.5	70	29.5	69	5.48	7	0
1985	35.1	95	44.7	92	25.5	99	0.85	104	0
1984	47.1	4	57.3	6	36.9	4	1.84	93	0
1983	34.9	96	43.5	99	26.3	93	5.61	4	0
1982	42.3	27	51.3	34	33.4	22	2.53	69	0
1981	32.8	107	40.3	108	25.3	100	3.79	33	0
1980	38.7	65	48.6	58	28.8	79	0.60	110	0
1979	40.9	42	51.7	29	30.1	55	1.13	102	0
1978	39.5	54	50.5	41	28.5	84	3.15	46	0
1977	35.8	92	45.3	88	26.4	92	2.49	70	0
1976	34.2	100	45.6	85	22.9	109	2.59	66	0
1975	38.7	65	48.8	56	28.7	81	3.67	37	0
1974	38.9	63	47.9	67	29.9	59	3.16	43	0
1973	38.1	77	46	83	30.3	48	5.60	5	0
1972	44.5	11	53.3	17	35.7	7	4.62	15	0
1971	45.3	7	55.4	8	35.1	10	0.83	106	0
1970	40	50	50.1	43	29.9	59	2.81	56	0
1969	33.6	104	41	107	26.2	95	5.54	6	0
1968	33.7	103	42.7	102	24.6	105	1.80	94	0
1967	41.3	36	50.5	41	32.1	33	4.84	13	0
1966	37.8	80	45.4	86	30.1	55	3.25	41	0
1965	41.5	34	52.7	24	30.3	48	0.18	112	0
1964	40	50	49.6	49	30.3	48	2.73	61	0
1963	30.5	112	38	113	22.9	109	1.86	92	0
1962	33.3	105	42.2	103	24.4	106	3.35	40	0
1961	37.2	86	44.4	94	30	57	5.07	11	0
1960	32.3	108	42.2	103	22.5	112	2.23	81	0
1959	41.1	39	49.4	52	32.7	26	2.18	84	0
1958	34.2	100	43.3	100	25.1	101	4.15	20	0
1957	41	40	50	45	32.1	33	2.46	72	0
1956	47.8	3	57.4	4	38.3	2	1.91	91	0
1955	34.1	102	43.9	97	24.4	106	0.84	105	0
1954	36.9	87	44.8	89	29.1	73	3.95	26	0
1953	39.1	57	48.5	59	29.7	66	3.81	31	0
1952	39.5	54	48	65	30.9	42	3.14	47	0
1951	38.4	74	48.3	62	28.5	84	3.83	29	0
1950	34.5	98	42.8	101	26.3	93	3.91	27	0
1949	40.4	45	49.7	48	31	41	1.80	94	0
1948	40.5	44	49.5	51	31.4	39	7.11	2	0
1947	38.7	65	51.2	37	26.1	96	0.80	107	0
1946	42.5	25	54.7	9	30.4	45	2.70	63	0
1945	33.3	105	41.8	105	24.9	103	4.92	12	0
1944	34.3	99	43.6	98	25	102	2.88	53	0
1943	39	60	49.3	53	28.6	83	2.83	55	0
1942	35.8	92	44.8	89	26.8	89	3.82	30	0
1941	43.1	18	54	13	32.2	31	4.09	22	0
1940	42.8	23	53.6	15	31.9	36	3.68	36	0
1939	41	40	51.7	29	30.4	45	1.95	90	0
1938	38.5	71	48	65	29	74	2.23	81	0
1937	37.6	83	47.5	70	27.7	87	1.09	103	0
1936	38.6	69	47	77	30.2	52	5.35	8	0
1935	31.7	109	39.2	110	24.2	108	3.16	43	0
1934	38.2	76	46.9	79	29.5	69	1.46	99	0
1933	43.7	14	54.1	12	33.3	24	3.17	42	0
1932	40.2	47	51.2	37	28.9	76	3.69	35	1
1931	46.6	6	57.4	4	35.8	6	3.03	50	0
1930	36	91	46.5	80	25.7	98	4.15	20	2
1929	42	31	53.8	14	30.3	48	2.75	60	0
1928	41.3	36	53.3	17	29.2	72	0.66	109	0
1927	39.8	53	51.3	34	28.7	81	4.75	14	1
1926	39	60	47.9	67	30.2	52	5.17	10	0
1925	39.1	57	48.4	61	29.8	65	1.80	94	0
1924	40.2	47	51.3	34	28.9	76	3.05	49	3
1923	46.9	5	58.1	3	35	11	4.06	23	2
1922	42.9	20	53.5	16	32.2	31	3.84	28	0
1921	42.8	23	51.7	29	33.9	18			0
1920	39.9	52	48.3	62	31.5	38	2.81	56	0
1919	36.5	89	47.3	74	26	97	2.26	79	1
1918	42.9	20	51.6	32	34.3	15	4.03	24	0
1917	27.5	114	38.1	112	17.3	114	2.22	83	1
1916	37.8	80	48.2	64	26.6	91	1.23	101	2
1915	37.5	84	46	83	29	74	3.37	39	0
1914	34.6	97	41.2	106	28	86			0
1913	41.6	33	51	40	32.3	30	2.89	52	0
1912	38.7	65	47.5	70	29.9	59	1.70	97	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	49.9
2021	48.2
1956	47.8
1984	47.1
1923	46.9
1931	46.6
1971	45.3
2006	45
2023	44.8
2012	44.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	27.5
1989	29.5
1963	30.5
2000	31.1
2010	31.3
1935	31.7
1960	32.3
1981	32.8
1962	33.3
1945	33.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	8.22
1948	7.11
2018	6.24
1983	5.61
1973	5.60
1969	5.54
1986	5.48
1936	5.35
1993	5.27
1926	5.17

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	0.18
2017	0.36
1980	0.60
1928	0.66
2021	0.69
1947	0.80
1971	0.83
1955	0.84
1985	0.85
1937	1.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 27 December 2025
Coldest night: 10°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 8 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.13 in of precipitation in Roanoke, VA, the driest December since 2021, tied 26th driest of 112 (with 2004).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Roanoke, VA: 69°F on Saturday 27 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Roanoke, VA: a low of 10°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Roanoke, VA: 0.64 in on Monday 8 December 2025.