Rochester, MN: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 18°F in Rochester, MN, the coldest December since 2022, tied 46th coldest of 110 (with 1970).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 18°F; Coldest since 2022; 46th coldest of 110
Precipitation: 0.94 in; Driest since 2020; 55th driest of 113

A normal December in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 21.6°F, between 13.7°F and 26.1°F in eight years of ten and 1.21 in of precipitation, between 0.48 in and 2.11 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Rochester, MN since 1886: 18°F in 2025; the lowest is 2.9°F, in 1983.

Normal range, 13.7 to 26.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Rochester, MN from 1886 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	18	64	26.8	59	9.2	72	0.94	59	0
2024	24.1	23	30.8	29	17.4	17	1.27	37	0
2023	31.8	1	38.8	2	24.7	2	1.14	48	0
2022	17.2	70	24.1	78	10.2	65	1.62	23	0
2021	24.9	17	33	17	16.8	23	1.41	29	0
2020	24.7	20	32.8	19	16.7	24	0.20	109	0
2019	21.5	46	29.2	39	13.9	42	1.19	45	0
2018	23.6	26	29.4	38	17.9	14	2.10	9	0
2017	17.9	66	25.5	67	10.3	62	0.51	86	0
2016	18.4	61	24.6	74	12.3	51	2.07	11	0
2015	29.8	3	34.9	8	24.8	1	3.21	2	0
2014	23.6	26	28.9	43	18.4	11	1.02	53	0
2013	13.1	95	20.9	97	5.4	92	1.10	51	0
2012	24	24	31.6	26	16.4	25	1.78	17	0
2011	26.1	11	33.7	13	18.4	11	1.21	42	0
2010	14.7	86	21.5	94	8	77	3.68	1	0
2009	16.7	78	23.5	82	9.8	68	2.22	6	0
2008	12.5	97	22.9	86	2.1	101	1.52	26	0
2007	17	76	23.9	80	10.2	65	1.21	42	0
2006	29	6	35.5	6	22.5	4	2.04	12	0
2005	17.2	70	22.8	88	11.6	55	0.59	76	0
2004	21.6	44	29.1	42	14	41	0.59	76	0
2003	24.3	21	31.3	28	17.4	17	1.35	34	0
2002	24.3	21	32.5	20	16.2	27	0.56	81	0
2001	26.4	10	33.3	15	19.4	9	1.39	31	0
2000	6.1	109	13.3	110	-1.1	107	1.64	21	0
1999	23.5	28	32.1	22	15	33	0.49	88	0
1998	25	15	34.4	10	15.7	32	0.28	104	0
1997	25	15	30.1	33	19.8	8	0.38	97	0
1996	13.8	92	20.9	97	6.6	88	1.37	32	0
1995	18.1	63	25.3	69	10.9	59	0.62	73	0
1994	24	24	30.5	31	17.4	17	0.54	84	0
1993	21.5	46	28	53	15	33	0.74	67	0
1992	19.8	51	26.9	58	12.7	46	1.30	36	0
1991	21.5	46	28.4	49	14.7	36	1.47	27	0
1990	15.4	82	24.5	75	6.3	89	1.65	20	0
1989	10	104	18.1	105	1.9	103	0.38	97	0
1988	19.2	56	28.1	52	10.2	65	1.11	50	0
1987	23.2	30	29.5	36	17	21	1.75	18	0
1986	22.5	32	28.6	47	16.4	25	0.32	101	0
1985	6.3	108	16.1	109	-3.5	109	1.14	48	0
1984	19.1	58	27	57	11.1	58	1.79	16	0
1983	2.9	110	10.9	111	-5.1	110	1.00	54	0
1982	26.1	11	33.1	16	19.1	10	2.83	3	0
1981	16.3	79	24.2	77	8.5	76	0.72	69	0
1980	19.2	56	26.2	63	12.2	52	0.42	95	0
1979	26	13	34.1	11	17.8	15	0.48	89	0
1978	12.5	97	20.7	100	4.4	94	0.83	62	0
1977	14.3	87	21.3	95	7.3	84	1.57	25	0
1976	9.5	106	21.3	95	-2.2	108	0.47	91	0
1975	22.5	32	29.9	35	15	33	1.21	42	0
1974	22.3	37	28.8	45	15.8	30	0.56	81	0
1973	14.8	85	22.2	91	7.5	83	0.99	55	0
1972	10.9	101	19	103	2.9	99	1.45	28	0
1971	20	50	27.6	55	12.4	50	0.98	56	0
1970	18	64	26.5	61	9.5	70	0.82	63	0
1969	18.6	60	26.1	64	11.2	57	1.66	19	0
1968	17.2	70	25.2	72	9.2	72	1.86	14	0
1967	21.8	42	30.4	32	13.2	43	0.22	107	0
1966	19.4	53	26.1	64	12.7	46	0.96	58	0
1965	28.5	7	34.5	9	22.5	4	1.41	29	0
1964	15.4	82	22.9	86	7.9	78	0.84	61	0
1963	9.6	105	17.1	107	2.1	101	0.39	96	0
1962	19.3	54	27.8	54	10.7	60	0.28	104	0
1961	15.1	84	23.3	84	7	86	0.70	70	0
1960	17.2	70	25.4	68	9	74	0.92	60	0
1959	29.5	4	36.7	5	22.4	6	1.34	35	0
1958	14.1	90	24	79	4.2	96	0.22	107	0
1957	24.9	17	32.4	21	17.4	17	0.50	87	0
1956	23.1	31	32	23	14.1	40	0.32	101	0
1955	12.8	96	22.7	89	2.9	99	1.23	41	0
1954	22.4	35	28.7	46	16	29	0.56	81	0
1953	22.4	35	31.7	24	13.1	44	1.26	39	0
1952	22.5	32	29.2	39	15.8	30	0.46	92	0
1951	16	80	24.4	76	7.7	81	0.80	64	0
1950	10.8	102	20.9	97	0.7	105	1.81	15	0
1949	20.9	49	30	34	11.7	54	0.73	68	0
1948	19.3	54	28.3	50	10.3	62	2.17	8	0
1947	17.2	70	26.8	59	7.7	81	1.63	22	0
1946	21.6	44	30.7	30	12.6	49	0.77	65	0
1945	12.5	97	20.1	102	4.9	93	1.94	13	0
1944	17.6	68	25.3	69	9.8	68	0.45	93	0
1943	22.2	38	31.7	24	12.7	46	trace	113	0
1942	14.3	87	22.5	90	6.1	91	1.37	32	0
1941	26.6	9	35.1	7	18.2	13	0.57	79	0
1940	21.9	41	29.2	39	14.6	37	2.18	7	0
1939	27.2	8	38.2	3	17.6	16	1.10	51	3
1938	19.8	51	28.3	50	11.3	56	0.65	72	0
1937	15.6	81	23.4	83	7.8	80	0.28	104	0
1936	22.1	39	31.5	27	12.8	45	1.16	47	0
1935	17.9	66	25.1	73	10.6	61	0.52	85	0
1934	13.7	93	23.7	81	3.7	97	0.61	74	0
1933	19	59	28.6	47	9.4	71	0.77	65	0
1932	17.3	69	26.1	64	7.9	78	1.26	39	1
1931	30.7	2	37.2	4	24.1	3	1.62	23	0
1930	22	40	29.5	36	14.6	37	0.35	100	0
1929	18.3	62	27.4	56	10.3	62	0.07	112	3
1928	25.1	14	33.7	13	16.1	28	0.48	89	1
1919			17.7	106			0.57	79	8
1918							1.19	45	4
1917	10.7	103	18.9	104	1.3	104	0.18	110	2
1916	13.4	94	23.2	85	3.3	98	0.59	76	2
1915	21.7	43	28.9	43	14.4	39	0.37	99	0
1914	12.2	100	20.4	101	4.4	94	0.32	101	2
1913	29.5	4	38.9	1	20.2	7	0.13	111	0
1912	23.4	29	34	12	12.2	52	1.27	37	2
1911	24.9	17	32.9	18	16.9	22	2.61	4	0
1910	16.9	77	26.5	61	7.2	85	0.45	93	0
1909	14.3	87	21.9	92	6.7	87	0.60	75	0
1908							0.70	70	10
1893							2.46	5	31
1892	14.1	90	21.9	92	6.3	89			0
1887	17.1	75	25.3	69	8.9	75	2.10	9	0
1886	7.7	107	16.5	108	-1	106	0.98	56	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	31.8
1931	30.7
2015	29.8
1959	29.5
1913	29.5
2006	29
1965	28.5
1939	27.2
1941	26.6
2001	26.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1983	2.9
2000	6.1
1985	6.3
1886	7.7
1976	9.5
1963	9.6
1989	10
1917	10.7
1950	10.8
1972	10.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2010	3.68
2015	3.21
1982	2.83
1911	2.61
1893	2.46
2009	2.22
1940	2.18
1948	2.17
2018	2.10
1887	2.10

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	trace
1929	0.07
1913	0.13
1917	0.18
2020	0.20
1967	0.22
1958	0.22
1998	0.28
1962	0.28
1937	0.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 40°F; 16 December 2025
Coldest night: -13°F; 4 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.43 in; 28 December 2025

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Rochester, MN the day's answers

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 0.94 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the driest December since 2020, 55th driest of 113.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Rochester, MN: 40°F on Tuesday 16 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Rochester, MN: a low of -13°F on Thursday 4 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Rochester, MN: 0.43 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.