Saranac Lake, NY: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 15.4°F in Saranac Lake, NY, the coldest December since 2017, 16th coldest of 94.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 15.4°F; Coldest since 2017; 16th coldest of 94
Precipitation: 2.46 in; Wettest since 2023; 49th wettest of 101

A normal December in Saranac Lake, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 21°F, between 16.8°F and 26.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.08 in of precipitation, between 1.36 in and 3.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Saranac Lake, NY since 1904: 15.4°F in 2025; the lowest is 2.6°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 16.8 to 26.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Saranac Lake, NY from 1904 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	15.4	79	27	68	3.8	85	2.46	49	0
2024	20.9	45	29.5	52	12.3	36	2.28	56	0
2023	29.1	2	36.3	4	21.9	3	4.33	14	0
2022	25.5	11	32.9	19	18.1	10	2.56	45	0
2021	25.2	14	34	15	16.4	16	2.14	60	0
2020	23.4	24	31.9	26	14.9	20	1.78	79	0
2019	21.1	41	30.5	43	11.6	43	1.75	81	0
2018	20.1	48	31.7	31	8.5	62	2.14	60	1
2017	11.9	86	22.2	95	3.4	87	1.76	80	2
2016	20.9	45	30	45	11.7	42	2.43	50	0
2015	33.9	1	41.8	1	26.3	1	3.95	19	2
2014	24.5	19	31.8	28	17.2	14	1.94	69	0
2013	17.9	65	27.5	65	8.3	63	2.37	53	0
2012	25.7	10	32.9	19	18.4	9	3.05	31	0
2011	24.6	18	34.6	11	14.6	21	2.19	58	0
2010	17.1	69	24.5	84	9.6	57	1.27	95	3
2009	19.4	53	28.7	59	10.1	55	1.90	73	2
2008	18.9	56	29.7	48	8.1	65	3.51	23	0
2007	18.6	60	27.1	66	10.2	51	3.11	28	0
2006	27.4	6	35	7	19.8	6	2.94	34	0
2005	18	63	26	76	10.1	55	1.98	67	0
2004	18.7	59	29.5	52	6.8	71	3.19	27	1
2003	18	63	29.2	56	6.9	70	4.33	14	0
2002					6.4	74	1.07	97	4
2001	26.2	8	34.8	9	17.6	13	1.66	86	0
2000	11.6	88	22.5	92	0.6	93	2.49	48	0
1999	20.5	47	30.7	42	10.2	51	1.40	93	0
1998	25.3	13	36.4	3	14.3	24	1.21	96	0
1997	21.2	39	29.9	46	12.5	34			0
1996	28.7	4	34.5	13	22.9	2	4.83	11	0
1995	16.2	73	23.2	89	8.6	61			2
1994	24.5	19	34.6	11	14.1	25	1.81	77	2
1993			28	62	11.1	48	2.02	64	4
1992	22.5	29	31.1	37	13.6	29	1.93	71	1
1991	21.2	39	31.2	35	11.2	47	3.08	29	0
1990	26.1	9	36	5	16.1	17	5.82	2	2
1989	2.6	94	17.2	98	-11.9	100	0.80	100	0
1988	18.8	57	29.6	51	7.9	67	1.33	94	3
1987	24.7	17	30.9	39	18	11	2.03	63	1
1986	23.7	22	31.9	26	15.6	18	1.65	87	0
1985			25.4	80					14
1984							5.23	6	9
1983			26.7	70			7.34	1	9
1982							1.67	84	9
1981	21.9	32	29.2	56	14.6	21	1.69	82	0
1980	12	85	25.6	79	-1.5	94	2.17	59	0
1979	23.3	25	33.5	17	13.2	30	1.86	75	1
1978	19.7	51	29.2	56	10.2	51	3.58	22	0
1977	17.9	65	25.8	78	10.2	51	3.35	24	1
1976	15.8	75	26.7	70	4.6	83	1.94	69	1
1975	17.1	69	27.6	64	6.6	72	2.39	52	0
1974	25.4	12	31.8	28	19	7	2.91	35	0
1973	22.6	28	31.5	32	13.7	28	4.41	13	0
1972	21	43	29.7	48	12.4	35	5.19	7	0
1971	21.7	35	31.5	32	11.9	41	2.68	41	1
1970	14.1	82	22.3	94	5.9	76	4.19	16	0
1969	15.8	75	23.4	88	8.1	65	4.94	10	0
1968	15.6	77	24.7	83	6.5	73	5.07	9	0
1967	21.8	33	31	38	12.6	32	2.73	39	0
1966	21.3	37	29.9	46	12.6	32	3.01	32	0
1965	24.2	21	31.3	34	17.1	15	1.69	82	0
1964	21.3	37	31.2	35	11.4	44	0.98	98	0
1963	8.4	92	18.6	97	-1.6	95	1.60	89	2
1962	17.8	67	29.5	52	6.1	75	3.34	25	2
1961	20.1	48	28.4	60	12.2	39	3.73	20	1
1960	16.2	73	26.3	74	5.6	79	2.32	54	1
1959	21.8	33	30.3	44	13.2	30	5.35	4	2
1958	9.4	90	23	91	-4	97	1.83	76	1
1957	25.1	16	34.8	9	15.5	19	3.28	26	0
1956							2.63	43	15
1955									11
1954	19.6	52	27.1	66	11.4	44	4.07	17	1
1953	26.9	7	35.4	6	18.5	8	2.77	37	0
1952							4.51	12	6
1951									5
1950							2.77	37	6
1949	22.9	27	33.7	16	12.3	36	3.98	18	2
1947	19.4	53	30.9	39	7.8	68			0
1945	19.9	50	34.1	14	5.7	78	1.63	88	0
1944	18.2	62	32.4	25	4.1	84	5.31	5	0
1943	11.1	89	25.4	80	-4.1	98	2.01	65	1
1942	15.6	77	29.7	48	1.7	89	5.08	8	1
1941	21	43	33	18	9.4	59	3.08	29	2
1940									28
1939					5.8	77			8
1938									18
1937									25
1936									13
1935	13.8	83	24	85	3.7	86	1.67	84	2
1934					1.4	90	2.11	62	7
1933									12
1932							1.48	90	4
1931	22.5	29	32.8	21	12.3	36	5.63	3	1
1930	21.1	41	30.9	39	10.9	49			2
1929									9
1928	23.6	23	32.8	21	14.5	23	0.86	99	0
1926	14.3	81	23.5	87	5.1	82	2.52	46	1
1925	18.8	57	28.1	61	9.6	57	2.01	65	0
1924	15.3	80	25.3	82	5.2	81	2.51	47	1
1923	29	3	37.2	2	20.7	4	2.67	42	0
1922	18.3	61	28	62	8.7	60	1.48	90	0
1920	21.6	36	29.4	55	14	27	2.70	40	1
1919	13.3	84	25.9	77	0.7	92	0.72	101	1
1918	22	31	31.8	28	12.1	40	2.96	33	0
1917	7.4	93	19.8	96	-5.8	99	1.80	78	1
1916	17.5	68	26.6	72	8.3	63	3.70	21	0
1915	19.1	55	26.8	69	11.4	44			3
1914	16.6	72	26.1	75	7	69	1.87	74	3
1913	25.2	14	32.7	23	17.7	12	2.40	51	0
1912	23.3	25	32.5	24	14.1	25	2.57	44	0
1911	27.8	5	34.9	8	20.7	4			0
1910	11.7	87	23.1	90	0.8	91	2.22	57	2
1909	17.1	69	23.6	86	10.5	50	1.47	92	0
1908					5.5	80	2.82	36	5
1906			26.4	73	2	88	1.93	71	6
1905							1.95	68	12
1904	9.2	91	22.4	93	-3.4	96	2.30	55	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	33.9
2023	29.1
1923	29
1996	28.7
1911	27.8
2006	27.4
1953	26.9
2001	26.2
1990	26.1
2012	25.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	2.6
1917	7.4
1963	8.4
1904	9.2
1958	9.4
1943	11.1
2000	11.6
1910	11.7
2017	11.9
1980	12

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	7.34
1990	5.82
1931	5.63
1959	5.35
1944	5.31
1984	5.23
1972	5.19
1942	5.08
1968	5.07
1969	4.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1919	0.72
1989	0.80
1928	0.86
1964	0.98
2002	1.07
1998	1.21
2010	1.27
1988	1.33
1999	1.40
1909	1.47

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 52°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -24°F; 9 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.51 in; 19 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.46 in of precipitation in Saranac Lake, NY, the wettest December since 2023, 49th wettest of 101.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Saranac Lake, NY: 52°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Saranac Lake, NY: a low of -24°F on Tuesday 9 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Saranac Lake, NY: 0.51 in on Friday 19 December 2025.