Springfield, MO: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 41.2°F in Springfield, MO, the warmest December since 2023, tied 18th warmest of 138 (with 2012).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 41.2°F; Warmest since 2023; 18th warmest of 138
Precipitation: 0.16 in; Driest since 1950; 2nd driest of 138

A normal December in Springfield, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.5°F, between 32.4°F and 40.4°F in eight years of ten and 1.75 in of precipitation, between 0.74 in and 4.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Springfield, MO since 1888: 41.2°F in 2025; the highest is 51.8°F, in 1889.

Normal range, 32.4 to 40.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Springfield, MO from 1888 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
2025	41.2	18	52.6	6	29.7	44	0.16	137
2024	41	20	51	16	31	30	2.29	60
2023	43	7	52	12	34	5	1.12	112
2022	36.7	69	45.3	73	28.1	63	2.42	58
2021	48.6	2	59.5	2	37.7	2	1.31	104
2020	38.2	50	49.4	24	27.1	76	1.50	96
2019	40.6	23	50.6	19	30.6	35	1.31	104
2018	39.2	35	48	42	30.5	36	4.16	19
2017	36.7	69	46.2	58	27.1	76	1.52	95
2016	35.9	78	45.9	66	25.9	91	0.62	129
2015	43.9	4	54.4	3	33.4	10	11.43	1
2014	38.3	48	44.5	82	32.1	18	1.77	77
2013	32.2	123	42.5	102	21.8	125	2.56	53
2012	41.2	18	51	16	31.4	24	1.10	113
2011	38.2	50	47.6	46	28.9	54	2.83	41
2010	32.4	119	41.8	113	22.9	118	0.74	125
2009	31.6	125	39.9	121	23.4	114	1.73	79
2008	33.2	108	44.5	82	21.9	124	2.52	55
2007	36.1	75	45.6	70	26.6	83	3.72	22
2006	40.1	26	49.8	22	30.5	36	1.73	79
2005	34.1	95	44.1	88	24.2	109	0.61	131
2004	37.7	61	48.7	35	26.8	82	1.19	109
2003	37.3	63	46.1	61	28.6	57	4.18	18
2002	35.8	79	46	63	25.6	94	2.89	40
2001	38.8	39	49	29	28.6	57	3.52	25
2000	23.3	137	31.9	137	14.6	136	1.60	92
1999	39.3	34	50.2	21	28.3	61	6.99	5
1998	37	67	47	52	27	78	1.36	101
1997	35.1	87	42.2	105	28	66	3.15	31
1996	38	57	48.1	41	27.9	68	0.71	126
1995	34.2	93	42.2	105	26.2	88	2.48	57
1994	40.4	24	49.3	26	31.5	23	1.10	113
1993	37.9	59	47.4	48	28.3	61	1.63	90
1992	36.4	73	45.2	76	27.6	71	4.25	16
1991	40.2	25	48.6	37	31.7	20	3.40	27
1990	34.8	88	44.7	80	25	103	6.06	8
1989	25.6	136	37	132	14.3	137	0.81	122
1988	37.2	64	49.2	27	25.3	99	3.10	32
1987	37.1	65	45.3	73	29	52	7.48	4
1986	36.3	74	44.7	80	27.9	68	1.25	108
1985	28	131	38.4	129	17.6	134	3.02	35
1984	43	7	52.8	5	33.2	13	6.87	6
1983	21.5	138	29.5	138	13.5	138	2.55	54
1982	42.1	12	50.8	18	33.4	10	8.84	3
1981	34.1	95	43.1	95	25.2	101	1.55	93
1980	37.8	60	48.7	35	26.9	81	2.03	67
1979	41.3	16	52.4	9	30.2	39	1.35	102
1978	34.7	89	46	63	23.4	114	3.66	23
1977	35.5	83	45	77	26	90	1.64	89
1976	33.4	106	46.8	53	19.9	131	0.99	116
1975	38.5	42	47.8	43	29.3	50	1.95	69
1974	35.8	79	44.5	82	27	78	2.68	46
1973	34.7	89	44.2	87	25.2	101	4.58	13
1972	31.6	125	40.5	118	22.7	121	1.70	84
1971	42.7	10	52.4	9	33.1	14	6.24	7
1970	39.8	28	51.5	13	28.1	63	2.19	63
1969	33.6	105	41.4	115	25.8	93	2.66	47
1968	32.5	116	43.3	92	21.8	125	3.53	24
1967	38.3	48	47.3	49	29.3	50	5.85	9
1966	33.9	102	44.8	79	22.9	118	2.15	64
1965	43.2	5	54.2	4	32.2	17	3.84	21
1964	35.7	81	46.2	58	25.3	99	1.66	86
1963	26.1	135	36.7	133	15.5	135	0.45	133
1962	34.1	95	44.5	82	23.7	111	1.43	99
1961	33	110	41.4	115	24.5	105	2.83	41
1960	32.3	122	41.9	111	22.7	121	3.44	26
1959	39.7	29	47.8	43	31.7	20	3.35	28
1958	32.6	114	42.4	104	22.8	120	0.76	124
1957	42.3	11	52.6	6	32.1	18	3.03	34
1956	39.4	32	48.6	37	30.2	39	2.76	43
1955	33.8	103	44.1	88	23.5	112	0.21	136
1954	36.7	69	45.5	71	27.8	70	5.32	11
1953	36.8	68	46	63	27.5	73	1.43	99
1952	36.1	75	44.1	88	28	66	1.73	79
1951	34.7	89	44.9	78	24.5	105	1.19	109
1950	32.4	119	43.1	95	21.8	125	0.13	138
1949	38.9	38	49	29	28.8	56	4.46	15
1948	38.1	55	47.3	49	28.9	54	2.01	68
1947	38.5	42	49	29	28.1	63	1.67	85
1946	41	20	50.6	19	31.4	24	3.02	35
1945	29.5	130	38.4	129	20.6	130	0.51	132
1944	29.8	129	37.5	131	22.2	123	0.91	118
1943	32.5	116	40.8	117	24.1	110	2.66	47
1942	35.7	81	42.9	99	28.5	60	5.75	10
1941	39.2	35	47.1	51	31.2	26	2.58	52
1940	39.4	32	47.8	43	31	30	2.63	50
1939	40.8	22	49.4	24	32.3	16	1.66	86
1938	38.2	50	46.3	56	30.1	41	1.28	107
1937	33.7	104	40.4	119	27	78	2.38	59
1936	41.4	15	48.9	32	33.9	6	2.60	51
1935	33	110	40.4	119	25.6	94	0.62	129
1934	34.1	95	41.5	114	26.6	83	1.54	94
1933	43.1	6	52.6	6	33.6	7	0.84	121
1932	34.2	93	42.2	105	26.1	89	4.83	12
1931	44.8	3	52.2	11	37.3	3	1.65	88
1930	35.3	85	41.9	111	28.6	57	1.30	106
1929	39.6	30	48.2	40	31	30	1.61	91
1928	38	57	46.6	55	29.5	49	2.70	45
1927	33.1	109	42.7	100	23.5	112	1.87	74
1926	35.4	84	43.1	95	27.6	71	1.92	71
1925	34	99	42	110	25.9	91	0.91	118
1924	30.4	128	39.9	121	21	129	4.21	17
1923	42.8	9	51.3	15	34.4	4	2.92	38
1922	39.2	35	48.8	33	29.7	44	2.07	65
1921	38.4	45	46.8	53	30	42	1.92	71
1920	38.1	55	46.2	58	30	42	1.84	76
1919	32.5	116	42.1	109	23	116	0.44	134
1918	41.3	16	49.1	28	33.5	9	2.97	37
1917	26.5	133	34.8	134	18.2	133	1.18	111
1916	33.3	107	42.2	105	24.3	108	2.07	65
1915	37.7	61	45.7	68	29.6	47	3.21	30
1914	27.4	132	33	136	21.8	125	2.90	39
1913	38.4	45	43.5	91	33.4	10	2.71	44
1912	36.5	72	45.7	68	27.4	74	0.26	135
1911	37.1	65	44.5	82	29.7	44	2.65	49
1910	34	99	42.5	102	25.6	94	0.86	120
1909	26.5	133	34.5	135	18.5	132	2.25	62
1908	39.6	30	48.8	33	30.3	38	0.67	127
1907	38.4	45	46.1	61	30.7	34	1.90	73
1906	38.7	40	46.3	56	31.1	27	1.50	96
1905	34.5	92	42.6	101	26.4	86	1.72	82
1904	35.3	85	43.2	94	27.4	74	1.72	82
1903	34	99	43.1	95	24.8	104	1.75	78
1902	32.9	113	39.5	126	26.3	87	3.34	29
1901	31.3	127	39.6	125	23	116	3.98	20
1900	38.5	42	45.9	66	31.1	27	0.63	128
1899	32.6	114	39.8	123	25.4	97	1.86	75
1898	32.1	124	39.8	123	24.5	105	1.44	98
1897	32.4	119	39.4	127	25.4	97	4.58	13
1896	41.6	14	49.5	23	33.6	7	0.79	123
1895	36.1	75	43.3	92	29	52	11.02	2
1894	38.2	50	45.5	71	30.9	33	2.28	61
1893	38.6	41	47.5	47	29.6	47	0.99	116
1892	33	110	39.3	128	26.6	83	3.10	32
1891	42.1	12	51.5	13	32.7	15	1.35	102
1890	40	27	48.3	39	31.7	20	1.95	69
1889	51.8	1	61.3	1	42.4	1	1.05	115
1888	38.2	50	45.3	73	31.1	27	2.52	55

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1889	51.8
2021	48.6
1931	44.8
2015	43.9
1965	43.2
1933	43.1
2023	43
1984	43
1923	42.8
1971	42.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1983	21.5
2000	23.3
1989	25.6
1963	26.1
1917	26.5
1909	26.5
1914	27.4
1985	28
1945	29.5
1944	29.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	11.43
1895	11.02
1982	8.84
1987	7.48
1999	6.99
1984	6.87
1971	6.24
1990	6.06
1967	5.85
1942	5.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	0.13
2025	0.16
1955	0.21
1912	0.26
1919	0.44
1963	0.45
1945	0.51
2005	0.61
2016	0.62
1935	0.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 77°F; 27 December 2025, 25 December 2025
Coldest night: 7°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.11 in; 1 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 0.16 in of precipitation in Springfield, MO, the driest December since 1950, 2nd driest of 138.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Springfield, MO: 77°F on Saturday 27 December 2025 and Thursday 25 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Springfield, MO: a low of 7°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Springfield, MO: 0.11 in on Monday 1 December 2025.