Topeka, KS: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 35.9°F in Topeka, KS, the warmest December since 2024, tied 42nd warmest of 139 (with 1987).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 35.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 42nd warmest of 139
Precipitation: 0.46 in; Driest since 2024; 36th driest of 139

A normal December in Topeka, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.6°F, between 29.2°F and 37.7°F in eight years of ten and 1.39 in of precipitation, between 0.18 in and 2.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Topeka, KS since 1887: 35.9°F in 2025; the highest is 45.3°F, in 1889.

Normal range, 29.2 to 37.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Topeka, KS from 1887 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	35.9	42	48.9	13	23	77	0.46	104	0
2024	37.1	23	47.4	23	26.7	34	0.40	109	0
2023	40.9	4	50.4	6	31.4	3	2.92	11	0
2022	32.7	75	42.9	66	22.6	79	0.99	74	0
2021	43.1	2	56.5	2	29.7	9	0.11	132	0
2020	36.5	26	48.7	17	24.2	62	1.30	55	0
2019	37.7	17	48.3	20	27.2	28	2.23	22	0
2018	35.8	44	46	38	25.6	48	3.06	10	0
2017	32.9	73	44.2	55	22.2	85	0.31	116	1
2016	30.6	94	41.5	87	19.7	110	1.05	71	0
2015	39.9	6	50.8	4	29	12	2.71	13	0
2014	36.3	30	42.8	69	29.8	7	2.27	21	0
2013	29	113	41.1	89	17	127	0.56	100	0
2012	36.3	30	46.9	27	25.7	47	0.79	85	0
2011	36.7	25	46.8	30	26.5	38	3.41	8	0
2010	31.7	85	42.9	66	20.5	102	0.19	127	0
2009	28.1	122	36.5	120	19.6	114	1.94	28	0
2008	30	102	42	80	18.1	122	1.48	46	0
2007	30.7	91	40.2	94	21.2	97	4.13	3	0
2006	39.2	9	49.6	8	28.7	16	1.70	38	0
2005	29.2	112	38.5	107	20	107	1.00	73	0
2004	35.3	50	47	26	23.6	69	0.62	96	0
2003	36.2	34	44.4	49	27.9	22	2.36	19	0
2002	36.1	37	48.2	21	24	67	0.05	136	0
2001	37.8	16	49.4	11	26.2	40	0.13	131	0
2000	20.6	138	29.5	137	11.8	137	0.35	112	0
1999	36.2	34	46.3	35	26	43	1.76	37	0
1998	36	39	46.5	32	25.5	49	1.22	61	0
1997	32.7	75	39.5	99	26	43	2.41	16	0
1996	30.1	99	40.3	93	19.9	109	0.04	139	0
1995	30.6	94	38.6	105	22.6	79	0.57	99	0
1994	36	39	44.5	47	27.4	25	1.52	44	0
1993	34.8	55	44.5	47	25	54	0.90	82	0
1992	32.6	78	41.6	83	23.6	69	2.01	27	0
1991	37.3	22	46.2	36	28.5	18	2.44	15	0
1990	29.6	110	39.9	97	19.3	116	0.97	75	0
1989	21	137	33.2	132	8.8	138	0.61	97	0
1988	35.3	50	48.8	16	21.8	94	0.86	84	0
1987	35.9	42	44.1	56	27.7	23	1.87	31	0
1986	34.6	59	42.5	73	26.7	34	1.20	63	0
1985	25.1	130	34.1	130	16.1	128	0.71	92	0
1984	36.8	24	46.2	36	27.4	25	2.36	19	0
1983	14.4	139	21.8	139	7	139	1.34	51	0
1982	35.8	44	44.4	49	27.2	28	3.61	6	0
1981	30.1	99	38.5	107	21.7	95	0.22	122	0
1980	32.5	79	42.2	78	22.9	78	3.86	4	0
1979	35.5	48	48.4	19	22.6	79	0.05	136	0
1978	30	102	40.6	92	19.3	116	0.55	101	0
1977	30	102	41.6	83	18.5	120	0.26	119	0
1976	28.5	119	42.9	66	14.1	134	0.21	124	0
1975	34.5	60	43.6	62	25.4	52	1.12	68	0
1974	32.7	75	42.3	77	23.1	75	1.18	64	0
1973	29.8	107	38.2	114	21.5	96	4.30	2	0
1972	27.7	124	35.7	123	19.7	110	1.78	33	0
1971	34.8	55	42.4	76	27.2	28	1.83	32	0
1970	34.3	62	44.4	49	24.2	62	1.65	40	0
1969	29.9	105	37.2	118	22.5	83	1.24	59	0
1968	29	113	38.3	113	19.6	114	2.10	25	0
1967	33	72	41.1	89	24.9	55	3.11	9	0
1966	30.7	91	42.6	71	18.8	118	0.79	85	0
1965	39.9	6	50.4	6	29.4	11	2.46	14	0
1964	29.7	109	39.3	102	20.2	105	0.94	77	0
1963	23.3	134	34.3	129	12.4	136	0.22	122	0
1962	31.9	81	41.9	81	21.9	92	0.42	107	0
1961	25	131	34.9	127	15.1	132	1.07	70	0
1960	31	88	41.1	89	20.9	100	1.42	49	0
1959	37.7	17	47.4	23	28.1	20	1.70	38	0
1958	29.9	105	39.5	99	20.3	104	0.69	94	0
1957	37.5	21	49	12	26.1	41	1.16	65	0
1956	34.9	53	45.1	43	24.7	59	0.76	89	0
1955	30.1	99	40.1	95	20	107	0.33	114	0
1954	34.8	55	45.9	39	23.7	68	1.21	62	0
1953	34.9	53	45	45	24.8	57	1.25	58	0
1952	31.3	87	39.5	99	23.2	73	1.28	56	0
1951	29.4	111	39.2	103	19.7	110	0.43	106	0
1950	29.8	107	42.6	71	17.1	125	0.07	133	0
1949	33.8	66	45.8	40	21.9	92	1.92	29	0
1948	33.6	70	45.1	43	22.1	87	0.78	87	0
1947	35.5	48	44.3	53	26.8	32	3.75	5	0
1946	38.4	12	48.5	18	28.2	19	1.57	42	0
1945	25.5	128	33.8	131	17.1	125	1.31	53	0
1944	28.9	115	35.9	122	22	89	5.08	1	0
1943	30.2	98	38.5	107	22	89	1.78	33	0
1942	30.5	96	36.7	119	24.2	62	2.74	12	0
1941	39	10	46.9	27	31.1	4	2.07	26	0
1940	36.2	34	43.7	61	28.7	16	1.31	53	0
1939	39.7	8	49.5	9	29.9	5	0.74	91	0
1938	36.4	29	46.7	31	26.1	41	0.24	121	0
1937	30.7	91	37.9	116	23.5	71	0.76	89	0
1936	37.9	15	46.9	27	28.8	14	1.55	43	0
1935	32.3	80	40.1	95	24.4	60	0.42	107	0
1934	30.8	90	38.4	112	23.3	72	0.26	119	0
1933	38.4	12	49.5	9	27.4	25	1.49	45	0
1932	28.9	115	37.4	117	20.5	102	1.78	33	0
1931	41	3	48.9	13	33.1	1	1.48	46	0
1930	34.1	63	41.6	83	26.6	37	0.37	110	0
1929	33.9	65	43.4	64	24.4	60	0.37	110	0
1928	36.5	26	44.3	53	28.8	14	1.24	59	0
1927	27	126	38.1	115	15.9	129	0.78	87	0
1926	31	88	38.9	104	23.1	75	0.97	75	0
1925	31.8	83	41.4	88	22.3	84	0.19	127	0
1924	24.4	132	33.1	133	15.7	130	2.16	24	0
1923	37.7	17	46.4	34	29	12	0.55	101	0
1922	32.8	74	43.5	63	22.2	85	0.06	135	0
1921	34.4	61	44	57	24.8	57	0.28	118	0
1920	34.8	55	43.8	59	25.9	46	1.41	50	0
1919	25.3	129	33	134	17.6	124	0.07	133	0
1918	37.6	20	45.4	42	29.7	9	2.37	18	0
1917	23.8	133	32.9	135	14.7	133	0.19	127	0
1916	28.6	118	38.6	105	18.7	119	0.70	93	0
1915	33.8	66	42.5	73	25.2	53	1.34	51	0
1914	22.9	135	30.2	136	15.5	131	1.08	69	0
1913	36	39	42.1	79	29.9	5	3.56	7	0
1912	36.3	30	46.5	32	26	43	0.32	115	0
1911	34	64	42.5	73	25.5	49	2.41	16	0
1910	31.5	86	39.7	98	23.2	73	1.03	72	0
1909	21.2	136	29.4	138	13	135	2.17	23	0
1908	36.1	37	45.7	41	26.5	38	0.19	127	0
1907	35.7	46	43.8	59	27.7	23	0.60	98	0
1906	35.3	50	43.9	58	26.8	32	0.63	95	0
1905	33.7	69	43.2	65	24.2	62	0.20	126	0
1904	31.8	83	41.6	83	22	89	0.50	103	0
1903	31.9	81	42.7	70	21.1	98	0.91	80	0
1902	27.9	123	35.6	125	20.2	105	1.26	57	0
1901	28.7	117	36.4	121	21	99	0.94	77	0
1900	35.6	47	44.4	49	26.7	34	0.21	124	0
1899	30.3	97	38.5	107	22.1	87	0.92	79	0
1898	27.4	125	35.1	126	19.7	110	1.48	46	0
1897	28.3	120	35.7	123	20.8	101	1.15	66	0
1896	40.9	4	52	3	29.8	7	0.31	116	0
1895	33.4	71	41.9	81	24.9	55	1.77	36	0
1894	38	14	47.9	22	28	21	0.45	105	0
1893	36.3	30	47.1	25	25.5	49	0.35	112	0
1892	26.4	127	34.5	128	18.3	121	1.92	29	0
1891	38.8	11	50.6	5	27.1	31	1.63	41	0
1890	36.5	26	48.9	13	24.1	66	0.91	80	0
1889	45.3	1	57.9	1	32.6	2	0.05	136	0
1888	33.8	66	44.9	46	22.6	79	1.13	67	0
1887	28.2	121	38.5	107	17.8	123	0.89	83	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1889	45.3
2021	43.1
1931	41
2023	40.9
1896	40.9
2015	39.9
1965	39.9
1939	39.7
2006	39.2
1941	39

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1983	14.4
2000	20.6
1989	21
1909	21.2
1914	22.9
1963	23.3
1917	23.8
1924	24.4
1961	25
1985	25.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	5.08
1973	4.30
2007	4.13
1980	3.86
1947	3.75
1982	3.61
1913	3.56
2011	3.41
1967	3.11
2018	3.06

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	0.04
2002	0.05
1979	0.05
1889	0.05
1922	0.06
1950	0.07
1919	0.07
2021	0.11
2001	0.13
2010	0.19
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 27 December 2025
Coldest night: 6°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.35 in; 1 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.46 in of precipitation in Topeka, KS, the driest December since 2024, 36th driest of 139.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Topeka, KS: 69°F on Saturday 27 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Topeka, KS: a low of 6°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Topeka, KS: 0.35 in on Monday 1 December 2025.