Wausau, WI: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 16.3°F in Wausau, WI, the coldest December since 2017, tied 29th coldest of 117 (with 1934).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 16.3°F; Coldest since 2017; 29th coldest of 117
Precipitation: 1.36 in; Wettest since 2022; 47th wettest of 122

A normal December in Wausau, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 21.8°F, between 15°F and 26.6°F in eight years of ten and 1.41 in of precipitation, between 0.49 in and 2.78 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Wausau, WI since 1896: 16.3°F in 2025; the lowest is 7.5°F, in 1985.

Normal range, 15 to 26.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Wausau, WI from 1895 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	16.3	88	24	89	8.5	91	1.36	47	0
2024	24.1	24	30.3	33	17.9	22	0.84	84	0
2023	32.8	1	38.6	1	26.9	1	0.82	86	0
2022	20.5	47	27.1	62	13.9	47	1.59	38	0
2021	25	19	33.6	11	16.4	30	2.72	10	0
2020	24.1	24	31.1	30	17	24	0.48	108	0
2019	21.5	43	28	50	14.9	41	2.75	7	0
2018	24.4	21	30.2	35	18.6	18	1.31	51	0
2017	15.4	94	22	102	8.8	87	1.16	62	0
2016	19	65	24.5	87	13.6	49	2.66	12	0
2015	31.4	2	36.3	2	26.5	2	4.94	1	0
2014	22	38	27.6	57	16.4	30	1.40	45	0
2013	11.1	109	19	115	3.2	108	1.57	39	0
2012	25.3	17	31.6	24	19.1	15	1.61	36	0
2011	25	19	31.6	24	18.3	21	1.52	40	0
2010	17.5	79	23.7	95	11.3	67	2.10	17	0
2009	17.9	74	24.6	86	11.2	69	1.67	31	0
2008	11.5	106	21.2	108	1.9	114	3.09	3	0
2007	17.6	77	24.8	84	10.4	73	2.24	14	0
2006	26.6	10	32.6	16	20.5	13	3.28	2	0
2005	18.6	68	24.8	84	12.3	58	0.88	80	0
2004	19.8	58	27.3	60	12.2	59	1.67	31	0
2003	24.4	21	32.2	19	16.6	28	1.18	59	0
2002	23.7	27	30.8	31	16.5	29	0.24	119	0
2001	27.3	7	33.9	9	20.7	11	0.69	93	0
2000	8.9	112	17.6	117	0.1	120	0.58	99	0
1999	23.6	29	31.7	22	15.5	37	0.71	92	0
1998	25.5	15	34.9	5	16.2	32	0.57	101	0
1997	27	9	32.9	15	21.2	8	0.49	107	0
1996	18.9	66	25	82	12.9	52	1.85	22	0
1995	16.2	90	23.7	95	8.8	87	1.03	71	0
1994	26.3	12	33.9	9	18.7	17	0.38	114	0
1993	22	38	28.1	46	15.9	33	0.68	95	0
1992	20.3	51	28.1	46	12.5	56	1.86	21	0
1991	20.5	47	28.2	45	12.8	54	1.42	43	0
1990	17.1	83	25.9	72	8.4	94	1.99	18	0
1989	8.3	115	16.4	120	0.2	119	0.47	109	0
1988	18.2	71	26.9	64	9.5	81	1.09	68	0
1987	26.2	13	31.6	24	20.8	10	1.50	41	0
1986	22.8	34	28.7	43	16.8	26	0.46	110	0
1985	7.5	117	16.6	119	-1.5	122	1.18	59	0
1984	19.9	56	28	50	11.8	61	2.74	8	0
1983	8	116	15.5	122	0.6	118	0.93	75	0
1982	25.4	16	31.7	22	19	16	2.93	5	0
1981	19.5	60	27.5	58	11.5	65	1.20	58	0
1980	17.3	82	24.9	83	9.7	78	0.80	88	0
1979	25.1	18	33	14	17.2	23	0.58	99	0
1978	14.6	96	22.9	98	6.3	101	1.02	73	0
1977	16.6	86	23.6	97	9.5	81	1.84	23	0
1976	8.6	113	19.1	114	-1.8	123	0.64	96	0
1975	18.4	70	26.4	71	10.4	73	1.80	26	0
1974	23.4	33	31.2	29	15.7	34	1.81	25	0
1973	17.6	77	25.8	73	9.5	81	1.49	42	0
1972	14.1	99	21.6	104	6.6	99	2.93	5	0
1971	20.5	47	27.9	54	13	51	3.03	4	0
1970	18.9	66	26.9	64	10.8	71	1.10	67	0
1969	20.3	51	27.7	56	12.9	52	1.18	59	0
1968	17.7	76	25.5	77	9.9	77	2.20	16	0
1967	19.9	56	28	50	11.7	62	0.80	88	0
1966	19.1	63	26.9	64	11.3	67	1.42	43	0
1965	26.2	13	31.8	21	20.6	12	2.67	11	0
1964	13.9	100	22.8	99	4.9	106	0.84	84	0
1963	11.2	108	20.2	113	2.1	113	0.57	101	0
1962	17.4	81	25.5	77	9.3	85	0.53	105	0
1961	15.4	94	23.9	92	7	98	1.13	65	0
1960	17.1	83	25.7	76	8.5	91	0.36	115	0
1959	27.2	8	33.4	13	21.1	9	1.75	28	0
1958	11.7	104	20.7	111	2.7	110	0.10	121	0
1957	20.7	45	29.3	40	12.2	59	0.81	87	0
1956	20.5	47	29.4	39	11.6	64	0.59	98	0
1955	12.4	103	21.5	105	3.4	107	0.93	75	0
1954	20.3	51	28.1	46	12.5	56	0.35	116	0
1953	22.2	36	30.6	32	13.8	48	1.60	37	0
1952	23.6	29	30.1	36	17	24	1.29	54	0
1951	16.2	90	24	89	8.3	95	1.24	57	0
1950	11.5	106	21.3	107	1.8	116	2.47	13	0
1949	19.5	60	28	50	11	70	1.29	54	0
1948	17.8	75	26.9	64	8.6	90	1.30	53	1
1947									11
1946							0.77	91	9
1945	13.7	101	21.2	108	6.3	101	1.36	47	0
1944			24.3	88	6.4	100	0.56	103	4
1943	20.6	46	30.3	33	10.3	75	trace	122	1
1942	14.5	97	21.4	106	7.8	97	1.75	28	1
1941			34.5	8	22.7	4	1.92	20	4
1940	22	38	29.2	41	15.2	39	1.82	24	2
1939	29.3	3	35.2	4	22.8	3	0.80	88	1
1938	21.7	42	27.1	62	15.6	36	0.90	77	1
1937	18.1	73	25.8	73	10	76	0.69	93	1
1936	23.9	26	32.4	18	15.4	38	1.72	30	1
1935	20	54	25.5	77	14.5	44	1.09	68	0
1934	16.3	88	23.8	94	8.8	87	0.85	83	0
1933	18.5	69	26.6	68	9.6	79			2
1932	17.5	79	25.4	80	9.6	79	2.21	15	0
1931	28	6	33.5	12	22.5	5	1.28	56	0
1930	20.8	44	27.5	58	14	45	0.28	118	0
1929	19.5	60	25.4	80	13.6	49	0.45	112	0
1928	24.2	23	30	37	18.4	20	0.46	110	0
1927	11.7	104	20.8	110	2.5	111	2.74	8	0
1926	14.2	98	22.3	101	6.2	103	1.16	62	0
1925	15.8	93	22.4	100	9.2	86	1.05	70	0
1924	10	111	16.9	118	3.1	109	0.89	79	0
1923	28.1	5	34.7	6	21.5	6	1.65	34	0
1922	16.1	92	23.9	92	8.3	95	0.56	103	0
1921	18.2	71	25.8	73	10.6	72	1.37	46	0
1920	22.5	35	28.1	46	16.8	26	1.62	35	0
1919	8.4	114	15.6	121	1.1	117			0
1918	26.5	11	31.5	27	21.5	6	1.03	71	0
1917	10.4	110	18.2	116	2.5	111	0.53	105	0
1916	13.5	102	21.8	103	5.1	105	1.15	64	0
1915	19.7	59	26.6	68	12.8	54	0.87	81	0
1914					1.9	114	0.31	117	7
1913	28.2	4	36.2	3	19.6	14	0.12	120	2
1912	23.7	27	32.6	16	14.8	42	1.96	19	0
1911			34.7	6	18.5	19	1.80	26	4
1910	16.4	87	27.2	61	5.6	104	0.98	74	2
1909	16.9	85	24	89	9.5	81	0.90	77	3
1908	20	54	28.5	44	11.5	65	0.87	81	0
1907	23.6	29	31.4	28	15.7	34			1
1906	21.8	41	29.7	38	14	45	1.31	51	3
1905	23.6	29	32.2	19	15.1	40	1.12	66	0
1903			20.6	112	-0.6	121	0.60	97	5
1902	19.1	63	26.5	70	11.7	62			0
1901					8.5	91	1.66	33	5
1899									9
1898							0.39	113	22
1897									29
1896	22.2	36	29.1	42	14.7	43	1.36	47	2
1895			27.9	54			1.36	47	8

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	32.8
2015	31.4
1939	29.3
1913	28.2
1923	28.1
1931	28
2001	27.3
1959	27.2
1997	27
2006	26.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	7.5
1983	8
1989	8.3
1919	8.4
1976	8.6
2000	8.9
1924	10
1917	10.4
2013	11.1
1963	11.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	4.94
2006	3.28
2008	3.09
1971	3.03
1982	2.93
1972	2.93
2019	2.75
1984	2.74
1927	2.74
2021	2.72

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	trace
1958	0.10
1913	0.12
2002	0.24
1930	0.28
1914	0.31
1954	0.35
1960	0.36
1994	0.38
1898	0.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 40°F; 16 December 2025
Coldest night: -13°F; 13 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.39 in; 28 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 1.36 in of precipitation in Wausau, WI, the wettest December since 2022, tied 47th wettest of 122 (with 1945, 1896 and 1895).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Wausau, WI: 40°F on Tuesday 16 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Wausau, WI: a low of -13°F on Saturday 13 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Wausau, WI: 0.39 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.