Wilmington, NC: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 46.4°F in Wilmington, NC, the coldest December since 2010, tied 38th coldest of 147 (with 1976).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 46.4°F; Coldest since 2010; 38th coldest of 147
Precipitation: 3.41 in; Wettest since 2023; 69th wettest of 155

A normal December in Wilmington, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 49.8°F, between 44.9°F and 53.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.75 in of precipitation, between 1.62 in and 5.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Wilmington, NC since 1874: 46.4°F in 2025; the lowest is 38°F, in 2010 and 1917.

Normal range, 44.9 to 53.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Wilmington, NC from 1871 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	46.4	109	57.9	89	34.8	125	3.41	69	0
2024	49.4	63	60.9	43	37.9	88	1.84	123	0
2023	52.1	28	63.3	22	40.9	45	8.18	2	0
2022	49.4	63	60.5	52	38.3	84	2.17	114	0
2021	58.5	2	70.3	2	46.7	4	2.53	102	0
2020	49.2	71	60.6	49	37.7	92	2.66	97	0
2019	53.4	15	63.9	15	42.8	23	3.86	54	0
2018	51	42	59.9	61	42.1	30	7.08	4	0
2017	48.6	80	58.2	85	39.1	66	3.86	54	0
2016	49.7	57	60.3	55	39.1	66	5.36	22	0
2015	61.5	1	70.9	1	52.1	1	5.50	18	0
2014	49.8	55	60	58	39.5	61	4.99	28	0
2013	52.6	23	64	14	41.3	41	1.73	126	0
2012	53.2	16	63.4	20	43	21	4.60	38	0
2011	52.7	21	64.8	11	40.5	49	0.59	151	0
2010	38	146	47.8	150	28.2	150	3.63	64	0
2009	47.7	89	57.3	96	38.1	86	8.86	1	0
2008	52.6	23	63.6	18	41.7	37	3.02	84	0
2007	53.5	14	64.8	11	42.1	30	3.05	83	0
2006	52	32	63.9	15	40.1	56	4.26	46	0
2005	46	113	57	99	35	123	4.15	47	0
2004	47.3	95	58.6	77	36	114	1.68	127	0
2003	45	120	56.7	103	33.3	138	4.95	29	0
2002	45.6	118	55.8	119	35.3	122	2.53	102	0
2001	53.9	12	65.5	9	42.3	28	1.31	140	0
2000	41.4	142	51.3	146	31.4	146	1.64	128	0
1999	49.8	55	61	42	38.6	82	1.41	134	0
1998	53.1	18	63.6	18	42.6	24	3.96	52	0
1997	47.3	95	56.7	103	37.8	90	4.83	32	0
1996	50.5	48	61.3	37	39.7	59	2.75	93	0
1995	43.9	129	55.5	121	32.2	143	2.09	119	0
1994	52.7	21	61.9	32	43.6	17	6.91	6	0
1993	46.1	112	57.5	92	34.7	126	2.67	95	0
1992	48.3	82	57.5	92	39.1	66	4.48	41	0
1991	51	42	63	25	38.9	70	2.17	114	0
1990	54.8	9	65.5	9	44	14	2.65	98	0
1989	38.6	145	49	148	28.2	150	7.06	5	0
1988	46.5	107	58.4	83	34.7	126	0.59	151	0
1987	50	51	60.2	57	39.7	59	1.35	137	0
1986	49.9	53	59.2	71	40.5	49	6.28	10	0
1985	47	100	58.5	81	35.5	121	1.35	137	0
1984	57.5	3	68.6	4	46.4	5	1.32	139	0
1983	46.9	101	58.1	86	35.7	118	5.20	25	0
1982	52.6	23	63.4	20	41.7	37	6.57	8	0
1981	44.4	128	54.7	128	34.1	132	5.76	13	0
1980	45	120	56.5	109	33.5	135	5.81	12	0
1979	47.8	87	59.5	66	36	114	2.35	108	0
1978	49.4	63	61.5	34	37.3	101	4.68	35	0
1977	47.5	91	57.9	89	37.2	103	2.83	92	0
1976	46.4	109	57	99	35.8	117	5.37	21	0
1975	49.4	63	61.1	41	37.6	94	5.20	25	0
1974	49.5	58	60.3	55	38.7	78	3.72	60	0
1973	50.1	50	61.2	39	39.1	66	5.60	16	0
1972	51.9	35	62	30	41.8	36	5.29	24	0
1971	56.6	5	66.3	7	46.9	3	1.49	132	0
1970	49.9	53	62.3	29	37.5	99	3.22	78	0
1969	44.9	123	55.8	119	33.9	133	3.86	54	0
1968	45	120	56.7	103	33.3	138	2.26	111	0
1967	52.1	28	63.7	17	40.5	49	4.67	36	0
1966	47.8	87	59.3	68	36.2	113	3.44	68	0
1965	48.8	77	60.8	44	36.8	107	0.81	147	0
1964	52.1	28	62.4	28	41.9	34	4.54	39	0
1963	42.2	140	52.3	143	32.1	144	2.72	94	0
1962	43.7	130	53.3	132	34.2	131	1.99	121	0
1961	48.8	77	60	58	37.6	94	0.78	148	0
1960	41.5	141	54.2	129	28.9	149	2.64	99	0
1959	48.2	84	58.9	73	37.6	94	3.28	74	0
1958	43	136	52.9	138	33.2	140	5.31	23	0
1957	49.3	69	60.4	54	38.2	85	4.84	31	0
1956	57	4	68.8	3	45.3	8	1.30	141	0
1955	43.6	133	53.7	131	33.5	135	0.48	153	0
1954	44.9	123	56.3	112	33.5	135	2.84	91	0
1953	49.5	58	59.7	63	39.4	64	5.67	15	0
1952	46.6	106	56.1	115	37.2	103	2.11	117	0
1951	51.7	36	62.8	26	40.6	48	3.70	62	0
1950	43	136	51.4	144	34.6	128	3.33	72	0
1949	51	42	60.5	52	41.4	39	2.04	120	0
1948	52.4	27	60.7	45	44	14	4.95	29	0
1947	48.6	80	58.5	81	38.7	78	5.50	18	0
1946	52	32	62	30	42	32	2.10	118	0
1945	43.2	135	51.4	144	34.9	124	6.62	7	0
1944	43.7	130	53.8	130	33.6	134	2.98	87	0
1943	46.8	102	57.1	97	36.5	109	3.75	59	0
1942	47.5	91	57	99	38.1	86	2.99	86	0
1941	51.6	37	60.7	45	42.5	26	6.20	11	0
1940	52.5	26	61.6	33	43.5	19	2.93	88	0
1939	48.2	84	57.5	92	38.9	70	1.56	129	0
1938	49.4	63	58.9	73	39.8	58	3.15	82	0
1937	46.2	111	54.8	127	37.6	94	2.14	116	0
1936	50.6	47	58.6	77	42.6	24	6.51	9	0
1935	40.9	143	49.3	147	32.5	142	5.01	27	0
1934	47.1	97	55.9	118	38.4	83	3.00	85	0
1933	54.2	11	64.4	13	43.9	16	0.19	154	0
1932	53.9	12	63.1	24	44.6	12	2.86	90	0
1931	56.5	6	65.7	8	47.2	2	2.64	99	0
1930	44.5	125	52.6	141	36.5	109	4.50	40	0
1929	49.3	69	59.3	68	39.3	65	4.27	45	0
1928	48.9	76	56.6	107	41.1	42	3.58	67	0
1927	49.5	58	58.8	75	40.2	54	3.27	75	0
1926	50.8	45	60.6	49	41	44	1.42	133	0
1925	46.8	102	54.9	125	38.7	78	4.44	42	0
1924	50	51	58.7	76	41.4	39	3.32	73	0
1923	54.3	10	63.2	23	45.5	7	3.17	81	0
1922	53.2	16	61.5	34	45	10	3.81	58	0
1921	50.4	49	59.9	61	40.8	47	1.54	130	0
1920	48.8	77	57.4	95	40.2	54	4.08	49	0
1919	47.1	97	56.7	103	37.5	99	1.87	122	0
1918	52	32	59.3	68	44.7	11	4.67	36	0
1917	38	146	45.7	151	30.4	147	2.45	105	0
1916	49.4	63	60	58	38.9	70	1.19	144	0
1915	44.5	125	53.3	132	35.7	118	1.81	124	0
1914	45.7	114	52.6	141	38.7	78	2.39	107	0
1913	49.5	58	58.1	86	40.9	45	3.63	64	0
1912	51.5	39	60.7	45	42.3	28	2.64	99	0
1911	52.1	28	61.3	37	43	21	3.41	69	0
1910	43	136	52.9	138	33.2	140	1.30	141	0
1909	43.7	130	53.2	136	34.3	130	2.50	104	0
1908	51.6	37	61.2	39	41.9	34	2.22	112	0
1907	49.1	72	58.1	86	40.1	56	2.31	110	0
1906	47.9	86	56.8	102	38.9	70	3.37	71	0
1905	47.4	93	56	117	38.9	70	5.51	17	0
1904	45.7	114	54.9	125	36.5	109	1.74	125	0
1903	42.6	139	53.3	132	32	145	2.35	108	0
1902	49	75	58.6	77	39.5	61	3.26	77	0
1901	46.8	102	56.2	113	37.3	101	4.72	33	0
1900	47.1	97	56.6	107	37.6	94	5.69	14	0
1899	46.5	107	56.1	115	36.9	106	1.41	134	0
1898	48.3	82	56.2	113	40.5	49	2.40	106	0
1897	49.5	58	58.4	83	40.5	49	4.38	44	0
1896	45.7	114	55	124	36.5	109	3.21	79	0
1895			58.6	77	37.9	88	1.40	136	6
1894			57.6	91	39.5	61	0.78	148	6
1893			60.7	45	41.1	42	3.27	75	5
1892	46.7	105	56.4	111	37.8	90	1.03	145	2
1891							0.95	146	7
1890	47.4	93	57.1	97	37.7	92	0.61	150	0
1889	56.2	8	67.1	5	45.3	8	0.15	155	2
1888			55.3	123	36.8	107	2.92	89	6
1887	47.6	90	56.5	109	38.8	76	4.41	43	0
1886	45.7	114	55.5	121	36	114	4.02	50	0
1885	49.1	72	59.2	71	38.9	70	3.83	57	0
1884	51.5	39	60.6	49	42.5	26	3.72	60	0
1883	53	19	62.5	27	43.6	17	1.22	143	0
1882	45.1	119	53.1	137	37.1	105	4.02	50	0
1881	52.9	20	61.5	34	44.3	13	3.64	63	0
1880	43.6	133	52.8	140	34.4	129	1.52	131	0
1879	56.5	6	66.8	6	46.2	6	2.21	113	0
1878	44.5	125	53.3	132	35.7	118	3.62	66	0
1877	50.8	45	59.6	64	42	32	7.13	3	0
1876	39.2	144	48.3	149	30.1	148	5.48	20	0
1875	51.5	39	59.6	64	43.5	19	3.20	80	0
1874	49.1	72	59.4	67	38.8	76	2.67	95	0
1873							4.69	34	31
1872							4.10	48	31
1871							3.90	53	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	61.5
2021	58.5
1984	57.5
1956	57
1971	56.6
1931	56.5
1879	56.5
1889	56.2
1990	54.8
1923	54.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	38
1917	38
1989	38.6
1876	39.2
1935	40.9
2000	41.4
1960	41.5
1963	42.2
1903	42.6
1958	43
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	8.86
2023	8.18
1877	7.13
2018	7.08
1989	7.06
1994	6.91
1945	6.62
1982	6.57
1936	6.51
1986	6.28

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1889	0.15
1933	0.19
1955	0.48
2011	0.59
1988	0.59
1890	0.61
1961	0.78
1894	0.78
1965	0.81
1891	0.95

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 25 December 2025
Coldest night: 18°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.18 in; 5 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 3.41 in of precipitation in Wilmington, NC, the wettest December since 2023, tied 69th wettest of 155 (with 1911).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Wilmington, NC: 74°F on Thursday 25 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Wilmington, NC: a low of 18°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Wilmington, NC: 1.18 in on Friday 5 December 2025.