Yakima, WA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 39°F in Yakima, WA, the warmest December on record, in 80 years since 1946; provisional.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 39°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 80, provisional
Precipitation: 1.56 in; Wettest since 2024; 24th wettest of 80

A normal December in Yakima, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.2°F, between 24.4°F and 34.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.00 in of precipitation, between 0.32 in and 2.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Yakima, WA since 1946: 39°F in 2025, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 24.4 to 34.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Yakima, WA from 1946 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	39	1	48.3	1	29.7	3	1.56	24
2024	34.9	12	40.3	25	29.5	4	2.29	14
2023	38	2	43.7	8	32.2	1	1.42	26
2022	23.1	75	29.6	78	16.6	68	2.17	17
2021	32.5	31	39.6	35	25.4	33	0.33	68
2020	33	28	40.4	24	25.7	31	0.58	59
2019	33.2	27	38.5	41	28	11	0.66	58
2018	34.5	18	41.7	17	27.4	18	0.68	56
2017	31.9	35	38.5	41	25.3	34	0.36	65
2016	26	68	35.5	61	16.5	69	0.87	49
2015	31.2	41	39.7	33	22.8	45	3.47	4
2014	35.9	5	43.5	9	28.3	10	0.92	46
2013	27.4	62	38.9	40	16	70	0.32	70
2012	33.4	26	40.6	20	26.2	25	2.13	20
2011	29.4	52	39.8	32	19	63	0.34	67
2010	31.9	35	38	48	25.8	30	2.38	10
2009	23.8	73	32.1	75	15.5	74	0.97	43
2008	23.8	73	32.8	72	14.8	76	0.83	51
2007	31	44	38.2	46	23.7	39	1.25	35
2006	27.3	63	34.4	65	20.2	57	2.56	9
2005	25.8	69	32.6	74	18.9	64	2.38	10
2004	34.4	19	42.6	15	26.1	27	1.12	38
2003	29.8	50	35.9	60	23.7	39	2.05	21
2002	35.3	9	40.2	27	30.5	2	3.49	3
2001	32.9	30	39.1	39	26.6	20	1.12	38
2000	28.2	57	32.9	71	23.5	41	0.70	54
1999	35.4	8	43.4	10	27.5	16	0.27	72
1998	30.7	46	40.2	27	21.2	54	0.69	55
1997	29.9	48	37.1	50	22.6	47	0.19	76
1996	23.1	75	31	76	15.1	75	5.59	1
1995	31.2	41	37	51	25.5	32	2.15	18
1994	32.5	31	40.1	29	24.8	35	1.27	33
1993	33	28	38.3	44	27.7	12	1.02	40
1992	24.5	71	33.1	70	15.9	72	2.33	13
1991	34.8	13	43.8	7	25.9	29	0.28	71
1990	22.8	77	32.7	73	12.8	78	0.24	73
1989	31.4	39	36.5	52	26.3	24	0.21	75
1988	28	58	36	57	20.1	58	0.67	57
1987	29	53	36	57	22	52	3.30	5
1986	28.5	55	34.1	67	22.9	44	0.89	48
1985	19.1	80	24.1	80	14.1	77	1.02	40
1984	20	79	29.7	77	10.4	80	0.51	63
1983	22.1	78	28.5	79	15.8	73	1.92	22
1982	29	53	36	57	21.9	53	2.15	18
1981	30.2	47	38.3	44	22.1	51	2.38	10
1980	34.8	13	40.1	29	29.5	4	2.69	8
1979	34.8	13	41.9	16	27.7	12	1.33	31
1978	27.5	61	38.1	47	16.9	67	0.14	78
1977	33.5	24	40.8	19	26.2	25	2.80	7
1976	29.9	48	40.6	20	19.2	62	0.07	80
1975	34.7	16	42.9	14	26.5	21	0.55	60
1974	35.2	11	43.3	11	27.1	19	1.14	37
1973	35.9	5	44.2	5	27.6	15	2.22	16
1972	26.8	66	36.1	55	17.5	66	1.31	32
1971	27.7	60	36.2	53	19.3	61	1.45	25
1970	28	58	36.1	55	19.8	59	1.41	27
1969	33.5	24	38	48	28.9	7	2.28	15
1968	28.3	56	36.2	53	20.5	56	1.91	23
1967	31.5	37	40.5	22	22.5	49	0.55	60
1966	36.4	3	44.1	6	28.6	9	0.95	44
1965	31	44	39.5	37	22.5	49	1.39	28
1964	27.2	64	34.8	64	19.6	60	4.19	2
1963	29.5	51	35.1	62	24	38	1.00	42
1962	35.9	5	43.1	13	28.7	8	0.47	64
1961	31.4	39	39.7	33	23.1	42	1.27	33
1960	27.2	64	33.9	68	20.6	55	0.90	47
1959	32.2	34	40.1	29	24.3	37	0.35	66
1958	33.7	22	39.6	35	27.7	12	0.82	53
1957	35.3	9	44.5	3	26.1	27	0.83	51
1956	31.2	41	39.4	38	23	43	0.55	60
1955	24.7	70	33.4	69	16	70	3.22	6
1954	31.5	37	40.3	25	22.6	47	0.33	68
1953	36.4	3	46.2	2	26.5	21	0.94	45
1952	32.4	33	38.5	41	26.4	23	1.18	36
1951	26.3	67	34.4	65	18.1	65	0.85	50
1950	34.7	16	40.5	22	29	6	1.34	29
1949	33.6	23	44.4	4	22.7	46	0.15	77
1948	24	72	35.1	62	12.8	78	1.34	29
1947	34.2	20	40.9	18	27.5	16	0.22	74
1946	33.9	21	43.2	12	24.6	36	0.11	79

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2025	39
2023	38
1966	36.4
1953	36.4
2014	35.9
1973	35.9
1962	35.9
1999	35.4
2002	35.3
1957	35.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	19.1
1984	20
1983	22.1
1990	22.8
2022	23.1
1996	23.1
2009	23.8
2008	23.8
1948	24
1992	24.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	5.59
1964	4.19
2002	3.49
2015	3.47
1987	3.30
1955	3.22
1977	2.80
1980	2.69
2006	2.56
2010	2.38
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.07
1946	0.11
1978	0.14
1949	0.15
1997	0.19
1989	0.21
1947	0.22
1990	0.24
1999	0.27
1991	0.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 10 December 2025
Coldest night: 18°F; 28 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.87 in; 18 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 1.56 in of precipitation in Yakima, WA, the wettest December since 2024, 24th wettest of 80.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Yakima, WA: 72°F on Wednesday 10 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Yakima, WA: a low of 18°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Yakima, WA: 0.87 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.