United States December Weather

United States weather averages in the month of December based on data made available by the NOAA and the University of East Anglia.
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Countrywide December Averages
High temperature 39.1 °F
Low temperature 20.0 °F
Precipitation 2.5 inches
Cloud cover 60.3 %
United States Cities
December weather averages for various places in United States, from 1991–2020.
City Average (°F) Record (°F) Monthly (inches)
High Low High Low Precipitation Snow
Abilene 58.2 34.9 90 -7 1.3 0.9
Akron 38.7 25.6 76 -16 2.9 9.3
Albany 37.2 22.6 72 -22 3.3 13.8
Albany 63.1 39.8 88 6 4.7 0.0
Albuquerque 47.7 26.6 72 -7 0.5 2.7
Allentown 42.2 26.1 72 -9 3.9 5.3
Amarillo 51.2 25.1 81 -8 0.7 3.8
Ames 33.8 16.7 74 -24 1.1 n/a
Anchorage 25.1 13.8 53 -36 1.2 18.3
Ann Arbor 36.4 24.2 67 -17 2.7 12.7
Antioch 56.1 40.1 78 14 2.7 n/a
Appleton 30.8 17.0 64 -23 1.8 11.6
Asheville 50.6 30.7 81 -7 4.2 2.4
Athens 56.3 36.3 80 2 4.4 n/a
Atlanta 55.8 38.3 79 0 4.6 0.4
Auburn 58.2 34.9 84 -1 5.9 n/a
Augusta 60.7 36.2 84 5 3.9 0.1
Aurora 36.1 20.8 70 -25 2.2 6.7
Austin 64.0 40.3 90 4 2.8 0.0
Bakersfield 58.6 39.0 87 13 1.1 0.0
Baltimore 47.0 29.9 77 -3 3.7 2.5
Baton Rouge 64.4 43.2 88 8 5.3 n/a
Battle Creek 37.0 22.4 69 -18 1.9 16.2
Baytown 64.6 45.2 85 7 4.8 0.0
Beaumont 64.3 44.4 88 8 5.1 0.0
Bellingham 45.1 33.8 67 -1 4.3 n/a
Bend 40.2 22.9 68 -25 1.8 5.8
Berkeley 57.9 43.8 76 24 5.0 0.0
Billings 36.0 19.2 75 -38 0.6 9.6
Birmingham 56.9 37.3 80 1 4.9 0.2
Bismarck 27.7 8.1 66 -46 0.6 9.8
Bloomington 41.4 26.4 74 -20 3.4 4.8
Bloomington-Normal 38.0 21.6 72 -22 2.3 4.4
Boise 38.8 25.1 69 -30 1.5 5.5
Boston 42.5 29.4 76 -17 4.3 9.1
Boulder 46.2 21.7 76 -24 0.8 12.8
Bowling Green 48.9 30.9 78 -14 4.4 0.8
Bozeman 34.5 14.4 64 -39 1.0 16.9
Bradenton 74.7 54.7 89 20 2.4 0.0
Bridgeport 43.5 29.8 76 -12 4.0 6.0
Brockton 43.7 25.4 78 -16 5.1 4.8
Brownsville 73.1 53.7 94 15 1.2 n/a
Buffalo 37.3 25.5 74 -10 3.7 25.5
Burlington 53.8 31.5 79 3 3.1 n/a
Carson City 44.5 22.8 75 -26 1.6 5.0
Casper 35.1 15.1 67 -42 0.6 11.0
Castle Rock 46.0 17.2 82 -29 0.6 8.3
Cedar Rapids 34.5 19.4 69 -28 1.6 8.3
Champaign 38.6 23.4 73 -20 2.1 n/a
Chapel Hill 53.8 32.3 84 0 3.7 0.2
Charleston 62.8 41.8 83 8 3.3 0.0
Charlotte 54.8 34.5 80 1 3.6 0.4
Chattanooga 53.5 34.9 78 -2 5.2 0.3
Cheyenne 39.3 17.8 70 -28 0.5 9.0
Chicago 37.4 24.8 72 -20 2.3 7.8
Chula Vista 67.3 46.7 86 28 1.5 0.0
Cincinnati 43.1 28.0 75 -20 3.7 4.0
Clarksville 50.3 31.4 80 -12 5.0 0.0
Cleveland 39.5 27.2 77 -15 3.0 12.5
Coeur d'Alene 36.4 26.4 60 -26 3.8 n/a
College Station 63.4 42.8 89 2 3.7 n/a
Colorado Springs 43.9 18.1 77 -24 0.2 4.3
Columbia 61.4 39.4 84 7 3.9 0.0
Columbia 43.1 25.6 76 -23 2.1 3.2
Columbus 60.2 40.3 84 4 4.8 n/a
Columbus 41.5 27.8 76 -17 3.1 5.1
Concord 54.9 32.4 81 4 3.5 0.6
Conroe 63.5 41.6 89 3 3.9 n/a
Conway 52.5 32.9 81 -6 4.8 0.3
Corpus Christi 69.6 49.5 91 13 1.9 0.2
Corvallis 46.7 34.1 66 -8 7.7 0.7
Dallas 58.8 39.8 89 1 3.1 0.3
Danbury 40.9 24.1 76 -11 4.3 n/a
Davenport 36.5 20.7 75 -24 2.0 8.8
Davis 56.2 38.1 88 12 3.7 0.0
Dayton 40.1 26.0 72 -20 3.0 4.8
Daytona Beach 71.5 52.1 88 19 2.3 n/a
Decatur 40.2 24.8 72 -22 2.3 2.9
Denton 57.2 35.1 89 0 2.6 n/a
Denver 43.9 18.1 79 -25 0.4 8.8
Des Moines 36.0 19.9 74 -26 1.6 8.2
Detroit 37.4 25.3 69 -20 2.3 8.9
Dothan 62.8 42.6 84 7 4.8 n/a
Dubuque 31.8 17.4 69 -25 1.8 10.5
Duluth 23.8 9.6 55 -34 1.5 18.6
Durham 54.5 34.2 81 3 3.4 0.8
Eau Claire 28.5 12.9 64 -32 1.4 11.0
El Cajon 69.4 42.6 95 21 1.9 n/a
El Paso 58.1 33.7 80 5 0.6 1.2
Elgin 35.3 20.1 68 -24 2.2 7.5
Erie 39.3 28.1 75 -6 4.1 26.2
Escondido 68.3 43.5 96 15 2.0 0.0
Eugene 46.4 34.6 68 -12 7.2 n/a
Evansville 45.5 29.3 77 -15 3.8 3.1
Everett 44.9 35.6 66 5 4.8 n/a
Fairfield 56.9 39.3 78 15 5.3 0.0
Fargo 23.9 7.9 65 -32 0.9 11.5
Fayetteville 49.8 28.4 78 -14 3.0 1.1
Fayetteville 57.0 35.9 86 2 3.0 n/a
Flagstaff 43.1 17.0 68 -23 1.9 17.8
Flint 35.8 22.7 70 -18 1.9 11.3
Fort Collins 44.0 18.3 76 -35 0.5 7.5
Fort Lauderdale 77.6 61.8 90 29 2.7 0.0
Fort Myers 77.2 57.6 91 24 1.9 n/a
Fort Smith 52.8 32.8 82 -5 3.5 0.5
Fort Wayne 37.7 24.0 71 -18 2.5 7.1
Franklin 50.8 31.3 91 -11 5.2 0.1
Fresno 56.4 39.0 77 18 1.8 0.0
Gainesville 69.3 45.5 87 12 2.9 0.0
Galveston 64.5 51.6 82 14 3.9 0.0
Gastonia 54.7 34.2 80 3 3.8 0.3
Gilroy 60.9 38.7 80 17 4.3 0.0
Grand Forks 21.6 6.1 58 -37 0.7 13.4
Grand Island 38.3 18.0 80 -26 0.8 4.9
Grand Junction 38.4 18.4 66 -21 0.6 5.2
Grand Rapids 35.7 24.1 69 -18 2.5 20.2
Great Falls 35.6 16.8 69 -43 0.5 9.2
Greeley 42.8 17.8 76 -37 0.5 6.2
Green Bay 31.2 17.3 65 -27 1.8 13.1
Greensboro 51.8 32.9 78 -1 3.2 1.3
Greenville 54.7 35.7 80 0 4.4 n/a
Greenville 56.4 35.4 82 1 3.5 0.8
Guam 86.8 76.8 91 68 6.3 0.0
Gulfport 63.4 44.9 83 9 4.6 n/a
Hamilton 43.5 26.0 75 -19 3.4 n/a
Hanford 56.0 35.8 80 15 1.4 0.0
Harlingen 72.7 51.5 93 15 1.3 n/a
Hartford 40.6 24.6 76 -14 4.1 10.2
Haverhill 40.8 22.5 76 -19 4.5 11.4
Hialeah 78.4 63.5 90 29 2.8 0.0
High Point 53.7 33.1 81 0 3.7 0.4
Honolulu 81.8 69.2 89 54 2.2 n/a
Houston 65.7 47.8 87 9 4.3 n/a
Huntsville 54.0 35.3 81 -3 5.9 0.2
Idaho Falls 30.5 13.4 58 -31 0.7 n/a
Indianapolis 40.6 26.3 74 -23 2.9 6.3
Indio 69.6 45.7 96 17 0.4 n/a
Iowa City 35.7 19.8 75 -27 1.5 n/a
Jackson 59.7 38.4 84 4 5.1 0.4
Jackson 51.5 32.4 80 -21 5.3 0.2
Jacksonville 67.5 45.3 85 11 2.8 0.0
Janesville 33.5 18.1 67 -25 1.9 9.9
Johnson City 49.3 29.3 78 -23 3.8 1.7
Joliet 36.7 22.1 70 -20 2.0 3.8
Jonesboro 49.4 32.9 79 -7 4.4 0.8
Joplin 48.0 28.8 76 -15 2.6 n/a
Kalamazoo 36.7 23.9 69 -14 1.7 n/a
Kansas City 42.2 24.3 74 -23 1.6 3.9
Kennewick 41.1 27.9 71 -29 1.1 n/a
Kenosha 35.9 22.6 70 -29 2.1 7.2
Kingsport 49.8 30.8 80 -7 4.1 0.9
Kissimmee 74.8 52.7 90 19 2.1 0.0
Knoxville 50.8 33.1 80 -6 5.0 0.6
Kokomo 37.7 22.8 71 -24 2.8 7.2
La Crosse 31.5 17.0 69 -37 1.5 10.7
Lafayette 64.4 45.0 89 9 5.0 n/a
Lake Charles 64.5 44.9 89 11 4.6 n/a
Lake Elsinore 66.9 39.7 90 17 2.0 0.0
Lake Havasu City 65.1 43.5 84 25 0.5 0.0
Lakeland 75.2 53.6 89 20 2.7 0.0
Lancaster 43.4 27.5 76 -9 3.5 3.1
Lansing 35.5 22.6 69 -18 1.9 10.9
Laredo 69.3 47.6 95 11 1.1 0.1
Las Cruces 58.0 29.9 78 1 0.6 0.4
Las Vegas 57.0 38.7 81 11 0.5 0.2
Lawrence 43.8 22.8 76 -21 1.4 n/a
Lawrence 41.4 25.2 75 -20 4.1 7.9
Lawton 53.9 29.5 88 -8 1.6 n/a
Lee's Summit 42.8 25.1 74 -25 1.5 n/a
Lexington 45.3 29.6 75 -19 4.2 1.9
Lincoln 38.8 17.6 76 -27 1.2 5.4
Little Rock 53.5 34.9 81 -1 5.1 0.6
Livermore 57.9 38.4 79 18 2.8 n/a
Logan 34.1 19.0 66 -25 1.6 14.7
Long Beach 67.1 46.4 92 28 2.2 n/a
Longview 60.0 38.2 84 2 4.5 n/a
Los Angeles 66.0 49.1 94 32 2.2 n/a
Louisville 46.8 31.7 76 -15 4.1 2.2
Lowell 39.7 22.0 76 -20 4.3 11.4
Lubbock 55.2 28.1 83 -2 0.7 2.3
Lynchburg 49.1 29.3 79 -4 3.5 2.4
Macon 60.6 37.5 83 5 4.6 n/a
Madera 56.2 37.2 76 16 1.8 n/a
Madison 32.6 18.1 68 -28 1.6 12.0
Manchester 39.3 21.7 78 -20 3.3 n/a
Manhattan 43.8 21.9 77 -22 1.2 4.5
McAllen 73.1 52.9 96 18 1.1 n/a
McKinney 57.5 35.8 89 -4 3.3 n/a
Medford 46.3 32.3 72 -6 3.5 0.8
Melbourne 74.3 55.3 90 21 2.5 n/a
Memphis 53.2 36.5 81 -13 5.5 0.2
Merced 55.9 36.9 76 15 1.9 n/a
Miami 78.4 64.3 89 29 2.4 n/a
Miami Beach 76.6 65.6 89 32 2.4 n/a
Midland 58.8 32.2 97 -1 0.6 1.5
Milwaukee 35.1 22.5 68 -22 1.9 10.2
Minneapolis 28.7 14.8 68 -29 1.2 11.4
Missoula 31.7 18.3 67 -30 1.1 11.4
Mobile 63.6 43.0 85 8 5.4 0.1
Modesto 56.3 39.1 75 18 2.2 n/a
Montgomery 61.0 38.7 85 5 5.0 n/a
Muncie 39.4 25.1 71 -21 2.6 n/a
Murfreesboro 51.2 30.4 77 -9 5.5 0.3
Napa 57.5 37.4 81 14 4.3 n/a
Nashua 39.6 21.0 73 -24 4.5 12.3
Nashville 51.3 33.3 79 -10 4.4 0.5
New Bedford 43.7 27.1 72 -11 4.5 n/a
New Braunfels 64.1 40.0 91 2 2.7 0.1
New Brunswick 45.4 28.1 76 -15 4.5 4.9
New Haven 43.5 29.8 76 -12 4.0 6.0
New Orleans 65.1 47.6 85 11 4.8 n/a
New York City 44.6 33.2 75 -13 4.4 5.1
Newark 45.1 31.3 76 -13 4.1 5.6
Newark 40.4 24.8 76 -21 3.3 1.7
Newport Beach 64.4 50.4 86 32 1.6 0.0
Norfolk 53.9 37.6 82 7 3.3 1.1
Oakland 58.2 42.7 79 25 3.9 n/a
Ocala 72.6 48.7 90 15 2.6 0.0
Odessa 58.8 32.2 85 -1 0.6 1.5
Ogden 37.4 23.0 66 -19 1.5 n/a
Oklahoma City 51.2 30.4 86 -8 1.8 2.0
Olathe 43.0 23.8 76 -12 1.5 n/a
Olympia 45.1 32.8 70 -7 7.8 n/a
Omaha 37.1 18.9 74 -23 1.3 6.1
Orlando 73.7 53.5 90 18 2.5 0.0
Oshkosh 31.7 17.7 65 -27 1.6 8.9
Oxnard 65.0 46.1 96 28 2.1 n/a
Palm Bay 74.2 54.2 90 21 2.7 0.0
Palmdale 58.2 32.4 84 9 1.1 n/a
Pasadena 67.3 46.0 93 25 3.3 0.0
Pasco 41.1 27.9 71 -29 1.1 n/a
Pensacola 64.3 45.7 81 11 5.4 n/a
Peoria 38.0 23.1 71 -24 2.2 6.0
Petaluma 58.1 38.6 81 16 5.2 0.0
Philadelphia 46.0 31.9 73 -7 4.0 3.6
Phoenix 66.4 45.1 88 19 0.7 n/a
Pittsburgh 40.9 26.8 74 -12 2.8 8.3
Plymouth 43.4 26.2 76 -14 4.6 n/a
Pocatello 34.3 17.2 64 -29 1.1 9.8
Pontiac 35.5 23.4 66 -12 1.8 n/a
Port Arthur 64.9 45.8 85 12 5.0 n/a
Portland 38.0 21.6 71 -21 4.5 14.8
Portland 46.3 36.1 67 3 5.8 1.2
Providence 43.3 27.6 77 -10 4.7 7.9
Provo 41.2 24.2 72 -30 1.8 11.2
Pueblo 47.5 14.6 82 -28 0.3 4.5
Racine 34.8 22.2 66 -23 2.1 7.9
Raleigh 54.5 34.2 81 0 3.4 0.8
Rapid City 37.7 14.0 75 -30 0.4 6.7
Reading 43.0 27.8 77 -6 3.6 4.4
Redding 55.5 37.0 83 16 6.3 n/a
Reno 46.2 24.5 71 -16 1.1 4.8
Renton 46.9 36.1 69 0 5.2 n/a
Richland 40.7 27.5 71 -29 1.0 n/a
Richmond 51.6 32.6 81 -2 3.5 1.8
Riverside 67.7 42.4 94 21 1.5 n/a
Roanoke 49.2 31.6 80 -12 3.1 3.2
Rochester 27.9 13.7 64 -33 1.3 12.1
Rochester 37.8 25.0 72 -16 2.7 21.9
Rock Hill 55.4 35.8 81 2 3.3 0.2
Rockford 34.4 19.7 69 -24 1.9 9.0
Sacramento 55.8 38.5 74 17 3.4 n/a
Saint Paul 28.7 14.8 68 -29 1.2 11.4
Salem 46.9 34.9 72 -12 7.0 n/a
Salinas 61.6 41.1 85 23 2.1 n/a
Salt Lake City 38.7 23.5 69 -15 1.4 11.7
San Angelo 61.5 34.7 91 -4 0.9 0.3
San Antonio 65.2 43.0 90 6 2.0 0.1
San Diego 65.5 49.4 88 32 1.7 n/a
San Francisco 58.5 47.2 76 27 4.8 n/a
San Jacinto 66.2 38.6 92 17 1.8 0.0
San Jose 59.3 42.1 79 19 2.4 n/a
San Juan 84.3 73.3 94 63 4.8 0.0
San Marcos 64.1 41.3 91 4 2.4 0.0
San Rafael 56.1 42.0 79 20 7.4 0.0
Sanford 72.9 52.6 88 19 2.4 0.0
Santa Ana 69.4 47.4 95 22 2.2 0.0
Santa Barbara 64.9 40.1 91 20 2.7 n/a
Santa Cruz 60.3 41.3 87 19 6.5 0.0
Santa Fe 43.2 17.9 65 -17 0.8 6.2
Santa Maria 64.5 39.8 90 20 2.1 n/a
Santa Monica 65.2 49.2 89 30 2.2 n/a
Santa Rosa 57.7 37.7 83 9 6.7 n/a
Sarasota 74.7 54.7 89 20 2.4 0.0
Savannah 63.9 42.4 83 9 3.2 0.0
Seattle 46.1 36.6 66 6 5.7 1.6
Shreveport 59.6 39.3 84 5 4.9 0.1
Sioux City 34.0 15.1 70 -24 1.0 7.6
Sioux Falls 30.6 12.6 63 -28 0.8 8.7
South Bend 36.8 23.9 70 -18 2.4 13.9
Southhampton 45.0 29.1 70 -6 5.0 4.0
Spokane 33.7 23.6 60 -25 2.3 13.9
Springfield 40.3 24.8 74 -21 2.1 4.1
Springfield 46.3 27.3 77 -16 2.6 3.2
Springfield 40.4 24.6 72 -26 2.7 n/a
Springfield 39.5 22.4 73 -18 3.7 n/a
St. Charles 43.6 26.0 77 -19 2.8 1.6
St. Cloud 26.3 9.7 63 -41 0.9 9.2
St. George 53.8 30.1 75 -4 0.8 0.0
St. Joseph 41.1 20.6 73 -15 1.2 n/a
St. Louis 44.5 28.8 76 -16 2.5 3.1
St. Petersburg 71.7 58.7 91 22 2.6 0.0
Stillwater 51.3 28.1 84 -15 1.7 2.6
Stockton 56.1 38.1 76 17 2.4 n/a
Suffolk 53.7 35.2 80 4 3.7 1.1
Syracuse 37.5 23.6 72 -26 3.2 30.0
Tallahassee 66.5 42.7 84 10 4.2 n/a
Tampa 73.3 55.4 86 18 2.6 0.0
Taunton 43.5 25.1 76 -22 4.3 n/a
Terre Haute 41.4 25.6 74 -22 2.7 n/a
Toledo 37.8 24.6 70 -19 2.4 6.4
Topeka 43.8 23.8 76 -26 1.5 3.8
Trenton 44.7 29.0 76 -8 4.1 4.2
Tucson 65.8 39.8 85 10 1.0 0.0
Tulsa 50.8 31.0 80 -8 2.4 1.8
Tuscaloosa 58.9 37.5 82 2 4.8 n/a
Twin Falls 37.6 21.0 68 -23 1.3 n/a
Tyler 59.4 40.1 83 0 4.7 0.0
Vacaville 57.4 38.0 80 14 5.2 n/a
Valdosta 66.3 43.1 86 10 3.2 n/a
Vancouver 45.8 32.9 65 -10 6.5 0.6
Victoria 67.3 45.4 88 9 2.3 n/a
Victorville 59.0 32.1 90 6 1.0 0.0
Virginia Beach 53.9 37.6 82 7 3.3 1.1
Visalia 56.0 38.7 86 20 1.9 0.0
Waco 60.5 38.3 91 -4 2.9 0.0
Washington D.C. 48.3 34.0 79 -13 3.4 1.7
Waterloo 32.6 15.7 74 -29 1.4 9.9
Watsonville 60.7 40.0 84 12 4.3 n/a
West Lafayette 39.5 24.6 73 -20 2.3 n/a
West Palm Beach 77.1 61.4 90 28 3.5 n/a
Wichita 45.6 25.3 83 -16 1.2 3.1
Wichita Falls 55.8 32.5 91 -7 1.6 0.7
Wilmington 60.2 38.9 82 0 3.7 0.0
Wilmington 45.8 30.1 75 -7 3.9 2.9
Winston-Salem 51.8 32.9 79 0 3.2 1.3
Worcester 37.3 23.9 72 -17 4.3 15.8
Yakima 38.0 23.0 72 -26 1.4 7.9
Youngstown 38.4 25.4 76 -12 3.2 15.1
Yuma 68.2 46.5 86 22 0.4 0.0