🇺🇸 Weather in New York in December
This is what the weather in New York (USA) was like in December in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
6.7 °C
4.8 °C – 9.0 °C
Avg. night-time low
2.0 °C
-0.7 °C – 4.4 °C
Avg. rain days in period
10.2
33 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
149 mm
47.7 mm – 244 mm
Avg. cloud cover
66 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 15.4 °C (18 Dec 2023) · Lowest temperature -10.7 °C (31 Dec 2017) · Avg. daily peak wind 30 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 39Sunny
- 102Partly cloudy
- 67Cloudy
- 35Light rain
- 67Rain
Summary
- On average 6.7 °C during the day and 2.0 °C at night.
- On average 10.2 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 149 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2021 (avg. 9.0 °C), coolest: 2025 (avg. 4.8 °C).
- Wettest year: 2018 (244 mm), driest: 2021 (47.7 mm).
- Extremes: 15.4 °C on 18 Dec 2023 and -10.7 °C on 31 Dec 2017.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max4.8°Avg. min-0.7°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 85.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 67 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 12.3 °C · Min -4.7 °C
2024
Avg. max6.6°Avg. min1.8°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 149 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 69 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.9 °C · Min -7.0 °C
2023
Avg. max8.7°Avg. min4.3°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 228 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 68 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.4 °C · Min -0.9 °C
2022
Avg. max6.6°Avg. min1.5°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 158 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 57 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 13.6 °C · Min -9.8 °C
2021
Avg. max9.0°Avg. min4.4°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 47.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 73 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.9 °C · Min -1.3 °C
2020
Avg. max6.9°Avg. min2.1°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 146 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.1 °C · Min -3.5 °C
2019
Avg. max6.3°Avg. min1.7°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 238 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 71 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 12.5 °C · Min -6.3 °C
2018
Avg. max6.5°Avg. min2.5°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 244 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 13.4 °C · Min -1.4 °C
2017
Avg. max5.0°Avg. min0.5°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 87.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.1 °C · Min -10.7 °C
2016
Avg. max6.4°Avg. min1.7°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 107 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 62 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.7 °C · Min -5.1 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in New York in December?
- Daytime highs averaged 6.7 °C, night-time lows 2.0 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 15.4 °C (18 Dec 2023), the lowest -10.7 °C (31 Dec 2017).
- How often does it rain in New York in December?
- On average there were 10.2 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 149 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. Snow depth is the model value for the grid cell, not the depth on the slopes. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)