December Daily Records for Syracuse, NY

Period of Record: 1950-Present

    MAX TEMPS           MIN TEMPS         PRECIPITATION  SNOWFALL
DAY HI YEAR   LO YEAR   HI YEAR    LO YEAR   MAX  YEAR    MAX YEAR
01  68 (2006) 20 (1989) 46 (2001)   3 (1989) 1.26 (2006)  8.6 (2002)
02  65 (1998) 21 (1966) 42 (1970)   3 (1989) 1.00 (1986)  9.2 (2005)
03  65 (1982) 15 (1966) 51 (1982)  -8 (1976) 0.71 (1991) 11.4 (2005)
04  63 (1982) 15 (1989) 46 (1973)  -6 (1966) 1.43 (1950)  8.4 (2007)
05  69 (2001) 24 (1991) 52 (2001)   6 (1974) 1.05 (1994) 15.2 (1991)
06  72 (2001) 18 (1954) 50 (1951)   6 (1954) 1.06 (1971)  8.8 (2000)
07  70 (1998) 22 (1958) 50 (1951)   8 (2000) 1.40 (1959)  7.0 (1958)
08  69 (1966) 18 (1976) 50 (1966)   1 (1976) 0.98 (1974)  8.9 (1961)
09  67 (1966) 19 (1968) 47 (1966)  -3 (1989) 1.21 (1973)  7.4 (1981)
10  70 (1966) 11 (1968) 48 (1952)  -1 (1982) 0.94 (2004)  8.4 (1978)
11  63 (1979) 13 (1977) 46 (1979)  -7 (1977) 1.76 (1952)  5.9 (1950)
12  61 (1979) 12 (1988) 41 (1964) -10 (1988) 1.23 (1983)  6.1 (2003)
13  59 (1991) 16 (1962) 44 (2001)  -5 (1982) 1.48 (1996)  5.9 (1951)
14  60 (1975) 16 (2005) 46 (1975)  -8 (2005) 1.64 (1977) 14.8 (2003)
15  62 (1975) 18 (2007) 42 (2006)   4 (2005) 0.55 (1971)  5.4 (1951)
16  55 (1971) 13 (1951) 40 (1959)   1 (1951) 0.85 (2007) 10.7 (2007)
17  62 (2000) 13 (1973) 38 (1996)   5 (1951) 0.63 (1973) 12.2 (1973)
18  50 (2006) 15 (1973) 37 (2006)  -2 (1979) 0.87 (1990)  7.6 (2003)
19  59 (1957) 14 (1975) 41 (1957)  -7 (1973) 0.36 (1981)  7.5 (1981)
20  66 (1957)  6 (2004) 55 (1957) -11 (1983) 0.65 (1978)  9.6 (2000)
21  58 (1988) 10 (1955) 39 (1953) -20 (1955) 1.02 (1993)  8.8 (1977)
22  62 (1990)  6 (1989) 54 (1990) -13 (1989) 0.78 (2006)  6.3 (1962)
23  61 (1957) 10 (1969) 40 (2006)  -6 (1955) 0.77 (2007)  3.9 (1953)
24  58 (1965) 14 (1969) 44 (1979) -14 (1989) 0.60 (1990)  4.9 (1968)
25  64 (1964) -2 (1980) 45 (1964) -22 (1980) 1.11 (1978) 15.6 (1978)
26  60 (1982)  8 (1968) 42 (1964)  -7 (1980) 0.63 (1957) 14.6 (1969)
27  55 (1971) 12 (1989) 35 (1954) -11 (1989) 0.45 (1959)  8.3 (2000)
28  64 (1984) 16 (1993) 40 (1982)  -5 (1960) 1.29 (1968) 11.1 (1989)
29  65 (1984) 15 (2000) 43 (1984)  -9 (1993) 1.18 (1984)  5.7 (1987)
30  58 (1990) 12 (1976) 41 (1992)  -6 (1962) 1.40 (1997) 18.6 (1997)
31  62 (1965)  9 (1962) 51 (1965)  -6 (1962) 0.70 (1989)  8.7 (2000)

DECEMBER EXTREMES:

DAILY:
    RECORD HIGH: 72 ON THE 6TH IN 2001
    RECORD LOW: -22 ON THE 25TH IN 1980
    
    LOWEST MAX: -2 ON THE 25TH IN 1980
    HIGHEST MIN: 55 ON THE 20TH IN 1957  
    
    MAX PCPN: 1.76" ON THE 11TH IN 1952
    MAX SNOWFALL: 18.6" ON THE 30TH IN 1997

DAILY TOP FIVE:

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE   
HIGH	 DATE	  YEAR
 72	   6	  2001
 70	   7	  1998      
 70	  10	  1966
 69	   5	  2001
 69	   6	  1998

LOWEST TEMPERATURE
LOW	DATE	 YEAR
-22	 25	 1980
-20	 21	 1955
-14	 24	 1989
-13	 22	 1989
-11	 27	 1989
 
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION	   
AMOUNT   DATE	  YEAR     
1.76"     11      1952 
1.64"     14      1977
1.48"     13      1996
1.43"	4      1950
1.40"     30      1997

HIGHEST SNOWFALL
AMOUNT   DATE    YEAR
18.6"    30     1997
15.6"    25     1978
15.2"     5     1991
14.8"    14     2003
14.6"    26     1969

MOST DAYS WITH MIN 0 OR LESS: 7 IN 1983
MOST DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LESS: 26 IN 1989

MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (NORMAL: 28.6):

WARMEST 	  
1. 37.4  2006 
2. 36.8  2001
3. 35.4  1998 
4. 34.8  1996
5. 34.8  1953	

COLDEST       
1. 14.7  1989 
2. 19.4  1958
3. 20.8  1963 
4. 21.6  2000
5. 21.6  1955

MONTHLY PRECIPITATION (NORMAL: 3.12"):                    

WETTEST 	     
1. 5.50  1983	    
2. 5.24  1990	    
3. 5.06  2007
4. 5.01  1959	    
5. 4.67  1968	    

DRIEST       
1. 1.40  1999
2. 1.73  1958
3. 1.74  1998
4. 1.80  1985
5. 1.80  1976

MONTHLY SNOWFALL (NORMAL: 28.6"):

SNOWIEST     
1. 70.3  2000
2. 64.6  1989
3. 52.9  2005
4. 52.5  1969
5. 51.9  1970

LEAST SNOWIEST
1.   5.9  1994
2.   7.1  1965
3.   7.3  2001
4.   8.8  1986
5.   8.9  1949

Last update 01/31/2008