NOAA's National Weather Service - Daily Records for Syracuse, NY Area for the month of December

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December Daily Records for Syracuse, NY

Period of Record: 1902-Present

	Maximum Temperature				Minimum Temperature				Rainfall		Snowfall
Date	High	Year	Low	Year	High	Year	Low	Year	Maximum	Year	Maximum	Year
01	68	2006	20	1989	52	(1914)	1	(1936)	1.36	2010	9.7	1944
02	65	1998	18	1930	50	(1914)	3	(1989)	1.00	1986	9.2	2005
03	65	1982	15	1976	51	(1982)	-8	(1976)	1.02	1905	11.4	2005
04	68	1941	15	1989	47	(1920)	-7	(1944)	1.43	1950	8.4	2007
05	69	2001	17	1910	52	(2001)	0	(1926)	1.05	1994	15.2	1991
06	72	2001	17	1910	50	(1951)	2	(1940)	1.06	1971	12.2	2010
07	70	1998	18	1917	50	(1951)	2	(1906)	1.40	1959	9.3	2010
08	69	1966	8	1906	50	(1966)	-7	(1906)	1.07	1944	14.9	2010
09	67	1966	13	1902	47	(1966)	-11	(1902)	1.21	1973	7.4	1981
10	70	1966	11	1968	48	(1952)	-1	(1982)	0.94	2004	8.4	1978
11	63	1979	11	1934	53	(1911)	-7	(1977)	1.76	1952	5.9	1950
12	61	1979	12	1988	44	(1949)	-10	(1988)	1.23	1983	6.7	1944
13	61	1923	15	1902	44	(2001)	-5	(1982)	1.48	1996	14.0	1902
14	60	1975	9	1902	46	(1975)	-8	(2005)	1.86	1917	18.0	1917
15	62	1975	14	1917	45	(2011)	-6	(1943)	0.60	1915	11.9	2010
16	55	1971	10	1910	43	(1928)	-1	(1917)	1.22	1927	10.7	2007
17	62	2000	10	1919	45	(1928)	-10	(1919)	0.77	1929	12.2	1973
18	58	1921	9	1926	40	(1912)	-13	(1919)	1.68	1937	7.6	2003
19	59	1957	12	1942	41	(1957)	-15	(1942)	0.57	2008	9.5	2008
20	66	1957	-3	1942	55	(1957)	-26	(1942)	0.92	1939	9.6	2000
21	58	1988	10	1955	46	(1949)	-20	(1955)	1.02	1993	8.8	1977
22	66	1949	6	1989	54	(1990)	-13	(1989)	0.78	2006	13.5	2008
23	61	1957	8	1906	42	(1931)	-7	(1943)	1.01	1907	14.0	1929
24	58	1965	6	1906	48	(1931)	-14	(1989)	0.81	1941	10.0	1930
25	66	1932	-2	1980	46	(1932)	-22	(1980)	1.11	1978	15.6	1978
26	60	1982	8	1968	48	(1936)	-12	(1914)	1.35	1913	14.6	1969
27	62	1936	8	1939	54	(1936)	-11	(1989)	1.87	1904	8.3	2000
28	64	1984	13	1924	40	(1982)	-10	(1939)	1.29	1968	11.1	1989
29	65	1984	-7	1933	43	(1984)	-24	(1933)	1.23	1915	8.7	1915
30	58	1990	-3	1917	41	(1992)	-20	(1917)	2.35	1942	18.6	1997
31	62	1965	-1	1917	51	(1965)	-14	(1917)	0.91	1948	11.5	1948

December Extremes: Daily

Record High: 72 °F on the 6^th in 2001
Record Low: -26 °F on the 20^th in 1933
Lowest Maximum: -7 °F on the 29^th in 1933
Highest Minimum: 55 °F on the 20^th in 1957
Maximum Precipitation: 2.35" on the 30^th in 1942
Maximum Snowfall: 18.6" on the 30^th in 1997

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	72	6	2001
2	70	7	1998
3	70	10	1966
4	69	5	2001
5	69	6	1998

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	-26	20	1942
2	-24	29	1933
3	-22	25	1980
4	-20	21	1955
5	-20	30	1917

Highest Precipitation (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.35	30	1942
2	1.87	27	1904
3	1.86	14	1917
4	1.76	11	1952
5	1.68	18	1937

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	18.6	30	1997
2	18.0	14	1917
3	15.6	25	1978
4	15.2	5	1991
5	14.9	8	2010

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 29.4 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	37.4	2006
2	36.8	2001
3	36.4	1923
4	35.9	2011
5	35.4	1998

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	14.7	1998
2	17.8	1917
3	19.4	1958
4	20.7	1910
5	20.8	1963

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 3.22"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	6.55	1942
2	5.50	1983
3	5.24	1990
4	5.06	1915
5	5.04	2007

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.85	1945
2	0.95	1921
3	1.11	1928
4	1.24	1932
5	1.25	1943

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 32.7"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	72.8	2010
2	70.3	2000
3	64.6	1989
4	57.3	2008
5	53.0	2005

Least:

Rank	Value	Year
1	2.7	1931
2	2.8	1947
3	3.4	1932
4	5.2	1924
5	5.9	1994

Page last updated: 02.15.2012

Please note this information is preliminary and subject to revision. Official and certified climatic data can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html).


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