New Madrid Weather in December
Average highs run from 51°F on December 1 to 44°F on December 31, and lows from 34°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.37 in over about 9 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 47°F
- Average low
- 31°F
- Precipitation
- 4.37 in
- Snowfall
- 1.3 in
- Record high
- 74°FDec 31, 1951
- Record low
- -12°FDec 22, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 50 min to 9 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 33°F
- Wind
- 10.3 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 51°F | 34°F | 70°F 1970 | 17°F 1958 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 2 | 51°F | 34°F | 72°F 1950 | 16°F 1989 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 3 | 50°F | 33°F | 71°F 1956 | 17°F 1989 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 4 | 50°F | 33°F | 71°F 1970 | 17°F 1991 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 5 | 50°F | 33°F | 72°F 1998 | 18°F 2002 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 6 | 49°F | 33°F | 72°F 1956 | 17°F 1950 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 7 | 49°F | 32°F | 71°F 1966 | 10°F 1950 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 8 | 49°F | 32°F | 69°F 1966 | 7°F 1950 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 9 | 48°F | 32°F | 65°F 1952 | 6°F 1995 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 10 | 48°F | 32°F | 70°F 1971 | 4°F 2005 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 11 | 48°F | 32°F | 73°F 2021 | 5°F 1995 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 12 | 48°F | 32°F | 70°F 1996 | 3°F 1962 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 13 | 47°F | 31°F | 73°F 2015 | 4°F 1962 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 14 | 47°F | 31°F | 72°F 2015 | 10°F 1989 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 15 | 47°F | 31°F | 69°F 1971 | -3°F 1989 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 16 | 47°F | 31°F | 65°F 2021 | 0°F 1989 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 17 | 47°F | 31°F | 70°F 2016 | 7°F 2000 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 18 | 46°F | 30°F | 71°F 2016 | 7°F 1964 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 19 | 46°F | 30°F | 64°F 1957 | 3°F 1989 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 20 | 46°F | 30°F | 66°F 1976 | 8°F 1980 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 21 | 46°F | 30°F | 67°F 1967 | -11°F 1989 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 22 | 46°F | 30°F | 67°F 1967 | -12°F 1989 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 23 | 46°F | 30°F | 68°F 1987 | -8°F 1989 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 24 | 45°F | 30°F | 69°F 2025 | -8°F 1963 | 30% | 3% |
| Dec 25 | 45°F | 29°F | 72°F 2025 | 5°F 1980 | 30% | 3% |
| Dec 26 | 45°F | 29°F | 73°F 2021 | 5°F 1980 | 30% | 3% |
| Dec 27 | 45°F | 29°F | 72°F 2025 | 12°F 1998 | 30% | 3% |
| Dec 28 | 45°F | 29°F | 71°F 2008 | 12°F 1988 | 30% | 3% |
| Dec 29 | 45°F | 29°F | 72°F 2025 | 11°F 1988 | 30% | 3% |
| Dec 30 | 45°F | 29°F | 68°F 1951 | 9°F 1990 | 30% | 3% |
| Dec 31 | 44°F | 29°F | 74°F 1951 | -1°F 1976 | 30% | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:52 AM, sunset 4:42 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:10 AM, sunset 4:52 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00236045 (New Madrid), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00237772, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.