Weather Forecasts

December 2025

Section 1: Atlantic Coast

      

1-3: Snow and rain Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Rain Southeast states.

4-7: Snow showers and flurries southern New Jersey and Delaware. Snow showers and flurries for the Virginias and high terrain of the Carolinas; rain showers elsewhere.

8-11: Rain and wet snow southern and central Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, southern New York and southern and central New England. Showers Carolinas; rain and wet snow Virginias.

12-15: Showery and thundery, western Virginia, West Virginia. Partial sunshine, Northeast and New England.

16-19: Showers Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, most of New York and central and southern New England. Sleet and snow Adirondacks of New York, northern New England. Rains clear along Gulf Coast, then fair, cold, with frosts to Florida.

20-23: Heavy rains along coastal plain; ice and snow interior sections.

24-27: Fair and cold Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states for Christmas. Fair and cold Southeast. Frosts down to the Gulf Coast.

28-31: Showery and thundery southern Georgia, much of Florida, southern South Carolina, eastern North Carolina. Rain northern Georgia, Virginias. Rain and wet snow Maryland, Delaware, southeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southern New York and southern New England to close out the year.

Section 2: East of the Mississippi River

             

1-3: Fast-moving disturbance, brings snow to Wisconsin, Great Lakes, northern Ohio. Snow showers for Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, central and southern Ohio. Farther south, rainy; some wet snow mixes in over higher terrain of Tennessee.

4-7: Fair and cold.

8-11: Wet snow eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio. Showers Gulf Coast north through Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, then clearing.

12-15: Snow northern & central Illinois, southern and central Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Indiana; showery/thundery, northern Alabama, Tennessee. Rain showers elsewhere.

16-19: Rains clear along Gulf Coast, then fair. Dry and turning colder elsewhere.

20-23: Light snow east through Ohio Valley, then fair. Rain farther south, then turning fair and colder.

24-27: Fair and cold for Christmas; frosts to the Gulf Coast.

28-31: Rain central and eastern Kentucky, Rain eastern Tennessee, as the year winds down.

Section 3: Rockies to Mississippi River

      

1-3: Alberta Clipper dives southeast, bringing snow to North Dakota and Minnesota and snow showers elsewhere. Clearing over South Central states.

4-7: Fair, then unsettled: wet over the Plains states.

8-11: Clearing skies for the Plains states; fair for Texas.

12-15: Snow Missouri, central and eastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, Iowa, southern Minnesota. Rain and snow central and northern Texas, Oklahoma and western Arkansas; showery and thundery south Texas, Louisiana and eastern Arkansas.

16-19: Colder weather.

20-23: Wet snow and flurries.

24-27: Fair, then stormy with heavy snow over the Plains states.

28-31: Clearing skies for the Plains states as we close the book on another year.

Section 4: Pacific Coast to Rockies

   

1-3: Fair skies.

4-7: Fair, then unsettled with showers; wet for the Rockies.

8-11: Fair skies California and points east. Clearing skies for the Pacific Northwest.

12-15: Changeable weather: Clouds and sun and risk of a passing shower. Stormy Rockies. Milder over Southwest states under threatening skies.

16-19: Chilly and dry.

20-23: Showers Washington and Oregon. Some snow for the Southwest, followed by clearing.

24-27: Fair, then very unsettled; stormy over Southwest with heavy snow over Rockies.

28-31: Clearing skies in time for end-of-the-year festivities.