{"id":72365,"date":"2025-12-05T11:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/72365\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:36:10","slug":"%f0%9f%8c%a1%ef%b8%8f-hottest-decembers-in-florida-since-1895","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/72365\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf21\ufe0f Hottest Decembers in Florida since 1895"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2022, the continental United States experienced its third hottest July since 1895<\/a>, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while 20 states saw one of their 10 hottest days<\/a> in the same month. The year prior, July marked the hottest month on record worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Climate change is driving rising temperatures and more record heat. The Earth\u2019s temperature<\/a> has climbed each decade since 1880 by about .14 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 2 degrees Fahrenheit total.<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a ranking of the hottest Decembers in Florida since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information<\/a>. Rankings are based on the highest average temperature in each month. For each of the hottest months listed below, we’ve included the average state temperature, state-wide highs and lows for the month, and the total precipitation.<\/p>\n

#10. December 2006 (tie)
– Average temperature: 64.2\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 74.1\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 54.4\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 3.24″<\/p>\n

#10. December 1948 (tie)
– Average temperature: 64.2\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 74.4\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 54\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 2.75″<\/p>\n

#9. December 1984
– Average temperature: 64.3\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 75.8\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 52.8\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 0.67″<\/p>\n

#8. December 2007
– Average temperature: 64.4\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 75.2\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 53.4\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 2.47″<\/p>\n

#7. December 1998
– Average temperature: 64.6\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 75\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 54.2\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 1.51″<\/p>\n

#6. December 2013
– Average temperature: 64.7\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 74.9\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 54.5\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 2.51″<\/p>\n

#5. December 2016
– Average temperature: 65.9\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 76.3\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 55.6\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 2.72″<\/p>\n

#4. December 1971
– Average temperature: 66.4\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 76.2\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 56.7\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 3.08″<\/p>\n

#3. December 2021
– Average temperature: 66.5\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 77\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 56\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 1.71″<\/p>\n

#2. December 1931
– Average temperature: 67.8\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 77.5\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 58\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 2.8″<\/p>\n

#1. December 2015
– Average temperature: 69.6\u00b0F
– Monthly high temperature: 78.3\u00b0F
– Monthly low temperature: 60.8\u00b0F
– Total precipitation: 3.49″<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Stacker 2025. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2022, the continental United States experienced its third hottest July since 1895, according to data from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,2158,221],"class_list":{"0":"post-72365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news","11":"tag-insider","12":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}