Average December Temperatures for New York State- Current Results

Average temperatures for December at cities and other locations throughout New York state are listed below.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Downstate New York, Hudson Valley & Catskills, Adirondacks & Seaway, Finger Lakes & Central New York State and Western New York State.

The tables give the normal maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Downstate New York

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
44	28	Bridgehampton, Long Island	7	-2
44	30	Islip, Long Island	7	-1
45	33	New York City, Brooklyn	7	1
44	34	New York City, Central Park	7	1
45	32	New York JFK Airport	7	0
45	35	New York La Guardia Airport	7	2
42	28	White Plains	6	-2

Hudson Valley & Catskills

Average temperatures in December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
38	23	Albany	3	-5
40	25	Hudson	4	-4
41	24	Poughkeepsie	5	-5
37	22	Saratoga Springs	3	-6
32	19	Slide Mountain (2650 feet)	0	-7

Adirondacks & Seaway

Normal temperatures for December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
35	18	Glens Falls	2	-8
30	16	Gloversville	-1	-9
29	14	Lake Placid	-2	-10
32	16	Massena	0	-9
31	15	Old Forge	0	-10
34	19	Plattsburgh	1	-7
31	13	Tupper Lake	0	-10
35	20	Watertown	2	-7

Finger Lakes & Central New York State

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
37	23	Auburn	3	-5
34	22	Binghamton	1	-6
34	19	Corning	1	-7
39	23	Elmira	4	-5
36	22	Ithaca	2	-6
35	19	Oneonta	2	-7
37	24	Syracuse	3	-5
35	21	Utica	2	-6

Western New York State

December temperature averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
36	22	Allegany State Park	2	-5
36	22	Batavia	2	-5
37	26	Buffalo	3	-4
37	23	Jamestown	3	-5
37	24	Niagara Falls	3	-5
37	21	Olean	3	-6
39	25	Rochester	4	-4

Average Temperatures for New York in December

Downstate New York

Hudson Valley & Catskills

Adirondacks & Seaway

Finger Lakes & Central New York State

Western New York State

Reference

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