Wichita Falls Just Logged One of Its Warmest Decembers on Record

It’s been an unseasonably warm December here in Wichita Falls, one of the hottest I can remember. But was it the hottest on record?

I write about the weather in this neck of the woods quite often, and one of the things I’m quick to point out is that outside of the blazing hot dog days of summer, you never know what to expect when it comes to the weather. December 2025 has been a great example of that.

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I know plenty of people who love it when it’s cold outside. Hell, I saw a guy walking around in a t-shirt and jeans on a 30-degree day just a few weeks ago. He’s clearly one of those folks. However, I am not.

Some of Us Don't Mind a Warm December

While I would rather not suffer through 110-degree weather in the middle of summer, I’ll take that over brutally cold stretches. At least you get a bit of a break from the heat once the sun goes down. You can’t say the same about the dead of winter in northern states. Once it gets cold, it stays that way until spring.

So, I have no problem with the unseasonably warm weather we’ve had this December. According to a post by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Norman, this December was among the 10 hottest Decembers on record in Wichita Falls, but not THE hottest. That would be December 2021.

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