In the wake of a harsh November, December was pretty tame.  The month produced two headlines.  On the day of winter's arrival on December 21, the temperature climbed to a record-smashing 65 degrees here in Syracuse.  There was no snow snow on the ground as the sun set on Christmas Eve, but by Christmas morning, folks in the northern suburbs of Syracuse were shovelling up five new inches of snow... a little Christmas miracle with bright sunshine all through the day on Christmas.  The average temperature for December was 30.7, 1.2 degrees warmer than normal.  Readings ranged from 14 degrees on December 5 and 27 to 65 degrees on December 21.  The rain and melted snow total for December was just about normal at 3.27 inches.  There weren't many plow sightings during December with only 15 inches of snow falling during the month.

Records for the month:  Record high temperature of 65 degrees recorded on December 21.