You need to print out the max after you've scanned all of them:
for (int counter = 1; counter < decMax.length; counter++)
{
if (decMax[counter] > max)
{
max = decMax[counter];
// not here: System.out.println("The highest maximum for the December is: " + max);
}
}
System.out.println("The highest maximum for the December is: " + max);