Craiglie Weather in December

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Cairns Aero (GHCN ASN00031011), 48 km from Craiglie

Average highs run from 32°C on December 1 to 31°C on December 31, and lows from 23°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 177 mm over about 18 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Record high
Record low

December at a glance

Average high: 32°C
Average low: 24°C
Precipitation: 177 mm
Record high: 41°CDec 20, 1995
Record low: 17°CDec 13, 1972
Daylight: 13 h 02 min to 13 h 06 min
Cloud cover: 58%
Humidity: 79%
Dew point: 22°C
Wind: 11.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Record high	Record low	Chance wet
Dec 1	32°C	23°C	38°C 1992	20°C 1978	48%
Dec 2	32°C	23°C	36°C 2007	18°C 1951	47%
Dec 3	32°C	23°C	34°C 2021	18°C 2016	48%
Dec 4	32°C	23°C	38°C 1983	19°C 1972	49%
Dec 5	32°C	23°C	37°C 1960	18°C 1998	50%
Dec 6	32°C	24°C	39°C 1991	18°C 1998	51%
Dec 7	32°C	24°C	34°C 1960	19°C 1998	52%
Dec 8	32°C	24°C	37°C 1943	19°C 1944	52%
Dec 9	32°C	24°C	37°C 1943	19°C 1961	52%
Dec 10	31°C	24°C	36°C 1967	19°C 1955	52%
Dec 11	32°C	24°C	38°C 1943	19°C 1955	52%
Dec 12	32°C	24°C	38°C 1943	20°C 1982	53%
Dec 13	32°C	24°C	36°C 2011	17°C 1972	54%
Dec 14	32°C	24°C	35°C 2011	20°C 2005	54%
Dec 15	32°C	24°C	36°C 1984	18°C 2012	55%
Dec 16	32°C	24°C	36°C 2018	20°C 2012	56%
Dec 17	32°C	23°C	37°C 2018	20°C 1968	56%
Dec 18	32°C	24°C	38°C 2018	21°C 1994	56%
Dec 19	32°C	24°C	40°C 1995	17°C 1943	57%
Dec 20	32°C	24°C	41°C 1995	21°C 1989	59%
Dec 21	32°C	24°C	40°C 1995	20°C 1989	60%
Dec 22	32°C	24°C	38°C 1995	21°C 1965	61%
Dec 23	31°C	24°C	36°C 1971	21°C 1954	62%
Dec 24	31°C	24°C	36°C 1995	20°C 2000	63%
Dec 25	31°C	23°C	35°C 1976	20°C 1972	65%
Dec 26	32°C	24°C	35°C 1981	21°C 1972	66%
Dec 27	32°C	24°C	35°C 1981	19°C 2013	67%
Dec 28	32°C	24°C	39°C 1971	20°C 2013	68%
Dec 29	32°C	24°C	38°C 1971	21°C 1966	69%
Dec 30	32°C	24°C	39°C 1984	19°C 1945	69%
Dec 31	31°C	24°C	38°C 1984	21°C 1955	70%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

December 1: sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:48 AM, sunset 6:54 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00031011, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.