Hervey Bay Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Hervey Bay, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 27°C on December 1 to 27°C on December 31, and lows from 22°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 133 mm over about 12 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 27°C
Average low: 23°C
Precipitation: 133 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CDec 31, 2008
Reanalysis low: 19°CDec 6, 2017
Daylight: 13 h 36 min to 13 h 41 min
Cloud cover: 52%
Humidity: 74%
Dew point: 20°C
Wind: 18.0 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	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Dec 1	27°C	22°C	33°C 1996	21°C 1998	38%
Dec 2	27°C	22°C	31°C 2019	20°C 2013	38%
Dec 3	27°C	23°C	32°C 1997	20°C 2013	40%
Dec 4	27°C	23°C	31°C 2012	20°C 2013	41%
Dec 5	27°C	23°C	32°C 2019	20°C 2017	43%
Dec 6	27°C	23°C	32°C 2002	19°C 2017	44%
Dec 7	27°C	23°C	31°C 2019	20°C 2003	45%
Dec 8	27°C	23°C	33°C 2001	21°C 2011	45%
Dec 9	27°C	23°C	32°C 2016	21°C 2011	45%
Dec 10	27°C	23°C	30°C 2001	21°C 1999	46%
Dec 11	27°C	23°C	32°C 2001	21°C 2002	46%
Dec 12	27°C	23°C	29°C 2004	20°C 1995	46%
Dec 13	27°C	23°C	31°C 2005	21°C 1992	45%
Dec 14	27°C	23°C	32°C 2008	21°C 1995	43%
Dec 15	27°C	23°C	31°C 1991	21°C 1996	42%
Dec 16	27°C	23°C	33°C 2019	21°C 1996	41%
Dec 17	27°C	23°C	32°C 2012	21°C 1994	40%
Dec 18	27°C	23°C	31°C 2005	20°C 2006	39%
Dec 19	27°C	23°C	31°C 1995	20°C 2006	40%
Dec 20	27°C	23°C	31°C 2004	20°C 1993	41%
Dec 21	27°C	23°C	30°C 1997	20°C 2010	42%
Dec 22	27°C	23°C	30°C 2001	20°C 1999	42%
Dec 23	27°C	23°C	31°C 2001	21°C 1999	43%
Dec 24	27°C	23°C	31°C 1993	21°C 2006	44%
Dec 25	27°C	23°C	33°C 2001	21°C 1993	44%
Dec 26	27°C	23°C	33°C 2001	21°C 2011	44%
Dec 27	27°C	23°C	32°C 1998	20°C 2006	46%
Dec 28	27°C	23°C	32°C 1998	20°C 2006	47%
Dec 29	27°C	24°C	31°C 2013	21°C 1999	49%
Dec 30	27°C	24°C	31°C 2008	22°C 2006	50%
Dec 31	27°C	24°C	34°C 2008	21°C 2006	50%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 4:50 AM, sunset 6:26 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:01 AM, sunset 6:42 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.