Rockhampton Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 32°C on December 1 to 32°C on December 31, and lows from 21°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 102 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: 32°C
Average low: 22°C
Precipitation: 102 mm
Reanalysis high: 41°CDec 3, 2018
Reanalysis low: 16°CDec 13, 1995
Daylight: 13 h 28 min to 13 h 33 min
Cloud cover: 52%
Humidity: 67%
Dew point: 19°C
Wind: 17.6 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	32°C	21°C	40°C 1996	17°C 1992	30%
Dec 2	32°C	21°C	39°C 2016	19°C 2007	32%
Dec 3	32°C	21°C	41°C 2018	17°C 2007	33%
Dec 4	32°C	22°C	40°C 2012	18°C 1999	35%
Dec 5	32°C	22°C	39°C 2019	17°C 2017	37%
Dec 6	32°C	22°C	39°C 2002	18°C 1999	38%
Dec 7	32°C	22°C	39°C 2019	18°C 1999	38%
Dec 8	32°C	22°C	40°C 2001	19°C 1994	39%
Dec 9	32°C	22°C	38°C 2016	18°C 1999	38%
Dec 10	32°C	22°C	38°C 2005	18°C 1999	38%
Dec 11	32°C	22°C	38°C 2001	20°C 2002	38%
Dec 12	32°C	22°C	37°C 2004	18°C 2002	38%
Dec 13	32°C	22°C	40°C 2005	16°C 1995	37%
Dec 14	32°C	22°C	40°C 2004	18°C 2014	36%
Dec 15	32°C	22°C	37°C 2019	19°C 1999	36%
Dec 16	32°C	22°C	41°C 2019	19°C 2008	35%
Dec 17	32°C	22°C	40°C 2012	19°C 1994	34%
Dec 18	32°C	22°C	38°C 2012	20°C 2000	33%
Dec 19	32°C	22°C	39°C 1995	18°C 1993	33%
Dec 20	32°C	22°C	37°C 1995	17°C 1993	34%
Dec 21	32°C	22°C	36°C 2018	18°C 2010	35%
Dec 22	32°C	22°C	38°C 2018	19°C 1999	36%
Dec 23	32°C	22°C	37°C 2001	19°C 2000	36%
Dec 24	32°C	22°C	38°C 2001	20°C 2011	37%
Dec 25	32°C	22°C	40°C 2001	19°C 2011	39%
Dec 26	32°C	22°C	40°C 2001	20°C 2018	40%
Dec 27	32°C	22°C	39°C 1998	19°C 2006	42%
Dec 28	32°C	22°C	36°C 2004	19°C 1999	43%
Dec 29	32°C	22°C	39°C 2013	17°C 2004	44%
Dec 30	32°C	22°C	40°C 2013	17°C 2007	45%
Dec 31	32°C	22°C	39°C 2013	19°C 2003	46%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:03 AM, sunset 6:31 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:14 AM, sunset 6:47 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.