Launceston climate

Launceston Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 19°C on December 1 to 23°C on December 31, and lows from 8°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 9 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Launceston, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Reanalysis high
33°CDec 30, 2019
Reanalysis low
0°CDec 12, 1995
Daylight
14 h 55 min to 15 h 08 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
14.8 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 119°C8°C26°C 19993°C 199434%
Dec 219°C8°C26°C 19992°C 199634%
Dec 319°C8°C25°C 20154°C 199734%
Dec 420°C8°C28°C 20153°C 200834%
Dec 520°C8°C28°C 19943°C 201133%
Dec 620°C8°C28°C 19943°C 201332%
Dec 720°C8°C27°C 20185°C 200131%
Dec 820°C8°C28°C 20184°C 199631%
Dec 920°C8°C25°C 20044°C 200230%
Dec 1020°C8°C29°C 20062°C 200830%
Dec 1120°C8°C27°C 19982°C 200129%
Dec 1221°C8°C28°C 20170°C 199529%
Dec 1321°C8°C25°C 20174°C 201030%
Dec 1421°C9°C26°C 20146°C 200331%
Dec 1521°C9°C29°C 20204°C 200631%
Dec 1621°C9°C28°C 20155°C 199330%
Dec 1721°C9°C29°C 20194°C 201229%
Dec 1821°C9°C33°C 20154°C 201629%
Dec 1921°C9°C31°C 20153°C 199928%
Dec 2021°C9°C32°C 20153°C 199629%
Dec 2121°C9°C29°C 20006°C 199829%
Dec 2222°C9°C26°C 20164°C 201028%
Dec 2322°C9°C26°C 19993°C 199528%
Dec 2422°C9°C30°C 20164°C 199528%
Dec 2522°C9°C30°C 20164°C 202028%
Dec 2622°C9°C30°C 20194°C 199626%
Dec 2722°C9°C27°C 20184°C 199625%
Dec 2822°C9°C33°C 20194°C 201024%
Dec 2922°C9°C31°C 20195°C 200024%
Dec 3022°C9°C33°C 20193°C 200024%
Dec 3123°C9°C33°C 20156°C 200824%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Launceston, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+11).

December 1
sunrise 5:33 AM, sunset 8:28 PM
December 31
sunrise 5:40 AM, sunset 8:48 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.