Cochrane climate

Cochrane Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -2°C on December 1 to -4°C on December 31, and lows from -10°C to -13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 6 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cochrane, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-3°C
Average low
-11°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Reanalysis high
10°CDec 1, 2002
Reanalysis low
-36°CDec 29, 1992
Daylight
8 h 14 min to 7 h 58 min
Cloud cover
65%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
-11°C
Wind
13.7 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 1-2°C-10°C10°C 2002-21°C 200718%
Dec 2-2°C-10°C6°C 2020-22°C 199418%
Dec 3-2°C-10°C7°C 2020-23°C 199418%
Dec 4-2°C-10°C6°C 2020-22°C 199418%
Dec 5-2°C-10°C7°C 2020-25°C 201317%
Dec 6-2°C-10°C7°C 2020-29°C 201316%
Dec 7-2°C-11°C6°C 2017-30°C 201316%
Dec 8-3°C-11°C6°C 2020-28°C 199516%
Dec 9-3°C-11°C6°C 2017-23°C 201615%
Dec 10-3°C-11°C6°C 1993-23°C 200014%
Dec 11-3°C-11°C6°C 2017-24°C 200015%
Dec 12-3°C-11°C5°C 2017-25°C 200914%
Dec 13-3°C-11°C7°C 1998-31°C 200814%
Dec 14-3°C-11°C5°C 1997-34°C 200815%
Dec 15-3°C-11°C6°C 2002-34°C 200815%
Dec 16-3°C-11°C4°C 1997-26°C 200014%
Dec 17-3°C-11°C4°C 1997-24°C 201613%
Dec 18-3°C-11°C4°C 2004-25°C 200813%
Dec 19-3°C-11°C6°C 2004-33°C 200813%
Dec 20-3°C-12°C3°C 1994-34°C 200813%
Dec 21-3°C-12°C3°C 2005-30°C 199614%
Dec 22-4°C-12°C5°C 1999-33°C 199615%
Dec 23-4°C-12°C6°C 1999-34°C 199615%
Dec 24-4°C-12°C6°C 1999-31°C 199616%
Dec 25-4°C-12°C6°C 2005-29°C 199617%
Dec 26-4°C-12°C8°C 1999-32°C 201716%
Dec 27-4°C-13°C9°C 1999-31°C 199216%
Dec 28-4°C-13°C8°C 1999-36°C 199217%
Dec 29-4°C-13°C4°C 1999-36°C 199216%
Dec 30-4°C-13°C3°C 1997-35°C 199216%
Dec 31-4°C-13°C4°C 1997-33°C 201717%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cochrane, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

December 1
sunrise 8:20 AM, sunset 4:34 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:42 AM, sunset 4:40 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.