Fort McMurray climate

Fort McMurray Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -10°C on December 1 to -15°C on December 31, and lows from -17°C to -22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 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 Fort McMurray, in °C, with the record for each date.-50-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-12°C
Average low
-20°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Reanalysis high
2°CDec 13, 1997
Reanalysis low
-44°CDec 29, 1996
Daylight
7 h 15 min to 6 h 54 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
98%
Dew point
-16°C
Wind
7.6 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 1-10°C-17°C0°C 2008-37°C 199127%
Dec 2-10°C-17°C0°C 2000-38°C 200628%
Dec 3-10°C-17°C0°C 2020-36°C 199127%
Dec 4-11°C-17°C0°C 2020-32°C 200428%
Dec 5-11°C-18°C0°C 2011-37°C 199528%
Dec 6-11°C-18°C2°C 2011-37°C 199527%
Dec 7-11°C-18°C0°C 2020-36°C 199528%
Dec 8-11°C-18°C1°C 2001-38°C 199529%
Dec 9-11°C-19°C0°C 2005-38°C 200028%
Dec 10-12°C-19°C0°C 1998-42°C 199529%
Dec 11-12°C-19°C1°C 1997-40°C 200929%
Dec 12-12°C-19°C0°C 2006-40°C 200928%
Dec 13-12°C-19°C2°C 1997-36°C 200830%
Dec 14-12°C-19°C1°C 1997-36°C 200829%
Dec 15-12°C-19°C0°C 2013-34°C 200930%
Dec 16-12°C-19°C0°C 2004-37°C 200029%
Dec 17-12°C-19°C0°C 2004-34°C 199228%
Dec 18-12°C-20°C0°C 2006-32°C 202028%
Dec 19-12°C-20°C0°C 2006-36°C 199927%
Dec 20-12°C-20°C0°C 2003-42°C 199627%
Dec 21-12°C-20°C0°C 1991-43°C 199627%
Dec 22-13°C-20°C0°C 2016-39°C 199627%
Dec 23-13°C-21°C0°C 1994-39°C 199624%
Dec 24-13°C-21°C0°C 1999-35°C 199624%
Dec 25-13°C-21°C1°C 2005-38°C 201723%
Dec 26-14°C-21°C0°C 1999-38°C 201722%
Dec 27-14°C-21°C0°C 1999-44°C 199222%
Dec 28-14°C-21°C0°C 1999-43°C 199220%
Dec 29-14°C-22°C0°C 1999-44°C 199621%
Dec 30-14°C-22°C-3°C 2006-42°C 199222%
Dec 31-15°C-22°C-2°C 2019-37°C 201322%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Fort McMurray, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

December 1
sunrise 8:37 AM, sunset 3:52 PM
December 31
sunrise 9:02 AM, sunset 3:56 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.