Grande Prairie climate

Grande Prairie Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -5°C on December 1 to -8°C on December 31, and lows from -12°C to -16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 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 Grande Prairie, in °C, with the record for each date.-60-40-20020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-6°C
Average low
-14°C
Precipitation
34 mm
Reanalysis high
7°CDec 24, 2005
Reanalysis low
-46°CDec 28, 1992
Daylight
7 h 33 min to 7 h 15 min
Cloud cover
72%
Humidity
94%
Dew point
-11°C
Wind
9.7 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 1-5°C-12°C4°C 2002-25°C 199433%
Dec 2-5°C-12°C5°C 2004-30°C 199432%
Dec 3-5°C-13°C5°C 2004-34°C 199432%
Dec 4-5°C-13°C2°C 2015-29°C 199531%
Dec 5-5°C-13°C4°C 2000-31°C 200730%
Dec 6-5°C-13°C6°C 2000-35°C 201329%
Dec 7-6°C-13°C6°C 2020-35°C 199529%
Dec 8-6°C-13°C3°C 2020-32°C 199529%
Dec 9-6°C-13°C3°C 2005-36°C 199531%
Dec 10-6°C-13°C6°C 2005-35°C 199530%
Dec 11-6°C-13°C3°C 2005-31°C 201631%
Dec 12-6°C-13°C3°C 2002-37°C 200931%
Dec 13-6°C-13°C3°C 1997-40°C 200932%
Dec 14-6°C-13°C4°C 1997-36°C 200933%
Dec 15-6°C-13°C3°C 2002-30°C 200932%
Dec 16-6°C-13°C5°C 2004-27°C 201631%
Dec 17-6°C-13°C2°C 2004-28°C 199231%
Dec 18-6°C-13°C4°C 2004-30°C 201330%
Dec 19-6°C-13°C4°C 2004-29°C 200828%
Dec 20-6°C-14°C2°C 2003-32°C 200828%
Dec 21-6°C-14°C2°C 2005-34°C 200828%
Dec 22-7°C-14°C2°C 2005-39°C 199627%
Dec 23-7°C-14°C3°C 2005-40°C 199628%
Dec 24-7°C-15°C7°C 2005-36°C 199627%
Dec 25-7°C-15°C6°C 2005-32°C 201227%
Dec 26-8°C-15°C3°C 2005-34°C 201227%
Dec 27-8°C-15°C4°C 1999-45°C 199227%
Dec 28-8°C-16°C3°C 1999-46°C 199227%
Dec 29-8°C-16°C2°C 1999-39°C 199227%
Dec 30-8°C-16°C1°C 1997-39°C 199228%
Dec 31-8°C-16°C1°C 2019-39°C 199230%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

December 1
sunrise 8:58 AM, sunset 4:31 PM
December 31
sunrise 9:21 AM, sunset 4:36 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.