Sylvan Lake climate

Sylvan Lake Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -3°C on December 1 to -7°C on December 31, and lows from -11°C to -15°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 Sylvan Lake, 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
-5°C
Average low
-13°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Reanalysis high
9°CDec 28, 1999
Reanalysis low
-38°CDec 28, 1996
Daylight
8 h 03 min to 7 h 47 min
Cloud cover
71%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
-11°C
Wind
15.8 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 1-3°C-11°C6°C 2002-22°C 201417%
Dec 2-3°C-11°C5°C 2004-23°C 199418%
Dec 3-4°C-11°C6°C 2004-25°C 199418%
Dec 4-4°C-11°C3°C 2020-27°C 199518%
Dec 5-4°C-12°C4°C 1999-28°C 201318%
Dec 6-4°C-12°C7°C 2000-35°C 201317%
Dec 7-4°C-12°C5°C 2017-35°C 201317%
Dec 8-4°C-12°C5°C 2020-33°C 199516%
Dec 9-4°C-12°C5°C 2005-29°C 199516%
Dec 10-4°C-12°C7°C 2017-25°C 199515%
Dec 11-4°C-12°C5°C 2014-26°C 199515%
Dec 12-4°C-12°C7°C 2017-30°C 200915%
Dec 13-4°C-12°C5°C 1998-33°C 200915%
Dec 14-4°C-12°C4°C 1997-36°C 200916%
Dec 15-4°C-12°C4°C 2017-30°C 200917%
Dec 16-4°C-12°C4°C 2004-27°C 200017%
Dec 17-4°C-12°C3°C 2011-24°C 201616%
Dec 18-4°C-12°C3°C 1994-26°C 199216%
Dec 19-5°C-12°C8°C 2004-26°C 201316%
Dec 20-5°C-13°C4°C 2020-27°C 200816%
Dec 21-5°C-13°C5°C 2005-31°C 199617%
Dec 22-5°C-13°C5°C 2005-31°C 199618%
Dec 23-5°C-13°C6°C 2005-37°C 199618%
Dec 24-6°C-13°C5°C 2005-34°C 199619%
Dec 25-6°C-14°C8°C 2005-34°C 199619%
Dec 26-6°C-14°C6°C 1999-30°C 199619%
Dec 27-6°C-14°C8°C 1999-36°C 199219%
Dec 28-6°C-14°C9°C 1999-38°C 199619%
Dec 29-6°C-14°C6°C 1999-36°C 199219%
Dec 30-6°C-15°C1°C 2011-37°C 199218%
Dec 31-7°C-15°C4°C 1997-38°C 199220%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

December 1
sunrise 8:24 AM, sunset 4:27 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:46 AM, sunset 4:33 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.