Cranbrook climate

Cranbrook Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -6°C on December 1 to -8°C on December 31, and lows from -14°C to -16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 87 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cranbrook, 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
-7°C
Average low
-16°C
Precipitation
87 mm
Reanalysis high
1°CDec 1, 2002
Reanalysis low
-39°CDec 7, 2013
Daylight
8 h 28 min to 8 h 14 min
Cloud cover
67%
Humidity
98%
Dew point
-12°C
Wind
6.8 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 1-6°C-14°C1°C 2002-26°C 200756%
Dec 2-6°C-15°C-1°C 2020-25°C 200955%
Dec 3-6°C-15°C0°C 2007-25°C 199455%
Dec 4-6°C-15°C0°C 2007-30°C 199454%
Dec 5-6°C-15°C0°C 2012-34°C 201355%
Dec 6-6°C-15°C-1°C 2003-38°C 201356%
Dec 7-7°C-15°C-1°C 2019-39°C 201355%
Dec 8-7°C-15°C0°C 2015-33°C 201655%
Dec 9-7°C-16°C0°C 2015-32°C 201654%
Dec 10-7°C-16°C0°C 2014-27°C 200054%
Dec 11-7°C-16°C0°C 2014-31°C 200054%
Dec 12-7°C-16°C0°C 2014-28°C 201655%
Dec 13-7°C-16°C0°C 1998-30°C 200955%
Dec 14-7°C-16°C0°C 2002-36°C 200857%
Dec 15-7°C-16°C0°C 2002-36°C 200858%
Dec 16-7°C-16°C0°C 2002-33°C 201657%
Dec 17-7°C-16°C-1°C 1994-33°C 201656%
Dec 18-7°C-16°C-1°C 2018-30°C 199856%
Dec 19-8°C-16°C0°C 2003-36°C 199856%
Dec 20-8°C-16°C0°C 2019-38°C 199856%
Dec 21-8°C-16°C0°C 2020-33°C 199856%
Dec 22-8°C-16°C0°C 2005-34°C 199856%
Dec 23-8°C-16°C-2°C 2005-33°C 199856%
Dec 24-8°C-16°C0°C 2005-27°C 201756%
Dec 25-8°C-16°C1°C 2005-30°C 199655%
Dec 26-8°C-16°C1°C 1999-31°C 199655%
Dec 27-8°C-17°C-1°C 1999-32°C 199256%
Dec 28-8°C-17°C0°C 2011-34°C 199256%
Dec 29-8°C-17°C0°C 1997-32°C 199256%
Dec 30-8°C-17°C-1°C 1996-30°C 201457%
Dec 31-8°C-16°C-1°C 1996-27°C 201058%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cranbrook, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

December 1
sunrise 8:18 AM, sunset 4:46 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:39 AM, sunset 4:53 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.