Penticton climate

Penticton Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Penticton, 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 -5°C on December 31, and lows from -11°C to -13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 16 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Penticton, 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
-4°C
Average low
-12°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Reanalysis high
4°CDec 1, 2002
Reanalysis low
-34°CDec 20, 2008
Daylight
8 h 28 min to 8 h 14 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
98%
Dew point
-9°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 1-3°C-11°C4°C 2002-22°C 201450%
Dec 2-3°C-11°C2°C 2002-18°C 199249%
Dec 3-3°C-11°C1°C 2019-28°C 199448%
Dec 4-3°C-11°C3°C 2007-28°C 199448%
Dec 5-3°C-11°C1°C 2002-27°C 201349%
Dec 6-3°C-11°C1°C 2002-30°C 201350%
Dec 7-4°C-11°C0°C 2008-32°C 201351%
Dec 8-4°C-12°C1°C 2020-27°C 200950%
Dec 9-4°C-12°C1°C 2020-24°C 201650%
Dec 10-4°C-12°C2°C 2014-20°C 200350%
Dec 11-4°C-12°C3°C 2014-20°C 200051%
Dec 12-4°C-12°C2°C 2014-28°C 201652%
Dec 13-4°C-12°C1°C 2014-30°C 201652%
Dec 14-4°C-12°C2°C 2002-28°C 201653%
Dec 15-4°C-12°C2°C 2002-32°C 200853%
Dec 16-4°C-12°C1°C 1999-31°C 200853%
Dec 17-4°C-12°C0°C 2018-27°C 201652%
Dec 18-5°C-12°C0°C 2018-29°C 199252%
Dec 19-5°C-12°C1°C 2004-32°C 200853%
Dec 20-5°C-12°C1°C 2020-34°C 200854%
Dec 21-5°C-12°C1°C 2014-23°C 200852%
Dec 22-5°C-12°C0°C 2014-23°C 201752%
Dec 23-5°C-12°C0°C 2013-27°C 201752%
Dec 24-5°C-13°C0°C 2005-25°C 199652%
Dec 25-5°C-13°C0°C 2005-27°C 199651%
Dec 26-5°C-13°C0°C 2005-33°C 199651%
Dec 27-5°C-13°C0°C 1994-29°C 199651%
Dec 28-5°C-13°C1°C 2011-27°C 199651%
Dec 29-5°C-13°C2°C 1997-25°C 199652%
Dec 30-5°C-13°C1°C 1997-25°C 201452%
Dec 31-5°C-13°C0°C 1998-26°C 201054%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PST).

December 1
sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 4:01 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:55 AM, sunset 4:09 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.