Halifax Weather in December
Average highs run from 6°C on December 1 to 1°C on December 31, and lows from 0°C to -5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 133 mm over about 12 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 3°C
- Average low
- -2°C
- Precipitation
- 133 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 14°CDec 8, 2011
- Reanalysis low
- -16°CDec 29, 1993
- Daylight
- 9 h 04 min to 8 h 53 min
- Cloud cover
- 77%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- -2°C
- Wind
- 18.7 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 6°C | 0°C | 14°C 2020 | -6°C 2007 | 42% |
| Dec 2 | 5°C | 0°C | 13°C 2020 | -6°C 2007 | 42% |
| Dec 3 | 5°C | 0°C | 13°C 2009 | -6°C 2002 | 42% |
| Dec 4 | 5°C | 0°C | 11°C 1991 | -8°C 2002 | 42% |
| Dec 5 | 5°C | -1°C | 12°C 2020 | -9°C 2002 | 41% |
| Dec 6 | 5°C | -1°C | 12°C 2017 | -9°C 1991 | 41% |
| Dec 7 | 5°C | -1°C | 11°C 1998 | -8°C 2004 | 42% |
| Dec 8 | 5°C | -1°C | 14°C 2011 | -10°C 2000 | 43% |
| Dec 9 | 4°C | -1°C | 10°C 2012 | -11°C 2002 | 42% |
| Dec 10 | 4°C | -2°C | 11°C 2012 | -11°C 2000 | 42% |
| Dec 11 | 4°C | -2°C | 12°C 2012 | -9°C 2016 | 42% |
| Dec 12 | 4°C | -2°C | 13°C 2008 | -11°C 2013 | 42% |
| Dec 13 | 4°C | -2°C | 13°C 2017 | -11°C 2013 | 43% |
| Dec 14 | 3°C | -2°C | 13°C 2010 | -13°C 2013 | 42% |
| Dec 15 | 3°C | -2°C | 11°C 2019 | -13°C 1997 | 42% |
| Dec 16 | 3°C | -2°C | 10°C 2011 | -14°C 2016 | 43% |
| Dec 17 | 3°C | -2°C | 9°C 2000 | -13°C 2016 | 44% |
| Dec 18 | 3°C | -2°C | 11°C 2016 | -10°C 2009 | 45% |
| Dec 19 | 3°C | -3°C | 9°C 1996 | -8°C 2008 | 45% |
| Dec 20 | 3°C | -3°C | 11°C 1996 | -10°C 1991 | 47% |
| Dec 21 | 3°C | -3°C | 12°C 1993 | -9°C 1991 | 46% |
| Dec 22 | 3°C | -3°C | 11°C 1993 | -10°C 1997 | 46% |
| Dec 23 | 2°C | -3°C | 11°C 2017 | -9°C 1997 | 47% |
| Dec 24 | 2°C | -3°C | 11°C 2017 | -11°C 1992 | 46% |
| Dec 25 | 2°C | -4°C | 11°C 2014 | -13°C 1992 | 47% |
| Dec 26 | 2°C | -4°C | 10°C 2020 | -12°C 1991 | 45% |
| Dec 27 | 2°C | -4°C | 9°C 2016 | -13°C 1993 | 46% |
| Dec 28 | 2°C | -4°C | 8°C 2011 | -14°C 2004 | 46% |
| Dec 29 | 2°C | -4°C | 8°C 2008 | -16°C 1993 | 45% |
| Dec 30 | 1°C | -5°C | 9°C 2005 | -11°C 1994 | 44% |
| Dec 31 | 1°C | -5°C | 8°C 2020 | -15°C 1996 | 44% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:31 AM, sunset 4:35 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 4:44 PM
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.