Petawawa climate

Petawawa Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 0°C on December 1 to -6°C on December 31, and lows from -8°C to -15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 12 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Petawawa, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-20020151015202530
  • 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
12°CDec 24, 2015
Reanalysis low
-39°CDec 20, 2004
Daylight
8 h 56 min to 8 h 43 min
Cloud cover
72%
Humidity
92%
Dew point
-9°C
Wind
8.6 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 10°C-8°C9°C 1998-19°C 201942%
Dec 2-1°C-8°C10°C 1998-22°C 200242%
Dec 3-1°C-8°C8°C 1998-26°C 200241%
Dec 4-1°C-9°C10°C 2012-19°C 200241%
Dec 5-2°C-9°C9°C 2001-18°C 200839%
Dec 6-2°C-10°C10°C 2001-20°C 200038%
Dec 7-2°C-10°C7°C 1998-27°C 200038%
Dec 8-2°C-10°C3°C 1999-29°C 200838%
Dec 9-3°C-11°C6°C 2015-28°C 200036%
Dec 10-3°C-11°C5°C 2015-21°C 200837%
Dec 11-3°C-11°C10°C 2015-27°C 200836%
Dec 12-3°C-12°C5°C 2015-30°C 200035%
Dec 13-4°C-12°C5°C 1991-32°C 200035%
Dec 14-4°C-12°C7°C 2015-23°C 201336%
Dec 15-4°C-12°C7°C 1998-26°C 200736%
Dec 16-4°C-12°C4°C 1992-25°C 201638%
Dec 17-4°C-12°C6°C 2006-28°C 200939%
Dec 18-4°C-13°C2°C 2006-27°C 201638%
Dec 19-5°C-13°C3°C 2011-30°C 200438%
Dec 20-5°C-13°C5°C 2006-39°C 200438%
Dec 21-5°C-13°C4°C 1994-29°C 200438%
Dec 22-5°C-13°C6°C 1994-25°C 200838%
Dec 23-5°C-13°C7°C 2015-26°C 200837%
Dec 24-5°C-14°C12°C 2015-26°C 201338%
Dec 25-5°C-14°C6°C 2015-33°C 201338%
Dec 26-6°C-14°C2°C 2014-35°C 199338%
Dec 27-6°C-14°C4°C 2014-36°C 199338%
Dec 28-6°C-14°C7°C 2008-30°C 201739%
Dec 29-6°C-15°C2°C 2008-26°C 201139%
Dec 30-6°C-15°C0°C 2020-27°C 201339%
Dec 31-6°C-15°C1°C 2004-30°C 199838%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Petawawa, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

December 1
sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 4:26 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 4:34 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.