Rivière-du-Loup climate

Rivière-du-Loup Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -2°C on December 1 to -8°C on December 31, and lows from -8°C to -16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 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 Rivière-du-Loup, 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
-12°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
10°CDec 25, 2020
Reanalysis low
-34°CDec 28, 1993
Daylight
8 h 42 min to 8 h 28 min
Cloud cover
79%
Humidity
93%
Dew point
-10°C
Wind
14.0 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 1-2°C-8°C9°C 2020-16°C 201941%
Dec 2-2°C-9°C7°C 2020-19°C 200241%
Dec 3-3°C-9°C2°C 1993-18°C 200441%
Dec 4-3°C-9°C4°C 2012-20°C 200241%
Dec 5-3°C-10°C4°C 1999-21°C 200340%
Dec 6-3°C-10°C6°C 2001-20°C 200440%
Dec 7-4°C-10°C2°C 2015-20°C 200041%
Dec 8-4°C-10°C1°C 1996-23°C 200042%
Dec 9-4°C-11°C1°C 1999-27°C 200040%
Dec 10-5°C-11°C5°C 2019-23°C 200040%
Dec 11-5°C-11°C3°C 2015-20°C 201639%
Dec 12-5°C-12°C4°C 2015-22°C 199538%
Dec 13-5°C-12°C5°C 2010-26°C 200038%
Dec 14-5°C-12°C2°C 2001-24°C 201339%
Dec 15-5°C-12°C2°C 2008-24°C 199739%
Dec 16-5°C-12°C3°C 1992-26°C 201640%
Dec 17-5°C-12°C4°C 2000-25°C 201642%
Dec 18-6°C-12°C5°C 2000-23°C 200441%
Dec 19-6°C-13°C0°C 2012-24°C 201641%
Dec 20-6°C-13°C0°C 2002-22°C 200441%
Dec 21-6°C-13°C1°C 2018-24°C 200441%
Dec 22-6°C-13°C3°C 2018-24°C 201741%
Dec 23-6°C-14°C1°C 2004-24°C 199340%
Dec 24-7°C-14°C3°C 2015-25°C 199340%
Dec 25-7°C-14°C10°C 2020-25°C 199239%
Dec 26-7°C-14°C9°C 2020-25°C 199340%
Dec 27-7°C-15°C0°C 2016-32°C 199340%
Dec 28-7°C-15°C1°C 2008-34°C 199341%
Dec 29-7°C-15°C1°C 2008-32°C 199340%
Dec 30-8°C-15°C0°C 2003-24°C 199940%
Dec 31-8°C-16°C1°C 2010-28°C 199839%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

December 1
sunrise 7:06 AM, sunset 3:48 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:27 AM, sunset 3:55 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.