Shawinigan climate

Shawinigan Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -1°C on December 1 to -7°C on December 31, and lows from -8°C to -18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 87 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 Shawinigan, 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
-5°C
Average low
-13°C
Precipitation
87 mm
Reanalysis high
12°CDec 25, 2020
Reanalysis low
-39°CDec 27, 1993
Daylight
8 h 50 min to 8 h 38 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
95%
Dew point
-10°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 1-1°C-8°C10°C 2020-21°C 201943%
Dec 2-1°C-9°C7°C 1998-24°C 200244%
Dec 3-1°C-9°C4°C 1993-23°C 200244%
Dec 4-2°C-10°C6°C 2012-24°C 200243%
Dec 5-2°C-10°C6°C 1999-22°C 199541%
Dec 6-2°C-11°C10°C 2001-25°C 200441%
Dec 7-3°C-11°C7°C 1998-26°C 201841%
Dec 8-3°C-11°C1°C 2015-32°C 201841%
Dec 9-3°C-12°C3°C 2015-29°C 200239%
Dec 10-4°C-12°C5°C 2019-22°C 201640%
Dec 11-4°C-13°C5°C 2015-26°C 200838%
Dec 12-4°C-13°C5°C 2015-27°C 199438%
Dec 13-5°C-13°C4°C 1991-32°C 200038%
Dec 14-5°C-14°C3°C 2006-31°C 201337%
Dec 15-5°C-14°C4°C 1998-28°C 200738%
Dec 16-5°C-14°C5°C 1992-34°C 201640%
Dec 17-5°C-14°C4°C 2006-29°C 201340%
Dec 18-5°C-14°C3°C 2006-27°C 200938%
Dec 19-5°C-14°C1°C 2001-32°C 201639%
Dec 20-5°C-14°C1°C 1992-30°C 200439%
Dec 21-5°C-14°C2°C 2006-34°C 200439%
Dec 22-6°C-15°C2°C 2020-29°C 201739%
Dec 23-6°C-15°C2°C 2019-30°C 200839%
Dec 24-6°C-15°C12°C 2015-27°C 199341%
Dec 25-6°C-16°C12°C 2020-27°C 199141%
Dec 26-7°C-16°C2°C 2015-29°C 199341%
Dec 27-7°C-16°C2°C 2014-39°C 199342%
Dec 28-7°C-16°C3°C 2014-37°C 199343%
Dec 29-7°C-17°C1°C 1996-33°C 199343%
Dec 30-7°C-17°C0°C 2003-31°C 201743%
Dec 31-7°C-18°C2°C 2004-38°C 199842%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

December 1
sunrise 7:15 AM, sunset 4:05 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 4:13 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.