Yushu climate

Yushu Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -6°C on December 1 to -12°C on December 31, and lows from -16°C to -22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Yushu, 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
-10°C
Average low
-19°C
Precipitation
9 mm
Reanalysis high
5°CDec 1, 2008
Reanalysis low
-39°CDec 23, 2012
Daylight
9 h 03 min to 8 h 51 min
Cloud cover
45%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
-17°C
Wind
15.1 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 1-6°C-16°C5°C 2008-28°C 20128%
Dec 2-7°C-16°C4°C 2018-23°C 20208%
Dec 3-7°C-16°C4°C 2002-22°C 20098%
Dec 4-7°C-17°C5°C 2002-26°C 20128%
Dec 5-8°C-17°C2°C 1997-28°C 20128%
Dec 6-8°C-17°C2°C 1992-31°C 20127%
Dec 7-8°C-18°C-3°C 1999-32°C 20127%
Dec 8-9°C-18°C0°C 1999-30°C 20127%
Dec 9-9°C-18°C0°C 2004-27°C 20127%
Dec 10-9°C-18°C-1°C 2015-28°C 20127%
Dec 11-9°C-19°C-1°C 2006-29°C 20106%
Dec 12-10°C-19°C-3°C 1998-31°C 20106%
Dec 13-10°C-19°C-3°C 1997-33°C 20106%
Dec 14-10°C-19°C0°C 1997-36°C 20106%
Dec 15-10°C-19°C0°C 1996-32°C 20107%
Dec 16-10°C-20°C3°C 2008-31°C 20207%
Dec 17-10°C-20°C-2°C 1997-30°C 20126%
Dec 18-10°C-20°C1°C 1998-31°C 20126%
Dec 19-11°C-20°C-1°C 2016-32°C 20126%
Dec 20-11°C-20°C-3°C 2018-29°C 20126%
Dec 21-11°C-20°C-3°C 2018-29°C 20046%
Dec 22-11°C-21°C-2°C 2018-31°C 20127%
Dec 23-11°C-21°C-4°C 2003-39°C 20127%
Dec 24-11°C-21°C-3°C 2007-37°C 20107%
Dec 25-11°C-21°C0°C 2006-34°C 20127%
Dec 26-11°C-21°C0°C 1997-37°C 20127%
Dec 27-12°C-21°C-4°C 1999-31°C 20156%
Dec 28-12°C-21°C-3°C 2007-29°C 20096%
Dec 29-12°C-22°C-2°C 1997-27°C 20206%
Dec 30-12°C-22°C-5°C 2003-32°C 20096%
Dec 31-12°C-22°C-5°C 2013-32°C 20127%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Yushu, in percent.02468101102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

December 1
sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 3:54 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 4:02 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.