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 -1°C on December 1 to -4°C on December 31, and lows from -15°C to -18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 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.-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-3°C
Average low
-17°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
5°CDec 13, 2016
Reanalysis low
-26°CDec 16, 2010
Daylight
10 h 08 min to 10 h 00 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
54%
Dew point
-19°C
Wind
14.4 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-15°C4°C 1993-18°C 20123%
Dec 2-1°C-15°C3°C 2014-21°C 20002%
Dec 3-1°C-15°C3°C 2002-24°C 20002%
Dec 4-1°C-16°C3°C 2002-23°C 19912%
Dec 5-2°C-16°C5°C 2006-22°C 20192%
Dec 6-2°C-16°C5°C 2017-21°C 20072%
Dec 7-2°C-16°C4°C 2017-20°C 19922%
Dec 8-2°C-16°C4°C 1993-23°C 20082%
Dec 9-2°C-16°C3°C 2016-20°C 19962%
Dec 10-2°C-17°C4°C 2016-20°C 20192%
Dec 11-2°C-17°C5°C 2017-21°C 20022%
Dec 12-2°C-17°C5°C 2017-23°C 20052%
Dec 13-2°C-17°C5°C 2016-23°C 20002%
Dec 14-3°C-17°C5°C 2016-20°C 19912%
Dec 15-3°C-17°C3°C 1994-22°C 20132%
Dec 16-3°C-17°C3°C 2003-26°C 20102%
Dec 17-3°C-17°C2°C 2000-22°C 19992%
Dec 18-3°C-18°C2°C 2000-23°C 19932%
Dec 19-3°C-18°C2°C 1991-23°C 20192%
Dec 20-4°C-18°C4°C 2008-22°C 20202%
Dec 21-4°C-18°C3°C 2008-21°C 20012%
Dec 22-4°C-18°C4°C 2016-24°C 20012%
Dec 23-4°C-18°C2°C 2016-24°C 20122%
Dec 24-4°C-18°C1°C 2016-22°C 19921%
Dec 25-4°C-18°C2°C 2016-24°C 20101%
Dec 26-4°C-18°C2°C 2007-24°C 20102%
Dec 27-4°C-18°C3°C 2007-26°C 20092%
Dec 28-4°C-18°C1°C 2017-25°C 20192%
Dec 29-4°C-18°C1°C 2007-24°C 19953%
Dec 30-4°C-18°C1°C 2007-23°C 20183%
Dec 31-4°C-18°C2°C 2004-22°C 20183%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Yushu, in percent.01231102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 8:17 AM, sunset 6:25 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:35 AM, sunset 6:35 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.