Yan’an climate

Yan’an Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 5°C on December 1 to 2°C on December 31, and lows from -6°C to -10°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 Yan’an, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
3°C
Average low
-8°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
15°CDec 1, 2010
Reanalysis low
-22°CDec 26, 2002
Daylight
9 h 51 min to 9 h 42 min
Cloud cover
41%
Humidity
60%
Dew point
-11°C
Wind
13.0 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 15°C-6°C15°C 2010-12°C 19974%
Dec 25°C-6°C11°C 2008-13°C 19974%
Dec 35°C-6°C12°C 1991-13°C 20054%
Dec 45°C-6°C14°C 2010-16°C 20054%
Dec 55°C-6°C13°C 1991-16°C 20054%
Dec 64°C-7°C13°C 1994-13°C 20053%
Dec 74°C-7°C11°C 1994-14°C 20183%
Dec 84°C-7°C11°C 2004-16°C 20183%
Dec 94°C-7°C12°C 2008-13°C 19972%
Dec 103°C-8°C8°C 2016-15°C 19972%
Dec 113°C-8°C10°C 2008-16°C 20182%
Dec 123°C-8°C9°C 1998-15°C 20182%
Dec 133°C-8°C10°C 2004-14°C 20052%
Dec 143°C-8°C10°C 1991-15°C 20202%
Dec 153°C-8°C10°C 2004-16°C 20102%
Dec 163°C-8°C9°C 1998-16°C 20143%
Dec 173°C-8°C9°C 1997-16°C 20052%
Dec 183°C-9°C12°C 1997-14°C 20092%
Dec 193°C-9°C9°C 1992-16°C 19992%
Dec 202°C-9°C12°C 1998-18°C 20092%
Dec 212°C-9°C10°C 1996-19°C 20082%
Dec 222°C-9°C7°C 2010-18°C 19992%
Dec 232°C-9°C11°C 1996-20°C 20122%
Dec 242°C-9°C11°C 1996-20°C 20022%
Dec 252°C-10°C9°C 1996-22°C 20022%
Dec 262°C-10°C11°C 1996-22°C 20022%
Dec 272°C-10°C8°C 1998-20°C 20022%
Dec 282°C-10°C9°C 2017-17°C 19912%
Dec 292°C-10°C12°C 1996-18°C 19912%
Dec 302°C-10°C12°C 1996-20°C 20203%
Dec 312°C-10°C8°C 2016-20°C 20203%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Yan’an, in percent.0123451102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 5:26 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:54 AM, sunset 5:36 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.