Zhaotong climate

Zhaotong Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 14°C on December 1 to 13°C on December 31, and lows from 0°C to -3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 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 Zhaotong, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
13°C
Average low
-2°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
21°CDec 5, 2002
Reanalysis low
-10°CDec 28, 1991
Daylight
10 h 33 min to 10 h 26 min
Cloud cover
62%
Humidity
75%
Dew point
-1°C
Wind
8.3 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 114°C0°C20°C 1993-4°C 20198%
Dec 214°C0°C18°C 2005-5°C 20198%
Dec 314°C0°C20°C 2002-5°C 20008%
Dec 414°C-1°C20°C 2002-4°C 20207%
Dec 514°C-1°C21°C 2002-6°C 19967%
Dec 614°C-1°C19°C 2002-6°C 19966%
Dec 713°C-1°C18°C 1993-6°C 19976%
Dec 813°C-1°C19°C 1993-7°C 19977%
Dec 913°C-1°C19°C 2016-6°C 19967%
Dec 1013°C-1°C19°C 2009-6°C 19966%
Dec 1113°C-2°C18°C 1993-7°C 20146%
Dec 1213°C-2°C17°C 1992-7°C 20147%
Dec 1313°C-2°C17°C 2009-7°C 20017%
Dec 1413°C-2°C19°C 2019-6°C 20017%
Dec 1513°C-2°C18°C 2002-9°C 20106%
Dec 1613°C-2°C19°C 2019-10°C 20106%
Dec 1713°C-2°C18°C 2000-6°C 19936%
Dec 1813°C-2°C17°C 2018-7°C 20205%
Dec 1912°C-2°C19°C 2008-7°C 20205%
Dec 2012°C-2°C18°C 2008-6°C 20206%
Dec 2112°C-2°C16°C 1991-7°C 19996%
Dec 2212°C-2°C18°C 2003-7°C 20086%
Dec 2312°C-3°C19°C 2003-7°C 20085%
Dec 2412°C-3°C17°C 2019-6°C 20115%
Dec 2512°C-3°C17°C 2000-7°C 20025%
Dec 2612°C-3°C18°C 1996-8°C 20025%
Dec 2712°C-3°C16°C 2003-10°C 19915%
Dec 2812°C-3°C19°C 2017-10°C 19915%
Dec 2912°C-3°C19°C 1993-9°C 20126%
Dec 3012°C-3°C17°C 1996-9°C 20126%
Dec 3113°C-3°C19°C 1996-8°C 20046%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:55 AM, sunset 6:21 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.