Orange climate

Orange Weather in December

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Montelimar (GHCN FRE00104907), 50 km from Orange

Average highs run from 10°C on December 1 to 8°C on December 31, and lows from 5°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 8 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Orange, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
9°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Record high
20°CDec 4, 1961
Record low
-17°CDec 22, 1938
Daylight
9 h 08 min to 8 h 56 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
16.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 110°C5°C18°C 1952-4°C 196428%
Dec 210°C5°C17°C 2011-5°C 197328%
Dec 310°C5°C18°C 1953-7°C 197326%
Dec 410°C4°C20°C 1961-6°C 194026%
Dec 511°C4°C19°C 1953-4°C 192526%
Dec 610°C5°C16°C 2000-8°C 192526%
Dec 79°C3°C20°C 1949-6°C 197825%
Dec 810°C3°C18°C 2025-4°C 196225%
Dec 99°C3°C18°C 1993-7°C 194526%
Dec 109°C3°C17°C 1925-8°C 198024%
Dec 119°C3°C18°C 1979-6°C 197324%
Dec 129°C3°C18°C 1961-4°C 196725%
Dec 139°C3°C16°C 1998-6°C 198025%
Dec 1410°C3°C15°C 1938-7°C 200126%
Dec 159°C3°C17°C 1989-7°C 193325%
Dec 169°C3°C19°C 1989-9°C 193324%
Dec 179°C3°C19°C 1989-9°C 193325%
Dec 1810°C3°C20°C 1989-10°C 193325%
Dec 199°C4°C17°C 2014-8°C 192726%
Dec 208°C3°C16°C 1925-6°C 192726%
Dec 219°C3°C18°C 1989-9°C 192926%
Dec 2210°C4°C18°C 1925-17°C 193826%
Dec 2310°C4°C17°C 1995-8°C 193826%
Dec 2410°C4°C18°C 1983-9°C 196225%
Dec 259°C4°C16°C 2021-10°C 196226%
Dec 268°C3°C18°C 2022-9°C 196227%
Dec 278°C2°C16°C 2002-9°C 196225%
Dec 288°C2°C17°C 1935-12°C 196224%
Dec 298°C1°C19°C 1920-9°C 197024%
Dec 308°C2°C18°C 2021-9°C 197625%
Dec 318°C3°C18°C 2021-11°C 197025%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Orange, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

December 1
sunrise 7:56 AM, sunset 5:04 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:16 AM, sunset 5:12 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station FRE00104907, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.