Melksham climate

Melksham Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 8°C on December 1 to 6°C on December 31, and lows from 3°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 mm over about 16 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Melksham, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-5051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CDec 19, 2015
Reanalysis low
-9°CDec 29, 1995
Daylight
8 h 13 min to 7 h 56 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
95%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
19.8 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 18°C3°C13°C 2018-3°C 200846%
Dec 28°C3°C13°C 1992-4°C 201045%
Dec 38°C3°C12°C 1994-5°C 201044%
Dec 48°C3°C13°C 2007-2°C 201644%
Dec 58°C3°C12°C 2007-4°C 199543%
Dec 68°C3°C13°C 2007-5°C 201042%
Dec 77°C2°C13°C 2015-6°C 201042%
Dec 87°C2°C13°C 2016-4°C 201042%
Dec 97°C2°C13°C 2016-4°C 201043%
Dec 107°C2°C13°C 1994-5°C 199144%
Dec 117°C2°C12°C 2000-6°C 201744%
Dec 127°C2°C13°C 1994-5°C 199144%
Dec 137°C2°C12°C 2016-5°C 199145%
Dec 147°C2°C13°C 1998-4°C 200146%
Dec 157°C2°C12°C 2015-3°C 200946%
Dec 167°C2°C13°C 2015-4°C 201046%
Dec 177°C2°C13°C 2015-4°C 201048%
Dec 187°C2°C12°C 1993-4°C 200948%
Dec 197°C2°C14°C 2015-6°C 199949%
Dec 207°C2°C12°C 2015-6°C 199949%
Dec 217°C2°C12°C 2020-4°C 199848%
Dec 227°C2°C13°C 2015-4°C 201049%
Dec 237°C2°C12°C 2012-5°C 201048%
Dec 247°C2°C13°C 1997-5°C 201048%
Dec 257°C2°C13°C 2015-6°C 201048%
Dec 267°C2°C13°C 2015-6°C 199547%
Dec 277°C2°C14°C 2015-5°C 199547%
Dec 287°C2°C12°C 1994-7°C 199547%
Dec 297°C2°C12°C 2006-9°C 199548%
Dec 306°C2°C12°C 2006-5°C 199548%
Dec 316°C2°C12°C 2017-6°C 199648%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Melksham, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

December 1
sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 4:04 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:14 AM, sunset 4:10 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.