Penrith climate

Penrith Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 7°C on December 1 to 5°C on December 31, and lows from 4°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 133 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Penrith, 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
6°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
133 mm
Reanalysis high
12°CDec 19, 2015
Reanalysis low
-8°CDec 28, 1995
Daylight
7 h 40 min to 7 h 20 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
93%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
24.1 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 17°C4°C11°C 2000-2°C 201067%
Dec 27°C4°C11°C 2015-4°C 201066%
Dec 37°C4°C11°C 1994-3°C 201065%
Dec 47°C4°C11°C 20070°C 199864%
Dec 57°C4°C11°C 2007-2°C 201062%
Dec 67°C3°C12°C 2007-2°C 201062%
Dec 77°C3°C11°C 2016-5°C 201063%
Dec 87°C3°C11°C 2015-5°C 201063%
Dec 97°C3°C11°C 2016-1°C 201063%
Dec 107°C3°C12°C 1994-2°C 201763%
Dec 116°C3°C11°C 1994-2°C 199162%
Dec 126°C3°C11°C 20000°C 201061%
Dec 136°C3°C11°C 1998-1°C 201261%
Dec 146°C3°C11°C 1998-1°C 199361%
Dec 156°C3°C11°C 20130°C 201861%
Dec 166°C3°C10°C 2015-2°C 201061%
Dec 176°C3°C11°C 2015-2°C 201061%
Dec 186°C3°C11°C 2020-5°C 201061%
Dec 196°C3°C12°C 2015-6°C 201062%
Dec 206°C3°C10°C 2015-3°C 201063%
Dec 216°C3°C10°C 2014-5°C 201062%
Dec 226°C3°C11°C 2015-4°C 201062%
Dec 236°C3°C10°C 1991-3°C 201062%
Dec 246°C3°C11°C 1997-4°C 201062%
Dec 256°C3°C10°C 2011-4°C 201062%
Dec 266°C3°C10°C 2015-5°C 199562%
Dec 276°C2°C10°C 2007-7°C 199563%
Dec 286°C2°C10°C 1994-8°C 199563%
Dec 296°C2°C11°C 2006-7°C 199563%
Dec 306°C2°C11°C 2015-3°C 199563%
Dec 315°C2°C10°C 2006-2°C 200863%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Penrith, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

December 1
sunrise 8:10 AM, sunset 3:50 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:34 AM, sunset 3:54 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.