Preston climate

Preston Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Preston, 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 3°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 118 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 Preston, 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
2°C
Precipitation
118 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CDec 19, 2015
Reanalysis low
-8°CDec 28, 1995
Daylight
7 h 49 min to 7 h 30 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
95%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
21.2 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°C3°C12°C 2000-4°C 201063%
Dec 27°C3°C11°C 1992-6°C 201062%
Dec 37°C3°C11°C 2015-6°C 201061%
Dec 47°C3°C12°C 2007-1°C 199860%
Dec 56°C2°C11°C 2007-4°C 201059%
Dec 66°C2°C12°C 2007-5°C 201059%
Dec 76°C2°C12°C 2015-6°C 201060%
Dec 86°C2°C11°C 2016-7°C 201060%
Dec 96°C2°C11°C 2016-3°C 201061%
Dec 106°C2°C12°C 1994-3°C 199161%
Dec 116°C2°C12°C 1994-5°C 199160%
Dec 126°C2°C11°C 2000-5°C 199159%
Dec 136°C2°C11°C 1998-3°C 201259%
Dec 146°C2°C12°C 1998-3°C 199359%
Dec 156°C2°C11°C 2013-2°C 200760%
Dec 166°C2°C11°C 2015-3°C 201060%
Dec 176°C2°C11°C 2015-3°C 201060%
Dec 186°C2°C11°C 2020-7°C 201061%
Dec 196°C2°C13°C 2015-7°C 201061%
Dec 206°C2°C11°C 2015-7°C 201062%
Dec 215°C2°C10°C 2014-8°C 201060%
Dec 225°C2°C12°C 2015-6°C 201060%
Dec 235°C2°C10°C 1991-4°C 201060%
Dec 245°C2°C11°C 1997-5°C 201061%
Dec 255°C2°C10°C 2016-6°C 201060%
Dec 265°C2°C11°C 2015-6°C 199560%
Dec 275°C2°C10°C 2007-8°C 199562%
Dec 285°C2°C11°C 1994-8°C 199561%
Dec 295°C2°C11°C 2006-7°C 199560%
Dec 305°C2°C12°C 2006-5°C 199259%
Dec 315°C1°C10°C 2006-4°C 200359%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

December 1
sunrise 8:05 AM, sunset 3:54 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:29 AM, sunset 3:59 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.