Southend-on-Sea Weather in December
Average highs run from 9°C on December 1 to 8°C on December 31, and lows from 4°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 63 mm over about 12 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 8°C
- Average low
- 3°C
- Precipitation
- 63 mm
- Record high
- 16°CDec 27, 1974
- Record low
- -9°CDec 4, 2010
- Daylight
- 8 h 10 min to 7 h 54 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 93%
- Dew point
- 4°C
- Wind
- 22.3 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 9°C | 4°C | 15°C 2018 | -3°C 1989 | 45% |
| Dec 2 | 9°C | 4°C | 15°C 2018 | -4°C 1989 | 44% |
| Dec 3 | 9°C | 4°C | 14°C 1994 | -4°C 2023 | 43% |
| Dec 4 | 9°C | 3°C | 15°C 1979 | -9°C 2010 | 43% |
| Dec 5 | 9°C | 3°C | 15°C 2015 | -7°C 1962 | 42% |
| Dec 6 | 9°C | 4°C | 15°C 2000 | -6°C 1962 | 43% |
| Dec 7 | 9°C | 4°C | 14°C 2016 | -3°C 1991 | 41% |
| Dec 8 | 9°C | 3°C | 14°C 2023 | -3°C 1967 | 41% |
| Dec 9 | 8°C | 3°C | 15°C 1997 | -7°C 1967 | 41% |
| Dec 10 | 9°C | 3°C | 15°C 1994 | -4°C 1967 | 41% |
| Dec 11 | 9°C | 3°C | 14°C 1961 | -4°C 1981 | 41% |
| Dec 12 | 9°C | 2°C | 14°C 1994 | -4°C 2012 | 41% |
| Dec 13 | 8°C | 3°C | 14°C 1998 | -5°C 1981 | 41% |
| Dec 14 | 8°C | 3°C | 13°C 1982 | -7°C 1968 | 43% |
| Dec 15 | 8°C | 3°C | 15°C 2015 | -7°C 1968 | 43% |
| Dec 16 | 9°C | 3°C | 14°C 2015 | -7°C 1975 | 43% |
| Dec 17 | 8°C | 3°C | 15°C 2024 | -4°C 2022 | 44% |
| Dec 18 | 8°C | 3°C | 15°C 2015 | -6°C 2010 | 45% |
| Dec 19 | 8°C | 3°C | 14°C 1989 | -6°C 2010 | 45% |
| Dec 20 | 9°C | 2°C | 14°C 1971 | -7°C 2010 | 46% |
| Dec 21 | 9°C | 3°C | 14°C 1991 | -4°C 2010 | 45% |
| Dec 22 | 9°C | 4°C | 15°C 1977 | -2°C 1963 | 46% |
| Dec 23 | 9°C | 4°C | 14°C 2023 | -4°C 1962 | 47% |
| Dec 24 | 8°C | 4°C | 14°C 2015 | -6°C 1963 | 46% |
| Dec 25 | 8°C | 3°C | 14°C 2015 | -6°C 1963 | 47% |
| Dec 26 | 8°C | 3°C | 14°C 2015 | -5°C 1966 | 46% |
| Dec 27 | 7°C | 3°C | 16°C 1974 | -6°C 1964 | 46% |
| Dec 28 | 7°C | 3°C | 15°C 2021 | -3°C 1962 | 46% |
| Dec 29 | 8°C | 1°C | 14°C 2021 | -7°C 1964 | 46% |
| Dec 30 | 8°C | 2°C | 15°C 2022 | -4°C 1985 | 46% |
| Dec 31 | 8°C | 3°C | 14°C 2021 | -4°C 1992 | 46% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:41 AM, sunset 3:51 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 8:03 AM, sunset 3:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKE00105918, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.