Stoke-on-Trent Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Stoke-on-Trent, 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 2°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 81 mm over about 16 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: 6°C
Average low: 2°C
Precipitation: 81 mm
Record high: 15°CDec 10, 1994
Record low: -13°CDec 12, 1981
Daylight: 7 h 57 min to 7 h 39 min
Cloud cover: 71%
Humidity: 96%
Dew point: 3°C
Wind: 19.8 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	7°C	2°C	14°C 1985	-7°C 1973	55%
Dec 2	7°C	2°C	14°C 1985	-5°C 1973	53%
Dec 3	7°C	2°C	14°C 1974	-5°C 1997	52%
Dec 4	7°C	2°C	13°C 1979	-4°C 1989	51%
Dec 5	7°C	2°C	13°C 1984	-3°C 1976	50%
Dec 6	7°C	2°C	11°C 1997	-6°C 1998	50%
Dec 7	6°C	2°C	13°C 1979	-3°C 1983	50%
Dec 8	6°C	2°C	12°C 1983	-3°C 1980	50%
Dec 9	6°C	2°C	12°C 1978	-3°C 1973	49%
Dec 10	6°C	2°C	15°C 1994	-4°C 2001	49%
Dec 11	6°C	2°C	15°C 1994	-3°C 2001	49%
Dec 12	6°C	2°C	14°C 1994	-13°C 1981	49%
Dec 13	6°C	2°C	11°C 1977	-10°C 1981	49%
Dec 14	6°C	2°C	15°C 1998	-4°C 1996	48%
Dec 15	6°C	2°C	14°C 1982	-4°C 1990	48%
Dec 16	6°C	2°C	13°C 1989	-2°C 2003	47%
Dec 17	6°C	2°C	14°C 1987	-3°C 2001	49%
Dec 18	6°C	2°C	13°C 1993	-7°C 1981	49%
Dec 19	6°C	2°C	14°C 1993	-9°C 1981	49%
Dec 20	6°C	2°C	14°C 1974	-8°C 1978	49%
Dec 21	6°C	1°C	13°C 1974	-5°C 1992	48%
Dec 22	6°C	1°C	15°C 1991	-5°C 1994	48%
Dec 23	6°C	1°C	15°C 1977	-5°C 1981	49%
Dec 24	6°C	1°C	14°C 1997	-5°C 1992	50%
Dec 25	6°C	1°C	12°C 1974	-3°C 1995	50%
Dec 26	6°C	1°C	14°C 1988	-4°C 1981	49%
Dec 27	5°C	1°C	13°C 1983	-4°C 1993	49%
Dec 28	5°C	1°C	14°C 1994	-11°C 1995	49%
Dec 29	5°C	1°C	14°C 1987	-12°C 1995	50%
Dec 30	5°C	1°C	12°C 1980	-7°C 1985	50%
Dec 31	5°C	1°C	11°C 1974	-7°C 2001	50%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).

December 1: sunrise 7:59 AM, sunset 3:56 PM
December 31: sunrise 8:22 AM, sunset 4:01 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003334, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.