Ballycastle climate

Ballycastle Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ballycastle, 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 7°C on December 31, and lows from 5°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 113 mm over about 20 wet days.

December day by day

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

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

December at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
113 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CDec 7, 2016
Reanalysis low
-2°CDec 3, 2010
Daylight
7 h 34 min to 7 h 14 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
91%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
26.6 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°C5°C12°C 20150°C 201069%
Dec 28°C5°C12°C 1995-2°C 201068%
Dec 38°C5°C12°C 1994-2°C 201066%
Dec 48°C5°C12°C 20072°C 199765%
Dec 58°C5°C12°C 20070°C 201065%
Dec 68°C5°C13°C 20070°C 201065%
Dec 78°C5°C13°C 20160°C 201065%
Dec 88°C5°C12°C 20150°C 201064%
Dec 98°C5°C12°C 20161°C 201765%
Dec 108°C5°C13°C 19940°C 201764%
Dec 118°C5°C13°C 19941°C 199163%
Dec 128°C5°C12°C 20132°C 201462%
Dec 137°C4°C12°C 19981°C 199661%
Dec 147°C4°C12°C 19982°C 199962%
Dec 157°C4°C11°C 20151°C 200062%
Dec 167°C4°C11°C 20151°C 200061%
Dec 177°C4°C11°C 2015-1°C 201062%
Dec 187°C4°C12°C 2015-1°C 201063%
Dec 197°C4°C13°C 2015-1°C 201065%
Dec 207°C4°C10°C 2013-1°C 201065%
Dec 217°C4°C11°C 2014-2°C 201064%
Dec 227°C4°C12°C 2015-2°C 201065%
Dec 237°C4°C12°C 1991-1°C 201065%
Dec 247°C4°C11°C 2016-1°C 201066%
Dec 257°C4°C11°C 2011-2°C 201066%
Dec 267°C4°C11°C 20110°C 199567%
Dec 277°C4°C10°C 2007-1°C 199568%
Dec 287°C4°C11°C 2012-2°C 199568%
Dec 297°C4°C12°C 2015-1°C 199568%
Dec 307°C4°C12°C 20150°C 200068%
Dec 317°C4°C11°C 20110°C 200068%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 8:27 AM, sunset 4:01 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:51 AM, sunset 4:05 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.