Draperstown climate

Draperstown Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Draperstown, 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 6°C on December 31, and lows from 4°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 115 mm over about 21 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Draperstown, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
115 mm
Record high
21°CDec 10, 2004
Record low
-14°CDec 22, 2010
Daylight
7 h 38 min to 7 h 18 min
Cloud cover
83%
Humidity
92%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
25.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 18°C4°C14°C 1985-5°C 197770%
Dec 28°C4°C13°C 1995-4°C 197370%
Dec 38°C4°C12°C 1983-6°C 201068%
Dec 48°C4°C13°C 1979-3°C 199768%
Dec 58°C4°C13°C 2000-5°C 197667%
Dec 68°C4°C11°C 1999-4°C 199867%
Dec 77°C4°C13°C 2015-4°C 198067%
Dec 87°C4°C11°C 1974-10°C 201067%
Dec 97°C4°C12°C 1999-4°C 201067%
Dec 107°C4°C21°C 2004-5°C 197667%
Dec 117°C4°C14°C 1994-5°C 198766%
Dec 127°C4°C14°C 2013-11°C 198165%
Dec 137°C4°C11°C 1983-7°C 198164%
Dec 147°C4°C14°C 1998-3°C 199364%
Dec 157°C4°C12°C 1982-3°C 197364%
Dec 167°C4°C11°C 2023-4°C 199063%
Dec 177°C4°C13°C 1987-2°C 200064%
Dec 187°C4°C14°C 2024-6°C 198164%
Dec 197°C3°C14°C 2015-5°C 198165%
Dec 207°C3°C12°C 1987-3°C 200966%
Dec 217°C3°C12°C 2023-6°C 199265%
Dec 227°C3°C11°C 1984-14°C 201066%
Dec 237°C3°C13°C 1984-3°C 198266%
Dec 246°C3°C12°C 1997-12°C 201066%
Dec 256°C3°C13°C 2011-4°C 198166%
Dec 266°C3°C12°C 2011-12°C 201068%
Dec 276°C3°C12°C 1987-9°C 199569%
Dec 286°C3°C13°C 1987-3°C 199869%
Dec 296°C3°C13°C 2021-10°C 200069%
Dec 306°C3°C11°C 2024-7°C 200069%
Dec 316°C3°C13°C 2021-6°C 200168%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Draperstown, 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 4:05 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:51 AM, sunset 4:09 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003917, 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 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.