Fort William Weather in December
Average highs run from 5°C on December 1 to 3°C on December 31, and lows from 1°C to -1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 183 mm over about 22 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 4°C
- Average low
- 0°C
- Precipitation
- 183 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 11°CDec 7, 2016
- Reanalysis low
- -15°CDec 29, 1995
- Daylight
- 7 h 14 min to 6 h 53 min
- Cloud cover
- 77%
- Humidity
- 96%
- Dew point
- 1°C
- Wind
- 20.9 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 | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 5°C | 1°C | 9°C 2000 | -9°C 2010 | 77% |
| Dec 2 | 4°C | 1°C | 8°C 2015 | -8°C 2010 | 78% |
| Dec 3 | 4°C | 1°C | 9°C 1995 | -7°C 2010 | 76% |
| Dec 4 | 4°C | 1°C | 10°C 2007 | -4°C 2012 | 75% |
| Dec 5 | 4°C | 1°C | 10°C 2007 | -5°C 2012 | 74% |
| Dec 6 | 4°C | 1°C | 9°C 1997 | -7°C 2010 | 74% |
| Dec 7 | 4°C | 1°C | 11°C 2016 | -9°C 2010 | 74% |
| Dec 8 | 4°C | 1°C | 9°C 2015 | -8°C 2010 | 73% |
| Dec 9 | 4°C | 1°C | 9°C 2016 | -4°C 2011 | 74% |
| Dec 10 | 4°C | 1°C | 10°C 1994 | -4°C 2017 | 74% |
| Dec 11 | 4°C | 1°C | 10°C 1994 | -5°C 2012 | 74% |
| Dec 12 | 4°C | 1°C | 10°C 2013 | -5°C 2012 | 73% |
| Dec 13 | 4°C | 1°C | 10°C 2006 | -7°C 2012 | 73% |
| Dec 14 | 4°C | 0°C | 10°C 1998 | -5°C 1993 | 74% |
| Dec 15 | 4°C | 0°C | 8°C 2005 | -4°C 1999 | 74% |
| Dec 16 | 4°C | 0°C | 8°C 2015 | -4°C 2010 | 73% |
| Dec 17 | 4°C | 0°C | 10°C 2015 | -6°C 2010 | 73% |
| Dec 18 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2015 | -9°C 2010 | 74% |
| Dec 19 | 3°C | 0°C | 11°C 2015 | -7°C 2010 | 74% |
| Dec 20 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2017 | -8°C 1995 | 74% |
| Dec 21 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2008 | -7°C 1995 | 75% |
| Dec 22 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2011 | -8°C 2010 | 74% |
| Dec 23 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2017 | -7°C 2010 | 74% |
| Dec 24 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2017 | -8°C 1995 | 74% |
| Dec 25 | 3°C | -1°C | 9°C 2011 | -7°C 1993 | 74% |
| Dec 26 | 3°C | -1°C | 9°C 2011 | -10°C 1995 | 75% |
| Dec 27 | 3°C | -1°C | 8°C 2019 | -9°C 1995 | 75% |
| Dec 28 | 3°C | -1°C | 8°C 2012 | -11°C 1995 | 75% |
| Dec 29 | 3°C | -1°C | 9°C 2004 | -15°C 1995 | 75% |
| Dec 30 | 3°C | -1°C | 10°C 2015 | -10°C 1995 | 75% |
| Dec 31 | 3°C | -1°C | 8°C 2018 | -7°C 1996 | 75% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT).
- December 1
- sunrise 8:32 AM, sunset 3:46 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 8:57 AM, sunset 3:50 PM
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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.