Sligo climate

Sligo Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Sligo, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 9°C on December 1 to 8°C on December 31, and lows from 7°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 149 mm over about 22 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sligo, in °C, with the record for each date.051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
9°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
149 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CDec 7, 2016
Reanalysis low
0°CDec 27, 1995
Daylight
7 h 44 min to 7 h 24 min
Cloud cover
82%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
32.0 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 19°C7°C12°C 20152°C 201074%
Dec 29°C7°C13°C 19952°C 201074%
Dec 39°C7°C13°C 19953°C 201073%
Dec 49°C7°C13°C 20075°C 201072%
Dec 59°C7°C12°C 20154°C 199571%
Dec 69°C7°C13°C 20073°C 199571%
Dec 79°C7°C13°C 20162°C 199571%
Dec 89°C7°C12°C 20073°C 199570%
Dec 99°C7°C12°C 20163°C 201771%
Dec 109°C7°C13°C 19943°C 201771%
Dec 119°C6°C13°C 19944°C 200270%
Dec 129°C6°C13°C 20133°C 200269%
Dec 139°C6°C13°C 19984°C 199669%
Dec 149°C6°C13°C 19984°C 199469%
Dec 159°C6°C11°C 20053°C 201969%
Dec 169°C6°C12°C 20153°C 201170%
Dec 179°C6°C12°C 20153°C 201069%
Dec 189°C6°C13°C 20152°C 201069%
Dec 198°C6°C13°C 20151°C 201070%
Dec 208°C6°C11°C 20131°C 201070%
Dec 218°C6°C12°C 20141°C 201070%
Dec 228°C6°C12°C 20151°C 201071%
Dec 238°C6°C12°C 20022°C 201071%
Dec 248°C6°C12°C 20161°C 201071%
Dec 258°C6°C12°C 20111°C 201071%
Dec 268°C6°C12°C 20111°C 199572%
Dec 278°C6°C11°C 20190°C 199573%
Dec 288°C6°C12°C 20121°C 199573%
Dec 298°C6°C13°C 20151°C 199572%
Dec 308°C6°C11°C 20152°C 199572%
Dec 318°C5°C11°C 20112°C 199671%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 8:31 AM, sunset 4:15 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:55 AM, sunset 4:19 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.