Athlone climate

Athlone Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Athlone, 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 3°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 115 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Athlone, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-5051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
115 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CDec 7, 2016
Reanalysis low
-7°CDec 21, 2010
Daylight
7 h 53 min to 7 h 34 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
95%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
20.9 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°C3°C12°C 2015-4°C 201064%
Dec 28°C3°C12°C 1994-7°C 201063%
Dec 38°C3°C12°C 1995-6°C 201062%
Dec 48°C3°C13°C 2007-2°C 199762%
Dec 58°C3°C12°C 2015-4°C 201062%
Dec 68°C3°C13°C 2007-4°C 201062%
Dec 78°C3°C14°C 2016-5°C 201062%
Dec 88°C3°C12°C 2016-5°C 201061%
Dec 98°C3°C12°C 2016-3°C 201061%
Dec 108°C3°C13°C 1994-6°C 201761%
Dec 118°C3°C13°C 1994-2°C 201760%
Dec 128°C3°C13°C 2013-1°C 201059%
Dec 137°C3°C12°C 1998-2°C 199660%
Dec 147°C3°C12°C 1998-3°C 200160%
Dec 157°C3°C11°C 2018-2°C 200161%
Dec 167°C3°C13°C 2015-1°C 200261%
Dec 177°C3°C12°C 2015-2°C 201062%
Dec 187°C3°C13°C 2015-3°C 201062%
Dec 197°C3°C13°C 2015-4°C 201062%
Dec 207°C3°C11°C 2008-6°C 201062%
Dec 217°C3°C12°C 1991-7°C 201062%
Dec 227°C2°C13°C 2015-7°C 201063%
Dec 237°C3°C12°C 1991-5°C 201064%
Dec 247°C3°C11°C 2016-5°C 201064%
Dec 257°C2°C12°C 2011-6°C 201063%
Dec 267°C2°C12°C 2011-4°C 199564%
Dec 277°C2°C11°C 2019-5°C 199564%
Dec 287°C2°C12°C 2012-4°C 199564%
Dec 297°C2°C12°C 2015-4°C 199564%
Dec 307°C2°C12°C 2015-3°C 200163%
Dec 317°C2°C12°C 2011-3°C 200163%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

December 1
sunrise 8:24 AM, sunset 4:17 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:48 AM, sunset 4:22 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.