Carlow climate

Carlow Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Carlow, 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 3°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 99 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 Carlow, 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
2°C
Precipitation
99 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CDec 10, 1994
Reanalysis low
-6°CDec 21, 2010
Daylight
7 h 59 min to 7 h 41 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
96%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
21.6 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°C3°C12°C 2015-2°C 201759%
Dec 28°C3°C12°C 1995-5°C 201057%
Dec 38°C3°C12°C 1995-6°C 201056%
Dec 48°C3°C12°C 2007-2°C 201056%
Dec 57°C3°C12°C 2007-3°C 201056%
Dec 67°C3°C13°C 2007-5°C 201055%
Dec 77°C3°C13°C 2016-5°C 201055%
Dec 87°C3°C11°C 2016-5°C 201054%
Dec 97°C3°C12°C 2016-3°C 201055%
Dec 107°C3°C14°C 1994-5°C 201755%
Dec 117°C3°C13°C 1994-6°C 201755%
Dec 127°C3°C12°C 2013-2°C 201754%
Dec 137°C3°C12°C 2013-3°C 199655%
Dec 147°C3°C12°C 1998-3°C 199655%
Dec 157°C3°C12°C 2013-2°C 199955%
Dec 167°C3°C12°C 2015-2°C 201055%
Dec 177°C2°C12°C 2015-3°C 201055%
Dec 187°C2°C13°C 2015-4°C 201056%
Dec 197°C2°C13°C 2015-4°C 199955%
Dec 207°C2°C11°C 2017-6°C 201055%
Dec 217°C2°C12°C 2014-6°C 201055%
Dec 227°C2°C12°C 2015-6°C 201056%
Dec 237°C2°C12°C 1991-4°C 201057%
Dec 247°C2°C10°C 2002-6°C 201057%
Dec 257°C2°C12°C 2011-5°C 201056%
Dec 266°C2°C11°C 2011-4°C 199556%
Dec 276°C2°C11°C 2019-4°C 199557%
Dec 286°C2°C11°C 1994-3°C 199557%
Dec 296°C2°C12°C 2006-3°C 199657%
Dec 306°C2°C12°C 2015-3°C 200056%
Dec 316°C2°C11°C 2011-3°C 200157%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Carlow, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

December 1
sunrise 8:17 AM, sunset 4:16 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:40 AM, sunset 4:21 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.