Sinjār climate

Sinjār Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 15°C on December 1 to 11°C on December 31, and lows from 5°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 40 mm over about 6 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sinjār, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
13°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
40 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CDec 4, 2010
Reanalysis low
-6°CDec 6, 1994
Daylight
9 h 53 min to 9 h 43 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
0°C
Wind
10.1 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 115°C5°C23°C 2010-2°C 201119%
Dec 215°C5°C23°C 2010-3°C 200420%
Dec 315°C4°C25°C 2010-2°C 199921%
Dec 415°C4°C27°C 2010-5°C 199421%
Dec 514°C4°C25°C 2010-6°C 199421%
Dec 614°C4°C21°C 2005-6°C 199422%
Dec 714°C4°C22°C 2005-6°C 199423%
Dec 814°C4°C23°C 2005-3°C 201623%
Dec 914°C4°C23°C 2005-4°C 201323%
Dec 1013°C3°C23°C 2005-5°C 201323%
Dec 1113°C3°C24°C 2005-3°C 200424%
Dec 1213°C3°C20°C 2005-3°C 201324%
Dec 1313°C3°C20°C 2005-4°C 201324%
Dec 1413°C3°C19°C 2005-4°C 200223%
Dec 1512°C3°C18°C 2005-4°C 201322%
Dec 1612°C3°C16°C 1998-5°C 201321%
Dec 1712°C2°C18°C 2019-4°C 200421%
Dec 1812°C2°C19°C 1999-4°C 201621%
Dec 1912°C2°C17°C 2019-3°C 200720%
Dec 2012°C2°C19°C 2019-5°C 200720%
Dec 2112°C2°C18°C 2017-4°C 200119%
Dec 2212°C2°C18°C 1993-4°C 200219%
Dec 2312°C2°C18°C 2009-2°C 200218%
Dec 2412°C2°C18°C 1993-4°C 200219%
Dec 2512°C2°C17°C 2009-5°C 199219%
Dec 2612°C2°C17°C 2017-6°C 200219%
Dec 2712°C2°C18°C 2010-5°C 199220%
Dec 2812°C2°C19°C 2010-6°C 199221%
Dec 2911°C2°C17°C 1995-5°C 200622%
Dec 3011°C2°C19°C 2017-5°C 200624%
Dec 3111°C2°C19°C 1999-4°C 200625%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sinjār, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

December 1
sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 4:58 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:07 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.