Taft climate

Taft Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 14°C on December 1 to 11°C on December 31, and lows from 1°C to -1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 12 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Taft, 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
12°C
Average low
0°C
Precipitation
12 mm
Reanalysis high
23°CDec 17, 1998
Reanalysis low
-9°CDec 29, 2004
Daylight
10 h 14 min to 10 h 06 min
Cloud cover
43%
Humidity
50%
Dew point
-6°C
Wind
10.8 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 114°C1°C20°C 2000-5°C 199910%
Dec 214°C1°C20°C 2015-5°C 200610%
Dec 314°C1°C20°C 2013-7°C 200610%
Dec 413°C1°C19°C 2016-7°C 200610%
Dec 513°C0°C21°C 2016-4°C 199410%
Dec 613°C0°C21°C 2016-6°C 199410%
Dec 713°C0°C19°C 2005-8°C 199410%
Dec 813°C0°C18°C 1999-8°C 199411%
Dec 913°C0°C19°C 1998-5°C 199411%
Dec 1013°C0°C21°C 1998-5°C 201511%
Dec 1113°C0°C23°C 1998-7°C 200310%
Dec 1212°C0°C22°C 1998-9°C 200310%
Dec 1312°C0°C20°C 1998-7°C 200310%
Dec 1412°C0°C22°C 1998-6°C 20039%
Dec 1512°C0°C22°C 1998-4°C 20009%
Dec 1612°C0°C22°C 1998-6°C 20138%
Dec 1712°C-1°C23°C 1998-6°C 19918%
Dec 1812°C-1°C19°C 1998-6°C 20088%
Dec 1912°C-1°C18°C 1993-6°C 19918%
Dec 2012°C-1°C17°C 2018-5°C 20088%
Dec 2112°C-1°C18°C 1998-5°C 20138%
Dec 2212°C-1°C18°C 2017-5°C 20137%
Dec 2312°C-1°C19°C 2017-5°C 20026%
Dec 2412°C-1°C23°C 2017-5°C 20076%
Dec 2512°C-1°C21°C 2017-6°C 19945%
Dec 2612°C-1°C19°C 2016-6°C 20206%
Dec 2712°C-1°C20°C 2016-8°C 20126%
Dec 2812°C-1°C19°C 1996-9°C 20046%
Dec 2912°C-1°C19°C 2016-9°C 20046%
Dec 3012°C-1°C20°C 2016-8°C 20046%
Dec 3111°C-1°C21°C 2016-7°C 20057%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Taft, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3:30).

December 1
sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 4:59 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.