Tsuruoka climate

Tsuruoka Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 6°C on December 1 to 1°C on December 31, and lows from 0°C to -3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 152 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 Tsuruoka, in °C, with the record for each date.-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
3°C
Average low
-2°C
Precipitation
152 mm
Reanalysis high
17°CDec 5, 2004
Reanalysis low
-9°CDec 27, 2002
Daylight
9 h 41 min to 9 h 30 min
Cloud cover
79%
Humidity
92%
Dew point
-1°C
Wind
14.4 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 16°C0°C13°C 2014-3°C 201268%
Dec 26°C0°C13°C 2010-4°C 199770%
Dec 36°C0°C15°C 2010-5°C 199770%
Dec 46°C0°C15°C 2018-3°C 199770%
Dec 55°C0°C17°C 2004-3°C 201471%
Dec 65°C0°C13°C 2010-4°C 200072%
Dec 75°C-1°C10°C 1997-4°C 201472%
Dec 84°C-1°C13°C 1992-4°C 201773%
Dec 94°C-1°C11°C 2008-5°C 201274%
Dec 104°C-1°C13°C 1992-4°C 201276%
Dec 114°C-1°C14°C 2015-5°C 200077%
Dec 123°C-1°C9°C 2015-5°C 200076%
Dec 133°C-2°C10°C 2015-6°C 200576%
Dec 143°C-2°C8°C 2015-5°C 201476%
Dec 153°C-2°C13°C 2015-8°C 201475%
Dec 163°C-2°C9°C 1996-7°C 199476%
Dec 173°C-2°C11°C 1996-6°C 201476%
Dec 183°C-2°C9°C 2019-8°C 200576%
Dec 192°C-2°C9°C 1997-9°C 200576%
Dec 202°C-2°C10°C 2004-7°C 199376%
Dec 212°C-2°C9°C 2016-7°C 201776%
Dec 222°C-3°C13°C 2016-7°C 199375%
Dec 232°C-3°C11°C 2016-7°C 199376%
Dec 242°C-3°C9°C 2015-8°C 201276%
Dec 252°C-3°C8°C 2003-7°C 199576%
Dec 262°C-3°C10°C 2006-8°C 201276%
Dec 271°C-3°C11°C 2006-9°C 200278%
Dec 281°C-3°C5°C 2006-7°C 199578%
Dec 291°C-3°C9°C 2007-8°C 201179%
Dec 301°C-3°C5°C 2019-5°C 200080%
Dec 311°C-3°C9°C 2019-8°C 200279%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9).

December 1
sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 4:20 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 4:29 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.