Ar Riqqah climate

Ar Riqqah Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 22°C on December 1 to 19°C on December 31, and lows from 15°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 10 mm over about 2 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ar Riqqah, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
10 mm
Record high
31°CDec 2, 2015
Record low
-7°CDec 23, 2007
Daylight
10 h 25 min to 10 h 19 min
Cloud cover
47%
Humidity
58%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
16.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 122°C15°C30°C 19850°C 20086%
Dec 222°C15°C31°C 20153°C 19827%
Dec 322°C14°C30°C 20070°C 20077%
Dec 422°C14°C29°C 19910°C 20087%
Dec 522°C14°C29°C 19770°C 20087%
Dec 621°C14°C29°C 20230°C 20087%
Dec 721°C14°C29°C 19710°C 20088%
Dec 821°C14°C31°C 19580°C 20088%
Dec 921°C13°C30°C 19910°C 20088%
Dec 1021°C13°C29°C 19830°C 20078%
Dec 1121°C13°C30°C 19830°C 20077%
Dec 1221°C13°C28°C 19910°C 19637%
Dec 1320°C13°C27°C 19870°C 19636%
Dec 1420°C13°C28°C 19770°C 20087%
Dec 1520°C13°C26°C 19920°C 20086%
Dec 1620°C12°C28°C 19980°C 19596%
Dec 1720°C12°C30°C 1998-4°C 20086%
Dec 1820°C12°C26°C 19980°C 20076%
Dec 1920°C12°C27°C 19693°C 19916%
Dec 2020°C12°C26°C 20140°C 20075%
Dec 2120°C12°C28°C 19960°C 20075%
Dec 2219°C12°C28°C 20170°C 19834%
Dec 2319°C12°C29°C 2017-7°C 20074%
Dec 2419°C12°C31°C 20172°C 19834%
Dec 2519°C11°C29°C 2016-1°C 19834%
Dec 2619°C11°C28°C 20110°C 19724%
Dec 2719°C11°C27°C 2011-1°C 19725%
Dec 2819°C11°C28°C 2014-1°C 19636%
Dec 2919°C11°C28°C 2001-6°C 20076%
Dec 3019°C11°C28°C 1998-1°C 19886%
Dec 3119°C11°C26°C 20170°C 20077%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ar Riqqah, in percent.024681102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 5:00 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station KU000405820, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.