Santa Cruz Pueblo Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 30°C on December 1 to 30°C on December 31, and lows from 20°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 39 mm over about 6 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 30°C
Average low: 19°C
Precipitation: 39 mm
Reanalysis high: 36°CDec 7, 2016
Reanalysis low: 12°CDec 15, 2010
Daylight: 10 h 59 min to 10 h 55 min
Cloud cover: 50%
Humidity: 73%
Dew point: 18°C
Wind: 7.2 km/h

Every day of the month

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

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Dec 1	30°C	20°C	35°C 2016	15°C 2011	18%
Dec 2	30°C	20°C	35°C 2018	14°C 1992	18%
Dec 3	30°C	20°C	35°C 2018	14°C 2008	18%
Dec 4	30°C	20°C	34°C 2016	15°C 2010	18%
Dec 5	30°C	20°C	36°C 2016	15°C 2010	18%
Dec 6	30°C	20°C	35°C 2016	16°C 2000	18%
Dec 7	30°C	20°C	36°C 2016	16°C 2010	19%
Dec 8	30°C	19°C	34°C 2016	14°C 2010	19%
Dec 9	30°C	19°C	34°C 2009	15°C 2003	18%
Dec 10	30°C	19°C	34°C 2012	13°C 2010	19%
Dec 11	30°C	19°C	34°C 2012	14°C 2010	21%
Dec 12	30°C	19°C	33°C 2001	14°C 2018	22%
Dec 13	30°C	19°C	33°C 2001	15°C 2008	24%
Dec 14	30°C	19°C	33°C 2015	14°C 2017	24%
Dec 15	30°C	19°C	33°C 2001	12°C 2010	23%
Dec 16	30°C	19°C	34°C 2015	14°C 1997	23%
Dec 17	30°C	19°C	34°C 2012	12°C 1997	23%
Dec 18	29°C	19°C	34°C 2016	14°C 1998	23%
Dec 19	29°C	19°C	34°C 2012	15°C 1996	22%
Dec 20	29°C	19°C	35°C 2012	14°C 2010	22%
Dec 21	29°C	19°C	33°C 2007	12°C 2003	21%
Dec 22	29°C	19°C	33°C 2004	14°C 2003	20%
Dec 23	29°C	19°C	33°C 2015	12°C 2018	20%
Dec 24	29°C	19°C	34°C 2015	16°C 2003	20%
Dec 25	30°C	19°C	33°C 1997	16°C 2003	20%
Dec 26	30°C	19°C	33°C 2016	15°C 2020	19%
Dec 27	30°C	19°C	33°C 2008	14°C 1994	18%
Dec 28	30°C	19°C	35°C 2012	13°C 2006	18%
Dec 29	30°C	19°C	33°C 2015	15°C 1994	17%
Dec 30	30°C	19°C	34°C 2007	15°C 1997	17%
Dec 31	30°C	19°C	34°C 2010	13°C 1997	18%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

December 1: sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:19 PM
December 31: sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 5:31 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 2026-09-28. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.