Alta climate

Alta Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -5°C on December 1 to -7°C on December 31, and lows from -10°C to -13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Alta, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-6°C
Average low
-11°C
Precipitation
68 mm
Reanalysis high
3°CDec 17, 2007
Reanalysis low
-26°CDec 27, 2020
Daylight
0 h 00 min to 0 h 00 min
Cloud cover
86%
Humidity
97%
Dew point
-9°C
Wind
20.2 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 1-5°C-10°C2°C 1998-20°C 201250%
Dec 2-5°C-10°C2°C 2003-20°C 201251%
Dec 3-5°C-10°C0°C 2003-19°C 201652%
Dec 4-5°C-10°C1°C 2019-17°C 201653%
Dec 5-5°C-10°C2°C 2019-20°C 201654%
Dec 6-5°C-10°C1°C 2000-20°C 201654%
Dec 7-5°C-10°C1°C 1991-18°C 199954%
Dec 8-5°C-10°C1°C 1991-16°C 201155%
Dec 9-5°C-10°C0°C 1996-21°C 201355%
Dec 10-5°C-10°C1°C 1992-20°C 201355%
Dec 11-5°C-10°C2°C 2013-17°C 200056%
Dec 12-5°C-10°C2°C 2001-17°C 201257%
Dec 13-5°C-10°C1°C 2007-17°C 199358%
Dec 14-5°C-10°C2°C 2007-20°C 200958%
Dec 15-5°C-10°C2°C 2001-19°C 199959%
Dec 16-5°C-10°C2°C 1997-19°C 201859%
Dec 17-6°C-10°C3°C 2007-21°C 199959%
Dec 18-6°C-11°C2°C 2007-22°C 201060%
Dec 19-6°C-11°C2°C 2016-22°C 201061%
Dec 20-6°C-11°C2°C 2017-23°C 199660%
Dec 21-6°C-11°C2°C 2006-23°C 199560%
Dec 22-6°C-11°C2°C 2006-24°C 199559%
Dec 23-7°C-12°C1°C 1992-21°C 199559%
Dec 24-7°C-12°C1°C 1992-20°C 200258%
Dec 25-7°C-12°C2°C 2008-21°C 200058%
Dec 26-7°C-12°C2°C 2008-25°C 202058%
Dec 27-7°C-12°C-1°C 2005-26°C 202056%
Dec 28-7°C-12°C2°C 2008-23°C 200255%
Dec 29-7°C-12°C2°C 2008-24°C 199554%
Dec 30-7°C-12°C1°C 2014-25°C 199553%
Dec 31-7°C-13°C1°C 2014-20°C 200152%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

December 1
sunrise , sunset
December 31
sunrise , sunset

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.