Pauanui Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 18°C on December 1 to 20°C on December 31, and lows from 16°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 mm over about 11 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: 19°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 93 mm
Reanalysis high: 23°CDec 23, 1998
Reanalysis low: 11°CDec 19, 2004
Daylight: 14 h 29 min to 14 h 40 min
Cloud cover: 62%
Humidity: 80%
Dew point: 14°C
Wind: 19.4 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	18°C	16°C	20°C 1995	13°C 2006	37%
Dec 2	18°C	16°C	20°C 2004	12°C 2014	36%
Dec 3	18°C	16°C	21°C 1997	12°C 1991	36%
Dec 4	19°C	16°C	20°C 2017	13°C 2004	35%
Dec 5	19°C	16°C	21°C 1999	12°C 2004	35%
Dec 6	19°C	16°C	21°C 1995	13°C 2004	35%
Dec 7	19°C	16°C	21°C 1995	13°C 1993	34%
Dec 8	19°C	16°C	21°C 1995	13°C 1993	34%
Dec 9	19°C	16°C	21°C 2005	13°C 2006	34%
Dec 10	19°C	16°C	21°C 2018	12°C 2006	34%
Dec 11	19°C	16°C	21°C 2017	15°C 2004	34%
Dec 12	19°C	17°C	22°C 2017	14°C 2004	34%
Dec 13	19°C	17°C	22°C 2017	14°C 1991	35%
Dec 14	19°C	17°C	21°C 1998	13°C 1992	36%
Dec 15	19°C	17°C	21°C 2010	14°C 1991	36%
Dec 16	19°C	17°C	21°C 2017	13°C 1996	37%
Dec 17	19°C	17°C	22°C 2013	14°C 1991	37%
Dec 18	19°C	17°C	22°C 2018	12°C 2004	37%
Dec 19	19°C	17°C	22°C 2012	11°C 2004	38%
Dec 20	19°C	17°C	22°C 2017	13°C 2004	37%
Dec 21	19°C	17°C	22°C 2000	12°C 1992	37%
Dec 22	19°C	17°C	22°C 2015	14°C 1992	37%
Dec 23	20°C	17°C	23°C 1998	14°C 1993	38%
Dec 24	20°C	17°C	22°C 2000	14°C 1994	37%
Dec 25	20°C	17°C	22°C 2000	14°C 2004	37%
Dec 26	20°C	17°C	22°C 2000	14°C 2004	35%
Dec 27	20°C	17°C	22°C 2000	14°C 2004	35%
Dec 28	20°C	17°C	21°C 1991	15°C 2020	33%
Dec 29	20°C	17°C	22°C 2015	15°C 2020	32%
Dec 30	20°C	17°C	21°C 2019	15°C 2003	31%
Dec 31	20°C	17°C	23°C 2005	15°C 2009	28%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+13).

December 1: sunrise 5:51 AM, sunset 8:20 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:59 AM, sunset 8:39 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.