Lower Hutt climate

Lower Hutt Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 16°C on December 1 to 18°C on December 31, and lows from 11°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 12 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 Lower Hutt, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Record high
30°CDec 25, 2012
Record low
6°CDec 2, 2014
Daylight
14 h 55 min to 15 h 06 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
23.8 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 116°C11°C25°C 20177°C 202038%
Dec 216°C11°C23°C 20176°C 201438%
Dec 316°C11°C24°C 20188°C 201639%
Dec 416°C12°C24°C 201710°C 200938%
Dec 517°C12°C26°C 201711°C 200439%
Dec 617°C12°C22°C 201210°C 201438%
Dec 717°C12°C28°C 201711°C 201538%
Dec 817°C12°C26°C 20179°C 200737%
Dec 917°C12°C27°C 200710°C 200637%
Dec 1017°C12°C23°C 20078°C 202337%
Dec 1117°C12°C25°C 20178°C 202338%
Dec 1217°C12°C26°C 20178°C 200439%
Dec 1317°C12°C25°C 20229°C 202339%
Dec 1417°C12°C25°C 20058°C 200839%
Dec 1517°C12°C26°C 20218°C 201439%
Dec 1617°C12°C26°C 20059°C 200939%
Dec 1717°C12°C27°C 201710°C 201140%
Dec 1817°C12°C24°C 20109°C 201939%
Dec 1917°C12°C25°C 20058°C 201538%
Dec 2017°C12°C26°C 20128°C 200738%
Dec 2117°C12°C23°C 202410°C 200638%
Dec 2218°C12°C24°C 20218°C 200939%
Dec 2318°C12°C25°C 20238°C 200841%
Dec 2418°C12°C24°C 20179°C 201540%
Dec 2518°C12°C30°C 201212°C 201139%
Dec 2618°C12°C27°C 201210°C 202038%
Dec 2718°C13°C23°C 20218°C 200237%
Dec 2818°C13°C24°C 202310°C 201737%
Dec 2918°C13°C27°C 200810°C 201036%
Dec 3018°C13°C24°C 20139°C 201634%
Dec 3118°C13°C24°C 20239°C 200934%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Lower Hutt, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 8:37 PM
December 31
sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 8:56 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station NZM00093439, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.