Lae Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 25°C on December 1 to 24°C on December 31, and lows from 18°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 152 mm over about 19 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: 25°C
Average low: 19°C
Precipitation: 152 mm
Reanalysis high: 30°CDec 22, 1997
Reanalysis low: 15°CDec 2, 2012
Daylight: 12 h 29 min to 12 h 31 min
Cloud cover: 84%
Humidity: 87%
Dew point: 18°C
Wind: 3.2 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	25°C	18°C	29°C 2019	17°C 2002	47%
Dec 2	25°C	18°C	28°C 2018	15°C 2012	46%
Dec 3	25°C	19°C	29°C 2019	17°C 2012	46%
Dec 4	25°C	19°C	28°C 2019	17°C 2002	48%
Dec 5	25°C	19°C	27°C 2010	17°C 2012	50%
Dec 6	25°C	19°C	28°C 2003	16°C 2007	50%
Dec 7	25°C	19°C	28°C 2003	16°C 2007	51%
Dec 8	25°C	19°C	28°C 2002	16°C 2012	52%
Dec 9	25°C	19°C	27°C 2003	17°C 2010	54%
Dec 10	25°C	19°C	28°C 2003	16°C 1993	54%
Dec 11	25°C	19°C	28°C 2001	17°C 1994	55%
Dec 12	25°C	19°C	27°C 2003	17°C 1992	54%
Dec 13	25°C	19°C	29°C 2004	17°C 2012	54%
Dec 14	25°C	19°C	30°C 2001	18°C 2017	55%
Dec 15	25°C	19°C	29°C 2004	17°C 2007	55%
Dec 16	25°C	19°C	29°C 1997	17°C 2002	56%
Dec 17	25°C	19°C	29°C 2004	17°C 2010	57%
Dec 18	25°C	19°C	30°C 1997	16°C 2012	57%
Dec 19	25°C	19°C	28°C 1997	16°C 1993	56%
Dec 20	24°C	19°C	28°C 2015	17°C 2007	56%
Dec 21	24°C	19°C	29°C 1997	16°C 2007	57%
Dec 22	24°C	19°C	30°C 1997	18°C 1994	57%
Dec 23	24°C	19°C	28°C 2004	17°C 1999	58%
Dec 24	24°C	19°C	29°C 2019	18°C 2005	59%
Dec 25	24°C	19°C	28°C 2019	17°C 2012	59%
Dec 26	24°C	19°C	29°C 2004	17°C 2010	59%
Dec 27	24°C	19°C	27°C 2002	18°C 2007	60%
Dec 28	24°C	19°C	27°C 2001	17°C 2018	59%
Dec 29	24°C	19°C	27°C 2015	18°C 2019	58%
Dec 30	24°C	19°C	28°C 2015	16°C 1999	59%
Dec 31	24°C	19°C	27°C 2008	17°C 1992	60%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

December 1: sunrise 5:46 AM, sunset 6:15 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:59 AM, sunset 6:30 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.