Anchorage Weather in December
Average highs run from 26°F on December 1 to 23°F on December 31, and lows from 13°F to 9°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.89 in over about 8 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 25°F
- Average low
- 11°F
- Precipitation
- 0.89 in
- Snowfall
- 19.3 in
- Record high
- 54°FDec 4, 2011
- Record low
- -36°FDec 5, 1916
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 6 h 05 min to 5 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 93%
- Dew point
- 16°F
- Wind
- 6.9 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 26°F | 13°F | 51°F 1929 | -15°F 1917 | 26% | 30% |
| Dec 2 | 26°F | 13°F | 51°F 1929 | -24°F 1916 | 26% | 30% |
| Dec 3 | 26°F | 13°F | 44°F 2002 | -24°F 1916 | 26% | 30% |
| Dec 4 | 26°F | 13°F | 54°F 2011 | -26°F 1916 | 26% | 31% |
| Dec 5 | 26°F | 13°F | 51°F 1934 | -36°F 1916 | 26% | 31% |
| Dec 6 | 26°F | 13°F | 50°F 1934 | -28°F 1916 | 26% | 31% |
| Dec 7 | 26°F | 13°F | 53°F 1934 | -22°F 1916 | 26% | 31% |
| Dec 8 | 26°F | 13°F | 48°F 2005 | -29°F 1918 | 26% | 31% |
| Dec 9 | 26°F | 13°F | 51°F 2019 | -21°F 1916 | 26% | 32% |
| Dec 10 | 26°F | 12°F | 53°F 1940 | -32°F 1918 | 26% | 32% |
| Dec 11 | 25°F | 12°F | 49°F 2017 | -23°F 1917 | 26% | 32% |
| Dec 12 | 25°F | 12°F | 44°F 1941 | -24°F 1918 | 26% | 32% |
| Dec 13 | 25°F | 12°F | 47°F 2017 | -21°F 1918 | 26% | 32% |
| Dec 14 | 25°F | 12°F | 43°F 1930 | -30°F 1946 | 26% | 32% |
| Dec 15 | 25°F | 12°F | 43°F 1921 | -33°F 1946 | 26% | 33% |
| Dec 16 | 25°F | 12°F | 48°F 1944 | -22°F 1917 | 26% | 33% |
| Dec 17 | 25°F | 11°F | 47°F 1952 | -27°F 1917 | 25% | 33% |
| Dec 18 | 25°F | 11°F | 45°F 2011 | -28°F 1917 | 25% | 33% |
| Dec 19 | 25°F | 11°F | 48°F 1935 | -28°F 1917 | 25% | 33% |
| Dec 20 | 24°F | 11°F | 43°F 2000 | -34°F 1917 | 25% | 33% |
| Dec 21 | 24°F | 11°F | 45°F 1939 | -33°F 1917 | 25% | 33% |
| Dec 22 | 24°F | 10°F | 50°F 1999 | -30°F 1917 | 25% | 33% |
| Dec 23 | 24°F | 10°F | 50°F 2004 | -33°F 1917 | 24% | 33% |
| Dec 24 | 24°F | 10°F | 43°F 1925 | -36°F 1917 | 24% | 33% |
| Dec 25 | 24°F | 10°F | 44°F 1925 | -36°F 1917 | 24% | 33% |
| Dec 26 | 24°F | 10°F | 50°F 1999 | -29°F 1917 | 23% | 33% |
| Dec 27 | 23°F | 9°F | 48°F 2001 | -28°F 1917 | 23% | 33% |
| Dec 28 | 23°F | 9°F | 46°F 2015 | -27°F 1917 | 23% | 32% |
| Dec 29 | 23°F | 9°F | 52°F 1925 | -23°F 1917 | 23% | 32% |
| Dec 30 | 23°F | 9°F | 52°F 1941 | -20°F 1937 | 22% | 32% |
| Dec 31 | 23°F | 9°F | 52°F 1941 | -27°F 1916 | 22% | 32% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKST).
- December 1
- sunrise 9:46 AM, sunset 3:51 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 10:14 AM, sunset 3:52 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00026409 (Anchorage Merrill Fld), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026409, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.