College Weather in December
Average highs run from 7°F on December 1 to 2°F on December 31, and lows from -5°F to -11°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.64 in over about 9 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
- 5°F
- Average low
- -8°F
- Precipitation
- 0.64 in
- Snowfall
- 11.5 in
- Record high
- 58°FDec 5, 1934
- Record low
- -62°FDec 28, 1961
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 4 h 40 min to 3 h 57 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 96%
- Dew point
- -3°F
- Wind
- 7.6 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 | 7°F | -5°F | 39°F 2020 | -47°F 1990 | 32% | 37% |
| Dec 2 | 7°F | -6°F | 41°F 1992 | -42°F 1970 | 32% | 37% |
| Dec 3 | 7°F | -6°F | 44°F 1934 | -46°F 1935 | 32% | 37% |
| Dec 4 | 7°F | -6°F | 52°F 1934 | -53°F 1935 | 32% | 37% |
| Dec 5 | 7°F | -6°F | 58°F 1934 | -54°F 1935 | 31% | 37% |
| Dec 6 | 7°F | -6°F | 51°F 1934 | -58°F 1935 | 31% | 36% |
| Dec 7 | 6°F | -6°F | 52°F 1934 | -59°F 1935 | 31% | 36% |
| Dec 8 | 6°F | -6°F | 55°F 1934 | -53°F 1935 | 31% | 36% |
| Dec 9 | 6°F | -7°F | 42°F 1960 | -55°F 1935 | 31% | 36% |
| Dec 10 | 6°F | -7°F | 45°F 1940 | -55°F 1935 | 31% | 36% |
| Dec 11 | 6°F | -7°F | 44°F 1940 | -54°F 1935 | 31% | 36% |
| Dec 12 | 6°F | -7°F | 40°F 1944 | -57°F 1935 | 30% | 36% |
| Dec 13 | 6°F | -7°F | 42°F 1943 | -55°F 1946 | 30% | 36% |
| Dec 14 | 6°F | -7°F | 35°F 1944 | -57°F 1946 | 30% | 35% |
| Dec 15 | 5°F | -8°F | 33°F 1986 | -55°F 1946 | 30% | 35% |
| Dec 16 | 5°F | -8°F | 41°F 1988 | -53°F 1946 | 30% | 35% |
| Dec 17 | 5°F | -8°F | 35°F 1984 | -52°F 1933 | 30% | 35% |
| Dec 18 | 5°F | -8°F | 42°F 1935 | -54°F 1933 | 30% | 35% |
| Dec 19 | 5°F | -8°F | 40°F 1935 | -52°F 1933 | 29% | 34% |
| Dec 20 | 5°F | -9°F | 39°F 1935 | -48°F 1933 | 29% | 34% |
| Dec 21 | 4°F | -9°F | 41°F 1985 | -49°F 1933 | 29% | 34% |
| Dec 22 | 4°F | -9°F | 45°F 1999 | -51°F 1961 | 29% | 34% |
| Dec 23 | 4°F | -9°F | 44°F 1985 | -53°F 1961 | 29% | 33% |
| Dec 24 | 4°F | -9°F | 42°F 1985 | -54°F 1961 | 29% | 33% |
| Dec 25 | 4°F | -10°F | 34°F 1985 | -56°F 1961 | 29% | 33% |
| Dec 26 | 3°F | -10°F | 42°F 2001 | -56°F 1961 | 29% | 33% |
| Dec 27 | 3°F | -10°F | 40°F 2021 | -58°F 1961 | 28% | 33% |
| Dec 28 | 3°F | -10°F | 40°F 1982 | -62°F 1961 | 28% | 33% |
| Dec 29 | 3°F | -11°F | 43°F 1982 | -62°F 1961 | 28% | 32% |
| Dec 30 | 3°F | -11°F | 45°F 2015 | -57°F 1961 | 28% | 32% |
| Dec 31 | 2°F | -11°F | 39°F 1969 | -54°F 1933 | 28% | 32% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKST).
- December 1
- sunrise 10:20 AM, sunset 3:00 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 10:56 AM, sunset 2:53 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00502107 (College Obsy), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026411, 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.