Point Hope climate

Point Hope Weather in December

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Cape Lisburne(Awos) (PALU) (GHCN USW00026642), 64 km from Point Hope

Average highs run from 13°F on December 1 to 13°F on December 31, and lows from 1°F to 0°F.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Point Hope, in °F, with the record for each date.-60-40-2002040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
11°F
Average low
-3°F
Record high
39°FDec 9, 2019
Record low
-41°FDec 21, 2004
Daylight
1 h 51 min to 0 h 00 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
97%
Dew point
0°F
Wind
17.4 mph

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 113°F1°F38°F 2007-35°F 200337%
Dec 210°F-1°F31°F 2006-35°F 200336%
Dec 314°F-3°F31°F 2006-27°F 200334%
Dec 412°F1°F32°F 2002-27°F 200333%
Dec 513°F-1°F34°F 2002-26°F 200333%
Dec 613°F1°F35°F 2002-20°F 200331%
Dec 715°F2°F35°F 2009-22°F 200329%
Dec 814°F2°F34°F 2002-20°F 200327%
Dec 914°F0°F39°F 2019-22°F 199925%
Dec 1013°F-2°F39°F 2019-31°F 199826%
Dec 1111°F-3°F39°F 2003-31°F 199825%
Dec 1211°F-3°F34°F 2000-36°F 199825%
Dec 1312°F-2°F37°F 2000-35°F 199826%
Dec 1410°F-3°F33°F 2003-36°F 199826%
Dec 1510°F-5°F28°F 2008-35°F 199826%
Dec 169°F-6°F28°F 2016-34°F 199826%
Dec 1711°F-1°F29°F 2016-29°F 199926%
Dec 1810°F-3°F29°F 2008-34°F 199926%
Dec 1910°F-4°F33°F 1998-37°F 200125%
Dec 2012°F-4°F37°F 2000-39°F 200724%
Dec 2111°F-5°F37°F 2000-41°F 200424%
Dec 2211°F-5°F34°F 2017-38°F 200426%
Dec 2310°F-5°F34°F 2017-32°F 201327%
Dec 246°F-8°F33°F 2017-31°F 201328%
Dec 258°F-9°F30°F 2017-34°F 201327%
Dec 268°F-8°F32°F 2001-31°F 199928%
Dec 277°F-7°F32°F 2001-30°F 199927%
Dec 286°F-7°F31°F 2003-31°F 201327%
Dec 2910°F-6°F31°F 2003-36°F 200127%
Dec 3013°F-3°F36°F 2015-32°F 199926%
Dec 3113°F0°F35°F 2014-31°F 201126%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Point Hope, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (AKST).

December 1
sunrise 1:00 PM, sunset 2:51 PM
December 31
sunrise , sunset

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026642, 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.