Valdez Weather in December
Average highs run from 31°F on December 1 to 30°F on December 31, and lows from 23°F to 20°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 7.74 in over about 17 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
- 31°F
- Average low
- 22°F
- Precipitation
- 7.74 in
- Snowfall
- 70.5 in
- Record high
- 54°FDec 1, 1966
- Record low
- -18°FDec 26, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 6 h 07 min to 5 h 39 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 15°F
- Wind
- 12.1 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 | 31°F | 23°F | 54°F 1966 | -6°F 1964 | 53% | 48% |
| Dec 2 | 31°F | 23°F | 53°F 1966 | -9°F 1917 | 53% | 49% |
| Dec 3 | 31°F | 23°F | 42°F 1981 | -12°F 1917 | 54% | 49% |
| Dec 4 | 31°F | 23°F | 43°F 1989 | -9°F 1917 | 54% | 49% |
| Dec 5 | 31°F | 23°F | 44°F 1989 | -5°F 1971 | 54% | 49% |
| Dec 6 | 31°F | 23°F | 41°F 1960 | -6°F 1942 | 54% | 50% |
| Dec 7 | 31°F | 23°F | 43°F 1930 | -7°F 1941 | 54% | 50% |
| Dec 8 | 31°F | 23°F | 43°F 1930 | -12°F 1941 | 54% | 50% |
| Dec 9 | 31°F | 23°F | 43°F 1960 | -8°F 1946 | 54% | 50% |
| Dec 10 | 31°F | 23°F | 42°F 1944 | -12°F 1966 | 55% | 50% |
| Dec 11 | 31°F | 22°F | 48°F 1929 | -10°F 1966 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 12 | 31°F | 22°F | 47°F 1929 | -8°F 1966 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 13 | 31°F | 22°F | 43°F 1967 | -10°F 1918 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 14 | 31°F | 22°F | 45°F 1962 | -15°F 1964 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 15 | 31°F | 22°F | 45°F 1962 | -13°F 1964 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 16 | 31°F | 22°F | 43°F 1955 | -4°F 1949 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 17 | 31°F | 22°F | 40°F 1955 | -10°F 1951 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 18 | 31°F | 22°F | 45°F 1935 | -5°F 1923 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 19 | 31°F | 22°F | 43°F 1996 | -12°F 1923 | 55% | 52% |
| Dec 20 | 31°F | 22°F | 43°F 1935 | -4°F 1946 | 55% | 52% |
| Dec 21 | 31°F | 22°F | 46°F 1921 | -15°F 1946 | 55% | 52% |
| Dec 22 | 30°F | 21°F | 43°F 1937 | -8°F 1917 | 55% | 52% |
| Dec 23 | 30°F | 21°F | 45°F 1929 | -12°F 1949 | 55% | 52% |
| Dec 24 | 30°F | 21°F | 52°F 1968 | -15°F 1949 | 55% | 52% |
| Dec 25 | 30°F | 21°F | 52°F 1983 | -9°F 1949 | 55% | 52% |
| Dec 26 | 30°F | 21°F | 52°F 1926 | -18°F 1917 | 55% | 52% |
| Dec 27 | 30°F | 21°F | 52°F 1926 | -16°F 1917 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 28 | 30°F | 21°F | 50°F 1926 | -15°F 1917 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 29 | 30°F | 20°F | 48°F 1926 | -15°F 1961 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 30 | 30°F | 20°F | 45°F 1926 | -12°F 1961 | 55% | 51% |
| Dec 31 | 30°F | 20°F | 48°F 1980 | -10°F 1922 | 55% | 51% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKST).
- December 1
- sunrise 9:31 AM, sunset 3:38 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 9:59 AM, sunset 3:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00026442 (Valdez WSO), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026442, 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.