Scenic Weather in December
Average highs run from 62°F on December 1 to 58°F on December 31, and lows from 31°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.64 in over about 2 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
- 59°F
- Average low
- 29°F
- Precipitation
- 0.64 in
- Snowfall
- 1.0 in
- Record high
- 75°FDec 3, 1941
- Record low
- -4°FDec 25, 1909
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 50 min to 9 h 41 min
- Cloud cover
- 49%
- Humidity
- 51%
- Dew point
- 21°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 | 62°F | 31°F | 70°F 1973 | 7°F 1911 | 5% | 1% |
| Dec 2 | 62°F | 31°F | 69°F 1941 | 10°F 1911 | 5% | 1% |
| Dec 3 | 61°F | 31°F | 75°F 1941 | 13°F 1894 | 5% | 1% |
| Dec 4 | 61°F | 30°F | 70°F 1977 | 8°F 1898 | 5% | 1% |
| Dec 5 | 61°F | 30°F | 73°F 1977 | 12°F 1896 | 5% | 1% |
| Dec 6 | 60°F | 30°F | 71°F 1901 | 15°F 1895 | 5% | 1% |
| Dec 7 | 60°F | 30°F | 70°F 2023 | 11°F 1898 | 5% | 1% |
| Dec 8 | 60°F | 30°F | 67°F 1938 | 12°F 1895 | 6% | 1% |
| Dec 9 | 59°F | 29°F | 70°F 1893 | 11°F 1895 | 6% | 1% |
| Dec 10 | 59°F | 29°F | 70°F 1950 | 9°F 1899 | 6% | 1% |
| Dec 11 | 59°F | 29°F | 69°F 1939 | 8°F 1898 | 6% | 1% |
| Dec 12 | 59°F | 29°F | 70°F 1950 | 3°F 1898 | 6% | 1% |
| Dec 13 | 59°F | 29°F | 69°F 1958 | 5°F 1898 | 6% | 1% |
| Dec 14 | 58°F | 29°F | 66°F 1942 | 5°F 1899 | 6% | 1% |
| Dec 15 | 58°F | 29°F | 68°F 1950 | 4°F 1940 | 7% | 1% |
| Dec 16 | 58°F | 29°F | 68°F 1977 | 3°F 1940 | 7% | 1% |
| Dec 17 | 58°F | 29°F | 68°F 1980 | 8°F 1895 | 7% | 1% |
| Dec 18 | 58°F | 28°F | 66°F 2025 | 5°F 1895 | 7% | 1% |
| Dec 19 | 58°F | 28°F | 66°F 1901 | 3°F 1897 | 7% | 1% |
| Dec 20 | 58°F | 28°F | 66°F 1893 | 2°F 1897 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 21 | 58°F | 28°F | 67°F 2023 | 4°F 1897 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 22 | 58°F | 28°F | 67°F 2023 | 5°F 1898 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 23 | 58°F | 28°F | 75°F 1955 | 3°F 1990 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 24 | 58°F | 28°F | 69°F 1955 | 4°F 1895 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 25 | 58°F | 28°F | 67°F 1955 | -4°F 1909 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 26 | 58°F | 28°F | 70°F 1980 | -4°F 1909 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 27 | 58°F | 29°F | 69°F 1955 | -4°F 1909 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 28 | 58°F | 29°F | 68°F 1917 | 0°F 1909 | 8% | 1% |
| Dec 29 | 58°F | 29°F | 68°F 1980 | 0°F 1895 | 9% | 1% |
| Dec 30 | 58°F | 29°F | 68°F 1917 | 1°F 1895 | 9% | 1% |
| Dec 31 | 58°F | 29°F | 70°F 1995 | 1°F 1898 | 9% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 5:20 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:49 AM, sunset 5:30 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00261327 (Bunkerville), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00427516, 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.