Placerville Weather in December
Average highs run from 59°F on December 1 to 55°F on December 31, and lows from 36°F to 33°F.
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
- 56°F
- Average low
- 34°F
- Snowfall
- 7.4 in
- Record high
- 79°FDec 26, 1985
- Record low
- 9°FDec 11, 1972
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 9 h 39 min to 9 h 31 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 70%
- Dew point
- 37°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 | 59°F | 36°F | 71°F 2021 | 22°F 1975 | 7% | |
| Dec 2 | 58°F | 36°F | 73°F 2021 | 20°F 1972 | 7% | |
| Dec 3 | 58°F | 36°F | 69°F 1976 | 25°F 1991 | 7% | |
| Dec 4 | 58°F | 35°F | 69°F 1965 | 23°F 1972 | 8% | |
| Dec 5 | 58°F | 35°F | 69°F 1989 | 20°F 1972 | 8% | |
| Dec 6 | 57°F | 35°F | 68°F 1979 | 15°F 2013 | 8% | |
| Dec 7 | 57°F | 35°F | 68°F 1989 | 18°F 1978 | 8% | |
| Dec 8 | 57°F | 35°F | 73°F 1979 | 14°F 1972 | 9% | |
| Dec 9 | 57°F | 35°F | 68°F 1975 | 14°F 1972 | 9% | |
| Dec 10 | 56°F | 34°F | 69°F 1962 | 16°F 1972 | 9% | |
| Dec 11 | 56°F | 34°F | 66°F 1962 | 9°F 1972 | 10% | |
| Dec 12 | 56°F | 34°F | 67°F 1988 | 16°F 1972 | 10% | |
| Dec 13 | 56°F | 34°F | 68°F 1988 | 19°F 1972 | 10% | |
| Dec 14 | 56°F | 34°F | 68°F 1988 | 20°F 1972 | 10% | |
| Dec 15 | 56°F | 34°F | 77°F 1980 | 21°F 1975 | 10% | |
| Dec 16 | 55°F | 34°F | 74°F 1980 | 19°F 1992 | 11% | |
| Dec 17 | 55°F | 34°F | 73°F 1998 | 20°F 1984 | 11% | |
| Dec 18 | 55°F | 34°F | 68°F 1998 | 19°F 2002 | 11% | |
| Dec 19 | 55°F | 33°F | 66°F 2003 | 23°F 1992 | 11% | |
| Dec 20 | 55°F | 33°F | 70°F 1999 | 13°F 2002 | 11% | |
| Dec 21 | 55°F | 33°F | 70°F 1999 | 16°F 1998 | 11% | |
| Dec 22 | 55°F | 33°F | 66°F 1999 | 18°F 1998 | 11% | |
| Dec 23 | 55°F | 33°F | 67°F 1985 | 19°F 1998 | 11% | |
| Dec 24 | 55°F | 33°F | 65°F 1985 | 19°F 2002 | 11% | |
| Dec 25 | 55°F | 33°F | 61°F 1972 | 26°F 1970 | 11% | |
| Dec 26 | 55°F | 33°F | 79°F 1985 | 25°F 1965 | 11% | |
| Dec 27 | 55°F | 33°F | 67°F 1967 | 16°F 1988 | 11% | |
| Dec 28 | 55°F | 33°F | 70°F 1967 | 22°F 1962 | 11% | |
| Dec 29 | 55°F | 33°F | 69°F 1980 | 20°F 1988 | 11% | |
| Dec 30 | 55°F | 33°F | 68°F 1980 | 22°F 1988 | 11% | |
| Dec 31 | 55°F | 33°F | 68°F 1980 | 22°F 1987 | 11% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 4:42 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 4:52 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00046960 (Placerville), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00043384, 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.