Chaffee County Weather in December
Average highs run from 43°F on December 1 to 39°F on December 31, and lows from 14°F to 10°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.43 in over about 5 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
- 40°F
- Average low
- 11°F
- Precipitation
- 0.43 in
- Snowfall
- 7.6 in
- Record high
- 69°FDec 25, 1935
- Record low
- -31°FDec 24, 1924
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 39 min to 9 h 30 min
- Cloud cover
- 53%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 9°F
- Wind
- 10.1 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 | 43°F | 14°F | 61°F 2003 | -15°F 1931 | 15% | 15% |
| Dec 2 | 43°F | 14°F | 63°F 2021 | -15°F 1913 | 15% | 15% |
| Dec 3 | 43°F | 14°F | 65°F 1939 | -11°F 2006 | 15% | 15% |
| Dec 4 | 42°F | 13°F | 65°F 1939 | -12°F 1931 | 15% | 15% |
| Dec 5 | 42°F | 13°F | 65°F 1939 | -20°F 2013 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 6 | 42°F | 13°F | 66°F 1939 | -22°F 1978 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 7 | 41°F | 12°F | 64°F 1939 | -25°F 1978 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 8 | 41°F | 12°F | 63°F 1939 | -23°F 1978 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 9 | 41°F | 12°F | 67°F 1939 | -15°F 1986 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 10 | 41°F | 12°F | 66°F 1939 | -15°F 1945 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 11 | 40°F | 12°F | 66°F 1939 | -16°F 1985 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 12 | 40°F | 11°F | 65°F 1939 | -14°F 1961 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 13 | 40°F | 11°F | 67°F 1939 | -14°F 1932 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 14 | 40°F | 11°F | 67°F 1939 | -18°F 1940 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 15 | 40°F | 11°F | 62°F 1939 | -13°F 1947 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 16 | 39°F | 11°F | 64°F 1939 | -14°F 1964 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 17 | 39°F | 11°F | 63°F 1935 | -17°F 1964 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 18 | 39°F | 11°F | 65°F 1935 | -12°F 1913 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 19 | 39°F | 10°F | 57°F 1939 | -20°F 1909 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 20 | 39°F | 10°F | 64°F 1939 | -17°F 1909 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 21 | 39°F | 10°F | 64°F 1935 | -26°F 1913 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 22 | 39°F | 10°F | 65°F 1935 | -16°F 1990 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 23 | 39°F | 10°F | 68°F 1935 | -15°F 2011 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 24 | 39°F | 10°F | 67°F 1935 | -31°F 1924 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 25 | 39°F | 10°F | 69°F 1935 | -21°F 1924 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 26 | 39°F | 10°F | 64°F 1935 | -18°F 1962 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 27 | 39°F | 10°F | 60°F 2025 | -14°F 2014 | 15% | 16% |
| Dec 28 | 39°F | 10°F | 57°F 1933 | -15°F 1983 | 14% | 16% |
| Dec 29 | 39°F | 10°F | 58°F 1999 | -21°F 1946 | 14% | 15% |
| Dec 30 | 39°F | 10°F | 58°F 1937 | -12°F 1964 | 14% | 15% |
| Dec 31 | 39°F | 10°F | 59°F 1980 | -23°F 1923 | 14% | 15% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 4:43 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 4:53 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00051071 (Buena Vista 2S), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00051071, 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.