Lake Placid Weather in December
Average highs run from 79°F on December 1 to 75°F on December 31, and lows from 55°F to 49°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.03 in over about 7 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
- 77°F
- Average low
- 52°F
- Precipitation
- 2.03 in
- Record high
- 92°FDec 15, 1902
- Record low
- 20°FDec 13, 1962
- Chance of a freeze
- 54%
- Daylight
- 10 h 33 min to 10 h 27 min
- Cloud cover
- 47%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 57°F
- Wind
- 8.1 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 79°F | 55°F | 89°F 2015 | 31°F 1935 | 21% |
| Dec 2 | 79°F | 54°F | 87°F 1968 | 33°F 1911 | 21% |
| Dec 3 | 79°F | 54°F | 89°F 2018 | 29°F 1910 | 21% |
| Dec 4 | 78°F | 54°F | 89°F 2018 | 30°F 1974 | 21% |
| Dec 5 | 78°F | 54°F | 87°F 1983 | 30°F 1974 | 21% |
| Dec 6 | 78°F | 54°F | 90°F 1942 | 35°F 1895 | 22% |
| Dec 7 | 78°F | 54°F | 87°F 1971 | 26°F 2010 | 22% |
| Dec 8 | 78°F | 54°F | 87°F 1971 | 26°F 2010 | 22% |
| Dec 9 | 78°F | 53°F | 89°F 2017 | 26°F 2010 | 22% |
| Dec 10 | 78°F | 53°F | 88°F 1972 | 32°F 1974 | 22% |
| Dec 11 | 78°F | 53°F | 88°F 2013 | 24°F 1981 | 23% |
| Dec 12 | 78°F | 53°F | 89°F 2021 | 23°F 1981 | 23% |
| Dec 13 | 77°F | 53°F | 90°F 1961 | 20°F 1962 | 23% |
| Dec 14 | 77°F | 52°F | 89°F 2015 | 21°F 1962 | 23% |
| Dec 15 | 77°F | 52°F | 92°F 1902 | 26°F 2010 | 23% |
| Dec 16 | 77°F | 52°F | 86°F 1940 | 26°F 1968 | 23% |
| Dec 17 | 77°F | 52°F | 87°F 1922 | 31°F 1968 | 23% |
| Dec 18 | 77°F | 52°F | 87°F 1961 | 30°F 1988 | 23% |
| Dec 19 | 77°F | 51°F | 87°F 1961 | 28°F 1981 | 23% |
| Dec 20 | 77°F | 51°F | 87°F 2021 | 24°F 1981 | 23% |
| Dec 21 | 76°F | 51°F | 90°F 1905 | 28°F 1901 | 23% |
| Dec 22 | 76°F | 51°F | 87°F 1970 | 28°F 1975 | 23% |
| Dec 23 | 76°F | 51°F | 87°F 1942 | 29°F 1975 | 23% |
| Dec 24 | 76°F | 50°F | 87°F 1911 | 20°F 1989 | 23% |
| Dec 25 | 76°F | 50°F | 89°F 1911 | 22°F 1989 | 23% |
| Dec 26 | 76°F | 50°F | 87°F 2013 | 22°F 1989 | 23% |
| Dec 27 | 76°F | 50°F | 85°F 1911 | 22°F 1989 | 23% |
| Dec 28 | 76°F | 50°F | 87°F 2015 | 24°F 2010 | 23% |
| Dec 29 | 75°F | 49°F | 86°F 1944 | 21°F 1894 | 23% |
| Dec 30 | 75°F | 49°F | 85°F 1924 | 25°F 1961 | 23% |
| Dec 31 | 75°F | 49°F | 87°F 1931 | 25°F 1909 | 23% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:58 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:15 AM, sunset 5:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00080236 (Archbold Bio Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00080369, 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.