Portal Weather in December
Average highs run from 63°F on December 1 to 58°F on December 31, and lows from 40°F to 37°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.49 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
- 60°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 3.49 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 86°FDec 9, 1951
- Record low
- 7°FDec 25, 1983
- Chance of a freeze
- 96%
- Daylight
- 10 h 10 min to 10 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 55%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 43°F
- Wind
- 8.1 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 | 63°F | 40°F | 82°F 1931 | 22°F 1929 | 19% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 63°F | 40°F | 81°F 1982 | 20°F 1965 | 19% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 63°F | 39°F | 82°F 1982 | 23°F 1944 | 19% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 63°F | 39°F | 83°F 1955 | 22°F 1960 | 19% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 62°F | 39°F | 79°F 1926 | 23°F 1935 | 20% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 62°F | 39°F | 78°F 1956 | 25°F 1935 | 20% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 62°F | 39°F | 82°F 1951 | 15°F 1937 | 20% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 62°F | 39°F | 81°F 1978 | 19°F 1937 | 20% | 0% |
| Dec 9 | 61°F | 39°F | 86°F 1951 | 20°F 2006 | 21% | 0% |
| Dec 10 | 61°F | 39°F | 80°F 1943 | 20°F 2006 | 21% | 0% |
| Dec 11 | 61°F | 39°F | 82°F 1972 | 21°F 1981 | 21% | 0% |
| Dec 12 | 61°F | 39°F | 83°F 1931 | 18°F 1934 | 21% | 0% |
| Dec 13 | 60°F | 38°F | 83°F 1956 | 8°F 1962 | 21% | 0% |
| Dec 14 | 60°F | 38°F | 82°F 1956 | 19°F 1960 | 22% | 0% |
| Dec 15 | 60°F | 38°F | 82°F 1972 | 18°F 1962 | 22% | 0% |
| Dec 16 | 60°F | 38°F | 82°F 1948 | 15°F 1943 | 22% | 0% |
| Dec 17 | 60°F | 38°F | 81°F 1933 | 17°F 1943 | 22% | 0% |
| Dec 18 | 59°F | 38°F | 82°F 1933 | 17°F 1943 | 22% | 0% |
| Dec 19 | 59°F | 38°F | 80°F 2008 | 17°F 1953 | 22% | 0% |
| Dec 20 | 59°F | 38°F | 81°F 1931 | 18°F 1981 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 21 | 59°F | 38°F | 78°F 1967 | 17°F 1981 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 22 | 59°F | 38°F | 81°F 2013 | 17°F 1976 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 23 | 59°F | 37°F | 81°F 1956 | 15°F 1989 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 24 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1931 | 14°F 2022 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 25 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1926 | 7°F 1983 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 26 | 58°F | 37°F | 83°F 1942 | 9°F 1983 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 27 | 58°F | 37°F | 81°F 2015 | 18°F 1935 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 28 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1946 | 17°F 1925 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 29 | 58°F | 37°F | 82°F 1932 | 18°F 1925 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 30 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1932 | 22°F 1961 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 31 | 58°F | 37°F | 81°F 2015 | 19°F 1983 | 23% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 5:22 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 5:32 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00097528 (Rocky Ford 4SE), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00091266, 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.