Preston Weather in December
Average highs run from 64°F on December 1 to 58°F on December 31, and lows from 41°F to 37°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.34 in over about 8 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
- 61°F
- Average low
- 39°F
- Precipitation
- 5.34 in
- Record high
- 86°FDec 2, 1928
- Record low
- 2°FDec 13, 1962
- Chance of a freeze
- 94%
- Daylight
- 10 h 12 min to 10 h 05 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 42°F
- Wind
- 7.4 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 | 64°F | 41°F | 83°F 1931 | 19°F 1929 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 64°F | 41°F | 86°F 1928 | 19°F 1929 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 63°F | 41°F | 81°F 1982 | 19°F 1929 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 63°F | 40°F | 80°F 1982 | 20°F 1929 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 63°F | 40°F | 80°F 1933 | 24°F 1893 | 23% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 63°F | 40°F | 81°F 1924 | 23°F 1937 | 24% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 62°F | 40°F | 80°F 1933 | 14°F 1937 | 24% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 62°F | 40°F | 79°F 1922 | 21°F 1984 | 24% | 0% |
| Dec 9 | 62°F | 40°F | 79°F 1919 | 16°F 1917 | 24% | 0% |
| Dec 10 | 62°F | 40°F | 80°F 1943 | 21°F 1917 | 24% | 0% |
| Dec 11 | 61°F | 40°F | 77°F 1946 | 20°F 1995 | 25% | 0% |
| Dec 12 | 61°F | 39°F | 80°F 1927 | 12°F 1962 | 25% | 0% |
| Dec 13 | 61°F | 39°F | 80°F 1972 | 2°F 1962 | 25% | 0% |
| Dec 14 | 61°F | 39°F | 80°F 1927 | 17°F 1962 | 25% | 0% |
| Dec 15 | 61°F | 39°F | 78°F 1929 | 18°F 1944 | 25% | 0% |
| Dec 16 | 60°F | 39°F | 79°F 1971 | 17°F 1951 | 25% | 0% |
| Dec 17 | 60°F | 39°F | 79°F 1924 | 18°F 1945 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 18 | 60°F | 39°F | 81°F 1924 | 17°F 1953 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 19 | 60°F | 38°F | 80°F 1933 | 14°F 1963 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 20 | 60°F | 38°F | 79°F 1933 | 13°F 1981 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 21 | 60°F | 38°F | 78°F 1931 | 13°F 1981 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 22 | 59°F | 38°F | 79°F 1949 | 14°F 1960 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 23 | 59°F | 38°F | 77°F 1918 | 17°F 1901 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 24 | 59°F | 38°F | 80°F 1981 | 10°F 1989 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 25 | 59°F | 38°F | 78°F 1931 | 10°F 1989 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 26 | 59°F | 38°F | 80°F 1933 | 11°F 1985 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 27 | 59°F | 37°F | 80°F 1987 | 10°F 1985 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 28 | 59°F | 37°F | 79°F 1946 | 11°F 1925 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 29 | 59°F | 37°F | 81°F 1946 | 16°F 1925 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 30 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1984 | 16°F 1917 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 31 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1923 | 18°F 1917 | 27% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 5:33 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:39 AM, sunset 5:44 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00097087 (Plains Sw Ga Exp Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00090253, 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.