Delmar climate

Delmar Weather in December

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Maquoketa, 9.6 km from Delmar

Average highs run from 38°F on December 1 to 28°F on December 31, and lows from 23°F to 14°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.78 in over about 9 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Delmar, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
33°F
Average low
18°F
Precipitation
1.78 in
Snowfall
7.1 in
Record high
74°FDec 15, 2021
Record low
-27°FDec 21, 1963
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 21 min to 9 h 11 min
Cloud cover
67%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
21°F
Wind
10.7 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Dec 138°F23°F62°F 1970-11°F 189326%11%
Dec 238°F22°F65°F 1973-2°F 194226%12%
Dec 337°F22°F68°F 1970-9°F 194026%12%
Dec 437°F22°F70°F 1998-6°F 189326%13%
Dec 537°F21°F68°F 2001-4°F 200526%13%
Dec 636°F21°F60°F 1951-8°F 197726%13%
Dec 736°F21°F64°F 1916-10°F 200526%14%
Dec 835°F20°F64°F 1946-12°F 190227%14%
Dec 935°F20°F60°F 1946-20°F 195827%14%
Dec 1034°F20°F59°F 1911-23°F 191927%14%
Dec 1134°F19°F66°F 1949-18°F 197227%15%
Dec 1234°F19°F60°F 1991-12°F 195827%15%
Dec 1333°F19°F62°F 1975-20°F 190327%15%
Dec 1433°F19°F62°F 1975-13°F 191927%15%
Dec 1533°F18°F74°F 2021-19°F 191727%15%
Dec 1632°F18°F66°F 2021-15°F 193227%16%
Dec 1732°F18°F56°F 1939-13°F 193227%16%
Dec 1831°F17°F60°F 1939-15°F 198527%16%
Dec 1931°F17°F57°F 1918-19°F 198327%16%
Dec 2031°F17°F57°F 1967-20°F 196327%16%
Dec 2131°F17°F59°F 1967-27°F 196327%17%
Dec 2230°F16°F57°F 1957-20°F 196327%17%
Dec 2330°F16°F61°F 2015-22°F 198927%17%
Dec 2430°F16°F61°F 1893-21°F 198327%17%
Dec 2529°F15°F62°F 2019-19°F 200027%17%
Dec 2629°F15°F57°F 1936-23°F 191427%17%
Dec 2729°F15°F59°F 1946-19°F 195026%17%
Dec 2829°F15°F66°F 1984-25°F 192426%17%
Dec 2928°F14°F65°F 1984-12°F 191726%17%
Dec 3028°F14°F59°F 1929-13°F 190926%17%
Dec 3128°F14°F60°F 1965-17°F 197626%17%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Delmar, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

December 1
sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 4:32 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 4:41 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00135131 (Maquoketa), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00131635, 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.