DeRidder Weather in December
Average highs run from 65°F on December 1 to 61°F on December 31, and lows from 43°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 6.35 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
- 62°F
- Average low
- 40°F
- Precipitation
- 6.35 in
- Record high
- 85°FDec 16, 1948
- Record low
- 7°FDec 23, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 93%
- Daylight
- 10 h 18 min to 10 h 11 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 45°F
- Wind
- 4.7 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 65°F | 43°F | 81°F 1922 | 24°F 1976 | 25% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 65°F | 43°F | 82°F 1921 | 25°F 1960 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 65°F | 42°F | 82°F 1921 | 22°F 1929 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 65°F | 42°F | 83°F 1933 | 24°F 1989 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 64°F | 42°F | 82°F 1933 | 24°F 1989 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 64°F | 42°F | 83°F 1998 | 22°F 1950 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 64°F | 42°F | 83°F 1998 | 12°F 1950 | 26% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 64°F | 41°F | 83°F 1998 | 22°F 1927 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 9 | 63°F | 41°F | 81°F 1956 | 23°F 2006 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 10 | 63°F | 41°F | 82°F 2007 | 21°F 1978 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 11 | 63°F | 41°F | 81°F 1933 | 24°F 1995 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 12 | 63°F | 41°F | 82°F 1948 | 18°F 1957 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 13 | 63°F | 41°F | 83°F 1933 | 16°F 1962 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 14 | 62°F | 41°F | 82°F 1921 | 18°F 1962 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 15 | 62°F | 40°F | 83°F 1921 | 21°F 1952 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 16 | 62°F | 40°F | 85°F 1948 | 19°F 1989 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 17 | 62°F | 40°F | 82°F 1971 | 19°F 1989 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 18 | 62°F | 40°F | 80°F 1924 | 17°F 1989 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 19 | 62°F | 40°F | 78°F 1941 | 19°F 1996 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 20 | 61°F | 40°F | 80°F 1951 | 18°F 1996 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 21 | 61°F | 40°F | 81°F 1948 | 20°F 1980 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 22 | 61°F | 40°F | 78°F 1931 | 15°F 1989 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 23 | 61°F | 39°F | 79°F 1970 | 7°F 1989 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 24 | 61°F | 39°F | 81°F 1948 | 8°F 1989 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 25 | 61°F | 39°F | 81°F 1942 | 8°F 1983 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 26 | 61°F | 39°F | 80°F 2015 | 12°F 1983 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 27 | 61°F | 39°F | 79°F 2015 | 17°F 1983 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 28 | 61°F | 39°F | 81°F 1984 | 20°F 1925 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 29 | 61°F | 39°F | 78°F 1951 | 20°F 1961 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 30 | 61°F | 39°F | 82°F 1984 | 13°F 1983 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 31 | 61°F | 39°F | 81°F 1984 | 10°F 1983 | 28% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 5:11 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 5:22 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00162367 (De Ridder), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00162367, 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.