Ruston Weather in December
Average highs run from 62°F on December 1 to 56°F on December 31, and lows from 40°F to 36°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.45 in over about 10 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
- 58°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 5.45 in
- Record high
- 87°FDec 28, 1907
- Record low
- 0°FDec 23, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 10 h 11 min to 10 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 42°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 | 62°F | 40°F | 79°F 1906 | 21°F 1964 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 62°F | 40°F | 82°F 1922 | 22°F 1960 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 61°F | 40°F | 82°F 1982 | 16°F 1929 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 61°F | 40°F | 83°F 1995 | 20°F 1905 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 61°F | 39°F | 79°F 1906 | 19°F 1905 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 60°F | 39°F | 81°F 1924 | 20°F 1937 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 60°F | 39°F | 80°F 1911 | 15°F 1950 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 60°F | 39°F | 84°F 1911 | 18°F 1927 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 9 | 59°F | 39°F | 85°F 1911 | 16°F 1927 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 10 | 59°F | 38°F | 86°F 1911 | 14°F 1898 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 11 | 59°F | 38°F | 79°F 2015 | 14°F 1898 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 12 | 59°F | 38°F | 79°F 1931 | 14°F 1962 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 13 | 58°F | 38°F | 84°F 1931 | 9°F 1962 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 14 | 58°F | 38°F | 83°F 1933 | 13°F 1962 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 15 | 58°F | 38°F | 79°F 1911 | 14°F 1958 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 16 | 58°F | 37°F | 83°F 1924 | 12°F 1989 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 17 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1908 | 15°F 1989 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 18 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1908 | 13°F 1901 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 19 | 57°F | 37°F | 79°F 2012 | 14°F 1929 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 20 | 57°F | 37°F | 81°F 2012 | 12°F 1901 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 21 | 57°F | 37°F | 79°F 2015 | 15°F 1996 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 22 | 57°F | 37°F | 79°F 2010 | 5°F 1989 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 23 | 57°F | 36°F | 79°F 2015 | 0°F 1989 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 24 | 57°F | 36°F | 80°F 2016 | 3°F 1989 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 25 | 57°F | 36°F | 80°F 1942 | 4°F 1983 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 26 | 57°F | 36°F | 79°F 2015 | 10°F 1983 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 27 | 57°F | 36°F | 82°F 2015 | 17°F 1985 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 28 | 57°F | 36°F | 87°F 1907 | 13°F 1925 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 29 | 57°F | 36°F | 82°F 2015 | 14°F 1925 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 30 | 56°F | 36°F | 78°F 1923 | 9°F 1983 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 31 | 56°F | 36°F | 83°F 1951 | 10°F 1983 | 34% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 5:05 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 5:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00168067 (Ruston La Tech), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00168067, 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.