Frederick County Weather in December
Average highs run from 51°F on December 1 to 44°F on December 31, and lows from 34°F to 28°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.97 in over about 9 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
- 47°F
- Average low
- 31°F
- Precipitation
- 3.97 in
- Snowfall
- 4.5 in
- Record high
- 77°FDec 6, 1998
- Record low
- -19°FDec 21, 1942
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 35 min to 9 h 26 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 7.8 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 | 51°F | 34°F | 69°F 2001 | 10°F 1976 | 29% | 3% |
| Dec 2 | 51°F | 34°F | 69°F 2001 | 14°F 1947 | 29% | 4% |
| Dec 3 | 51°F | 33°F | 73°F 1998 | 10°F 1976 | 29% | 4% |
| Dec 4 | 50°F | 33°F | 74°F 1982 | 9°F 1940 | 30% | 4% |
| Dec 5 | 50°F | 33°F | 75°F 2001 | 13°F 1944 | 30% | 4% |
| Dec 6 | 50°F | 33°F | 77°F 1998 | 11°F 1902 | 30% | 4% |
| Dec 7 | 49°F | 32°F | 75°F 1956 | 12°F 1901 | 30% | 4% |
| Dec 8 | 49°F | 32°F | 72°F 1980 | 12°F 1977 | 30% | 5% |
| Dec 9 | 49°F | 32°F | 69°F 1980 | 10°F 1917 | 30% | 5% |
| Dec 10 | 49°F | 32°F | 69°F 1939 | 2°F 1910 | 30% | 5% |
| Dec 11 | 48°F | 32°F | 67°F 1979 | 4°F 1904 | 31% | 5% |
| Dec 12 | 48°F | 31°F | 68°F 1979 | 2°F 1904 | 31% | 5% |
| Dec 13 | 48°F | 31°F | 68°F 1948 | 5°F 1960 | 31% | 5% |
| Dec 14 | 48°F | 31°F | 71°F 1929 | -5°F 1904 | 31% | 6% |
| Dec 15 | 47°F | 31°F | 74°F 1984 | -6°F 1904 | 31% | 6% |
| Dec 16 | 47°F | 31°F | 64°F 1929 | 0°F 1917 | 31% | 6% |
| Dec 17 | 47°F | 30°F | 65°F 1984 | 4°F 1910 | 31% | 6% |
| Dec 18 | 47°F | 30°F | 65°F 1984 | 2°F 1905 | 30% | 6% |
| Dec 19 | 46°F | 30°F | 69°F 1929 | 2°F 1932 | 30% | 6% |
| Dec 20 | 46°F | 30°F | 62°F 1895 | 4°F 1960 | 30% | 7% |
| Dec 21 | 46°F | 30°F | 63°F 1923 | -19°F 1942 | 30% | 7% |
| Dec 22 | 46°F | 30°F | 66°F 1949 | -4°F 1942 | 29% | 7% |
| Dec 23 | 45°F | 29°F | 65°F 1949 | -5°F 1960 | 29% | 7% |
| Dec 24 | 45°F | 29°F | 65°F 1895 | -1°F 1945 | 29% | 7% |
| Dec 25 | 45°F | 29°F | 66°F 1955 | -8°F 1983 | 29% | 7% |
| Dec 26 | 45°F | 29°F | 63°F 1895 | 0°F 1914 | 28% | 7% |
| Dec 27 | 44°F | 29°F | 62°F 1949 | -7°F 1914 | 28% | 8% |
| Dec 28 | 44°F | 29°F | 70°F 1946 | 4°F 1950 | 28% | 8% |
| Dec 29 | 44°F | 28°F | 77°F 1984 | 4°F 1933 | 28% | 8% |
| Dec 30 | 44°F | 28°F | 77°F 1984 | -12°F 1917 | 28% | 8% |
| Dec 31 | 44°F | 28°F | 68°F 1992 | -9°F 1917 | 28% | 8% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 4:46 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 4:56 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00183348 (Frederick Police Brks), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00183348, 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.