Salisbury Weather in December
Average highs run from 55°F on December 1 to 49°F on December 31, and lows from 36°F to 30°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.67 in over about 11 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
- 52°F
- Average low
- 33°F
- Precipitation
- 3.67 in
- Snowfall
- 0.9 in
- Record high
- 77°FDec 6, 1998
- Record low
- -6°FDec 16, 1958
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 9 h 41 min to 9 h 33 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 34°F
- Wind
- 11.0 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 | 55°F | 36°F | 73°F 2006 | 10°F 1976 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 2 | 55°F | 36°F | 67°F 1970 | 10°F 1967 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 3 | 55°F | 36°F | 72°F 1991 | 14°F 1976 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 4 | 55°F | 35°F | 75°F 1998 | 10°F 1976 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 5 | 54°F | 35°F | 76°F 1998 | 17°F 2000 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 6 | 54°F | 35°F | 77°F 1998 | 11°F 2007 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 7 | 54°F | 35°F | 77°F 1998 | 10°F 2007 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 8 | 54°F | 34°F | 74°F 1966 | 10°F 1954 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 9 | 53°F | 34°F | 73°F 1966 | 12°F 1976 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 10 | 53°F | 34°F | 73°F 1966 | 15°F 1968 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 11 | 53°F | 34°F | 71°F 1971 | 8°F 1977 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 12 | 53°F | 34°F | 72°F 2015 | 7°F 1977 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 13 | 52°F | 33°F | 70°F 2015 | 6°F 1958 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 14 | 52°F | 33°F | 73°F 2015 | 6°F 1958 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 15 | 52°F | 33°F | 72°F 1971 | 0°F 1958 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 16 | 52°F | 33°F | 76°F 1971 | -6°F 1958 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 17 | 51°F | 33°F | 70°F 2021 | 8°F 1951 | 34% | 3% |
| Dec 18 | 51°F | 32°F | 72°F 1984 | 13°F 1980 | 34% | 3% |
| Dec 19 | 51°F | 32°F | 65°F 1957 | 9°F 1989 | 34% | 3% |
| Dec 20 | 51°F | 32°F | 65°F 1957 | 11°F 1985 | 34% | 3% |
| Dec 21 | 50°F | 32°F | 70°F 2013 | 6°F 1989 | 33% | 3% |
| Dec 22 | 50°F | 32°F | 77°F 2013 | 7°F 1989 | 33% | 3% |
| Dec 23 | 50°F | 31°F | 71°F 1990 | 7°F 1989 | 33% | 3% |
| Dec 24 | 50°F | 31°F | 71°F 2015 | 10°F 1983 | 33% | 3% |
| Dec 25 | 50°F | 31°F | 75°F 2015 | 2°F 1989 | 33% | 3% |
| Dec 26 | 49°F | 31°F | 70°F 1964 | 0°F 1980 | 33% | 4% |
| Dec 27 | 49°F | 31°F | 72°F 2015 | 8°F 1948 | 33% | 4% |
| Dec 28 | 49°F | 31°F | 71°F 2008 | 9°F 2004 | 33% | 4% |
| Dec 29 | 49°F | 31°F | 73°F 1984 | 9°F 1977 | 33% | 4% |
| Dec 30 | 49°F | 31°F | 72°F 2019 | 7°F 1993 | 33% | 4% |
| Dec 31 | 49°F | 30°F | 68°F 1990 | -1°F 1993 | 33% | 4% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 4:42 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:19 AM, sunset 4:52 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00188000 (Salisbury), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093720, 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.