Nantucket Weather in December
Average highs run from 49°F on December 1 to 42°F on December 31, and lows from 36°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.93 in over about 12 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
- 45°F
- Average low
- 32°F
- Precipitation
- 3.93 in
- Snowfall
- 3.4 in
- Record high
- 66°FDec 25, 2015
- Record low
- -3°FDec 31, 1962
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 25 min to 9 h 15 min
- Cloud cover
- 75%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 19.0 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 | 49°F | 36°F | 63°F 2020 | 17°F 1965 | 39% | 2% |
| Dec 2 | 48°F | 36°F | 61°F 2006 | 18°F 1973 | 39% | 3% |
| Dec 3 | 48°F | 36°F | 62°F 2009 | 9°F 1976 | 39% | 3% |
| Dec 4 | 48°F | 35°F | 60°F 1998 | 8°F 1976 | 39% | 3% |
| Dec 5 | 48°F | 35°F | 63°F 2011 | 17°F 1975 | 39% | 3% |
| Dec 6 | 47°F | 35°F | 61°F 2001 | 18°F 2006 | 39% | 3% |
| Dec 7 | 47°F | 34°F | 61°F 1998 | 16°F 2002 | 40% | 3% |
| Dec 8 | 47°F | 34°F | 60°F 2011 | 15°F 2008 | 40% | 3% |
| Dec 9 | 47°F | 34°F | 58°F 1966 | 11°F 1968 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 10 | 47°F | 34°F | 58°F 2012 | 8°F 1976 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 11 | 46°F | 33°F | 62°F 2021 | 10°F 1977 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 12 | 46°F | 33°F | 62°F 2015 | 9°F 1977 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 13 | 46°F | 33°F | 57°F 2015 | 11°F 1958 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 14 | 46°F | 33°F | 60°F 2015 | 7°F 1976 | 39% | 4% |
| Dec 15 | 45°F | 32°F | 61°F 2015 | 14°F 1960 | 39% | 5% |
| Dec 16 | 45°F | 32°F | 57°F 1971 | 12°F 2016 | 39% | 5% |
| Dec 17 | 45°F | 32°F | 61°F 2021 | 13°F 1972 | 39% | 5% |
| Dec 18 | 45°F | 32°F | 59°F 2023 | 16°F 1953 | 39% | 5% |
| Dec 19 | 44°F | 31°F | 55°F 2025 | 14°F 1971 | 39% | 5% |
| Dec 20 | 44°F | 31°F | 54°F 1957 | 4°F 1955 | 39% | 5% |
| Dec 21 | 44°F | 31°F | 58°F 1973 | 3°F 1955 | 39% | 6% |
| Dec 22 | 44°F | 31°F | 59°F 2021 | 10°F 1955 | 39% | 6% |
| Dec 23 | 43°F | 30°F | 60°F 2015 | 10°F 1955 | 39% | 6% |
| Dec 24 | 43°F | 30°F | 61°F 2015 | 11°F 1975 | 39% | 6% |
| Dec 25 | 43°F | 30°F | 66°F 2015 | 1°F 1980 | 39% | 6% |
| Dec 26 | 43°F | 30°F | 57°F 2015 | 1°F 1980 | 39% | 7% |
| Dec 27 | 43°F | 30°F | 57°F 2015 | 3°F 1950 | 39% | 7% |
| Dec 28 | 42°F | 29°F | 56°F 2023 | 8°F 1950 | 39% | 7% |
| Dec 29 | 42°F | 29°F | 57°F 2015 | 6°F 2017 | 39% | 7% |
| Dec 30 | 42°F | 29°F | 55°F 2022 | 0°F 1962 | 39% | 7% |
| Dec 31 | 42°F | 29°F | 54°F 2020 | -3°F 1962 | 39% | 8% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:47 AM, sunset 4:12 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:06 AM, sunset 4:21 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00014756 (Nantucket Mem AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014756, 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.