Provincetown climate

Provincetown Weather in December

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Plymouth-Kingston, 42.9 km from Provincetown

Average highs run from 50°F on December 1 to 43°F on December 31, and lows from 32°F to 24°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.93 in over about 12 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Provincetown, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
46°F
Average low
28°F
Precipitation
4.93 in
Snowfall
6.7 in
Record high
67°FDec 4, 1998
Record low
6°FDec 25, 1999
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 21 min to 9 h 10 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
35°F
Wind
18.6 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Dec 150°F32°F63°F 200120°F 200739%4%
Dec 250°F32°F60°F 200618°F 200339%4%
Dec 349°F32°F59°F 201216°F 200339%4%
Dec 449°F32°F67°F 199815°F 200239%4%
Dec 549°F31°F65°F 200114°F 202539%5%
Dec 648°F31°F64°F 200114°F 200639%5%
Dec 748°F31°F65°F 199810°F 200239%5%
Dec 848°F31°F58°F 201114°F 200539%5%
Dec 948°F30°F58°F 200913°F 200239%6%
Dec 1047°F30°F60°F 200810°F 200039%6%
Dec 1147°F30°F61°F 202114°F 201639%6%
Dec 1247°F30°F62°F 202111°F 201339%6%
Dec 1347°F29°F57°F 202010°F 201339%7%
Dec 1446°F29°F58°F 201517°F 200539%7%
Dec 1546°F29°F61°F 201513°F 202539%7%
Dec 1646°F28°F57°F 20087°F 201639%8%
Dec 1746°F28°F62°F 202112°F 201339%8%
Dec 1845°F28°F59°F 202312°F 200939%8%
Dec 1945°F28°F54°F 202514°F 201139%8%
Dec 2045°F27°F54°F 20019°F 200439%9%
Dec 2145°F27°F57°F 19997°F 200439%9%
Dec 2244°F27°F60°F 201314°F 202439%9%
Dec 2344°F26°F56°F 201514°F 200939%9%
Dec 2444°F26°F64°F 201513°F 202239%10%
Dec 2544°F26°F64°F 20156°F 199939%10%
Dec 2644°F26°F55°F 20157°F 199939%10%
Dec 2743°F25°F59°F 201510°F 201239%10%
Dec 2843°F25°F56°F 20089°F 201739%11%
Dec 2943°F25°F58°F 20186°F 201739%11%
Dec 3043°F24°F55°F 20228°F 201739%11%
Dec 3143°F24°F53°F 20116°F 201739%11%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Provincetown, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

December 1
sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 4:10 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 4:19 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00196486 (Plymouth-Kingston), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094720, 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.