Watertown Weather in December
Average highs run from 47°F on December 1 to 39°F on December 31, and lows from 30°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.08 in.
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
- 42°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 5.08 in
- Snowfall
- 9.0 in
- Record high
- 76°FDec 7, 1998
- Record low
- -15°FDec 31, 1963
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 19 min to 9 h 08 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 28°F
- Wind
- 6.7 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 | 47°F | 30°F | 70°F 2001 | 13°F 1965 | 8% | |
| Dec 2 | 47°F | 30°F | 62°F 1998 | 7°F 1967 | 9% | |
| Dec 3 | 46°F | 29°F | 69°F 2009 | 11°F 2000 | 9% | |
| Dec 4 | 46°F | 29°F | 69°F 1998 | 8°F 1966 | 9% | |
| Dec 5 | 46°F | 29°F | 70°F 2020 | 6°F 2025 | 10% | |
| Dec 6 | 45°F | 29°F | 72°F 2001 | 8°F 2002 | 10% | |
| Dec 7 | 45°F | 28°F | 76°F 1998 | 0°F 1964 | 10% | |
| Dec 8 | 45°F | 28°F | 62°F 1951 | -7°F 1964 | 11% | |
| Dec 9 | 44°F | 28°F | 69°F 1966 | 2°F 2003 | 11% | |
| Dec 10 | 44°F | 27°F | 62°F 2008 | -6°F 1949 | 11% | |
| Dec 11 | 44°F | 27°F | 65°F 2021 | -2°F 1958 | 12% | |
| Dec 12 | 43°F | 27°F | 62°F 2021 | 4°F 1958 | 12% | |
| Dec 13 | 43°F | 27°F | 61°F 2020 | 5°F 1958 | 12% | |
| Dec 14 | 43°F | 26°F | 61°F 2019 | -8°F 2005 | 12% | |
| Dec 15 | 43°F | 26°F | 63°F 2008 | -8°F 2005 | 13% | |
| Dec 16 | 42°F | 26°F | 61°F 2008 | 0°F 2016 | 13% | |
| Dec 17 | 42°F | 25°F | 63°F 2000 | -7°F 2013 | 13% | |
| Dec 18 | 42°F | 25°F | 64°F 2023 | -1°F 2007 | 14% | |
| Dec 19 | 41°F | 25°F | 60°F 2025 | 1°F 2020 | 14% | |
| Dec 20 | 41°F | 25°F | 63°F 1957 | -3°F 1951 | 14% | |
| Dec 21 | 41°F | 24°F | 67°F 2018 | -5°F 1955 | 14% | |
| Dec 22 | 41°F | 24°F | 60°F 1949 | -1°F 1955 | 15% | |
| Dec 23 | 40°F | 24°F | 62°F 1949 | -4°F 1955 | 15% | |
| Dec 24 | 40°F | 24°F | 70°F 2015 | 3°F 1960 | 15% | |
| Dec 25 | 40°F | 23°F | 64°F 2015 | -2°F 1968 | 15% | |
| Dec 26 | 40°F | 23°F | 61°F 1964 | -7°F 1968 | 16% | |
| Dec 27 | 39°F | 23°F | 59°F 1949 | -7°F 1950 | 16% | |
| Dec 28 | 39°F | 23°F | 61°F 2008 | -6°F 1951 | 16% | |
| Dec 29 | 39°F | 22°F | 57°F 2003 | -9°F 2017 | 16% | |
| Dec 30 | 39°F | 22°F | 66°F 2022 | -5°F 1962 | 17% | |
| Dec 31 | 39°F | 22°F | 63°F 1965 | -15°F 1963 | 17% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 4:13 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 4:22 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00193890 (Jamaica Plain), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014702, 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.