West Ishpeming Weather in December
Average highs run from 31°F on December 1 to 24°F on December 31, and lows from 17°F to 8°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.99 in over about 17 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
- 27°F
- Average low
- 12°F
- Precipitation
- 1.99 in
- Snowfall
- 21.1 in
- Record high
- 50°FDec 5, 2017
- Record low
- -13°FDec 26, 2017
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 51 min to 8 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 80%
- Humidity
- 93%
- Dew point
- 21°F
- Wind
- 9.8 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 | 31°F | 17°F | 39°F 2016 | 20°F 2023 | 51% | 47% |
| Dec 2 | 31°F | 17°F | 40°F 2017 | 12°F 2025 | 51% | 47% |
| Dec 3 | 31°F | 17°F | 45°F 2017 | 11°F 2025 | 51% | 48% |
| Dec 4 | 30°F | 16°F | 45°F 2017 | 7°F 2025 | 52% | 48% |
| Dec 5 | 30°F | 16°F | 50°F 2017 | 11°F 2022 | 52% | 49% |
| Dec 6 | 30°F | 16°F | 41°F 2015 | 13°F 2024 | 52% | 49% |
| Dec 7 | 29°F | 15°F | 42°F 2015 | 1°F 2018 | 53% | 50% |
| Dec 8 | 29°F | 15°F | 41°F 2023 | -4°F 2025 | 53% | 50% |
| Dec 9 | 29°F | 14°F | 44°F 2023 | -4°F 2025 | 53% | 50% |
| Dec 10 | 28°F | 14°F | 45°F 2015 | 8°F 2018 | 53% | 51% |
| Dec 11 | 28°F | 14°F | 45°F 2015 | -6°F 2019 | 53% | 51% |
| Dec 12 | 28°F | 13°F | 39°F 2015 | -7°F 2019 | 54% | 51% |
| Dec 13 | 27°F | 13°F | 38°F 2015 | -2°F 2024 | 54% | 52% |
| Dec 14 | 27°F | 13°F | 42°F 2015 | -3°F 2016 | 54% | 52% |
| Dec 15 | 27°F | 12°F | 47°F 2023 | -4°F 2016 | 54% | 52% |
| Dec 16 | 27°F | 12°F | 49°F 2021 | -1°F 2016 | 55% | 53% |
| Dec 17 | 26°F | 12°F | 43°F 2018 | 0°F 2017 | 55% | 53% |
| Dec 18 | 26°F | 11°F | 41°F 2023 | -3°F 2016 | 55% | 53% |
| Dec 19 | 26°F | 11°F | 38°F 2025 | -7°F 2016 | 55% | 53% |
| Dec 20 | 26°F | 11°F | 40°F 2018 | -7°F 2016 | 55% | 54% |
| Dec 21 | 25°F | 10°F | 38°F 2018 | -3°F 2022 | 56% | 54% |
| Dec 22 | 25°F | 10°F | 38°F 2019 | 0°F 2022 | 56% | 55% |
| Dec 23 | 25°F | 10°F | 39°F 2019 | 9°F 2022 | 56% | 55% |
| Dec 24 | 25°F | 10°F | 48°F 2015 | 1°F 2017 | 56% | 55% |
| Dec 25 | 25°F | 9°F | 44°F 2023 | 2°F 2017 | 57% | 56% |
| Dec 26 | 24°F | 9°F | 48°F 2023 | -13°F 2017 | 57% | 56% |
| Dec 27 | 24°F | 9°F | 45°F 2023 | -12°F 2017 | 57% | 56% |
| Dec 28 | 24°F | 9°F | 40°F 2023 | -12°F 2017 | 57% | 56% |
| Dec 29 | 24°F | 8°F | 40°F 2024 | -11°F 2017 | 57% | 56% |
| Dec 30 | 24°F | 8°F | 42°F 2022 | -5°F 2017 | 57% | 56% |
| Dec 31 | 24°F | 8°F | 38°F 2022 | -2°F 2017 | 57% | 56% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 8:14 AM, sunset 5:05 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 8:35 AM, sunset 5:13 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00204130 (Ishpeming Wwtp), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00204425, 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.