Sheridan County Weather in December
Average highs run from 29°F on December 1 to 20°F on December 31, and lows from 8°F to -1°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.47 in over about 4 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
- 24°F
- Average low
- 3°F
- Precipitation
- 0.47 in
- Snowfall
- 8.5 in
- Record high
- 55°FDec 5, 1988
- Record low
- -36°FDec 22, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 34 min to 8 h 21 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 14°F
- Wind
- 11.2 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 | 29°F | 8°F | 52°F 2002 | -22°F 2014 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 2 | 29°F | 8°F | 52°F 1988 | -28°F 1985 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 3 | 28°F | 7°F | 50°F 1989 | -16°F 2022 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 4 | 28°F | 7°F | 50°F 1995 | -20°F 2002 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 5 | 27°F | 6°F | 55°F 1988 | -21°F 1994 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 6 | 27°F | 6°F | 49°F 1988 | -23°F 2013 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 7 | 27°F | 6°F | 54°F 1987 | -30°F 2022 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 8 | 26°F | 5°F | 50°F 2015 | -29°F 2022 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 9 | 26°F | 5°F | 50°F 2015 | -23°F 1995 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 10 | 25°F | 5°F | 52°F 2015 | -26°F 2000 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 11 | 25°F | 4°F | 52°F 1987 | -26°F 2013 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 12 | 25°F | 4°F | 44°F 1997 | -24°F 2000 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 13 | 24°F | 3°F | 53°F 2017 | -23°F 1985 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 14 | 24°F | 3°F | 51°F 1997 | -24°F 2009 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 15 | 24°F | 3°F | 50°F 1997 | -33°F 2009 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 16 | 23°F | 2°F | 45°F 2017 | -28°F 2008 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 17 | 23°F | 2°F | 54°F 1997 | -29°F 2016 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 18 | 23°F | 2°F | 42°F 1999 | -31°F 2016 | 13% | 8% |
| Dec 19 | 22°F | 1°F | 47°F 2004 | -35°F 1989 | 14% | 8% |
| Dec 20 | 22°F | 1°F | 52°F 2004 | -26°F 2022 | 14% | 8% |
| Dec 21 | 22°F | 1°F | 48°F 2020 | -35°F 1989 | 14% | 8% |
| Dec 22 | 22°F | 1°F | 42°F 2005 | -36°F 1989 | 14% | 9% |
| Dec 23 | 21°F | 0°F | 45°F 1986 | -32°F 1990 | 14% | 9% |
| Dec 24 | 21°F | 0°F | 47°F 1999 | -28°F 2000 | 14% | 9% |
| Dec 25 | 21°F | 0°F | 43°F 1991 | -36°F 1996 | 14% | 9% |
| Dec 26 | 21°F | 0°F | 45°F 1986 | -34°F 1996 | 14% | 9% |
| Dec 27 | 21°F | -1°F | 46°F 1999 | -33°F 2017 | 14% | 9% |
| Dec 28 | 21°F | -1°F | 52°F 1999 | -26°F 2021 | 14% | 9% |
| Dec 29 | 20°F | -1°F | 49°F 1999 | -31°F 1996 | 14% | 9% |
| Dec 30 | 20°F | -1°F | 34°F 1989 | -30°F 1990 | 15% | 9% |
| Dec 31 | 20°F | -1°F | 44°F 1997 | -34°F 2017 | 15% | 9% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 4:04 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 4:12 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00246586 (Plentywood), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00246586, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.