Hillside Weather in December
Average highs run from 49°F on December 1 to 41°F on December 31, and lows from 35°F to 28°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.14 in over about 11 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
- 31°F
- Precipitation
- 4.14 in
- Snowfall
- 5.4 in
- Record high
- 76°FDec 7, 1998
- Record low
- -13°FDec 30, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 28 min to 9 h 18 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 34°F
- Wind
- 14.1 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 | 35°F | 72°F 2006 | 11°F 1875 | 34% | 5% |
| Dec 2 | 49°F | 35°F | 66°F 1970 | 10°F 1875 | 34% | 6% |
| Dec 3 | 49°F | 34°F | 70°F 1998 | 9°F 1976 | 34% | 6% |
| Dec 4 | 48°F | 34°F | 75°F 1998 | 8°F 1906 | 35% | 6% |
| Dec 5 | 48°F | 34°F | 72°F 2001 | 14°F 1886 | 35% | 6% |
| Dec 6 | 48°F | 34°F | 74°F 2001 | 11°F 1901 | 35% | 7% |
| Dec 7 | 47°F | 33°F | 76°F 1998 | 10°F 1901 | 35% | 7% |
| Dec 8 | 47°F | 33°F | 69°F 1848 | 9°F 1906 | 35% | 7% |
| Dec 9 | 47°F | 33°F | 68°F 1966 | 6°F 1902 | 35% | 7% |
| Dec 10 | 46°F | 33°F | 72°F 1946 | 4°F 1876 | 35% | 8% |
| Dec 11 | 46°F | 32°F | 69°F 2021 | 7°F 1880 | 35% | 8% |
| Dec 12 | 46°F | 32°F | 68°F 1931 | 6°F 1988 | 35% | 8% |
| Dec 13 | 45°F | 32°F | 68°F 2015 | 4°F 1867 | 35% | 8% |
| Dec 14 | 45°F | 32°F | 67°F 1881 | 2°F 1867 | 35% | 8% |
| Dec 15 | 45°F | 31°F | 68°F 2015 | 5°F 1904 | 35% | 9% |
| Dec 16 | 45°F | 31°F | 66°F 1862 | 8°F 1860 | 35% | 9% |
| Dec 17 | 44°F | 31°F | 66°F 2000 | 2°F 1919 | 35% | 9% |
| Dec 18 | 44°F | 31°F | 64°F 1937 | 0°F 1919 | 35% | 9% |
| Dec 19 | 44°F | 31°F | 65°F 1848 | 1°F 1856 | 35% | 9% |
| Dec 20 | 44°F | 30°F | 61°F 1848 | -1°F 1942 | 35% | 9% |
| Dec 21 | 43°F | 30°F | 64°F 2013 | -2°F 1871 | 35% | 10% |
| Dec 22 | 43°F | 30°F | 71°F 2013 | 4°F 1871 | 35% | 10% |
| Dec 23 | 43°F | 30°F | 67°F 1990 | 2°F 1883 | 35% | 10% |
| Dec 24 | 43°F | 29°F | 71°F 2015 | 3°F 1983 | 35% | 10% |
| Dec 25 | 42°F | 29°F | 69°F 1964 | 0°F 1980 | 35% | 10% |
| Dec 26 | 42°F | 29°F | 66°F 1982 | -1°F 1980 | 35% | 10% |
| Dec 27 | 42°F | 29°F | 63°F 1949 | -8°F 1851 | 35% | 10% |
| Dec 28 | 42°F | 28°F | 68°F 1982 | 0°F 1933 | 35% | 11% |
| Dec 29 | 42°F | 28°F | 71°F 1984 | -2°F 1917 | 35% | 11% |
| Dec 30 | 41°F | 28°F | 63°F 1984 | -13°F 1917 | 35% | 11% |
| Dec 31 | 41°F | 28°F | 63°F 1965 | -9°F 1917 | 35% | 11% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:02 AM, sunset 4:30 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 4:39 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00014734 (Newark Intl AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014734, 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.