Tularosa Weather in December
Average highs run from 58°F on December 1 to 54°F on December 31, and lows from 32°F to 28°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.87 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
- 55°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 0.87 in
- Snowfall
- 0.9 in
- Record high
- 84°FDec 10, 1939
- Record low
- -8°FDec 24, 1953
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 10 h 08 min to 10 h 00 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 51%
- Dew point
- 22°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 | 58°F | 32°F | 73°F 1951 | 1°F 1979 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 2 | 58°F | 32°F | 75°F 1973 | 2°F 1979 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 3 | 57°F | 31°F | 76°F 2005 | 6°F 1979 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 4 | 57°F | 31°F | 77°F 1958 | 5°F 2020 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 5 | 57°F | 31°F | 74°F 1939 | 0°F 1944 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 6 | 57°F | 31°F | 76°F 1966 | 0°F 2011 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 7 | 56°F | 31°F | 72°F 1981 | -1°F 2011 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 8 | 56°F | 30°F | 74°F 1977 | 5°F 2005 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 9 | 56°F | 30°F | 75°F 1950 | 5°F 2005 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 10 | 56°F | 30°F | 84°F 1939 | 6°F 2005 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 11 | 56°F | 30°F | 76°F 1939 | 3°F 1960 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 12 | 55°F | 30°F | 83°F 1939 | -2°F 1989 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 13 | 55°F | 30°F | 72°F 2025 | 0°F 1944 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 14 | 55°F | 29°F | 77°F 2014 | 3°F 1964 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 15 | 55°F | 29°F | 73°F 2021 | -5°F 1987 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 16 | 55°F | 29°F | 76°F 1952 | -5°F 1987 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 17 | 55°F | 29°F | 72°F 2006 | 4°F 1975 | 12% | 1% |
| Dec 18 | 54°F | 29°F | 73°F 2016 | -2°F 1996 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 19 | 54°F | 29°F | 72°F 1939 | 3°F 1996 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 20 | 54°F | 29°F | 72°F 1981 | 1°F 1996 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 21 | 54°F | 29°F | 78°F 2025 | 2°F 1973 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 22 | 54°F | 29°F | 78°F 2010 | 2°F 1973 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 23 | 54°F | 29°F | 75°F 2025 | 0°F 1953 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 24 | 54°F | 29°F | 76°F 2025 | -8°F 1953 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 25 | 54°F | 28°F | 77°F 2025 | 1°F 1956 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 26 | 54°F | 28°F | 75°F 2025 | -1°F 1956 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 27 | 54°F | 28°F | 75°F 2025 | -5°F 1987 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 28 | 54°F | 28°F | 70°F 1955 | 0°F 1987 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 29 | 54°F | 28°F | 72°F 1955 | -2°F 1966 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 30 | 54°F | 28°F | 75°F 1951 | 1°F 1954 | 12% | 2% |
| Dec 31 | 54°F | 28°F | 73°F 1951 | 3°F 1953 | 12% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 4:57 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:07 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00299165 (Tularosa), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00299686, 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.