Lansing Weather in December
Average highs run from 41°F on December 1 to 33°F on December 31, and lows from 26°F to 18°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.57 in over about 16 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
- 36°F
- Average low
- 22°F
- Precipitation
- 2.57 in
- Snowfall
- 12.2 in
- Record high
- 69°FDec 7, 1998
- Record low
- -22°FDec 30, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 18 min to 9 h 08 min
- Cloud cover
- 78%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 24°F
- Wind
- 6.5 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 | 41°F | 26°F | 65°F 1998 | -5°F 1936 | 49% | 21% |
| Dec 2 | 40°F | 26°F | 67°F 2006 | -3°F 1989 | 49% | 22% |
| Dec 3 | 40°F | 26°F | 65°F 1998 | 0°F 1940 | 49% | 23% |
| Dec 4 | 40°F | 25°F | 65°F 1941 | -5°F 1966 | 49% | 23% |
| Dec 5 | 39°F | 25°F | 67°F 2012 | -3°F 1966 | 49% | 24% |
| Dec 6 | 39°F | 25°F | 68°F 1982 | -2°F 2025 | 49% | 24% |
| Dec 7 | 39°F | 25°F | 69°F 1998 | -2°F 1969 | 49% | 25% |
| Dec 8 | 38°F | 24°F | 62°F 1951 | -3°F 1970 | 50% | 25% |
| Dec 9 | 38°F | 24°F | 64°F 1966 | -3°F 2025 | 50% | 26% |
| Dec 10 | 38°F | 24°F | 65°F 1946 | -3°F 1982 | 50% | 26% |
| Dec 11 | 37°F | 23°F | 64°F 1966 | -10°F 1958 | 50% | 27% |
| Dec 12 | 37°F | 23°F | 63°F 1979 | -19°F 1988 | 50% | 27% |
| Dec 13 | 37°F | 23°F | 61°F 1923 | -17°F 1988 | 50% | 28% |
| Dec 14 | 37°F | 23°F | 64°F 1901 | -11°F 2005 | 50% | 28% |
| Dec 15 | 36°F | 22°F | 63°F 2015 | -8°F 2005 | 50% | 29% |
| Dec 16 | 36°F | 22°F | 58°F 1971 | -6°F 1943 | 50% | 29% |
| Dec 17 | 36°F | 22°F | 62°F 2021 | -5°F 1919 | 50% | 29% |
| Dec 18 | 35°F | 22°F | 58°F 2000 | -10°F 1919 | 50% | 30% |
| Dec 19 | 35°F | 21°F | 57°F 1924 | -12°F 1973 | 50% | 30% |
| Dec 20 | 35°F | 21°F | 62°F 1895 | -14°F 1942 | 50% | 30% |
| Dec 21 | 35°F | 21°F | 62°F 1895 | -9°F 1962 | 50% | 31% |
| Dec 22 | 34°F | 20°F | 61°F 2013 | -14°F 1944 | 50% | 31% |
| Dec 23 | 34°F | 20°F | 64°F 2013 | -12°F 1944 | 50% | 31% |
| Dec 24 | 34°F | 20°F | 62°F 2015 | -15°F 1989 | 50% | 32% |
| Dec 25 | 34°F | 20°F | 66°F 1932 | -15°F 1969 | 50% | 32% |
| Dec 26 | 34°F | 19°F | 61°F 1895 | -11°F 1980 | 50% | 33% |
| Dec 27 | 33°F | 19°F | 60°F 1964 | -12°F 1993 | 51% | 33% |
| Dec 28 | 33°F | 19°F | 57°F 1936 | -11°F 1960 | 51% | 33% |
| Dec 29 | 33°F | 18°F | 63°F 1984 | -13°F 1933 | 51% | 34% |
| Dec 30 | 33°F | 18°F | 64°F 1984 | -22°F 1917 | 51% | 34% |
| Dec 31 | 33°F | 18°F | 60°F 2022 | -14°F 1917 | 51% | 34% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 4:34 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 4:43 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00304174 (Ithaca Cornell Univ), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00304174, 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.