Cherokee Weather in December
Average highs run from 53°F on December 1 to 47°F on December 31, and lows from 31°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.66 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
- 49°F
- Average low
- 29°F
- Precipitation
- 5.66 in
- Snowfall
- 2.0 in
- Record high
- 80°FDec 31, 1951
- Record low
- -11°FDec 30, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 56 min to 9 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 33°F
- Wind
- 5.4 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 | 53°F | 31°F | 72°F 1991 | 8°F 1929 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 2 | 53°F | 31°F | 73°F 1991 | 7°F 1924 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 3 | 52°F | 31°F | 71°F 2018 | 7°F 1944 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 4 | 52°F | 31°F | 72°F 2021 | 10°F 1929 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 5 | 52°F | 31°F | 71°F 1953 | 8°F 1935 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 6 | 52°F | 31°F | 73°F 1913 | 10°F 1935 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 7 | 51°F | 30°F | 74°F 1956 | 1°F 1937 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 8 | 51°F | 30°F | 74°F 1956 | 10°F 1965 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 9 | 51°F | 30°F | 73°F 1923 | 1°F 1917 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 10 | 50°F | 30°F | 70°F 1966 | 5°F 1937 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 11 | 50°F | 30°F | 71°F 2007 | 2°F 1937 | 34% | 2% |
| Dec 12 | 50°F | 30°F | 73°F 1931 | 0°F 1957 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 13 | 50°F | 30°F | 74°F 1927 | -8°F 1962 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 14 | 49°F | 30°F | 72°F 1927 | -4°F 1917 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 15 | 49°F | 30°F | 71°F 1948 | -2°F 1917 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 16 | 49°F | 29°F | 73°F 1984 | 2°F 1914 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 17 | 49°F | 29°F | 74°F 1924 | -4°F 1945 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 18 | 49°F | 29°F | 77°F 1924 | 2°F 1953 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 19 | 48°F | 29°F | 70°F 1924 | 2°F 1963 | 35% | 2% |
| Dec 20 | 48°F | 29°F | 72°F 1931 | -1°F 1945 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 21 | 48°F | 29°F | 71°F 1931 | 3°F 1930 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 22 | 48°F | 29°F | 68°F 2013 | 0°F 1960 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 23 | 48°F | 29°F | 68°F 1933 | 6°F 1909 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 24 | 47°F | 28°F | 72°F 1964 | -1°F 1989 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 25 | 47°F | 28°F | 73°F 1955 | -3°F 1983 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 26 | 47°F | 28°F | 71°F 1942 | -5°F 1983 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 27 | 47°F | 28°F | 73°F 2015 | 2°F 1935 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 28 | 47°F | 28°F | 72°F 2015 | 1°F 1925 | 36% | 3% |
| Dec 29 | 47°F | 28°F | 73°F 1984 | 2°F 1925 | 35% | 3% |
| Dec 30 | 47°F | 28°F | 71°F 2015 | -11°F 1917 | 35% | 3% |
| Dec 31 | 47°F | 27°F | 80°F 1951 | -3°F 1935 | 35% | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:20 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:42 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00316341 (Cherokee), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00312200, 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.