Morganton Weather in December
Average highs run from 55°F on December 1 to 49°F on December 31, and lows from 32°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.66 in over about 10 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
- 52°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 4.66 in
- Snowfall
- 1.6 in
- Record high
- 80°FDec 4, 2021
- Record low
- -10°FDec 30, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 55 min to 9 h 47 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 34°F
- Wind
- 6.9 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 | 55°F | 32°F | 74°F 1933 | 10°F 1929 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 2 | 55°F | 32°F | 74°F 1970 | 13°F 1924 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 3 | 55°F | 32°F | 74°F 1943 | 11°F 1910 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 4 | 54°F | 32°F | 80°F 2021 | 11°F 2000 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 5 | 54°F | 32°F | 72°F 1947 | 11°F 1905 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 6 | 54°F | 31°F | 78°F 1998 | 13°F 1905 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 7 | 54°F | 31°F | 78°F 1998 | 12°F 1937 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 8 | 53°F | 31°F | 76°F 1998 | 13°F 1954 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 9 | 53°F | 31°F | 75°F 1943 | 10°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 10 | 53°F | 31°F | 76°F 2007 | 10°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 11 | 53°F | 31°F | 77°F 2007 | 9°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 12 | 52°F | 31°F | 79°F 1927 | 5°F 1962 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 13 | 52°F | 31°F | 78°F 1927 | -3°F 1962 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 14 | 52°F | 31°F | 77°F 1948 | 9°F 1898 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 15 | 52°F | 30°F | 73°F 1995 | 7°F 1898 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 16 | 52°F | 30°F | 76°F 1971 | 7°F 1914 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 17 | 51°F | 30°F | 76°F 1924 | 4°F 1917 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 18 | 51°F | 30°F | 76°F 1908 | 6°F 1901 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 19 | 51°F | 30°F | 76°F 1931 | 10°F 1950 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 20 | 51°F | 30°F | 73°F 2017 | 4°F 1916 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 21 | 51°F | 30°F | 72°F 1898 | -4°F 1901 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 22 | 50°F | 30°F | 70°F 1933 | 5°F 1901 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 23 | 50°F | 30°F | 71°F 1933 | 3°F 1989 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 24 | 50°F | 29°F | 73°F 1931 | -1°F 1989 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 25 | 50°F | 29°F | 76°F 1955 | 2°F 1983 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 26 | 50°F | 29°F | 73°F 2025 | 4°F 1983 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 27 | 50°F | 29°F | 76°F 1971 | 8°F 1985 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 28 | 50°F | 29°F | 76°F 1946 | 8°F 1925 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 29 | 50°F | 29°F | 75°F 1984 | 5°F 1925 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 30 | 49°F | 29°F | 77°F 1984 | -10°F 1917 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 31 | 49°F | 29°F | 72°F 1984 | 4°F 1899 | 33% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:13 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:36 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00315838 (Morganton), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00315838, 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.