Orange County Weather in December
Average highs run from 56°F on December 1 to 50°F on December 31, and lows from 35°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.55 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
- 53°F
- Average low
- 33°F
- Precipitation
- 3.55 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 79°FDec 9, 1951
- Record low
- 3°FDec 23, 1935
- Chance of a freeze
- 98%
- Daylight
- 9 h 53 min to 9 h 45 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 5.1 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 | 56°F | 35°F | 75°F 1991 | 10°F 1976 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 56°F | 35°F | 74°F 1991 | 11°F 1976 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 56°F | 35°F | 76°F 1991 | 15°F 1960 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 56°F | 35°F | 75°F 1991 | 11°F 1940 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 55°F | 35°F | 73°F 1973 | 17°F 1935 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 55°F | 34°F | 75°F 1960 | 14°F 1969 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 55°F | 34°F | 77°F 1998 | 14°F 1954 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 55°F | 34°F | 77°F 1998 | 16°F 1977 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 9 | 54°F | 34°F | 79°F 1951 | 14°F 1968 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 10 | 54°F | 34°F | 76°F 2007 | 15°F 1927 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 11 | 54°F | 34°F | 76°F 2007 | 11°F 1968 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 12 | 54°F | 33°F | 77°F 1931 | 8°F 1957 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 13 | 53°F | 33°F | 78°F 1927 | 5°F 1962 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 14 | 53°F | 33°F | 76°F 1927 | 11°F 1960 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 15 | 53°F | 33°F | 73°F 1929 | 7°F 1988 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 16 | 53°F | 33°F | 74°F 1971 | 5°F 1958 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 17 | 52°F | 33°F | 77°F 1971 | 10°F 1951 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 18 | 52°F | 32°F | 73°F 1939 | 10°F 1988 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 19 | 52°F | 32°F | 76°F 1931 | 11°F 1964 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 20 | 52°F | 32°F | 77°F 1931 | 11°F 2004 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 21 | 52°F | 32°F | 68°F 1957 | 8°F 1963 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 22 | 52°F | 32°F | 70°F 1923 | 12°F 1942 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 23 | 51°F | 32°F | 73°F 1923 | 3°F 1935 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 24 | 51°F | 32°F | 74°F 1990 | 12°F 1943 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 25 | 51°F | 31°F | 70°F 1932 | 7°F 1930 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 26 | 51°F | 31°F | 68°F 1964 | 12°F 1980 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 27 | 51°F | 31°F | 70°F 1949 | 12°F 1948 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 28 | 51°F | 31°F | 71°F 1946 | 8°F 1925 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 29 | 51°F | 31°F | 75°F 1946 | 9°F 1925 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 30 | 50°F | 31°F | 74°F 1994 | 13°F 1961 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 31 | 50°F | 31°F | 71°F 1996 | 7°F 1935 | 34% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 5:02 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:27 AM, sunset 5:12 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00003758 (Durham 11 W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00312515, 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.