Rockingham County Weather in December
Average highs run from 55°F on December 1 to 49°F on December 31, and lows from 35°F to 30°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.57 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
- 51°F
- Average low
- 32°F
- Precipitation
- 3.57 in
- Snowfall
- 1.5 in
- Record high
- 76°FDec 4, 2012
- Record low
- 6°FDec 24, 2022
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 9 h 52 min to 9 h 43 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 32°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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 | 35°F | 73°F 2016 | 19°F 2013 | 29% | 1% |
| Dec 2 | 54°F | 34°F | 74°F 2014 | 19°F 2013 | 29% | 1% |
| Dec 3 | 54°F | 34°F | 70°F 2021 | 22°F 2022 | 29% | 1% |
| Dec 4 | 54°F | 34°F | 76°F 2012 | 17°F 2024 | 29% | 1% |
| Dec 5 | 53°F | 34°F | 71°F 2012 | 17°F 2024 | 29% | 1% |
| Dec 6 | 53°F | 34°F | 67°F 2013 | 19°F 2024 | 29% | 1% |
| Dec 7 | 53°F | 34°F | 76°F 2013 | 16°F 2024 | 30% | 1% |
| Dec 8 | 53°F | 33°F | 65°F 2011 | 13°F 2010 | 30% | 1% |
| Dec 9 | 52°F | 33°F | 69°F 2024 | 13°F 2010 | 30% | 1% |
| Dec 10 | 52°F | 33°F | 62°F 2015 | 15°F 2010 | 30% | 1% |
| Dec 11 | 52°F | 33°F | 66°F 2015 | 17°F 2016 | 30% | 1% |
| Dec 12 | 52°F | 33°F | 72°F 2015 | 17°F 2016 | 30% | 1% |
| Dec 13 | 52°F | 32°F | 76°F 2015 | 20°F 2017 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 14 | 51°F | 32°F | 71°F 2015 | 15°F 2010 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 15 | 51°F | 32°F | 70°F 2015 | 11°F 2025 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 16 | 51°F | 32°F | 71°F 2015 | 11°F 2025 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 17 | 51°F | 32°F | 69°F 2021 | 20°F 2016 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 18 | 51°F | 32°F | 67°F 2021 | 24°F 2017 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 19 | 50°F | 31°F | 69°F 2016 | 19°F 2022 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 20 | 50°F | 31°F | 71°F 2017 | 19°F 2022 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 21 | 50°F | 31°F | 66°F 2013 | 20°F 2023 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 22 | 50°F | 31°F | 70°F 2013 | 18°F 2024 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 23 | 50°F | 31°F | 70°F 2013 | 18°F 2024 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 24 | 50°F | 31°F | 68°F 2015 | 6°F 2022 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 25 | 49°F | 31°F | 71°F 2015 | 6°F 2022 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 26 | 49°F | 30°F | 74°F 2025 | 13°F 2022 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 27 | 49°F | 30°F | 73°F 2021 | 11°F 2022 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 28 | 49°F | 30°F | 75°F 2015 | 17°F 2017 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 29 | 49°F | 30°F | 74°F 2021 | 14°F 2017 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 30 | 49°F | 30°F | 71°F 2021 | 16°F 2017 | 33% | 2% |
| Dec 31 | 49°F | 30°F | 71°F 2019 | 21°F 2016 | 33% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 5:04 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:31 AM, sunset 5:14 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00317202 (Reidsville 2 Nw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00312631, 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.