Star Weather in December
Average highs run from 58°F on December 1 to 52°F on December 31, and lows from 39°F to 34°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.85 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
- 55°F
- Average low
- 36°F
- Precipitation
- 3.85 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 79°FDec 18, 1984
- Record low
- -1°FDec 25, 1983
- Chance of a freeze
- 98%
- Daylight
- 9 h 56 min to 9 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 57%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 35°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 | 58°F | 39°F | 74°F 1991 | 12°F 1929 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 58°F | 39°F | 75°F 1991 | 16°F 1929 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 58°F | 38°F | 74°F 2021 | 17°F 1944 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 57°F | 38°F | 78°F 2012 | 16°F 1940 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 57°F | 38°F | 75°F 1982 | 19°F 1969 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 57°F | 38°F | 78°F 1998 | 18°F 2024 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 56°F | 38°F | 77°F 1956 | 15°F 1937 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 56°F | 37°F | 76°F 1978 | 14°F 2010 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 9 | 56°F | 37°F | 75°F 1943 | 17°F 1927 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 10 | 56°F | 37°F | 78°F 2007 | 16°F 1927 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 11 | 56°F | 37°F | 78°F 2007 | 16°F 1968 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 12 | 55°F | 37°F | 77°F 2007 | 3°F 1958 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 13 | 55°F | 37°F | 75°F 1931 | 2°F 1962 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 14 | 55°F | 36°F | 76°F 1931 | 13°F 1960 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 15 | 55°F | 36°F | 77°F 1984 | 12°F 2010 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 16 | 54°F | 36°F | 77°F 1971 | 11°F 1943 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 17 | 54°F | 36°F | 72°F 2021 | 8°F 1943 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 18 | 54°F | 36°F | 79°F 1984 | 10°F 1953 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 19 | 54°F | 35°F | 77°F 1931 | 10°F 1950 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 20 | 54°F | 35°F | 75°F 1931 | 10°F 2004 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 21 | 53°F | 35°F | 76°F 1931 | 10°F 1942 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 22 | 53°F | 35°F | 72°F 2013 | 9°F 1989 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 23 | 53°F | 35°F | 72°F 1990 | 5°F 1989 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 24 | 53°F | 35°F | 73°F 2015 | 6°F 1983 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 25 | 53°F | 34°F | 76°F 1955 | -1°F 1983 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 26 | 53°F | 34°F | 75°F 2015 | 4°F 1983 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 27 | 53°F | 34°F | 75°F 1971 | 12°F 1935 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 28 | 52°F | 34°F | 74°F 1984 | 18°F 1935 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 29 | 52°F | 34°F | 76°F 1984 | 15°F 2017 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 30 | 52°F | 34°F | 79°F 1984 | 12°F 1970 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 31 | 52°F | 34°F | 68°F 2021 | 10°F 1983 | 35% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:10 AM, sunset 5:06 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:28 AM, sunset 5:17 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00314464 (Jackson Springs 5 Wnw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00310286, 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.