Wayne County Weather in December
Average highs run from 61°F on December 1 to 54°F on December 31, and lows from 40°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.60 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
- 57°F
- Average low
- 37°F
- Precipitation
- 3.60 in
- Snowfall
- 0.7 in
- Record high
- 86°FDec 8, 1998
- Record low
- 1°FDec 25, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 95%
- Daylight
- 9 h 56 min to 9 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 57%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 38°F
- Wind
- 8.9 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 | 61°F | 40°F | 82°F 2001 | 13°F 1929 | 29% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 61°F | 40°F | 81°F 1991 | 19°F 1924 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 61°F | 40°F | 81°F 1991 | 16°F 1960 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 60°F | 39°F | 82°F 1998 | 17°F 1940 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 60°F | 39°F | 81°F 1998 | 18°F 1935 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 60°F | 39°F | 82°F 1998 | 20°F 1905 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 60°F | 39°F | 82°F 1998 | 18°F 1937 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 59°F | 39°F | 86°F 1998 | 17°F 1954 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 9 | 59°F | 38°F | 78°F 1951 | 18°F 1954 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 10 | 59°F | 38°F | 80°F 1919 | 15°F 1960 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 11 | 58°F | 38°F | 75°F 1927 | 15°F 1917 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 12 | 58°F | 38°F | 82°F 1931 | 8°F 1957 | 33% | 1% |
| Dec 13 | 58°F | 38°F | 82°F 1931 | 7°F 1958 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 14 | 58°F | 38°F | 79°F 1907 | 11°F 1962 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 15 | 57°F | 37°F | 78°F 1956 | 12°F 1910 | 34% | 1% |
| Dec 16 | 57°F | 37°F | 79°F 1956 | 6°F 1958 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 17 | 57°F | 37°F | 79°F 1971 | 7°F 1943 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 18 | 57°F | 37°F | 81°F 1924 | 12°F 1943 | 35% | 1% |
| Dec 19 | 56°F | 37°F | 80°F 1924 | 11°F 1953 | 36% | 1% |
| Dec 20 | 56°F | 37°F | 82°F 1931 | 11°F 1950 | 36% | 1% |
| Dec 21 | 56°F | 36°F | 73°F 1923 | 11°F 1942 | 36% | 1% |
| Dec 22 | 56°F | 36°F | 76°F 1967 | 11°F 1910 | 37% | 1% |
| Dec 23 | 56°F | 36°F | 79°F 1967 | 12°F 1935 | 37% | 1% |
| Dec 24 | 55°F | 36°F | 78°F 1931 | 8°F 1989 | 37% | 1% |
| Dec 25 | 55°F | 36°F | 81°F 1932 | 1°F 1989 | 37% | 1% |
| Dec 26 | 55°F | 36°F | 78°F 1955 | 9°F 1983 | 37% | 1% |
| Dec 27 | 55°F | 36°F | 74°F 1982 | 10°F 1948 | 37% | 1% |
| Dec 28 | 55°F | 36°F | 78°F 1988 | 16°F 1935 | 38% | 1% |
| Dec 29 | 55°F | 35°F | 80°F 1946 | 17°F 1952 | 38% | 1% |
| Dec 30 | 54°F | 35°F | 80°F 1984 | 2°F 1917 | 38% | 1% |
| Dec 31 | 54°F | 35°F | 79°F 1984 | 3°F 1917 | 38% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00013713 (Goldsboro 4 Se), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013713, 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.