Thompson Weather in December
Average highs run from 27°F on December 1 to 16°F on December 31, and lows from 12°F to 1°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.73 in over about 8 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
- 21°F
- Average low
- 6°F
- Precipitation
- 0.73 in
- Snowfall
- 13.5 in
- Record high
- 56°FDec 6, 2023
- Record low
- -33°FDec 31, 2021
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 42 min to 8 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 10°F
- Wind
- 11.2 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 | 27°F | 12°F | 54°F 1969 | -17°F 1946 | 22% | 24% |
| Dec 2 | 27°F | 11°F | 53°F 1982 | -22°F 1978 | 22% | 25% |
| Dec 3 | 26°F | 11°F | 52°F 1941 | -21°F 1964 | 22% | 25% |
| Dec 4 | 26°F | 10°F | 47°F 1945 | -21°F 1964 | 22% | 25% |
| Dec 5 | 25°F | 10°F | 50°F 1988 | -19°F 2007 | 23% | 26% |
| Dec 6 | 25°F | 10°F | 56°F 2023 | -26°F 1972 | 23% | 26% |
| Dec 7 | 24°F | 9°F | 55°F 2023 | -24°F 2013 | 23% | 27% |
| Dec 8 | 24°F | 9°F | 53°F 1990 | -26°F 2007 | 23% | 27% |
| Dec 9 | 23°F | 8°F | 56°F 1990 | -28°F 1977 | 23% | 27% |
| Dec 10 | 23°F | 8°F | 47°F 1974 | -28°F 1977 | 23% | 28% |
| Dec 11 | 23°F | 7°F | 49°F 2002 | -25°F 1945 | 23% | 28% |
| Dec 12 | 22°F | 7°F | 43°F 1999 | -23°F 1942 | 23% | 28% |
| Dec 13 | 22°F | 7°F | 47°F 2002 | -25°F 1942 | 23% | 28% |
| Dec 14 | 21°F | 6°F | 41°F 1998 | -27°F 2019 | 23% | 29% |
| Dec 15 | 21°F | 6°F | 40°F 1959 | -27°F 2019 | 23% | 29% |
| Dec 16 | 21°F | 6°F | 52°F 1962 | -22°F 1953 | 24% | 29% |
| Dec 17 | 20°F | 5°F | 41°F 2004 | -26°F 1975 | 24% | 29% |
| Dec 18 | 20°F | 5°F | 51°F 2011 | -28°F 1955 | 24% | 29% |
| Dec 19 | 20°F | 4°F | 44°F 2006 | -30°F 1955 | 24% | 29% |
| Dec 20 | 19°F | 4°F | 44°F 1957 | -30°F 1985 | 24% | 30% |
| Dec 21 | 19°F | 4°F | 44°F 1979 | -28°F 1989 | 24% | 30% |
| Dec 22 | 19°F | 3°F | 40°F 1991 | -30°F 1945 | 24% | 30% |
| Dec 23 | 18°F | 3°F | 39°F 2023 | -29°F 1951 | 24% | 30% |
| Dec 24 | 18°F | 3°F | 43°F 1957 | -24°F 1948 | 24% | 30% |
| Dec 25 | 18°F | 3°F | 45°F 1999 | -28°F 1948 | 24% | 30% |
| Dec 26 | 18°F | 2°F | 49°F 2011 | -27°F 1964 | 24% | 30% |
| Dec 27 | 17°F | 2°F | 42°F 1999 | -24°F 1964 | 24% | 30% |
| Dec 28 | 17°F | 2°F | 42°F 1979 | -26°F 2021 | 24% | 31% |
| Dec 29 | 17°F | 1°F | 49°F 1999 | -29°F 2021 | 24% | 31% |
| Dec 30 | 17°F | 1°F | 38°F 1956 | -30°F 1990 | 24% | 31% |
| Dec 31 | 16°F | 1°F | 40°F 1953 | -33°F 2021 | 24% | 30% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:56 AM, sunset 4:38 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 8:17 AM, sunset 4:46 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00323621 (Grand Forks Univ (nws)), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014916, 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.