Rio Grande Weather in December
Average highs run from 50°F on December 1 to 42°F on December 31, and lows from 27°F to 23°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.72 in over about 13 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
- 46°F
- Average low
- 25°F
- Precipitation
- 3.72 in
- Snowfall
- 2.0 in
- Record high
- 79°FDec 4, 1982
- Record low
- -20°FDec 22, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 39 min to 9 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 30°F
- Wind
- 4.9 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 | 50°F | 27°F | 72°F 1998 | 2°F 1929 | 39% | 4% |
| Dec 2 | 49°F | 27°F | 70°F 1970 | 3°F 1924 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 3 | 49°F | 27°F | 78°F 1982 | 0°F 1976 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 4 | 49°F | 27°F | 79°F 1982 | 1°F 1966 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 5 | 48°F | 27°F | 73°F 1998 | 7°F 1966 | 40% | 4% |
| Dec 6 | 48°F | 27°F | 72°F 2001 | 10°F 1976 | 41% | 4% |
| Dec 7 | 48°F | 26°F | 74°F 1998 | -1°F 1984 | 41% | 5% |
| Dec 8 | 48°F | 26°F | 70°F 1916 | 3°F 1977 | 41% | 5% |
| Dec 9 | 47°F | 26°F | 73°F 1966 | -6°F 1917 | 41% | 5% |
| Dec 10 | 47°F | 26°F | 65°F 1987 | -7°F 1917 | 41% | 5% |
| Dec 11 | 47°F | 26°F | 75°F 1971 | -18°F 1917 | 41% | 5% |
| Dec 12 | 46°F | 26°F | 67°F 1979 | -6°F 1917 | 42% | 5% |
| Dec 13 | 46°F | 26°F | 70°F 2015 | -16°F 1962 | 42% | 5% |
| Dec 14 | 46°F | 25°F | 66°F 1927 | 3°F 1914 | 42% | 6% |
| Dec 15 | 46°F | 25°F | 65°F 1918 | -10°F 1917 | 42% | 6% |
| Dec 16 | 45°F | 25°F | 71°F 1971 | -14°F 1989 | 42% | 6% |
| Dec 17 | 45°F | 25°F | 67°F 1924 | -10°F 1945 | 42% | 6% |
| Dec 18 | 45°F | 25°F | 71°F 1984 | -1°F 1953 | 42% | 6% |
| Dec 19 | 45°F | 25°F | 68°F 1967 | -1°F 1951 | 42% | 7% |
| Dec 20 | 44°F | 25°F | 63°F 2008 | -10°F 1963 | 42% | 7% |
| Dec 21 | 44°F | 24°F | 62°F 1949 | -11°F 1942 | 42% | 7% |
| Dec 22 | 44°F | 24°F | 70°F 1967 | -20°F 1989 | 42% | 7% |
| Dec 23 | 44°F | 24°F | 66°F 1932 | -18°F 1989 | 42% | 7% |
| Dec 24 | 43°F | 24°F | 67°F 1955 | -15°F 1989 | 41% | 7% |
| Dec 25 | 43°F | 24°F | 69°F 1964 | -9°F 1983 | 41% | 8% |
| Dec 26 | 43°F | 24°F | 70°F 1982 | -6°F 1935 | 41% | 8% |
| Dec 27 | 43°F | 23°F | 70°F 2016 | -6°F 1933 | 41% | 8% |
| Dec 28 | 43°F | 23°F | 70°F 1959 | -1°F 1924 | 41% | 8% |
| Dec 29 | 42°F | 23°F | 73°F 1984 | 0°F 1963 | 41% | 8% |
| Dec 30 | 42°F | 23°F | 71°F 1984 | -19°F 1917 | 41% | 9% |
| Dec 31 | 42°F | 23°F | 76°F 1951 | -11°F 1935 | 41% | 9% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 5:08 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:48 AM, sunset 5:17 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00338810 (Waterloo), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00334004, 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.