Wright-Patterson AFB Weather in December
Average highs run from 45°F on December 1 to 38°F on December 31, and lows from 29°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.13 in over about 11 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
- 41°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 3.13 in
- Snowfall
- 2.1 in
- Record high
- 68°FDec 27, 2016
- Record low
- -10°FDec 24, 2022
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 34 min to 9 h 24 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 27°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 | 45°F | 29°F | 65°F 2016 | 16°F 2017 | 34% | 3% |
| Dec 2 | 45°F | 29°F | 56°F 2017 | 12°F 2024 | 34% | 3% |
| Dec 3 | 45°F | 28°F | 65°F 2018 | 12°F 2024 | 34% | 3% |
| Dec 4 | 44°F | 28°F | 61°F 2017 | 15°F 2022 | 35% | 4% |
| Dec 5 | 44°F | 28°F | 62°F 2017 | 11°F 2025 | 35% | 4% |
| Dec 6 | 44°F | 28°F | 60°F 2021 | 12°F 2024 | 35% | 4% |
| Dec 7 | 43°F | 28°F | 51°F 2022 | 12°F 2024 | 35% | 5% |
| Dec 8 | 43°F | 27°F | 53°F 2023 | 11°F 2017 | 35% | 5% |
| Dec 9 | 43°F | 27°F | 58°F 2024 | 13°F 2025 | 35% | 5% |
| Dec 10 | 42°F | 27°F | 59°F 2023 | 14°F 2016 | 35% | 5% |
| Dec 11 | 42°F | 27°F | 64°F 2021 | 14°F 2017 | 35% | 6% |
| Dec 12 | 42°F | 26°F | 62°F 2020 | 14°F 2024 | 35% | 6% |
| Dec 13 | 41°F | 26°F | 61°F 2020 | 10°F 2017 | 36% | 6% |
| Dec 14 | 41°F | 26°F | 52°F 2021 | 1°F 2025 | 36% | 7% |
| Dec 15 | 41°F | 26°F | 57°F 2021 | -3°F 2016 | 36% | 7% |
| Dec 16 | 41°F | 26°F | 63°F 2021 | 0°F 2025 | 36% | 7% |
| Dec 17 | 40°F | 25°F | 61°F 2021 | 7°F 2016 | 36% | 7% |
| Dec 18 | 40°F | 25°F | 52°F 2023 | 19°F 2019 | 36% | 8% |
| Dec 19 | 40°F | 25°F | 56°F 2025 | 8°F 2019 | 36% | 8% |
| Dec 20 | 40°F | 25°F | 53°F 2017 | 8°F 2019 | 37% | 8% |
| Dec 21 | 39°F | 25°F | 50°F 2023 | 14°F 2016 | 37% | 9% |
| Dec 22 | 39°F | 24°F | 52°F 2017 | 16°F 2016 | 37% | 9% |
| Dec 23 | 39°F | 24°F | 54°F 2017 | -8°F 2022 | 37% | 9% |
| Dec 24 | 39°F | 24°F | 58°F 2019 | -10°F 2022 | 37% | 9% |
| Dec 25 | 39°F | 24°F | 60°F 2021 | -10°F 2022 | 37% | 9% |
| Dec 26 | 38°F | 24°F | 62°F 2019 | 5°F 2022 | 37% | 10% |
| Dec 27 | 38°F | 23°F | 68°F 2016 | 2°F 2017 | 37% | 10% |
| Dec 28 | 38°F | 23°F | 65°F 2021 | 2°F 2017 | 37% | 10% |
| Dec 29 | 38°F | 23°F | 68°F 2025 | 7°F 2017 | 37% | 10% |
| Dec 30 | 38°F | 23°F | 59°F 2019 | 15°F 2017 | 38% | 11% |
| Dec 31 | 38°F | 22°F | 61°F 2022 | 16°F 2025 | 38% | 11% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 5:12 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:57 AM, sunset 5:21 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00332067 (Dayton Mcd), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00335786, 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.