Newcastle Weather in December
Average highs run from 57°F on December 1 to 51°F on December 31, and lows from 33°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.08 in over about 5 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
- 53°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 2.08 in
- Snowfall
- 2.5 in
- Record high
- 86°FDec 24, 1955
- Record low
- -3°FDec 20, 1924
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 57 min to 9 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 54%
- Humidity
- 74%
- Dew point
- 31°F
- Wind
- 10.7 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 | 57°F | 33°F | 78°F 1950 | 15°F 1896 | 17% | 3% |
| Dec 2 | 57°F | 33°F | 79°F 2012 | 12°F 2006 | 17% | 3% |
| Dec 3 | 56°F | 33°F | 78°F 1916 | 8°F 1897 | 17% | 3% |
| Dec 4 | 56°F | 32°F | 80°F 2012 | 5°F 1898 | 17% | 3% |
| Dec 5 | 56°F | 32°F | 77°F 2017 | 11°F 1898 | 17% | 3% |
| Dec 6 | 55°F | 32°F | 81°F 1939 | 2°F 1950 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 7 | 55°F | 32°F | 83°F 1966 | 1°F 1917 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 8 | 55°F | 31°F | 74°F 1966 | 5°F 2005 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 9 | 54°F | 31°F | 73°F 1897 | 0°F 1898 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 10 | 54°F | 31°F | 75°F 1915 | 7°F 1898 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 11 | 54°F | 31°F | 74°F 1896 | 2°F 1898 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 12 | 54°F | 30°F | 78°F 1921 | 5°F 1898 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 13 | 53°F | 30°F | 80°F 1921 | 2°F 1898 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 14 | 53°F | 30°F | 75°F 1933 | 0°F 1898 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 15 | 53°F | 30°F | 74°F 1948 | 1°F 1901 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 16 | 53°F | 30°F | 76°F 1908 | 11°F 1951 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 17 | 52°F | 29°F | 75°F 1939 | 5°F 1932 | 17% | 4% |
| Dec 18 | 52°F | 29°F | 70°F 2024 | 5°F 2016 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 19 | 52°F | 29°F | 70°F 1942 | -2°F 1924 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 20 | 52°F | 29°F | 75°F 1966 | -3°F 1924 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 21 | 52°F | 29°F | 77°F 2010 | 5°F 1916 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 22 | 52°F | 29°F | 71°F 1933 | -1°F 1916 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 23 | 52°F | 28°F | 74°F 2025 | 2°F 1963 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 24 | 52°F | 28°F | 86°F 1955 | 3°F 1963 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 25 | 51°F | 28°F | 85°F 1955 | 4°F 1918 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 26 | 51°F | 28°F | 79°F 2025 | 7°F 1914 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 27 | 51°F | 28°F | 80°F 2025 | 11°F 1925 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 28 | 51°F | 28°F | 86°F 2025 | -1°F 1924 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 29 | 51°F | 28°F | 78°F 1951 | 5°F 1917 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 30 | 51°F | 28°F | 77°F 1951 | 6°F 1946 | 16% | 4% |
| Dec 31 | 51°F | 27°F | 78°F 1951 | 2°F 1927 | 16% | 4% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 5:18 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:39 AM, sunset 5:28 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00340830 (Blanchard 2 Ssw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00346386, 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.