Knoxville Weather in December
Average highs run from 43°F on December 1 to 34°F on December 31, and lows from 24°F to 17°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.26 in over about 15 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
- 38°F
- Average low
- 21°F
- Precipitation
- 2.26 in
- Snowfall
- 10.0 in
- Record high
- 66°FDec 25, 1932
- Record low
- -21°FDec 22, 1944
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 21 min to 9 h 10 min
- Cloud cover
- 79%
- Humidity
- 89%
- Dew point
- 24°F
- Wind
- 6.5 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 | 43°F | 24°F | 63°F 1934 | -5°F 1936 | 49% | 21% |
| Dec 2 | 42°F | 24°F | 64°F 2006 | 4°F 1945 | 49% | 21% |
| Dec 3 | 42°F | 24°F | 56°F 1932 | -5°F 1976 | 49% | 22% |
| Dec 4 | 41°F | 24°F | 60°F 1941 | -7°F 1976 | 49% | 22% |
| Dec 5 | 41°F | 23°F | 65°F 2012 | -4°F 1944 | 49% | 23% |
| Dec 6 | 41°F | 23°F | 65°F 2001 | 0°F 2025 | 49% | 23% |
| Dec 7 | 40°F | 23°F | 60°F 1932 | -16°F 1926 | 49% | 24% |
| Dec 8 | 40°F | 23°F | 59°F 1951 | -1°F 1936 | 49% | 24% |
| Dec 9 | 40°F | 23°F | 60°F 1966 | -8°F 2025 | 49% | 24% |
| Dec 10 | 40°F | 23°F | 64°F 1946 | -7°F 2025 | 49% | 25% |
| Dec 11 | 39°F | 22°F | 63°F 1946 | -5°F 1977 | 48% | 25% |
| Dec 12 | 39°F | 22°F | 59°F 1979 | -8°F 1988 | 48% | 25% |
| Dec 13 | 39°F | 22°F | 58°F 2015 | -8°F 1988 | 48% | 25% |
| Dec 14 | 38°F | 22°F | 61°F 2015 | -5°F 1960 | 48% | 25% |
| Dec 15 | 38°F | 21°F | 62°F 2015 | -7°F 1943 | 48% | 26% |
| Dec 16 | 38°F | 21°F | 55°F 1971 | -8°F 1943 | 48% | 26% |
| Dec 17 | 38°F | 21°F | 60°F 2021 | -9°F 1951 | 48% | 26% |
| Dec 18 | 37°F | 21°F | 60°F 1984 | -9°F 1951 | 48% | 26% |
| Dec 19 | 37°F | 21°F | 56°F 1931 | -10°F 1926 | 48% | 25% |
| Dec 20 | 37°F | 20°F | 54°F 1957 | -12°F 1944 | 48% | 25% |
| Dec 21 | 37°F | 20°F | 57°F 1957 | -19°F 1942 | 47% | 25% |
| Dec 22 | 36°F | 20°F | 57°F 2013 | -21°F 1944 | 47% | 25% |
| Dec 23 | 36°F | 20°F | 59°F 2013 | -21°F 1944 | 47% | 26% |
| Dec 24 | 36°F | 19°F | 58°F 1933 | -14°F 1945 | 47% | 26% |
| Dec 25 | 36°F | 19°F | 66°F 1932 | -15°F 1980 | 47% | 26% |
| Dec 26 | 35°F | 19°F | 59°F 1982 | -16°F 1980 | 47% | 26% |
| Dec 27 | 35°F | 18°F | 55°F 1964 | -13°F 1944 | 47% | 26% |
| Dec 28 | 35°F | 18°F | 57°F 1971 | -11°F 1944 | 46% | 27% |
| Dec 29 | 35°F | 18°F | 60°F 1984 | -13°F 1933 | 46% | 27% |
| Dec 30 | 35°F | 18°F | 60°F 1984 | -8°F 1933 | 46% | 27% |
| Dec 31 | 34°F | 17°F | 55°F 1965 | -11°F 1962 | 46% | 27% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 4:39 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 4:48 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00300023 (Addison), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00369408, 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.