Valley Springs Weather in December
Average highs run from 37°F on December 1 to 28°F on December 31, and lows from 18°F to 10°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.83 in over about 7 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
- 32°F
- Average low
- 13°F
- Precipitation
- 0.83 in
- Snowfall
- 8.7 in
- Record high
- 70°FDec 4, 1998
- Record low
- -30°FDec 29, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 11 min to 9 h 00 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 17°F
- Wind
- 11.4 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 | 37°F | 18°F | 60°F 1962 | -16°F 1893 | 22% | 17% |
| Dec 2 | 37°F | 18°F | 65°F 1998 | -17°F 1919 | 22% | 18% |
| Dec 3 | 36°F | 17°F | 64°F 1998 | -19°F 1940 | 22% | 18% |
| Dec 4 | 36°F | 17°F | 70°F 1998 | -10°F 2025 | 22% | 18% |
| Dec 5 | 36°F | 17°F | 61°F 1939 | -11°F 2005 | 22% | 19% |
| Dec 6 | 35°F | 16°F | 64°F 1939 | -17°F 1972 | 22% | 19% |
| Dec 7 | 35°F | 16°F | 53°F 1923 | -16°F 1934 | 22% | 19% |
| Dec 8 | 34°F | 16°F | 60°F 1984 | -21°F 1917 | 22% | 20% |
| Dec 9 | 34°F | 15°F | 59°F 1939 | -20°F 1958 | 22% | 20% |
| Dec 10 | 33°F | 15°F | 58°F 1984 | -21°F 1919 | 22% | 20% |
| Dec 11 | 33°F | 15°F | 57°F 1990 | -15°F 1955 | 22% | 20% |
| Dec 12 | 33°F | 14°F | 56°F 1913 | -21°F 1932 | 22% | 21% |
| Dec 13 | 32°F | 14°F | 60°F 1921 | -28°F 1917 | 22% | 21% |
| Dec 14 | 32°F | 14°F | 54°F 1960 | -21°F 1916 | 22% | 21% |
| Dec 15 | 32°F | 13°F | 57°F 1998 | -21°F 1922 | 22% | 21% |
| Dec 16 | 31°F | 13°F | 63°F 1939 | -23°F 1897 | 22% | 22% |
| Dec 17 | 31°F | 13°F | 58°F 1939 | -24°F 1897 | 22% | 22% |
| Dec 18 | 31°F | 13°F | 56°F 1923 | -27°F 2016 | 22% | 22% |
| Dec 19 | 30°F | 12°F | 55°F 1979 | -29°F 2016 | 22% | 22% |
| Dec 20 | 30°F | 12°F | 56°F 1979 | -23°F 1916 | 22% | 22% |
| Dec 21 | 30°F | 12°F | 56°F 1941 | -25°F 1989 | 22% | 22% |
| Dec 22 | 29°F | 12°F | 52°F 1904 | -26°F 1989 | 22% | 23% |
| Dec 23 | 29°F | 11°F | 57°F 2020 | -26°F 1989 | 22% | 23% |
| Dec 24 | 29°F | 11°F | 53°F 2023 | -25°F 1983 | 22% | 23% |
| Dec 25 | 29°F | 11°F | 53°F 2023 | -24°F 1983 | 22% | 23% |
| Dec 26 | 28°F | 11°F | 50°F 1959 | -29°F 1914 | 22% | 23% |
| Dec 27 | 28°F | 11°F | 53°F 2011 | -25°F 1951 | 22% | 23% |
| Dec 28 | 28°F | 10°F | 51°F 1972 | -27°F 1924 | 22% | 23% |
| Dec 29 | 28°F | 10°F | 58°F 2002 | -30°F 1917 | 22% | 23% |
| Dec 30 | 28°F | 10°F | 55°F 1999 | -21°F 1973 | 22% | 24% |
| Dec 31 | 28°F | 10°F | 58°F 2004 | -23°F 1973 | 22% | 24% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:39 AM, sunset 4:50 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:59 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00014944 (Sioux Falls), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00137147, 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.