Chapel Hill Weather in December
Average highs run from 55°F on December 1 to 47°F on December 31, and lows from 31°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.82 in.
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
- 51°F
- Average low
- 29°F
- Precipitation
- 5.82 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 78°FDec 2, 1970
- Record low
- -12°FDec 22, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 56 min to 9 h 48 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 7.4 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 | 55°F | 31°F | 72°F 1970 | 10°F 1976 | 0% | |
| Dec 2 | 54°F | 31°F | 78°F 1970 | 9°F 1924 | 0% | |
| Dec 3 | 54°F | 31°F | 73°F 1982 | 7°F 1929 | 0% | |
| Dec 4 | 54°F | 31°F | 74°F 1909 | 11°F 1989 | 0% | |
| Dec 5 | 53°F | 31°F | 76°F 1998 | 11°F 2024 | 0% | |
| Dec 6 | 53°F | 31°F | 71°F 2013 | 9°F 2024 | 0% | |
| Dec 7 | 53°F | 30°F | 73°F 1998 | 4°F 1937 | 0% | |
| Dec 8 | 53°F | 30°F | 73°F 1922 | 8°F 2006 | 0% | |
| Dec 9 | 52°F | 30°F | 72°F 1956 | -6°F 1937 | 0% | |
| Dec 10 | 52°F | 30°F | 73°F 2007 | 1°F 1937 | 0% | |
| Dec 11 | 52°F | 30°F | 72°F 2021 | 1°F 1937 | 1% | |
| Dec 12 | 51°F | 30°F | 75°F 2007 | 0°F 1962 | 1% | |
| Dec 13 | 51°F | 29°F | 72°F 1926 | -4°F 1962 | 1% | |
| Dec 14 | 51°F | 29°F | 71°F 1933 | 0°F 1962 | 1% | |
| Dec 15 | 51°F | 29°F | 75°F 1933 | -2°F 1901 | 1% | |
| Dec 16 | 50°F | 29°F | 72°F 1984 | -2°F 1989 | 1% | |
| Dec 17 | 50°F | 29°F | 75°F 1924 | 0°F 1989 | 1% | |
| Dec 18 | 50°F | 29°F | 72°F 2016 | 4°F 1932 | 1% | |
| Dec 19 | 50°F | 29°F | 70°F 2006 | -2°F 1916 | 1% | |
| Dec 20 | 49°F | 28°F | 69°F 2008 | -3°F 1901 | 1% | |
| Dec 21 | 49°F | 28°F | 69°F 1978 | 2°F 1901 | 1% | |
| Dec 22 | 49°F | 28°F | 73°F 2013 | -12°F 1989 | 1% | |
| Dec 23 | 49°F | 28°F | 68°F 1933 | 0°F 2022 | 1% | |
| Dec 24 | 48°F | 28°F | 77°F 2025 | -8°F 1989 | 1% | |
| Dec 25 | 48°F | 28°F | 74°F 1964 | -8°F 1989 | 1% | |
| Dec 26 | 48°F | 28°F | 72°F 2015 | -6°F 1983 | 1% | |
| Dec 27 | 48°F | 27°F | 73°F 2015 | -2°F 1983 | 1% | |
| Dec 28 | 48°F | 27°F | 73°F 1907 | 3°F 1925 | 1% | |
| Dec 29 | 48°F | 27°F | 71°F 2019 | 6°F 1925 | 1% | |
| Dec 30 | 47°F | 27°F | 69°F 1923 | 1°F 1917 | 1% | |
| Dec 31 | 47°F | 27°F | 73°F 1984 | 2°F 1983 | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 4:34 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 6:56 AM, sunset 4:44 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00401720 (Christiana 5W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00405187, 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.