Gates Weather in December
Average highs run from 55°F on December 1 to 48°F on December 31, and lows from 36°F to 30°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.28 in over about 10 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
- 51°F
- Average low
- 32°F
- Precipitation
- 5.28 in
- Record high
- 79°FDec 13, 1918
- Record low
- -12°FDec 9, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 55 min to 9 h 46 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 34°F
- Wind
- 10.1 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 | 36°F | 71°F 2018 | 19°F 1911 | 30% | 1% |
| Dec 2 | 54°F | 35°F | 69°F 2012 | 21°F 2020 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 3 | 54°F | 35°F | 72°F 1917 | 20°F 1895 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 4 | 54°F | 35°F | 74°F 1909 | 20°F 1905 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 5 | 53°F | 35°F | 74°F 2013 | 16°F 1895 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 6 | 53°F | 34°F | 67°F 1913 | 21°F 1911 | 31% | 1% |
| Dec 7 | 53°F | 34°F | 70°F 1918 | 18°F 2013 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 8 | 53°F | 34°F | 71°F 1916 | 18°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 9 | 52°F | 34°F | 70°F 1911 | -12°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 10 | 52°F | 33°F | 75°F 1918 | 3°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 11 | 52°F | 33°F | 70°F 1918 | 2°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 12 | 52°F | 33°F | 71°F 2015 | 5°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 13 | 52°F | 33°F | 79°F 1918 | 5°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 14 | 51°F | 33°F | 73°F 2015 | 6°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 15 | 51°F | 32°F | 65°F 2011 | 2°F 1914 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 16 | 51°F | 32°F | 65°F 1908 | 3°F 1914 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 17 | 51°F | 32°F | 70°F 1908 | 7°F 1917 | 32% | 1% |
| Dec 18 | 50°F | 32°F | 66°F 2016 | 14°F 1914 | 32% | 2% |
| Dec 19 | 50°F | 32°F | 62°F 1919 | 12°F 2016 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 20 | 50°F | 31°F | 64°F 2012 | 11°F 1909 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 21 | 50°F | 31°F | 67°F 2013 | 13°F 2016 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 22 | 50°F | 31°F | 73°F 2013 | 6°F 1916 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 23 | 49°F | 31°F | 65°F 1895 | 6°F 1916 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 24 | 49°F | 31°F | 69°F 1921 | 17°F 2013 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 25 | 49°F | 31°F | 70°F 1922 | 15°F 2020 | 31% | 2% |
| Dec 26 | 49°F | 31°F | 73°F 2016 | 9°F 1914 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 27 | 49°F | 30°F | 75°F 2016 | 12°F 1914 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 28 | 49°F | 30°F | 70°F 2015 | 11°F 2017 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 29 | 48°F | 30°F | 68°F 2015 | 9°F 1917 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 30 | 48°F | 30°F | 65°F 1906 | 5°F 1917 | 30% | 2% |
| Dec 31 | 48°F | 30°F | 69°F 1919 | 7°F 1917 | 30% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 4:44 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 4:54 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00407710 (Ripley), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00402680, 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.