Cherokee County Weather in December
Average highs run from 61°F on December 1 to 55°F on December 31, and lows from 43°F to 38°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.88 in over about 9 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
- 58°F
- Average low
- 40°F
- Precipitation
- 4.88 in
- Record high
- 83°FDec 8, 1956
- Record low
- -1°FDec 22, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 97%
- Daylight
- 10 h 13 min to 10 h 06 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 42°F
- Wind
- 6.9 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 | 61°F | 43°F | 79°F 1950 | 23°F 2006 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 60°F | 43°F | 80°F 1949 | 18°F 1985 | 27% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 60°F | 42°F | 81°F 1949 | 20°F 1985 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 60°F | 42°F | 81°F 2005 | 24°F 2006 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 60°F | 42°F | 80°F 1960 | 23°F 2006 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 59°F | 42°F | 82°F 1956 | 8°F 1950 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 59°F | 41°F | 79°F 1956 | 12°F 1950 | 29% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 59°F | 41°F | 83°F 1956 | 22°F 2006 | 29% | 0% |
| Dec 9 | 59°F | 41°F | 78°F 1977 | 20°F 1978 | 29% | 0% |
| Dec 10 | 58°F | 41°F | 79°F 1971 | 18°F 1995 | 29% | 0% |
| Dec 11 | 58°F | 41°F | 80°F 2021 | 19°F 1978 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 12 | 58°F | 40°F | 78°F 1949 | 18°F 1962 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 13 | 58°F | 40°F | 78°F 1956 | 17°F 1962 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 14 | 58°F | 40°F | 76°F 1996 | 12°F 1985 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 15 | 57°F | 40°F | 79°F 1975 | 17°F 1943 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 16 | 57°F | 40°F | 78°F 1984 | 9°F 1989 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 17 | 57°F | 39°F | 76°F 2021 | 10°F 1989 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 18 | 57°F | 39°F | 78°F 2016 | 17°F 1981 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 19 | 57°F | 39°F | 78°F 1980 | 15°F 1996 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 20 | 57°F | 39°F | 75°F 1977 | 15°F 1945 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 21 | 57°F | 39°F | 77°F 1967 | 10°F 1989 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 22 | 56°F | 39°F | 81°F 2010 | -1°F 1989 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 23 | 56°F | 39°F | 79°F 1981 | 1°F 1989 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 24 | 56°F | 38°F | 80°F 1955 | 9°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 25 | 56°F | 38°F | 82°F 1955 | 12°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 26 | 56°F | 38°F | 79°F 1946 | 16°F 1985 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 27 | 56°F | 38°F | 78°F 1946 | 11°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 28 | 56°F | 38°F | 79°F 1946 | 23°F 2008 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 29 | 56°F | 38°F | 79°F 1984 | 16°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 30 | 56°F | 38°F | 80°F 1951 | 14°F 1990 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 31 | 55°F | 38°F | 82°F 1984 | 9°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 5:27 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00417841 (Rusk), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00417841, 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.