Carbon County climate

Carbon County Weather in December

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Wellington 3 E, 14.2 km from Carbon County

Average highs run from 42°F on December 1 to 34°F on December 31, and lows from 13°F to 8°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.59 in over about 4 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Carbon County, in °F, with the record for each date.-200204060151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
37°F
Average low
10°F
Precipitation
0.59 in
Snowfall
6.4 in
Record high
57°FDec 1, 2021
Record low
-7°FDec 9, 2009
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 35 min to 9 h 25 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
68%
Dew point
15°F
Wind
7.8 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Dec 142°F13°F57°F 20213°F 200111%7%
Dec 241°F12°F57°F 20214°F 200411%7%
Dec 341°F12°F55°F 20173°F 200411%7%
Dec 440°F12°F54°F 20232°F 200911%7%
Dec 540°F12°F56°F 20214°F 200511%8%
Dec 640°F12°F53°F 20126°F 199812%8%
Dec 739°F11°F50°F 20202°F 200512%8%
Dec 839°F11°F50°F 20020°F 200512%8%
Dec 938°F11°F47°F 2014-7°F 200912%8%
Dec 1038°F11°F52°F 2025-6°F 200912%9%
Dec 1138°F11°F54°F 2025-3°F 200912%9%
Dec 1237°F11°F54°F 20106°F 200912%9%
Dec 1337°F10°F52°F 20234°F 200112%9%
Dec 1437°F10°F49°F 20253°F 199912%9%
Dec 1537°F10°F51°F 19981°F 200712%10%
Dec 1636°F10°F52°F 1998-2°F 200113%10%
Dec 1736°F10°F49°F 19983°F 200113%10%
Dec 1836°F10°F46°F 19985°F 202213%10%
Dec 1936°F9°F48°F 2025-1°F 201213%10%
Dec 2035°F9°F57°F 2025-2°F 201213%10%
Dec 2135°F9°F52°F 2025-3°F 201213%11%
Dec 2235°F9°F54°F 2025-2°F 199813%11%
Dec 2335°F9°F54°F 20050°F 200813%11%
Dec 2435°F9°F51°F 2005-2°F 200813%11%
Dec 2535°F8°F55°F 20252°F 200713%11%
Dec 2635°F8°F49°F 2017-1°F 200913%11%
Dec 2735°F8°F54°F 1999-2°F 200813%11%
Dec 2834°F8°F49°F 2017-3°F 200713%11%
Dec 2934°F8°F50°F 19981°F 201214%11%
Dec 3034°F8°F46°F 19982°F 200814%11%
Dec 3134°F8°F51°F 2017-6°F 201014%11%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Carbon County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

December 1
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 5:08 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00429368 (Wellington 3 E), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093141, 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.