Athens Weather in December
Average highs run from 50°F on December 1 to 42°F on December 31, and lows from 29°F to 24°F.
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
- 45°F
- Average low
- 27°F
- Snowfall
- 4.5 in
- Record high
- 74°FDec 4, 1982
- Record low
- -13°FDec 23, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 46 min to 9 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 50°F | 29°F | 69°F 2006 | 6°F 1964 | 6% | |
| Dec 2 | 50°F | 29°F | 72°F 1982 | 13°F 1960 | 7% | |
| Dec 3 | 49°F | 29°F | 71°F 1982 | 11°F 1966 | 7% | |
| Dec 4 | 49°F | 28°F | 74°F 1982 | 11°F 1989 | 7% | |
| Dec 5 | 49°F | 28°F | 71°F 2001 | 6°F 1974 | 7% | |
| Dec 6 | 48°F | 28°F | 66°F 1960 | 8°F 1984 | 7% | |
| Dec 7 | 48°F | 28°F | 71°F 2004 | 0°F 1977 | 7% | |
| Dec 8 | 47°F | 28°F | 73°F 1978 | 9°F 2006 | 7% | |
| Dec 9 | 47°F | 28°F | 69°F 2007 | 9°F 1962 | 8% | |
| Dec 10 | 47°F | 28°F | 68°F 1971 | -1°F 1995 | 8% | |
| Dec 11 | 46°F | 27°F | 69°F 2007 | -2°F 1962 | 8% | |
| Dec 12 | 46°F | 27°F | 70°F 2015 | -7°F 1962 | 8% | |
| Dec 13 | 46°F | 27°F | 69°F 2015 | -9°F 1962 | 8% | |
| Dec 14 | 45°F | 27°F | 68°F 1984 | 1°F 2025 | 8% | |
| Dec 15 | 45°F | 27°F | 70°F 1984 | -1°F 2025 | 9% | |
| Dec 16 | 45°F | 27°F | 66°F 1984 | -4°F 1989 | 9% | |
| Dec 17 | 44°F | 27°F | 66°F 2006 | -2°F 1989 | 9% | |
| Dec 18 | 44°F | 26°F | 69°F 1990 | 5°F 1964 | 9% | |
| Dec 19 | 44°F | 26°F | 63°F 1968 | 1°F 1963 | 9% | |
| Dec 20 | 44°F | 26°F | 65°F 1967 | -4°F 2004 | 10% | |
| Dec 21 | 43°F | 26°F | 70°F 2013 | -2°F 1989 | 10% | |
| Dec 22 | 43°F | 26°F | 69°F 1990 | -11°F 1989 | 10% | |
| Dec 23 | 43°F | 26°F | 64°F 1996 | -13°F 1989 | 10% | |
| Dec 24 | 43°F | 25°F | 67°F 2015 | -9°F 2022 | 11% | |
| Dec 25 | 43°F | 25°F | 66°F 2015 | -13°F 1983 | 11% | |
| Dec 26 | 43°F | 25°F | 65°F 2019 | -3°F 1983 | 11% | |
| Dec 27 | 42°F | 25°F | 74°F 2015 | 8°F 2017 | 11% | |
| Dec 28 | 42°F | 25°F | 67°F 1984 | 1°F 2017 | 12% | |
| Dec 29 | 42°F | 25°F | 67°F 2015 | 3°F 1961 | 12% | |
| Dec 30 | 42°F | 24°F | 68°F 1990 | 2°F 1983 | 12% | |
| Dec 31 | 42°F | 24°F | 72°F 1972 | 3°F 1983 | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 5:06 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00460355 (Athens), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00003859, 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.