Fairchild climate

Fairchild Weather in December

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Augusta RS, 16.5 km from Fairchild

Average highs run from 33°F on December 1 to 23°F on December 31, and lows from 17°F to 6°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.39 in.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Fairchild, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
28°F
Average low
11°F
Precipitation
1.39 in
Snowfall
10.9 in
Record high
67°FDec 16, 2021
Record low
-35°FDec 27, 1950
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 04 min to 8 h 52 min
Cloud cover
67%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
16°F
Wind
10.5 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 133°F17°F61°F 1962-13°F 197613%
Dec 233°F17°F61°F 1998-12°F 197613%
Dec 332°F17°F63°F 1982-32°F 194014%
Dec 432°F16°F64°F 2012-11°F 197614%
Dec 532°F16°F65°F 2001-10°F 197614%
Dec 631°F15°F65°F 2001-13°F 197715%
Dec 731°F15°F53°F 1939-26°F 197215%
Dec 830°F14°F60°F 1946-17°F 197615%
Dec 930°F14°F62°F 1946-17°F 194715%
Dec 1030°F13°F51°F 2020-20°F 197816%
Dec 1129°F13°F56°F 1949-22°F 197216%
Dec 1229°F13°F56°F 1949-15°F 198516%
Dec 1328°F12°F52°F 1968-20°F 195816%
Dec 1428°F12°F53°F 1998-24°F 198516%
Dec 1528°F11°F55°F 1998-25°F 196117%
Dec 1627°F11°F67°F 2021-17°F 196317%
Dec 1727°F11°F54°F 1984-26°F 195017%
Dec 1827°F10°F49°F 1939-26°F 195017%
Dec 1926°F10°F55°F 2002-32°F 198317%
Dec 2026°F10°F51°F 1967-29°F 198317%
Dec 2126°F9°F55°F 1967-25°F 198317%
Dec 2226°F9°F52°F 1941-23°F 198918%
Dec 2325°F9°F50°F 1957-25°F 194918%
Dec 2425°F8°F50°F 2020-30°F 195118%
Dec 2525°F8°F55°F 1936-29°F 196818%
Dec 2624°F8°F55°F 1936-28°F 200018%
Dec 2724°F7°F57°F 1936-35°F 195018%
Dec 2824°F7°F53°F 1984-20°F 197718%
Dec 2924°F7°F60°F 1984-17°F 191718%
Dec 3024°F7°F53°F 2019-24°F 199018%
Dec 3123°F6°F59°F 1965-28°F 194618%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Fairchild, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

December 1
sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 4:25 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:41 AM, sunset 4:33 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00470382 (Augusta RS), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00477997, 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.