Grootdrink Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Grootdrink, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 35°C on December 1 to 37°C on December 31, and lows from 17°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 36°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 22 mm
Reanalysis high: 42°CDec 8, 2008
Reanalysis low: 9°CDec 15, 2011
Daylight: 13 h 50 min to 13 h 56 min
Cloud cover: 39%
Humidity: 26%
Dew point: 3°C
Wind: 15.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Dec 1	35°C	17°C	41°C 2015	11°C 1995	14%
Dec 2	35°C	17°C	39°C 2015	11°C 1996	15%
Dec 3	35°C	17°C	40°C 2016	9°C 1996	16%
Dec 4	35°C	17°C	41°C 2015	11°C 1996	16%
Dec 5	35°C	17°C	42°C 2015	13°C 1992	16%
Dec 6	35°C	18°C	42°C 2015	14°C 1992	15%
Dec 7	35°C	18°C	41°C 2008	14°C 1998	15%
Dec 8	35°C	18°C	42°C 2008	12°C 1998	15%
Dec 9	35°C	18°C	41°C 2008	13°C 2018	16%
Dec 10	36°C	18°C	41°C 1997	12°C 2006	15%
Dec 11	36°C	18°C	42°C 1997	11°C 2011	14%
Dec 12	36°C	18°C	42°C 1997	12°C 2011	15%
Dec 13	36°C	18°C	41°C 2006	13°C 2017	13%
Dec 14	36°C	18°C	41°C 2018	11°C 2011	13%
Dec 15	36°C	18°C	42°C 1997	9°C 2011	13%
Dec 16	36°C	18°C	42°C 2018	12°C 2019	13%
Dec 17	36°C	18°C	41°C 2018	10°C 1997	13%
Dec 18	36°C	18°C	42°C 2015	11°C 1996	12%
Dec 19	36°C	18°C	41°C 2016	13°C 1996	12%
Dec 20	36°C	18°C	42°C 2015	14°C 2005	12%
Dec 21	36°C	18°C	42°C 1994	14°C 1991	13%
Dec 22	36°C	18°C	40°C 2009	15°C 2014	13%
Dec 23	36°C	18°C	41°C 2000	15°C 2011	13%
Dec 24	36°C	18°C	40°C 2019	12°C 1994	14%
Dec 25	36°C	19°C	40°C 1996	13°C 1994	14%
Dec 26	36°C	19°C	40°C 1992	10°C 2003	14%
Dec 27	36°C	19°C	41°C 2002	9°C 2003	14%
Dec 28	36°C	19°C	42°C 2010	12°C 2003	15%
Dec 29	37°C	19°C	41°C 2004	13°C 2008	15%
Dec 30	37°C	19°C	41°C 2012	12°C 1996	15%
Dec 31	37°C	19°C	40°C 2002	10°C 2006	15%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

December 1: sunrise 5:27 AM, sunset 7:17 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 7:34 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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.