Ranelagh Weather in December
Ranelagh in December
The short of it: Ranelagh in December averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 68 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 68 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Ranelagh an average December high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 68 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 20°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 68 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 21 min in mid-December, 39 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Ranelagh runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Huonville, 3 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
December in Ranelagh, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 2° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 22 km/h