Hard Weather in December
Hard in December
The short of it: Hard in December averages a high of 6 °C (42 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 87 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 8 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low 0° · rain 87 mm · daylight 8 h 28 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Hard an average December high of 6°, a low of 0° and some 87 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 6°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 87 mm, the 9th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 28 min in mid-December, 46 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Hard runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Bregenz, 5 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
December in Hard, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 13 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BregenzVorarlberg | 5 km ENE | 5° | 1° | 88 mm |
| LustenauVorarlberg | 7 km SSW | 6° | 0° | 86 mm |
| LindauBavaria | 7 km N | 5° | 1° | 86 mm |
| DornbirnVorarlberg | 9 km SSE | 5° | 0° | 92 mm |
| HohenemsVorarlberg | 14 km S | 5° | -1° | 92 mm |
| ArbonThurgau | 19 km WNW | 5° | 1° | 75 mm |
| TettnangBaden-Wurttemberg | 22 km NNW | 4° | 0° | 79 mm |
| Sankt GallenSaint Gallen | 24 km WSW | 5° | -1° | 78 mm |