Ajax Weather in December
Ajax in December
The short of it: Ajax in December averages a high of 2 °C (35 °F) and a low of -5 °C (24 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 8 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 2° · low -5° · rain 66 mm · daylight 8 h 55 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Ajax an average December high of 2°, a low of -5° and some 66 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 2°; nights run about -5°. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 9th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 55 min in mid-December, 39 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Ajax runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Whitby, 9 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
December in Ajax, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 14 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h