Ashcroft Weather in December
Ashcroft in December
The short of it: Ashcroft in December averages a high of 2 °C (36 °F) and a low of -4 °C (24 °F), with 22 mm (0.87 in) of rain and about 7 h 59 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 2° · low -4° · rain 22 mm · daylight 7 h 59 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & September
Thirty years of records give Ashcroft an average December high of 2°, a low of -4° and some 22 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 2°, with nights near -4°. Rain is modest, about 22 mm, the 7th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 59 min in mid-December, 53 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and September.
Against its neighbours, Ashcroft runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Cache Creek, 10 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Ashcroft, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cache CreekBritish Columbia | 10 km NNW | 1° | -6° | 22 mm |
| SavonaBritish Columbia | 31 km E | 2° | -5° | 25 mm |
| Logan LakeBritish Columbia | 42 km SE | -1° | -8° | 35 mm |
| LillooetBritish Columbia | 47 km W | 1° | -4° | 45 mm |
| BrocklehurstBritish Columbia | 61 km E | 1° | -5° | 28 mm |
| DufferinBritish Columbia | 64 km E | 1° | -5° | 28 mm |
| North KamloopsBritish Columbia | 64 km E | 2° | -4° | 28 mm |
| Batchelor HillsBritish Columbia | 64 km E | 2° | -5° | 28 mm |