Kipling Weather in December
Kipling in December
The short of it: Kipling in December averages a high of -8 °C (18 °F) and a low of -17 °C (1 °F), with 22 mm (0.87 in) of rain and about 8 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -8° · low -17° · rain 22 mm · daylight 8 h 5 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Kipling an average December high of -8°, a low of -17° and some 22 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 7° from November to about -8°, with nights near -17°. Rain is modest, about 22 mm, the 8th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 5 min in mid-December, 51 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates December 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Kipling runs about middling and about as wet in December. Grenfell, 41 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Kipling, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 7° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrenfellSaskatchewan | 41 km NNW | -8° | -17° | 23 mm |
| CarlyleSaskatchewan | 58 km SSE | -8° | -18° | 18 mm |
| MoosominSaskatchewan | 69 km E | -8° | -17° | 22 mm |
| EsterhazySaskatchewan | 73 km NNE | -8° | -17° | 24 mm |
| Indian HeadSaskatchewan | 88 km WNW | -7° | -17° | 21 mm |
| MelvilleSaskatchewan | 92 km N | -8° | -18° | 23 mm |
| WeyburnSaskatchewan | 100 km WSW | -6° | -16° | 19 mm |
| OxbowSaskatchewan | 102 km SSE | -7° | -17° | 17 mm |