Witless Bay Weather in December
Witless Bay in December
The short of it: Witless Bay in December averages a high of 3 °C (37 °F) and a low of -3 °C (26 °F), with 159 mm (6.3 in) of rain and about 8 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 3° · low -3° · rain 159 mm · daylight 8 h 29 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
December in Witless Bay brings afternoons near 3° and nights around -3°, with about 159 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 5° against November, to near 3°; nights run about -3°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 159 mm. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 29 min in mid-December, 45 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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Witless Bay runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Bay Bulls, 4 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
December in Witless Bay, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 18 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 30 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay BullsNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km NNE | 3° | -4° | 162 mm |
| GouldsNewfoundland and Labrador | 20 km NNE | 2° | -4° | 166 mm |
| Petty Harbour-Maddox CoveNewfoundland and Labrador | 23 km NNE | 2° | -4° | 170 mm |
| SouthlandsNewfoundland and Labrador | 23 km N | 2° | -4° | 167 mm |
| PearlgateNewfoundland and Labrador | 24 km N | 2° | -4° | 168 mm |
| HolyroodNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km WNW | 3° | -3° | 150 mm |
| KilbrideNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km NNE | 2° | -4° | 168 mm |
| GlendaleNewfoundland and Labrador | 26 km N | 2° | -4° | 168 mm |