Dankou Weather in December
Dankou in December
The short of it: Dankou in December averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 4° · rain 51 mm · daylight 10 h 30 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Dankou an average December high of 11°, a low of 4° and some 51 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from November to about 11°, with nights near 4°. It is the driest month of the year, only 51 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 10 h 30 min in mid-December, 19 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Dankou runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Qingxi, 14 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
December in Dankou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 30 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QingxiHunan | 14 km NE | 11° | 3° | 50 mm |
| BaimaopingHunan | 16 km SE | 11° | 3° | 52 mm |
| Chang’anyingHunan | 19 km SW | 9° | 2° | 50 mm |
| JiangfangHunan | 19 km NNE | 11° | 3° | 49 mm |
| Guanxia MiaozuxiangHunan | 24 km N | 11° | 4° | 48 mm |
| MaopingHunan | 24 km NE | 11° | 3° | 49 mm |
| Zhaishi Miaozu DongzuxiangHunan | 25 km NW | 11° | 4° | 47 mm |
| JiangtousiHunan | 26 km SSW | 9° | 1° | 51 mm |