Datun Weather in December
Datun in December
The short of it: Datun in December averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of -2 °C (28 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 9 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low -2° · rain 14 mm · daylight 9 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Datun an average December high of 7°, a low of -2° and some 14 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 7° from November to about 7°, with nights near -2°. Rain is scarce, about 14 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 50 min in mid-December, 27 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 October and April.
Against its neighbours, Datun runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Anguo, 8 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Datun, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 7° colder, 12 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h