Houping Weather in December
Houping in December
The short of it: Houping in December averages a high of 4 °C (39 °F) and a low of -3 °C (26 °F), with 18 mm (0.71 in) of rain and about 10 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -3° · rain 18 mm · daylight 10 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Houping an average December high of 4°, a low of -3° and some 18 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 4°, with nights near -3°. Rain is modest, about 18 mm, the 11th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 10 h 5 min in mid-December, 24 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 August and June.
Against its neighbours, Houping runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Xiuqi, 21 km to the NW, is 3° warmer by day.
December in Houping, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 28 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h