Shitan Weather in December
Shitan in December
The short of it: Shitan in December averages a high of 9 °C (49 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 22 mm (0.87 in) of rain and about 10 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 9° · low 5° · rain 22 mm · daylight 10 h 17 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Shitan an average December high of 9°, a low of 5° and some 22 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 9°; nights run about 5°. Rain is modest, about 22 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 17 min in mid-December, 22 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 March and February.
Against its neighbours, Shitan runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Jielong, 13 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Shitan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 26 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h