Ahlen Weather in December
Ahlen in December
The short of it: Ahlen in December averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 7 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low 1° · rain 70 mm · daylight 7 h 48 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Ahlen an average December high of 6°, a low of 1° and some 70 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 6°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 48 min in mid-December, 55 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Ahlen runs about middling and drier than most in December. Hamm, 10 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Ahlen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HammNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km SSW | 7° | 1° | 73 mm |
| BergkamenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 23 km SW | 7° | 1° | 78 mm |
| SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km SE | 6° | 1° | 75 mm |
| MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km NW | 6° | 1° | 74 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km SSW | 6° | 1° | 86 mm |
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km WSW | 7° | 1° | 79 mm |
| Rheda-WiedenbrückNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km ENE | 6° | 1° | 70 mm |
| LippstadtNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 33 km ESE | 6° | 1° | 68 mm |