Detmold Weather in December
Detmold in December
The short of it: Detmold in December averages a high of 5 °C (42 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 90 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 7 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 1° · rain 90 mm · daylight 7 h 47 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & May
December in Detmold brings afternoons near 5° and nights around 1°, with about 90 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 90 mm, the 2nd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 47 min in mid-December, 56 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 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Detmold runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Lage, 8 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
December in Detmold, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 15 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LageNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 8 km NW | 6° | 1° | 83 mm |
| LemgoNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km N | 6° | 1° | 82 mm |
| Bad SalzuflenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km NNW | 6° | 1° | 79 mm |
| HerfordNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km NW | 6° | 2° | 79 mm |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km WNW | 6° | 1° | 82 mm |
| PaderbornNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km SSW | 6° | 1° | 89 mm |
| DelbrückNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km SW | 6° | 1° | 78 mm |
| Bad OeynhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km N | 6° | 1° | 76 mm |