Heide Weather in December
Heide in December
The short of it: Heide in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 7 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 1° · rain 85 mm · daylight 7 h 22 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Heide an average December high of 5°, a low of 1° and some 85 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 85 mm, the 5th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 22 min in mid-December, 62 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 May and April.
Against its neighbours, Heide runs about middling and drier than most in December. Husum, 32 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
December in Heide, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HusumSchleswig-Holstein | 32 km N | 5° | 1° | 75 mm |
| RendsburgSchleswig-Holstein | 39 km ENE | 5° | 1° | 90 mm |
| ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein | 41 km SE | 5° | 0° | 86 mm |
| CuxhavenLower Saxony | 45 km SW | 6° | 2° | 78 mm |
| SchleswigSchleswig-Holstein | 47 km NE | 5° | 1° | 86 mm |
| EckernfördeSchleswig-Holstein | 57 km ENE | 5° | 1° | 79 mm |
| NeumünsterSchleswig-Holstein | 59 km ESE | 5° | 1° | 84 mm |
| ElmshornSchleswig-Holstein | 62 km SE | 5° | 1° | 79 mm |