Hettstedt Weather in December
Hettstedt in December
The short of it: Hettstedt in December averages a high of 4 °C (40 °F) and a low of -1 °C (31 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 7 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -1° · rain 40 mm · daylight 7 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Hettstedt an average December high of 4°, a low of -1° and some 40 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 4°, nights near -1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 7th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 50 min in mid-December, 55 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Hettstedt runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Aschersleben, 12 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Hettstedt, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AscherslebenSaxony-Anhalt | 12 km NNW | 5° | -1° | 37 mm |
| Eisleben LutherstadtSaxony-Anhalt | 14 km S | 4° | 0° | 38 mm |
| BernburgSaxony-Anhalt | 22 km NE | 5° | 0° | 36 mm |
| StaßfurtSaxony-Anhalt | 23 km NNE | 5° | 0° | 34 mm |
| SangerhausenSaxony-Anhalt | 25 km SW | 4° | -1° | 42 mm |
| QuedlinburgSaxony-Anhalt | 29 km WNW | 5° | -1° | 30 mm |
| KöthenSaxony-Anhalt | 34 km ENE | 5° | 0° | 42 mm |
| Halle-NeustadtSaxony-Anhalt | 34 km SE | 5° | 0° | 37 mm |