Riegelsberg Weather in December
Riegelsberg in December
The short of it: Riegelsberg in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 118 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 8 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 0° · rain 118 mm · daylight 8 h 12 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Riegelsberg an average December high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 118 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 118 mm. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 12 min in mid-December, 49 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Riegelsberg runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Püttlingen, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Riegelsberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 30 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PüttlingenSaarland | 4 km WSW | 5° | 0° | 113 mm |
| HeusweilerSaarland | 4 km N | 5° | 0° | 120 mm |
| VölklingenSaarland | 8 km SW | 5° | 0° | 113 mm |
| SchwalbachSaarland | 8 km W | 6° | 1° | 115 mm |
| QuierschiedSaarland | 9 km ENE | 5° | 0° | 117 mm |
| SulzbachSaarland | 9 km E | 5° | 0° | 117 mm |
| SaarbrückenSaarland | 9 km SE | 6° | 1° | 105 mm |
| EppelbornSaarland | 11 km NNE | 5° | 0° | 123 mm |