Ritterhude Weather in December
Ritterhude in December
The short of it: Ritterhude in December averages a high of 5 °C (42 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 7 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 1° · rain 65 mm · daylight 7 h 33 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Ritterhude an average December high of 5°, a low of 1° and some 65 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 4th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 33 min in mid-December, 59 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 September and May.
Against its neighbours, Ritterhude runs about middling and wetter than most in December. Burglesum, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Ritterhude, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BurglesumBremen | 4 km WSW | 6° | 1° | 64 mm |
| Osterholz-ScharmbeckLower Saxony | 6 km NE | 5° | 1° | 65 mm |
| VegesackBremen | 8 km W | 5° | 1° | 65 mm |
| SchwanewedeLower Saxony | 11 km WNW | 5° | 1° | 66 mm |
| LilienthalLower Saxony | 12 km ESE | 5° | 1° | 64 mm |
| BremenBremen | 13 km SSE | 6° | 1° | 63 mm |
| DelmenhorstLower Saxony | 16 km SSW | 5° | 1° | 64 mm |
| StuhrLower Saxony | 17 km S | 5° | 1° | 63 mm |