Stendal Weather in December
Stendal in December
The short of it: Stendal 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 40 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -1° · rain 40 mm · daylight 7 h 40 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Stendal an average December high of 4°, a low of -1° and some 40 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Stendal: highs scarcely reach 4°, nights fall to -1°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 8th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 40 min in mid-December, 57 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 April and June.
Against its neighbours, Stendal runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Tangermünde, 10 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
December in Stendal, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TangermündeSaxony-Anhalt | 10 km SE | 4° | -1° | 39 mm |
| TangerhütteSaxony-Anhalt | 19 km S | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| OsterburgSaxony-Anhalt | 21 km NNW | 4° | -1° | 42 mm |
| HavelbergSaxony-Anhalt | 29 km NNE | 4° | -1° | 42 mm |
| GenthinSaxony-Anhalt | 30 km SE | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| RathenowBrandenburg | 32 km E | 4° | -1° | 42 mm |
| GardelegenSaxony-Anhalt | 33 km WSW | 5° | 0° | 44 mm |
| PremnitzBrandenburg | 34 km ESE | 4° | -1° | 42 mm |