Waltrop Weather in December
Waltrop in December
The short of it: Waltrop in December averages a high of 6 °C (44 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 7 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low 1° · rain 85 mm · daylight 7 h 50 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Waltrop an average December high of 6°, a low of 1° and some 85 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 6°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 85 mm, the 3rd 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, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Waltrop runs about middling and drier than most in December. Lünen, 9 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
December in Waltrop, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km E | 7° | 1° | 79 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km SW | 6° | 2° | 90 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km SSE | 6° | 1° | 84 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km W | 6° | 2° | 90 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SW | 7° | 2° | 95 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km W | 6° | 2° | 90 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km S | 6° | 1° | 100 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km SW | 6° | 2° | 99 mm |