Wernigerode Weather in December
Wernigerode in December
The short of it: Wernigerode in December averages a high of 4 °C (40 °F) and a low of -1 °C (31 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 7 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -1° · rain 63 mm · daylight 7 h 48 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & June
December in Wernigerode brings afternoons near 4° and nights around -1°, with about 63 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 4°, nights near -1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 4th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 48 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Wernigerode runs about middling and drier than most in December. Blankenburg, 13 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Wernigerode, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlankenburgSaxony-Anhalt | 13 km ESE | 4° | -1° | 72 mm |
| Bad HarzburgLower Saxony | 16 km WNW | 4° | -1° | 71 mm |
| HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt | 20 km ENE | 5° | -1° | 35 mm |
| GoslarLower Saxony | 25 km WNW | 4° | -1° | 98 mm |
| QuedlinburgSaxony-Anhalt | 26 km ESE | 5° | -1° | 30 mm |
| NordhausenThuringia | 37 km S | 4° | -1° | 57 mm |
| OscherslebenSaxony-Anhalt | 37 km NE | 5° | 0° | 35 mm |
| WolfenbüttelLower Saxony | 40 km NNW | 5° | 1° | 55 mm |