Date Weather in December
Date in December
The short of it: Date in December averages a high of 8 °C (47 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 68 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 9 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 0° · rain 68 mm · daylight 9 h 33 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & June
December in Date brings afternoons near 8° and nights around 0°, with about 68 mm of rain over the month. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from November to about 8°, with nights near 0°. Wet spells are common — about 68 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 33 min in mid-December, 31 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 May and June.
Against its neighbours, Date runs about middling and about as wet in December. Koori, 2 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
December in Date, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Jan–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KooriFukushima | 2 km NE | 8° | 0° | 68 mm |
| HobaramachiFukushima | 4 km E | 8° | 0° | 68 mm |
| FukushimaFukushima | 8 km SSW | 9° | 1° | 65 mm |
| Yanagawamachi-saiwaichōFukushima | 10 km ENE | 8° | 1° | 71 mm |
| ShiroishiMiyagi | 23 km NNE | 8° | 1° | 77 mm |
| MarumoriMiyagi | 26 km ENE | 8° | 1° | 61 mm |
| NihommatsuFukushima | 27 km SSW | 8° | 0° | 63 mm |
| YamakiyaFukushima | 27 km SSE | 6° | -2° | 55 mm |