Ōtake Weather in December
Ōtake in December
The short of it: Ōtake in December averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 9 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 4° · rain 60 mm · daylight 9 h 53 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Ōtake an average December high of 12°, a low of 4° and some 60 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from November to about 12°, with nights near 4°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 53 min in mid-December, 27 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and October.
Against its neighbours, Ōtake runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Waki, 1 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Ōtake, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 24 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h