Shima Weather in December
Shima in December
The short of it: Shima in December averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 89 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 9 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 4° · rain 89 mm · daylight 9 h 52 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Shima an average December high of 13°, a low of 4° and some 89 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 13°, with nights near 4°. Wet spells are common — about 89 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 52 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Shima runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Minamiise, 12 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Shima, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 47 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h