Shimotsuke Weather in December
Shimotsuke in December
The short of it: Shimotsuke in December averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of -0 °C (32 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 9 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 0° · rain 51 mm · daylight 9 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & May
December in Shimotsuke brings afternoons near 11° and nights around 0°, with about 51 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 5° against November, to near 11°; nights run about 0°. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 41 min in mid-December, 29 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and May.
Against its neighbours, Shimotsuke runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Tochigi, 12 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Shimotsuke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 15 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h