Sāl Weather in December
Sāl in December
The short of it: Sāl in December averages a high of 16 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 7° · rain 81 mm · daylight 10 h 1 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & November
Thirty years of records give Sāl an average December high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 81 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from November to about 16°, with nights near 7°. Wet spells are common — about 81 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 1 min in mid-December, 25 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 April and November.
Against its neighbours, Sāl runs cooler than most and about as wet in December. Irbid, 6 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Sāl, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 37 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h