Kainuk Weather in December
Kainuk in December
The short of it: Kainuk in December averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 18° · rain 35 mm · daylight 12 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & December
Thirty years of records give Kainuk an average December high of 31°, a low of 18° and some 35 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 35 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 1 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and December.
Against its neighbours, Kainuk runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Amudat, 65 km to the WNW, is 3° cooler by day.
December in Kainuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 1° warmer, 16 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmudatNorthern Region | 65 km WNW | 28° | 15° | 47 mm |
| LokicharTurkana County | 69 km NNE | 33° | 19° | 28 mm |
| MakutanoWest Pokot County | 73 km SW | 24° | 11° | 46 mm |
| KapenguriaWest Pokot County | 74 km SW | 25° | 11° | 48 mm |
| KapsowarElegeyo-Marakwet | 89 km S | 22° | 11° | 78 mm |
| KitaleTrans Nzoia | 101 km SSW | 26° | 12° | 48 mm |
| Moi‘s BridgeUasin Gishu County | 109 km SSW | 26° | 12° | 47 mm |
| MatundaUasin Gishu County | 111 km SSW | 25° | 12° | 46 mm |