Ilūkste Weather in December
Ilūkste in December
The short of it: Ilūkste in December averages a high of -0 °C (31 °F) and a low of -4 °C (25 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 6 h 59 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 0° · low -4° · rain 44 mm · daylight 6 h 59 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Ilūkste an average December high of 0°, a low of -4° and some 44 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 0°, with nights near -4°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 8th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 6 h 59 min in mid-December, 68 minutes less than a month before. Lanterns are lit by mid-afternoon.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Ilūkste runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Daugavpils, 18 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
December in Ilūkste, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 6 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h