Altar Weather in December
Altar in December
The short of it: Altar in December averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 10 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 4° · rain 19 mm · daylight 10 h 10 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Altar an average December high of 22°, a low of 4° and some 19 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Altar: highs scarcely reach 22°, nights fall to 4°. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 10 min in mid-December, 23 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates December 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Altar runs about middling and wetter than most in December. Pitiquito, 21 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Altar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PitiquitoSonora | 21 km WSW | 22° | 4° | 18 mm |
| ÁtilSonora | 28 km ENE | 22° | 4° | 24 mm |
| Heroica CaborcaSonora | 31 km W | 22° | 4° | 18 mm |
| TrincherasSonora | 46 km SE | 22° | 3° | 15 mm |
| La AlmitaSonora | 57 km W | 22° | 4° | 16 mm |
| Siempre VivaSonora | 59 km W | 22° | 4° | 16 mm |
| SáricSonora | 61 km NE | 21° | 3° | 30 mm |
| El ClaroSonora | 68 km ESE | 22° | 3° | 20 mm |