Leknes Weather in December
Leknes in December
The short of it: Leknes in December averages a high of 5 °C (40 °F) and a low of -0 °C (31 °F), with 226 mm (8.9 in) of rain and about none — polar night of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 0° · rain 226 mm · daylight none — polar night
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Leknes an average December high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 226 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 226 mm. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about none — polar night in mid-December, 276 minutes less than a month before. Lanterns are lit by mid-afternoon.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Leknes runs about middling and wetter than most in December. Gravdal, 4 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
December in Leknes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 2° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- none — polar night
- Average wind
- 23 km/h