Time Weather in December
Time in December
The short of it: Time in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 144 mm (5.7 in) of rain and about 6 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 0° · rain 144 mm · daylight 6 h 17 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Time an average December high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 144 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 144 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 6 h 17 min in mid-December, 80 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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Time runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Lyefjell, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
December in Time, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 6 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h