Lancing Weather in December
Lancing in December
The short of it: Lancing in December averages a high of 8 °C (47 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 96 mm (3.8 in) of rain and about 7 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 2° · rain 96 mm · daylight 7 h 58 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Lancing an average December high of 8°, a low of 2° and some 96 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 8°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 96 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 7 h 58 min in mid-December, 53 minutes less than a month before.
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 May and July.
Against its neighbours, Lancing runs cooler than most and about as wet in December. Worthing, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Lancing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 22 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WorthingEngland | 4 km WSW | 8° | 2° | 92 mm |
| HoveEngland | 11 km E | 9° | 3° | 102 mm |
| BrightonEngland | 13 km E | 9° | 3° | 105 mm |
| LittlehamptonEngland | 15 km W | 9° | 3° | 85 mm |
| Bognor RegisEngland | 26 km WSW | 9° | 3° | 93 mm |
| HorshamEngland | 26 km N | 8° | 2° | 90 mm |
| CrawleyEngland | 33 km NNE | 8° | 2° | 93 mm |
| EastbourneEngland | 43 km E | 9° | 5° | 96 mm |