Ripon Weather in December
Ripon in December
The short of it: Ripon in December averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 68 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 7 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 2° · rain 68 mm · daylight 7 h 22 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
December in Ripon brings afternoons near 7° and nights around 2°, with about 68 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 7°, nights near 2°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 68 mm.
The sun is up for about 7 h 22 min in mid-December, 62 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Ripon runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Harrogate, 16 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
December in Ripon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h