Russia · 1991–2020 normal
Tiksi in
December.
Typical December weather in Tiksi: -24.7°C by day, -31.5°C at night, 39 mm of rain over 6.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-24.7°C
Typical low-31.5°C
Rain39 mm
Wet days6.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 38). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 71.69°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.3°C (19 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 71.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is none. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -31.5°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -31.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2015306
- NOAA station
- RSM00021824 · TIKSI
- Station distance
- 12.5 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 30 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.