Russia · 1991–2020 normal
Khatanga in
December.
Typical December weather in Khatanga: -25.4°C by day, -32.8°C at night, 16 mm of rain over 5.5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-25.4°C
Typical low-32.8°C
Rain16 mm
Wet days5.5
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 62). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 71.98°.
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 72.0° 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 -32.8°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -32.8°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2022572
- NOAA station
- RSM00020891 · HATANGA
- Station distance
- 0.4 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 28 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.