Norway · 1991–2020 normal

Lena in
December.

Typical December weather in Lena: -0.6°C by day, -6.3°C at night, 49 mm of rain over 10.6 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-0.6°C
Typical low-6.3°C
Rain49 mm
Wet days10.6

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 72). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 42 from latitude 60.67°.

Event window

Long northern nights in December

At 60.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 42. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -6.3°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in December

The measured night-time normal is -6.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 3147763
NOAA station
NOE00110119 · OSTRE TOTEN - APELSVOLL
Station distance
4.1 km from the place centre
Coverage
Good coverage · 22 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.