Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Sisimiut in
December.
Typical December weather in Sisimiut: -4.4°C by day, -9.7°C at night, 56 mm of rain over 12.3 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-4.4°C
Typical low-9.7°C
Rain56 mm
Wet days12.3
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 42). Daylight is calculated as 1 h 49 from latitude 66.94°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.2°C (8 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 66.9° the calculated mid-month daylight is 1 h 49. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -9.7°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -9.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3419842
- NOAA station
- GLE00147061 · MITT. SISIMIUT
- Station distance
- 2.2 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 17 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.