Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Qaqortoq in
December.
Typical December weather in Qaqortoq: -1°C by day, -6.3°C at night, 101 mm of rain over 9.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-1°C
Typical low-6.3°C
Rain101 mm
Wet days9.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 27). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 41 from latitude 60.72°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.8°C (12 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 60.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 41. 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 3420846
- NOAA station
- GLE00147301 · QAQORTOQ
- Station distance
- 0.8 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 27 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.