Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Aasiaat in
December.
Typical December weather in Aasiaat: -5°C by day, -10.6°C at night, 38 mm of rain over 12.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-5°C
Typical low-10.6°C
Rain38 mm
Wet days12.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 33). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 68.71°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.0°C (9 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 68.7° 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 -10.6°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -10.6°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3424901
- NOAA station
- GLM00004220 · AASIAAT (EGEDESMINDE)
- Station distance
- 1.1 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 23 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.