United States · 1991–2020 normal

Washington in
December.

Typical December weather in Washington: 7°C by day, -2°C at night, 86 mm of rain over 5.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high7°C
Typical low-2°C
Rain86 mm
Wet days5.8

Comfort score 5 this month (September leads the year at 78). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 29 from latitude 38.66°.

Event window

Frost-level nights in December

The measured night-time normal is -2°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 4266586
NOAA station
USC00129253 · WASHINGTON 1 W
Station distance
2.5 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.