Russia · 1991–2020 normal

Pechenga in
December.

Typical December weather in Pechenga: -0.6°C by day, -5.3°C at night, 40 mm of rain over 12 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-0.6°C
Typical low-5.3°C
Rain40 mm
Wet days12

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 48). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 69.53°. Open-water sea temperature is 5.0°C (39 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in December

At 69.5° 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 -5.3°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in December

The measured night-time normal is -5.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 511865
NOAA station
RSM00022003 · VAJDA-GUBA
Station distance
54.7 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.