United States · 1991–2020 normal
Orchard Mesa in
December.
Typical December weather in Orchard Mesa: 4.5°C by day, -6.7°C at night, 12 mm of rain over 3.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high4.5°C
Typical low-6.7°C
Rain12 mm
Wet days3.1
Comfort score 5 this month (May leads the year at 87). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 26 from latitude 39.05°.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -6.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5433549
- NOAA station
- USC00053489 · GRAND JUNCTION 6ESE
- Station distance
- 5.4 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.