United States · 1991–2020 normal
Gateway in
December.
Typical December weather in Gateway: -3.9°C by day, -12.3°C at night, 28 mm of rain over 5.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-3.9°C
Typical low-12.3°C
Rain28 mm
Wet days5.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 72). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 22 from latitude 61.57°.
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 61.6° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 22. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -12.3°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -12.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5862727
- NOAA station
- USC00505733 · MATANUSKA EXP FARM
- Station distance
- 1 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.