United States · 1991–2020 normal
Palmer in
December.
Typical December weather in Palmer: -3.7°C by day, -11.3°C at night, 22 mm of rain over 4.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-3.7°C
Typical low-11.3°C
Rain22 mm
Wet days4.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 73). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 22 from latitude 61.60°.
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 -11.3°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -11.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5871146
- NOAA station
- USW00025331 · PALMER AP
- Station distance
- 1.3 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.