United States · 1991–2020 normal
Valdez in
December.
Typical December weather in Valdez: -1.2°C by day, -6.2°C at night, 181 mm of rain over 14.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-1.2°C
Typical low-6.2°C
Rain181 mm
Wet days14.8
Comfort score 5 this month (June leads the year at 53). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 32 from latitude 61.13°. Open-water sea temperature is 5.9°C (40 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 61.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 32. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -6.2°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -6.2°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5877389
- NOAA station
- USW00026442 · VALDEZ WSO
- Station distance
- 0.2 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.