Sweden · 1991–2020 normal
Piteå in
December.
Typical December weather in Piteå: -2.6°C by day, -9.4°C at night, 58 mm of rain over 10.3 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-2.6°C
Typical low-9.4°C
Rain58 mm
Wet days10.3
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 73). Daylight is calculated as 3 h 27 from latitude 65.32°. Open-water sea temperature is 2.1°C (19 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 65.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is 3 h 27. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -9.4°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -9.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 603570
- NOAA station
- SWE00140492 · PITEA
- Station distance
- 0.6 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 29 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.