Sweden · 1991–2020 normal
Kiruna in
December.
Typical December weather in Kiruna: -5.7°C by day, -16°C at night, 27 mm of rain over 7.5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-5.7°C
Typical low-16°C
Rain27 mm
Wet days7.5
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 50). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 67.86°.
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 67.9° the calculated mid-month daylight is none. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -16°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -16°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 605155
- NOAA station
- SWE00140926 · RENSJON_A
- Station distance
- 28.7 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 25 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.