Sweden · 1991–2020 normal
Gällivare in
December.
Typical December weather in Gällivare: -6.1°C by day, -15.2°C at night, 43 mm of rain over 10.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-6.1°C
Typical low-15.2°C
Rain43 mm
Wet days10.1
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 57). Daylight is calculated as 1 h 29 from latitude 67.13°.
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 67.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 1 h 29. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -15.2°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -15.2°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 606086
- NOAA station
- SWE00140828 · GALLIVARE_A
- Station distance
- 0.7 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 26 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.