United States · 1991–2020 normal
Sutton-Alpine in
December.
Typical December weather in Sutton-Alpine: -4.7°C by day, -12.3°C at night, 31 mm of rain over 5.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-4.7°C
Typical low-12.3°C
Rain31 mm
Wet days5.8
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 64). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 19 from latitude 61.71°.
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 61.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 19. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -12.3°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -12.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 7263016
- NOAA station
- USC00508915 · SUTTON 1 W
- Station distance
- 0.9 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 20 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.