Climate averages 1991–2020
Grande Prairie weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Grande Prairie: daytime highs average -6.9°C and nights cool to about -14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prince George (290 km away). In December its highs average -3.1°C, 3.9°C warmer than Grande Prairie, with 46 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Grande Prairie ranks 83rd of 86 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 86 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 86 cities is 0.2°C; Grande Prairie is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to -8.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 22 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Grande Prairie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.1°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 28 | 7.7 | 7.88 h |
| February | -4.7°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 16 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
| March | 0.3°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 25 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 40 | 7.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 19.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 73 | 11.3 | 17.317 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 40 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 35 | 7.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | -1.5°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 31 | 8.3 | 8.48 h |
| December, selected | -6.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 22 | 6.2 | 7.37 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Prince George in DecemberCanada · 290 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -9.5°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Edmonton in DecemberCanada · 389 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -15.0°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sherwood Park in DecemberCanada · 400 kmHigh -7.1°C · Low -15.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in DecemberCanada · 460 kmHigh -5.1°C · Low -14.2°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in DecemberCanada · 511 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Airdrie in DecemberCanada · 534 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -12.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Calgary in DecemberCanada · 555 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -12.5°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in DecemberCanada · 589 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.1°C · 66 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Grande Prairie) is explained once on the Grande Prairie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.