Climate averages 1991–2020
Pickering weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Pickering: daytime highs average 1.0°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ajax (10 km away). In December its highs average 1.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pickering, with 87 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Pickering ranks 43rd of 86 for the warmest December highs and joint 25th of 86 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 86 cities is 0.2°C; Pickering is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.2°C to -2.2°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 62 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
Pickering climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 62 | 10.4 | 9.39 h |
| February | -1.7°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 50 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 59 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 82 | 11.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 16.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 82 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 21.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 93 | 11.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 24.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 88 | 10.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 84 | 10.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 78 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 81 | 11.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.5°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 1.0°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 62 | 10.4 | 9.09 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
- Ajax in DecemberCanada · 10 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.0°C · 87 mm precipitation
- Markham in DecemberCanada · 11 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 81 mm precipitation
- Whitby in DecemberCanada · 16 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 65 mm precipitation
- Oshawa in DecemberCanada · 23 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 67 mm precipitation
- Richmond Hill in DecemberCanada · 25 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.3°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Thornhill in DecemberCanada · 25 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.0°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Vaughan in DecemberCanada · 30 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -4.8°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Toronto in DecemberCanada · 30 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -3.4°C · 61 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 Pickering) is explained once on the Pickering year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.