Climate averages 1991–2020

Tonghua weather
in December.

A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -5.6°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -17.0°C Night-time mean, December
Precipitation 19 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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December is a freezing month in Tonghua: daytime highs average -5.6°C and nights cool to about -17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 19 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 13 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Baishan (48 km away). In December its highs average -6.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Tonghua, with 21 mm of precipitation.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tonghua ranks 796th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 441st of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Tonghua is 13.1°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to -7.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 19 mm to 12 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tonghua climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tonghua, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -7.5°C-20.5°C-20.5°C123.19.510 h
February -3.1°C-16.5°C-16.5°C204.410.611 h
March 4.4°C-7.2°C-7.2°C356.811.912 h
April 13.2°C1.0°C1.0°C619.213.313 h
May 19.5°C7.6°C7.6°C9012.314.515 h
June 24.0°C14.0°C14.0°C11914.215.115 h
July 26.3°C18.2°C18.2°C20117.314.915 h
August 25.7°C17.4°C17.4°C20114.713.914 h
September 21.1°C10.7°C10.7°C778.512.513 h
October 13.1°C2.4°C2.4°C558.311.111 h
November 3.0°C-6.0°C-6.0°C458.19.910 h
December, selected -5.6°C-17.0°C-17.0°C194.89.29 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

Distance from Tonghua

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tonghua) is explained once on the Tonghua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.