Climate averages 1991–2020
Carlisle weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Carlisle: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle upon Tyne (85 km away). In December its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Carlisle, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Carlisle ranks 136th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 126th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Carlisle is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Carlisle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 95 | 14.9 | 7.98 h |
| February | 6.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 82 | 13.4 | 9.610 h |
| March | 8.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 69 | 13.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 66 | 13.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 14.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 69 | 13.3 | 16.116 h |
| June | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 77 | 13.9 | 17.217 h |
| July | 18.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 15.3 | 16.717 h |
| August | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 88 | 15.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 70 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 90 | 14.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 89 | 14.9 | 8.58 h |
| December, selected | 6.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 100 | 14.8 | 7.37 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Newcastle upon Tyne in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 85 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 59 mm rain
- South Shields in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 97 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Darlington in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 98 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Sunderland in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 99 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Stockton-on-Tees in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 110 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Hartlepool in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 113 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Middlesbrough in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 115 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Fylde in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 118 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 139 mm rain
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 Carlisle) is explained once on the Carlisle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.