Climate averages 1991–2020
Northampton weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Northampton: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Milton Keynes (25 km away). In December its highs average 6.9°C, about as warm as Northampton, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Northampton ranks joint 88th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 20th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Northampton is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 52 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
Northampton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 52 | 11.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 7.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 42 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 45 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 52 | 11.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 57 | 10.8 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 60 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 20.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 61 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 54 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 62 | 11.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 59 | 11.2 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | 6.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 57 | 11.0 | 7.88 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
- Milton Keynes in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Rugby in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Bedford in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Coventry in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Leicester in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Aylesbury in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Nuneaton in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Luton in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 52 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.4°C · 55 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 Northampton) is explained once on the Northampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.