Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint Peters weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Saint Peters: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Southend-on-Sea (52 km away). In December its highs average 7.7°C, about as warm as Saint Peters, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Saint Peters ranks joint 18th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 111th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Saint Peters is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 73 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
Saint Peters climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 73 | 13.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 58 | 11.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 42 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 14.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 49 | 9.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 17.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 51 | 9.4 | 16.517 h |
| July | 20.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 54 | 9.8 | 16.116 h |
| August | 20.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 62 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 60 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 86 | 13.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 89 | 15.0 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | 7.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 84 | 14.2 | 8.08 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
- Southend-on-Sea in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 52 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Calais in DecemberFrance · 55 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 4.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Gillingham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 60 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Maidstone in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 64 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Colchester in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 68 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Basildon in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 70 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Dunkirk in DecemberFrance · 76 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Grays in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 77 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 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 Saint Peters) is explained once on the Saint Peters year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.