Climate averages 1991–2020
Scunthorpe weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Scunthorpe: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kingston upon Hull (28 km away). In December its highs average 7.1°C, about as warm as Scunthorpe, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Scunthorpe ranks joint 100th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Scunthorpe is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 48 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
Scunthorpe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 48 | 11.3 | 8.18 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 40 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 43 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 52 | 11.1 | 14.014 h |
| May | 15.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 10.9 | 15.916 h |
| June | 17.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 67 | 11.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 11.7 | 16.516 h |
| August | 20.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 67 | 11.1 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 58 | 11.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 56 | 11.2 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | 6.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 53 | 10.7 | 7.68 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
- Kingston upon Hull in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 28 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Doncaster in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Grimsby in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Lincoln, United Kingdom in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Rotherham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 60 mm rain
- York in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Barnsley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 55 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Wakefield in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 57 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 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 Scunthorpe) is explained once on the Scunthorpe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.