Climate averages 1991–2020
Abilene weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Abilene: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Angelo (128 km away). In December its highs average 15.4°C, 1.1°C warmer than Abilene, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Abilene ranks joint 152nd of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 66th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Abilene is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 31 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
Abilene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 39 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 50 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 55 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 75 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 39 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 58 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 41 | 4.0 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 14.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 35 | 4.3 | 10.110 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
- San Angelo in DecemberUnited States · 128 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in DecemberUnited States · 200 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Midland in DecemberUnited States · 226 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Fort Worth in DecemberUnited States · 228 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Lubbock in DecemberUnited States · 234 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Killeen in DecemberUnited States · 241 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in DecemberUnited States · 248 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Flower Mound in DecemberUnited States · 254 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 85 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 Abilene) is explained once on the Abilene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.