Climate averages 1991–2020
Akron weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Akron: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Canton (Ohio), United States (34 km away). In December its highs average 3.7°C, about as warm as Akron, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Akron ranks joint 407th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 281st of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Akron is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 1.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 81 mm to 80 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Akron climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 80 | 11.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 66 | 10.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.1°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 92 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 109 | 13.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 103 | 13.8 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 106 | 12.5 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 89 | 12.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 84 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 88 | 9.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 82 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 80 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 3.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 81 | 10.8 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Canton (Ohio), United States in DecemberUnited States · 34 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Parma, United States in DecemberUnited States · 40 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Cleveland in DecemberUnited States · 49 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Pittsburgh in DecemberUnited States · 147 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Erie in DecemberUnited States · 167 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Columbus in DecemberUnited States · 177 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in DecemberUnited States · 182 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Detroit in DecemberUnited States · 188 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.4°C · 62 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 Akron) is explained once on the Akron year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.