Climate averages 1991–2020
Canton (Michigan), United States weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Canton (Michigan), United States: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Westland (7 km away). In December its highs average 2.3°C, about as warm as Canton (Michigan), United States, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Canton (Michigan), United States ranks joint 431st of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 191st of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Canton (Michigan), United States is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 57 mm to 60 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
Canton (Michigan), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 60 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 1.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 52 | 8.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.9°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 64 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 90 | 11.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 95 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 92 | 10.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 83 | 11.1 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 82 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 68 | 8.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 67 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 66 | 8.9 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 2.4°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 57 | 8.8 | 9.29 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
- Westland in DecemberUnited States · 7 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -3.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Livonia in DecemberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -3.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Farmington Hills in DecemberUnited States · 21 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -4.1°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Ann Arbor in DecemberUnited States · 22 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Dearborn in DecemberUnited States · 25 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Southfield in DecemberUnited States · 28 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Detroit in DecemberUnited States · 36 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Troy in DecemberUnited States · 43 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 57 mm precipitation
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 Canton) is explained once on the Canton (Michigan), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Westland lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.