Climate averages 1991–2020
Cleveland weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Cleveland: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parma, United States (11 km away). In December its highs average 3.3°C, about as warm as Cleveland, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Cleveland 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; Cleveland is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 81 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
Cleveland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 81 | 12.9 | 9.510 h |
| February | 1.7°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 66 | 10.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 6.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 84 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 104 | 13.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 97 | 13.6 | 14.514 h |
| June | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 112 | 13.2 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 99 | 12.1 | 14.915 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 88 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 85 | 10.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 87 | 11.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 87 | 12.4 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 81 | 12.6 | 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
- Parma, United States in DecemberUnited States · 11 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Akron in DecemberUnited States · 49 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in DecemberUnited States · 82 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Detroit in DecemberUnited States · 145 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Erie in DecemberUnited States · 151 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Dearborn in DecemberUnited States · 153 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Warren in DecemberUnited States · 155 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in DecemberUnited States · 156 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 63 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 Cleveland) is explained once on the Cleveland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Parma, United States lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.