Climate averages 1991–2020
Evansville weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Evansville: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloomington (Indiana), United States (160 km away). In December its highs average 5.2°C, 1.9°C cooler than Evansville, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Evansville ranks joint 299th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 389th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Evansville is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 94 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
Evansville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 94 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.8°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 85 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 111 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 130 | 12.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 123 | 13.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 98 | 11.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 76 | 8.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 82 | 7.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 90 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 95 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 7.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 102 | 10.2 | 9.610 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
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in DecemberUnited States · 160 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Louisville in DecemberUnited States · 160 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Clarksville in DecemberUnited States · 162 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Nashville in DecemberUnited States · 212 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Indianapolis in DecemberUnited States · 233 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Franklin in DecemberUnited States · 236 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Decatur in DecemberUnited States · 240 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.1°C · 63 mm rain
- St. Louis in DecemberUnited States · 242 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 65 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 Evansville) is explained once on the Evansville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.