Climate averages 1991–2020
Fayetteville weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Fayetteville: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cary (83 km away). In December its highs average 11.2°C, 1.7°C cooler than Fayetteville, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fayetteville ranks joint 222nd of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 340th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Fayetteville is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 90 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
Fayetteville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 90 | 9.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 13.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 82 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 94 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 85 | 8.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 84 | 9.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 106 | 12.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 118 | 15.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 125 | 13.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 82 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 80 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 12.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 93 | 8.7 | 9.810 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
- Cary in DecemberUnited States · 83 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Raleigh in DecemberUnited States · 83 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Durham in DecemberUnited States · 105 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in DecemberUnited States · 125 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Greensboro in DecemberUnited States · 140 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 91 mm rain
- High Point in DecemberUnited States · 143 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Greenville in DecemberUnited States · 151 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in DecemberUnited States · 160 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 94 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 Fayetteville) is explained once on the Fayetteville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.