Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Lauderdale weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Fort Lauderdale: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Davie (11 km away). In December its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Fort Lauderdale, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Lauderdale ranks joint 14th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 82nd of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Fort Lauderdale is 13.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 49 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
Fort Lauderdale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 49 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 40 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 24.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 53 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 62 | 8.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 105 | 12.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 174 | 21.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 133 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 163 | 23.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 172 | 22.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 122 | 14.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 55 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 24.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 41 | 8.0 | 10.511 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
- Davie in DecemberUnited States · 11 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Pompano Beach in DecemberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Pembroke Pines in DecemberUnited States · 16 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Coral Springs in DecemberUnited States · 21 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Deerfield Beach in DecemberUnited States · 22 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Miami Gardens in DecemberUnited States · 22 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Boca Raton in DecemberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Hialeah in DecemberUnited States · 32 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 39 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 Fort Lauderdale) is explained once on the Fort Lauderdale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pembroke Pines, Miami Gardens and Davie lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.