Climate averages 1991–2020
High Point weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in High Point: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Greensboro (23 km away). In December its highs average 10.1°C, about as warm as High Point, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, High Point ranks joint 258th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 345th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; High Point is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 95 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
High Point climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 95 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 110 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 91 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 87 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 98 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 14.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 99 | 12.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 105 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 82 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 84 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 10.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 94 | 9.0 | 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
- Greensboro in DecemberUnited States · 23 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in DecemberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in DecemberUnited States · 80 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Durham in DecemberUnited States · 100 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Charlotte in DecemberUnited States · 111 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Cary in DecemberUnited States · 112 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Raleigh in DecemberUnited States · 125 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Gastonia in DecemberUnited States · 132 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 101 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 High Point) is explained once on the High Point year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.