Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalamazoo weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kalamazoo: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wyoming (70 km away). In December its highs average 1.9°C, about as warm as Kalamazoo, with 60 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Kalamazoo ranks joint 447th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 234th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Kalamazoo is 8.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.9°C to -0.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 63 mm to 70 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
Kalamazoo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.8°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 70 | 11.3 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.8°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 56 | 8.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 68 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 111 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 110 | 11.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 101 | 11.3 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 97 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 79 | 9.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 87 | 11.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 71 | 10.1 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 2.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 63 | 11.1 | 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
- Wyoming in DecemberUnited States · 70 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -3.8°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Grand Rapids in DecemberUnited States · 75 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -3.8°C · 60 mm precipitation
- South Bend in DecemberUnited States · 87 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -3.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Lansing in DecemberUnited States · 98 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 56 mm precipitation
- Fort Wayne in DecemberUnited States · 135 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in DecemberUnited States · 152 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Gary in DecemberUnited States · 165 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -2.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Canton (Michigan), United States in DecemberUnited States · 173 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -4.0°C · 57 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 Kalamazoo) is explained once on the Kalamazoo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.