Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubbock weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Lubbock: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Midland (177 km away). In December its highs average 14.5°C, 2.1°C warmer than Lubbock, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lubbock ranks joint 229th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 29th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Lubbock is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 21 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
Lubbock climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 21 | 3.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 24 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 40 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 56 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 33.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 32 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 43 | 6.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 52 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 5.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 3.7 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 12.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 23 | 3.4 | 10.010 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
- Midland in DecemberUnited States · 177 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Amarillo in DecemberUnited States · 183 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low -1.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Odessa in DecemberUnited States · 198 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Abilene in DecemberUnited States · 234 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 35 mm rain
- San Angelo in DecemberUnited States · 270 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in DecemberUnited States · 313 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Lawton in DecemberUnited States · 339 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Fort Worth in DecemberUnited States · 433 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 78 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 Lubbock) is explained once on the Lubbock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.