Climate averages 1991–2020
Lynchburg weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Lynchburg: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roanoke (72 km away). In December its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Lynchburg, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lynchburg ranks 275th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 360th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Lynchburg is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 7.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 94 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
Lynchburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 94 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 12.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 104 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 86 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 9.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 96 | 8.3 | 9.610 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
- Roanoke in DecemberUnited States · 72 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Richmond in DecemberUnited States · 149 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Durham in DecemberUnited States · 159 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Greensboro in DecemberUnited States · 160 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in DecemberUnited States · 176 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.0°C · 93 mm rain
- High Point in DecemberUnited States · 179 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Cary in DecemberUnited States · 183 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Raleigh in DecemberUnited States · 188 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 90 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 Lynchburg) is explained once on the Lynchburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.