Climate averages 1991–2020
Meads weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Meads: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lexington (162 km away). In December its highs average 7.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Meads, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Meads ranks joint 286th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 354th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Meads is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 90 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
Meads climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 90 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 91 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 110 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 108 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 119 | 12.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 113 | 13.4 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 109 | 13.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 91 | 8.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 80 | 8.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 85 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 7.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 95 | 10.3 | 9.510 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
- Lexington in DecemberUnited States · 162 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Columbus in DecemberUnited States · 174 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Cincinnati in DecemberUnited States · 176 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Dayton in DecemberUnited States · 197 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Louisville in DecemberUnited States · 267 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Roanoke in DecemberUnited States · 274 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in DecemberUnited States · 289 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Knoxville in DecemberUnited States · 293 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.2°C · 117 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 Meads) is explained once on the Meads year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.