Climate averages 1991–2020
Midland weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Midland: daytime highs average 14.5°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odessa (32 km away). In December its highs average 14.6°C, about as warm as Midland, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Midland ranks joint 147th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 31st of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Midland is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 22 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
Midland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 22 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 33 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 4.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 57 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 38 | 6.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 33 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 39 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 46 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 40 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 26 | 3.5 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 14.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 3.7 | 10.110 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
- Odessa in DecemberUnited States · 32 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 24 mm rain
- San Angelo in DecemberUnited States · 166 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Lubbock in DecemberUnited States · 177 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Abilene in DecemberUnited States · 226 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Ciudad Acuña in DecemberMexico · 316 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Amarillo in DecemberUnited States · 359 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low -1.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Piedras Negras in DecemberMexico · 396 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in DecemberUnited States · 397 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 48 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 Midland) is explained once on the Midland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.