Climate averages 1991–2020
Montgomery weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Montgomery: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Columbus, United States (124 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Montgomery, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Montgomery ranks joint 144th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 430th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Montgomery is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 106 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
Montgomery climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 106 | 9.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 110 | 9.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 111 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 95 | 8.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 79 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 95 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 90 | 13.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 78 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 73 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 96 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 14.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 110 | 9.6 | 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
- Columbus, United States in DecemberUnited States · 124 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Hoover in DecemberUnited States · 125 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in DecemberUnited States · 137 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in DecemberUnited States · 151 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 129 mm rain
- South Fulton in DecemberUnited States · 204 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Albany (Georgia), United States in DecemberUnited States · 220 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Atlanta in DecemberUnited States · 235 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Mobile in DecemberUnited States · 249 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 115 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 Montgomery) is explained once on the Montgomery year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.