Climate averages 1991–2020
Norton weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Norton: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (38 km away). In December its highs average 25.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Norton, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Norton ranks joint 7th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 26.4°C; Norton is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 192 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
Norton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 192 | 19.0 | 13.113 h |
| February | 25.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 126 | 14.4 | 12.713 h |
| March | 25.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 80 | 10.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 26 | 4.1 | 11.712 h |
| May | 23.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 6.5 | 1.2 | 11.311 h |
| June | 21.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.111 h |
| July | 21.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| August | 24.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| September | 27.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 26 | 4.2 | 12.512 h |
| November | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 87 | 12.6 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 171 | 19.2 | 13.213 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
- Harare in DecemberZimbabwe · 38 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in DecemberZimbabwe · 42 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Ruwa in DecemberZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 193 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in DecemberZimbabwe · 78 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 174 mm rain
- Kadoma in DecemberZimbabwe · 97 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Kwekwe in DecemberZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Gweru in DecemberZimbabwe · 197 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Mutare in DecemberZimbabwe · 241 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 203 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 Norton) is explained once on the Norton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.