Weather in Halifax in December 2024
Average weather
Average temperature in Halifax in December
The temperature in December is +5°C on average, with a range between a maximum of +13°C during the day and a minimum of -8°C at night.
The average maximum temperature goes down 43% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +10°C to +1°C.
Is Halifax warm or cold in December?
Halifax is typically cool in December.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +9°C to +3°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +3°C to -3°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
December is one of the coolest months in Halifax, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Halifax in December
| November | December | January | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +9°C | +3°C | 0°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -11°C | -23°C | -26°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +21°C | +15°C | +15°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 128 mm | 102 mm | 67 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 4 m/s | 4 m/s | 5 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 81% | 81% | 80% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1015 HPa | 1013 HPa | 1012 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 13 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +9°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +3°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 128 mm to 102 mm. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 81%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 4 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 2 sunny days during the month.
January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 9 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Halifax is gradually decreasing during December, going from 5 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
Here’s how December is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last December in Halifax?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Halifax in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+10°C) and the highest in 2022 (+13°C). The driest year was 2001 with only 590 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2023 with 1951 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Halifax, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.