Weather in Haugesund in December 2024
- December is usually the wettest month of the year in Haugesund;
Average weather
Average temperature in Haugesund in December
Going from a maximum of +11°C during the day to a minimum of -5°C during the night, the temperature in December averages around +5°C.
The average maximum temperature goes up 44% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from -1°C to +6°C.
Is Haugesund warm or cold in December?
Haugesund is typically cool in December.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +8°C to +5°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +4°C to +2°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
December is one of the coolest months in Haugesund, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Haugesund in December
| November | December | January | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +8°C | +5°C | +4°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -10°C | -13°C | -16°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +15°C | +12°C | +11°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 197 mm | 181 mm | 162 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 5 m/s | 5 m/s | 6 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 82% | 83% | 82% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1008 HPa | 1007 HPa | 1008 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 20 | 18 | 16 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
December weather is still as bad as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +8°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +5°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 197 mm to 181 mm. Humidity rises from 82% to 83%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 5 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 bad.
Wind
The average wind speed is 6 m/s getting up to 12 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Haugesund is gradually increasing during December, going from 2 m/s to 10 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 Haugesund?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Haugesund in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1979 (+8°C) and the highest in 2014 (+12°C). The driest year was 2010 with only 1233 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2020 with 2408 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Haugesund, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
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.