Average temperature in December is -8 °C
Average daytime temperature is -6.2 °C
Average night temperature is -9.7 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 2 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -17 °C
Number of sunny days: 5
Number of rainy days: 7
Number of snow days: 19
Precipitation sum: 59 mm
* Weather data for Petrozavodsk Russia is based on climate observations for 2023 year
December (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Maximum temperature | -4 | -6.1 | -6.1 | -6.5 | -10.7 | -13.1 | -9.2 | -10.9 | -14.8 | -13.3 | -8.7 | -7.2 | -5.9 | -8.7 | -7.9 | -4.5 | 1.9 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | -1.5 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | -0.9 | -4.7 | -6.1 | -6 | -6.6 | -10 | -13.1 |
Apparent max temperature | -8.8 | -10 | -10.9 | -11.6 | -15.2 | -17.3 | -12.8 | -15.2 | -20.8 | -18.7 | -13.8 | -11.6 | -10.9 | -13.8 | -12.5 | -11 | -4.1 | -5.7 | -3.6 | -5.8 | -6.1 | -4.7 | -3.1 | -3.8 | -5.1 | -8.5 | -10.8 | -10.9 | -11.1 | -15.3 | -18.7 |
Mean temperature | -5.5 | -8.4 | -9.6 | -8.9 | -13 | -14.7 | -11 | -13.6 | -15.9 | -14.5 | -12.1 | -8.1 | -7.2 | -9.5 | -9.6 | -9.3 | -0.7 | -2.2 | 0.5 | -0.6 | -2.9 | -1.7 | 0 | -0.5 | -3.6 | -7 | -7.3 | -6.9 | -8.6 | -11.9 | -14.7 |
Apparent mean temperature | -15.6 | -14.5 | -16.5 | -15.7 | -19.6 | -21.6 | -18.7 | -21.5 | -23.3 | -23.4 | -20.8 | -15.2 | -13.9 | -15.6 | -15.5 | -17.3 | -9.8 | -9.1 | -6.6 | -8.1 | -8.5 | -9 | -6.9 | -6.1 | -14.4 | -13.2 | -12.9 | -13 | -15 | -18.3 | -22 |
Minimum temperature | -10.9 | -10.3 | -12.2 | -11.2 | -14.9 | -16.7 | -14.8 | -15.4 | -16.9 | -17 | -15.1 | -10.1 | -8.7 | -10.5 | -10.7 | -12 | -3.3 | -3.2 | -1.1 | -1.6 | -3.9 | -3.1 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -9.7 | -8.8 | -8.5 | -8.5 | -10.9 | -12.8 | -16.6 |
Apparent min temperature | -10.5 | -12.5 | -14 | -13.1 | -17.7 | -19.2 | -14.9 | -18.9 | -22.2 | -20.6 | -17.5 | -12.7 | -12.3 | -14.5 | -14.2 | -14.6 | -6.7 | -8.2 | -5 | -6.9 | -7.1 | -7 | -5 | -4.6 | -7.9 | -10.9 | -11.9 | -11.8 | -13 | -17.3 | -20.4 |
December | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Daylight duration (h) | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
Sunshine duration (h) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Precipitation (mm) | 5.5 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
Precipitation hours | 17 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
Wind speed (m/s) | 19.8 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 14.3 | 8.6 | 8 | 5.6 | 17.1 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 15.9 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 25.1 | 28 | 26.7 | 31.6 | 32.7 | 13.9 | 27.9 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 8 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15 | 16.6 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Petrozavodsk was 2°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -17°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Petrozavodsk are -9.7°C and -6.2°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 59 mm.