Average temperature in December is 4.4 °C
Average daytime temperature is 9.3 °C
Average night temperature is 0.7 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 18 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -4.7 °C
Number of sunny days: 11
Number of rainy days: 17
Number of snow days: 3
Precipitation sum: 60 mm
* Weather data for Shirakawa Japan 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 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 18 | 10 | 13.5 | 8 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 16.6 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| Apparent max temperature | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 16.3 | 7.6 | 11.7 | 3 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 17.1 | -0.2 | -3.2 | 2.8 | 5 | 3.5 | -0.7 | -2.1 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | -0.5 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 7.9 |
| Mean temperature | 3.8 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 1.1 | -0.6 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.2 | -0.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 5 | 6.5 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -4.9 | -5.6 | -0.7 | -5.6 | -0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -1 | 0 | 4.1 | 4.9 | -2 | -2 | -0.6 | 2.8 | -4.5 | -5.5 | -6.3 | -5.2 | -5.5 | -9.2 | -7.7 | -5 | -6.4 | -3.7 | -3.3 | -8.4 | -6.7 | -2.3 | -2.6 | -2.2 |
| Minimum temperature | -1.6 | -2.2 | 4.4 | -2.5 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 3.5 | -0.8 | -2.3 | -2.1 | -1.1 | -4.7 | -2.9 | -1.1 | -2.9 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -4.2 | -2.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.5 |
| Apparent min temperature | 0.5 | -1.2 | 1.5 | -0.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 6 | 7.3 | -3.2 | -4.6 | -1.7 | -0.2 | -3.4 | -4.7 | -3.4 | -2.2 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -3.6 | -2.3 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 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) | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.1 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 0 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 8 | 5.6 | 8 | 4.4 | 8 | 6.1 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0.3 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 8 | 0.1 | 0 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
| Precipitation hours | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 12.3 | 16.4 | 26 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 14.7 | 37.3 | 13 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 9.7 | 15 | 45.3 | 22.7 | 11.8 | 8.1 | 18.8 | 25.2 | 23 | 12.6 | 19.4 | 9.1 | 16.4 | 17.4 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 28.2 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Shirakawa was 18°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -4.7°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Shirakawa are 0.7°C and 9.3°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 60 mm.