Average temperature in December is 4.7 °C
Average daytime temperature is 7 °C
Average night temperature is 2.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 11.7 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -4.3 °C
Number of sunny days: 4
Number of rainy days: 26
Number of snow days: 1
Precipitation sum: 151 mm
* Weather data for Glenrothes United Kingdom 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 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 11 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 7 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 7.4 | 11 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 9 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Apparent max temperature | -2.3 | -2.8 | -2.7 | -0.6 | -1 | -2.3 | 0.7 | 4 | 4.7 | 4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 9 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| Mean temperature | -2.5 | -2.2 | -0.6 | 2.2 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 8 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 6 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 5 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -7.4 | -7.7 | -5.7 | -4.1 | -5.2 | -5.4 | -2.9 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 1.3 | -2.3 | -1.3 | 2 | 5.2 | 4 | 3.5 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -0.9 | -0.2 | 3.7 | -0.3 | -1.8 | -4.7 | -5 | -1.2 | -4.5 | -5.8 | -2.1 |
| Minimum temperature | -3.7 | -4.3 | -2.2 | 0.3 | -2.3 | -2.2 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 10 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 1.3 | -1.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 | -0.5 | -2.7 | 1.2 |
| Apparent min temperature | -5.6 | -5.1 | -4.4 | -2.4 | -3.1 | -3.6 | -0.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 1.1 | -2.1 | -0.6 | 0.1 | -1.1 | -2.5 | 0.3 |
| 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) | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 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 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 0 | 5.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 13.7 | 6.7 | 13.9 | 6.4 | 2 | 21.4 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 13 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 26.4 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 6.9 | 4.6 | 15.5 | 24.1 | 17.6 | 19.9 | 27.9 | 17.6 | 19 | 12.5 | 16.8 | 24.2 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 29.7 | 32 | 34.4 | 24.2 | 26.2 | 29.4 | 35.9 | 18.7 | 26.1 | 36.2 | 22.9 | 16 | 41.4 | 37.9 | 30.8 | 32.2 | 15.1 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Glenrothes was 11.7°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -4.3°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Glenrothes are 2.5°C and 7°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 151 mm.