Mobile weather in December
In December, Mobile has daytime highs averaging 17 °C, nights around 9.0 °C, with 9.1 wet days. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
- 17.0°C Average high
- 9.0°C Average low
- 9.1days Wet days
- 120mm Rainfall
- 10h Daylight
Daily temperatures through December
How December develops
Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.
| Days | Avg high | Avg low | Chance of rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–10 December | 18.0 °C | 9.7 °C | 26 % |
| 11–20 December | 17.1 °C | 8.9 °C | 29 % |
| 21–31 December | 16.1 °C | 8.5 °C | 34 % |
- Average highs fall from 18.0 °C early in December to 16.1 °C by the end of it.
- Rain is most likely over days 21–31 of December (34 % of days) and least likely over days 1–10 (26 %).
What to expect
| Measure | Typical December | Share of the month |
|---|---|---|
| Days above 25 °C | 0 of 31 | 0 % |
| Days above 30 °C | 0 of 31 | 0 % |
| Days below 0 °C | 1.0 of 31 | 3 % |
| Days with more than 1 mm rain | 9.1 of 31 | 29 % |
Conditions in December
| Measure | Average |
|---|---|
| Mean temperature | 12 °C |
| Record high (1991–2020) | 25 °C |
| Record low (1991–2020) | -3.9 °C |
| Relative humidity | 77 % |
| Wind speed | 17 km/h |
| Cloud cover | 56 % |
December compared with the months around it
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6 °C | 123 mm | 56 % |
| February | 17.5 °C | 114 mm | 56 % |
| October | 25.6 °C | 88 mm | 40 % |
| November | 20.5 °C | 98 mm | 45 % |
| December | 17.0 °C | 120 mm | 56 % |
See all twelve months for Mobile
- December is the 11th warmest month here.
- It is the 8th driest month of the year.
- It ranks 8th for least cloud cover.
- Days last about 10 hours from sunrise to sunset.
- It rains on 9.1 of 31 days — 29 % of the month.
- Nights are about 8.0 °C cooler than the middle of the day.
- The hottest December day on record since 1991 reached 25 °C, 7.8 °C above the usual daytime high.
QuestionsDecember in Mobile, answered
How warm is Mobile in December?
Daily highs average 17 °C and nights fall to about 9.0 °C, a spread of 8.0 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes December the 11th warmest month of the year here.
Does it rain much in Mobile in December?
December averages 120 mm of rain, spread over about 9 of the 31 days — 29 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 56 % of the sky.
How long are the days in December?
Mobile averages 10 hours between sunrise and sunset in December. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.