Sunshine by US City in December

The tables below pull together figures on the amount of sunshine each of the largest cities in the United States usually has in December.

The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Total Hours is the average number of sunny hours the city normally has this month. Clear Days is the average number of days this month when cloud covers at most 30 percent of the sky during daylight hours.

Hours of sunshine are the means calculated for 1961 to 1990. The other data are averages taken from years of weather watching.

Average sunshine in December
% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
50	Atlanta, Georgia	164	9
49	Austin, Texas	154	10
49	Baltimore, Maryland	145	8
46	Birmingham, Alabama	154	8
52	Boston, Massachusetts	142	9
27	Buffalo, New York	69	1
55	Charlotte, North Carolina	169	10
43	Chicago, Illinois	106	6
31	Cincinnati, Ohio	99	5
26	Cleveland, Ohio	68	3
31	Columbus, Ohio	84	4
52	Dallas, Texas	173	11
67	Denver, Colorado	196	11
31	Detroit, Michigan	88	3
46	Fresno, California	–	7
23	Grand Rapids, Michigan	–	2
47	Hartford, Connecticut	140	7
63	Honolulu, Hawaii	–	8
51	Houston, Texas	149	7

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
38	Indianapolis, Indiana	102	5
54	Jacksonville, Florida	184	9
49	Kansas City, Missouri	147	10
78	Las Vegas, Nevada	236	15
71	Los Angeles, California	–	13
40	Louisville, Kentucky	118	6
50	Memphis, Tennessee	152	9
63	Miami, Florida	216	9
38	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	105	6
42	Minneapolis, Minnesota	114	6
42	Nashville, Tennessee	131	7
48	New Orleans, Louisiana	158	8
49	New York, New York	139	9
58	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	181	12
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	138	7
77	Phoenix, Arizona	245	15
28	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	74	3

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
23	Portland, Oregon	64	2
52	Providence, Rhode Island	149	8
53	Raleigh, North Carolina	158	10
54	Richmond, Virginia	163	9
30	Rochester, New York	78	2
49	Sacramento, California	141	8
42	Salt Lake City, Utah	113	6
48	San Antonio, Texas	150	10
73	San Diego, California	231	14
53	San Francisco, California	–	9
23	Seattle, Washington	53	2
43	St. Louis, Missouri	130	7
61	Tampa, Florida	192	10
79	Tucson, Arizona	–	15
53	Tulsa, Oklahoma	–	10
54	Virginia Beach, Virginia	160	9
46	Washington, DC	133	8

Average Sunshine for US Cities in December

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