Average Precipitation for Alabama in December

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during December at cities, towns and other locations in Alabama.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Gulf Coast, South, Central and North Alabama.

Alabama Gulf Coast

Average monthly precipitation in December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
9 Bay Minette 5.7 145
8 Coden 5.4 136
12 Dauphin Island 5.1 130
11 Fairhope 5.2 131
9 Mobile 5.5 138

South Alabama

December averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Atmore 5.4 137
11 Auburn 5.6 142
9 Demopolis Dam 5.4 137
11 Dothan 4.8 121
7 Enterprise 4.8 123
10 Jackson 5.5 140
10 Montgomery 5.0 127
9 Troy 5.0 126

Central Alabama

Average amount of rain and snow in December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Alexander City 5.5 139
11 Anniston 4.6 117
11 Bankhead Lake Dam 5.7 145
10 Birmingham 4.9 124
10 Gadsden 5.5 139
10 Jasper 6.0 152
11 Talladega 5.2 132
10 Tuscaloosa 5.4 137

North Alabama

Precipitation totals for December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Cullman 6.2 158
11 Decatur 5.2 132
13 Guntersville 6.0 152
11 Huntsville 5.9 149
11 Muscle Shoals 5.5 139
10 Scottsboro 6.2 157
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Alabama Precipitation
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