Average Precipitation by US City in December

The tables below give monthly averages for precipitation during December at the largest cities in the United States.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month along with information on the number of days with wet weather. The count of days includes those 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.

December averages for total precipitation by city
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
11	Atlanta, Georgia	4.6	116
8	Austin, Texas	2.7	69
10	Baltimore, Maryland	3.7	94
10	Birmingham, Alabama	4.9	124
12	Boston, Massachusetts	4.3	109
18	Buffalo, New York	3.8	95
10	Charlotte, North Carolina	3.6	91
11	Chicago, Illinois	2.3	59
12	Cincinnati, Ohio	3.7	95
16	Cleveland, Ohio	3.0	76
13	Columbus, Ohio	3.1	80
7	Dallas, Texas	3.2	82
5	Denver, Colorado	0.5	12
13	Detroit, Michigan	2.3	57
7	Fresno, California	1.8	45
16	Grand Rapids, Michigan	2.5	63
12	Hartford, Connecticut	4.1	104
9	Honolulu, Hawaii	2.2	55
10	Houston, Texas	4.3	110

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
12	Indianapolis, Indiana	2.9	74
8	Jacksonville, Florida	2.5	62
7	Kansas City, Missouri	1.6	40
3	Las Vegas, Nevada	0.5	11
6	Los Angeles, California	2.5	63
12	Louisville, Kentucky	4.1	105
10	Memphis, Tennessee	5.5	139
8	Miami, Florida	2.4	62
10	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1.9	48
10	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1.2	30
11	Nashville, Tennessee	4.4	113
9	New Orleans, Louisiana	4.8	122
11	New York, New York	4.4	111
6	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1.8	45
8	Orlando, Florida	2.3	58
11	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	4.0	101
4	Phoenix, Arizona	0.7	19
15	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2.8	72

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
20	Portland, Oregon	7.0	177
12	Providence, Rhode Island	4.7	118
10	Raleigh, North Carolina	3.4	86
10	Richmond, Virginia	3.5	89
5	Riverside, California	1.5	38
18	Rochester, New York	2.7	68
10	Sacramento, California	3.5	89
10	Salt Lake City, Utah	1.4	36
7	San Antonio, Texas	2.0	51
6	San Diego, California	1.7	42
12	San Francisco, California	4.8	121
10	San Jose, California	2.3	58
18	Seattle, Washington	5.7	145
9	St. Louis, Missouri	2.5	64
6	Tampa, Florida	2.6	65
4	Tucson, Arizona	1.0	24
7	Tulsa, Oklahoma	2.4	62
10	Virginia Beach, Virginia	3.3	83
10	Washington, DC	3.4	87

Average Precipitation in US Cities During December

Reference

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