Thorne weather in December

In December, Thorne sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Thorne's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Thorne's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:23 AM – 3:37 PM
Cloud cover
70%
3rd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Thorne is town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month.

A typical December day in Thorne reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Thorne

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Thorne weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 4811.21.17.80.9
Feb / 42101.39.41.2
Mar10° / 4410.20.811.52.2
Apr13° / 5210.90.213.73.3
May16° / 5311015.64.6
Jun19° / 11°6711.4016.75.5
Jul21° / 13°6411.3016.36.1
Aug21° / 13°6610.9014.66.1
Sep18° / 10°549.4012.55.6
Oct14° / 5811010.33.9
Nov10° / 5711.50.38.32.1
Dec / 55110.97.31.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33466
43565
53565
63565
73664
83664
93664
103664
113565
123565
133565
143466
153466
163268
173268
183169
193169
203169
213268
223268
233268
243268
253367
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273367
283466
293466
303466
313367

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Thorne gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 11 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1372
2372
3362
4362
5352
6352
7352
8342
9342
10342
11342
12342
13342
14342
15342
16352
17352
18352
19353
20363
21363
22364
23374
24374
25374
26385
27385
28385
29385
30385
31395

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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22100
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24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 17 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
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1617light breeze
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2017light breeze
2117light breeze
2217light breeze
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2618light breeze
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2818light breeze
2918light breeze
3018light breeze
3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 8:29 AM, and sunset from 3:41 PM to 3:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:063:41
27.68:073:41
37.58:093:40
47.58:103:39
57.58:123:39
67.48:133:38
77.48:143:38
87.48:153:38
97.38:163:37
107.38:183:37
117.38:193:37
127.38:203:37
137.38:213:37
147.38:213:37
157.28:223:37
167.28:233:37
177.28:243:37
187.28:253:37
197.28:253:38
207.28:263:38
217.28:263:38
227.28:273:39
237.28:273:39
247.28:283:40
257.28:283:40
267.28:283:41
277.28:293:42
287.28:293:42
297.28:293:43
307.38:293:44
317.38:293:45

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.55 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.55 kWh/m² to a high of 4.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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40.6Dim
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310.6Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Thorne?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Thorne.

What to pack for Thorne in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Thorne sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Thorne in December

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 62 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun11Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep14Bracing
Oct13Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Thorne in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Thorne peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Thorne?

Thorne sits at 53.6°N, 1.0°W, 6 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Goole, 12 km away.

Topography around Thorne

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Thorne.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Thorne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 653 m.

The land around Thorne is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
75 m
80 km
653 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Goole 12 km · Doncaster 15 km · Bentley 15 km · Adwick le Street 15 km · Selby 20 km · Scunthorpe 21 km · South Elmsall 21 km · Conisbrough 23 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Thorne (53.6112°, -0.9631°, elevation 6 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).