Mount Pleasant weather in December

In December, Mount Pleasant sees average daytime highs of 34°F and overnight lows near 23°F, with 2.1 in of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 38°F in the first days to 32°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of December to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Mount Pleasant's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mount Pleasant's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
2.1 in
8.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
8:12 AM – 4:58 PM
Cloud cover
80%
11th clearest
Wind
8 mph
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Mount Pleasant is city in Isabella County, Michigan, United States.

Density
1,285/km²
people per km²
Founded
1889

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 38°F in the first days to 32°F by the end.

A typical December day in Mount Pleasant reaches about 34°F in the afternoon and slips back to 23°F overnight — a 12°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°F and 47°F. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 11°F cooler than November and about 5°F warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Mount Pleasant

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
31
20 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

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

Mount Pleasant weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°2.197.19.10.0
Feb33° / 17°1.86.96.110.20.0
Mar43° / 25°2.28.94.111.60.8
Apr56° / 37°3.6111.913.23.7
May67° / 47°3.610.7014.56.1
Jun77° / 57°3.410.5015.26.6
Jul81° / 61°3.010.1014.96.5
Aug79° / 59°3.010.2013.86.7
Sep72° / 52°2.89012.36.8
Oct59° / 41°2.99.90.310.84.4
Nov45° / 31°2.492.29.51.1
Dec34° / 23°2.18.868.80.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Mount Pleasant gets around 2.1 in of rain and snow over 8.8 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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Wind in December

Winds average 8 mph in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 mph on the calmest days to 9 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
19light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of December to 8 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:59 AM to 8:18 AM, and sunset from 4:59 PM to 5:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.07:594:59
29.08:004:58
39.08:014:58
48.98:024:58
58.98:034:58
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.34 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.34 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1.34 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is December a good time to visit Mount Pleasant?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mount Pleasant.

What to pack for Mount Pleasant in December

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

In December, Mount Pleasant sees daytime highs around 34°F and nights near 23°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant peaks around June 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
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Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
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Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Mount Pleasant?

Mount Pleasant sits at 43.6°N, 84.8°W, 771 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Midland, 26 mi away.

Topography around Mount Pleasant

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Mount Pleasant.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Mount Pleasant has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 ft around an average of 778 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 397 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,178 ft.

The land around Mount Pleasant is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), trees (31%) and grassland (24%) within 2 miles, cropland (49%) and trees (35%) within 10 miles, and trees (53%) and cropland (34%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
148 ft
10 miles
397 ft
50 miles
1,178 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Midland 26 mi · Saginaw Township North 39 mi · Saginaw 43 mi · Bay City 44 mi · Forest Hills 57 mi · Waverly 60 mi · Lansing 61 mi · East Lansing 61 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 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 Mount Pleasant (43.5978°, -84.7675°, elevation 771 ft), 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. 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).