Patterson weather in December

In December, Patterson sees average daytime highs of 57°F and overnight lows near 41°F, with 2.8 in of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 59°F in the first days to 56°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Patterson's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Patterson's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 57°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 41°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 2.8 in; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 7:18 AM – 4:44 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Patterson is city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

Density: 1,390/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1909

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 59°F in the first days to 56°F by the end.

A typical December day in Patterson reaches about 57°F in the afternoon and slips back to 41°F overnight — a 15°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 51°F and 63°F. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 8°F cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
Avg low (°F)	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	59	43
2	59	43
3	59	43
4	59	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	57	42
11	57	42
12	57	42
13	57	42
14	57	42
15	56	41
16	56	41
17	56	41
18	56	41
19	56	41
20	56	41
21	56	41
22	56	41
23	56	41
24	56	40
25	56	40
26	56	40
27	56	40
28	56	41
29	56	41
30	56	41
31	56	41

How December really feels in Patterson

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

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Patterson weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	57° / 42°	3.3	8.8	9.7	4.2
Feb	60° / 44°	3.2	8.9	10.6	5.0
Mar	65° / 46°	2.6	8.9	11.7	6.2
Apr	71° / 49°	1.3	5.1	12.9	7.6
May	79° / 55°	0.7	3.1	14	8.1
Jun	87° / 60°	0.2	1	14.5	6.2
Jul	92° / 64°	0.0	0.2	14.3	4.4
Aug	91° / 63°	0.1	0.2	13.4	4.9
Sep	86° / 60°	0.1	0.8	12.3	6.7
Oct	77° / 54°	0.8	2.4	11	8.6
Nov	65° / 46°	1.5	5.5	10	6.6
Dec	57° / 41°	2.8	8.2	9.5	4.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	57	56	55	54	55	54	54	54	53	53	54	54	53	54	53	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	50	48
Cloudier (%)	43	44	45	46	45	46	46	46	47	47	46	46	47	46	47	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Patterson gets around 2.8 in of rain and snow over 8.2 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 27% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	26
30	27
31	27

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in December

Winds average 5 mph in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 24 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 7:06 AM to 7:24 AM, and sunset from 4:42 PM to 4:51 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:24
Sunset (PM)	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:49	4:50	4:50	4:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:06	4:42
2	9.6	7:07	4:42
3	9.6	7:08	4:42
4	9.6	7:09	4:42
5	9.5	7:10	4:42
6	9.5	7:11	4:42
7	9.5	7:11	4:42
8	9.5	7:12	4:42
9	9.5	7:13	4:42
10	9.5	7:14	4:42
11	9.5	7:14	4:42
12	9.5	7:15	4:43
13	9.4	7:16	4:43
14	9.4	7:17	4:43
15	9.4	7:17	4:43
16	9.4	7:18	4:44
17	9.4	7:18	4:44
18	9.4	7:19	4:44
19	9.4	7:20	4:45
20	9.4	7:20	4:45
21	9.4	7:21	4:45
22	9.4	7:21	4:46
23	9.4	7:22	4:46
24	9.4	7:22	4:47
25	9.4	7:22	4:47
26	9.4	7:23	4:48
27	9.4	7:23	4:49
28	9.4	7:23	4:49
29	9.4	7:24	4:50
30	9.4	7:24	4:50
31	9.4	7:24	4:51

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.33 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate
31	2.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Patterson?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Patterson for sightseeing.

What to pack for Patterson in December

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

In December, Patterson sees daytime highs around 57°F and nights near 41°F. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Patterson in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Patterson peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	4	7	8	10	10	10	6	5	2	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Patterson in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Patterson is worst in August — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.9× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	13	13	10	8	7	9	34	16	14	15	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	10	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Patterson?

Patterson sits at 37.5°N, 121.1°W, 102 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Ceres, 12 mi away.

Topography around Patterson

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Patterson has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 ft around an average of 105 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,142 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,298 ft.

The land around Patterson is covered by cropland (32%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (23%) within 2 miles, grassland (41%), cropland (32%) and trees (21%) within 10 miles, and grassland (46%) and trees (24%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

108 ft

cropland 32%

10 miles

2,142 ft

grassland 41%

50 miles

4,298 ft

grassland 46%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← November Patterson year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Ceres 12 mi · Modesto 14 mi · Turlock 16 mi · Ripon 19 mi · Riverbank 21 mi · Manteca 23 mi · Tracy 25 mi · Lathrop 25 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

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 Patterson (37.4716°, -121.1297°, elevation 102 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	59	43
2	59	43
3	59	43
4	59	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	57	42
11	57	42
12	57	42
13	57	42
14	57	42
15	56	41
16	56	41
17	56	41
18	56	41
19	56	41
20	56	41
21	56	41
22	56	41
23	56	41
24	56	40
25	56	40
26	56	40
27	56	40
28	56	41
29	56	41
30	56	41
31	56	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	26
30	27
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	59	43
2	59	43
3	59	43
4	59	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	57	42
11	57	42
12	57	42
13	57	42
14	57	42
15	56	41
16	56	41
17	56	41
18	56	41
19	56	41
20	56	41
21	56	41
22	56	41
23	56	41
24	56	40
25	56	40
26	56	40
27	56	40
28	56	41
29	56	41
30	56	41
31	56	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	26
30	27
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	59	43
2	59	43
3	59	43
4	59	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	57	42
11	57	42
12	57	42
13	57	42
14	57	42
15	56	41
16	56	41
17	56	41
18	56	41
19	56	41
20	56	41
21	56	41
22	56	41
23	56	41
24	56	40
25	56	40
26	56	40
27	56	40
28	56	41
29	56	41
30	56	41
31	56	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	26
30	27
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1