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Lynchburg, VA Climate in December

Temperature for December

In Lynchburg, VA during December the average high temperature is 49.9°F. The hottest day on record was December 8, 1998 when the temperature recorded was 79.0°F.

Lynchburg, VA daily average and extreme temperature range for December

Low Temperature

Overnight in December the average temperature drops below freezing at 29.4°F, with the lowest temperature of -4.0°F being recorded on December 25, 1983. On average there are 2 days in December when the temperature stays below freezing all day. In the worst December there were 6 days when the temperature did not make it above freezing. Overnight temperatures drop below freezing between 9 and 31 times in December.

Precipitation for December

In December the average monthly rainfall in Lynchburg, VA is 3.32 inches with rain usually falling on between 8 and 9 days. 1980 was the driest December with only 0.73 inches of rain falling, and 2009 was the wettest December with 7.72 inches of rain. The wettest single day in December was 5 December 1993 when 2.95 inches of rain fell.

In December it usually snows on between 2 and 3 days. In December there have been some years when thunderstorms have occurred, although there are other years when there hasn't been a thunderstorm in December.

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