Driest places in the US in December
Ranked by the fewest wet days (0.01 in or more) in December. First: Furnace Creek, CA (2 days), of 378 cities.
| Rank | City | Wet days | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furnace Creek, CA | 2 days | 66°F |
| 2 | Terlingua, TX | 2 days | 68°F |
| 3 | Palm Springs, CA | 2 days | 69°F |
| 4 | Yuma, AZ | 2 days | 68°F |
| 5 | Goodyear, AZ | 3 days | 64°F |
| 6 | Las Vegas, NV | 3 days | 57°F |
| 7 | Pueblo, CO | 3 days | 48°F |
| 8 | Las Cruces, NM | 3 days | 58°F |
| 9 | Gilbert, AZ | 4 days | 66°F |
| 10 | Victorville, CA | 4 days | 57°F |
| 11 | Greeley, CO | 4 days | 43°F |
| 12 | Kailua-Kona, HI | 4 days | 82°F |
| 13 | Lubbock, TX | 4 days | 55°F |
| 14 | Midland, TX | 4 days | 59°F |
| 15 | Colorado Springs, CO | 4 days | 45°F |
| 16 | Mesa, AZ | 4 days | 66°F |
| 17 | Peoria, AZ | 4 days | 64°F |
| 18 | Sedona, AZ | 4 days | 58°F |
| 19 | Thornton, CO | 4 days | 46°F |
| 20 | El Paso, TX | 4 days | 58°F |
| 21 | Corona, CA | 4 days | 69°F |
| 22 | Palmdale, CA | 4 days | 58°F |
| 23 | Riverside, CA | 4 days | 67°F |
| 24 | Glendale, AZ | 4 days | 64°F |
| 25 | Page, AZ | 4 days | 45°F |
Which states lead
Arizona (8 of the top 25), California (6 of the top 25), Texas (4 of the top 25), then 4 more states. The top 25 range from 2 days to 4 days; the median across all 378 cities is 10 days.
The other end: wettest by wet days in December
- Haleiwa, HI25 days
- Ketchikan, AK22 days
- Hilo, HI22 days
- Sitka, AK22 days
- Hillsboro, OR21 days
Driest places through the year
| Month | First place | Wet days |
|---|---|---|
| January | Terlingua, TX | 2 days |
| February | Terlingua, TX | 2 days |
| March | Palm Springs, CA | 2 days |
| April | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| May | Palm Springs, CA | 0 days |
| June | Palm Springs, CA | 0 days |
| July | Antioch, CA | 0 days |
| August | Anaheim, CA | 0 days |
| September | Corona, CA | 0 days |
| October | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| November | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| December | Furnace Creek, CA | 2 days |
378 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.