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Cannon Beach in December

Cool and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Cannon Beach is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 41°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 43 minutes.December in Cannon Beach is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 5°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 43 minutes.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
41°F5°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 67% of days
Daylight
8h 43mon average

Is December a good time to visit Cannon Beach?

December sits outside Cannon Beach's best months, which run from July to September. Expect cool days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 52°F in December, against 52°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in December, against 11°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

67% of days in December, against 15% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

74% cover in December, against 33% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

8h 43m in December, against 8h 43m to 15h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November57°14°low 45°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December52°11°low 41°low 5°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January52°11°low 41°low 5°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Cannon Beach sits, in December

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:50 AMsets 4:32 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
45.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pacific City77 km south

The land around Cannon Beach, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Cannon Beach

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 5 km east of Cannon Beach. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (179 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (179 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.