December
Sign in to saveDecember is the 12th and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. right|thumb|December, from the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry thumb |In recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in December has outpaced cold temperature records over a growing portion of Earth's surface. thumb |Chart shows changes in global average temperature annually in December of each year
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December is the 12th and final month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, consisting of 31 days. It matters in part because recent climate data shows that warm temperature records in December have increasingly outpaced cold temperature records across growing areas of Earth's surface, reflecting broader patterns of global temperature change.
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- Part of
- Swedish calendar
- Has part
- December 31
- Named after
- snow
- Followed by
- Undecimber
- Follows
- November
- Image
- Breviarium Grimani - Dezember.jpg
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December is the 12th and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. right|thumb|December, from the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry thumb |In recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in December has outpaced cold temperature records over a growing portion of Earth's surface. thumb |Chart shows changes in global average temperature annually in December of each year
December's name derives from the Latin word decem (meaning 10) because it was originally the 10th month of the year in the calendar of Romulus , which began in March. The winter days following December were not included as part of any month. Later, the months of January and February were created out of the monthless period and added to the beginning of the calendar, but December retained its name.