"Alex Stephens Jr" wrote in message
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With a few days to go, the running mean for December at this site is a
whopping 5.1ºC. Easily the mildest December on my records (began 1994).
And I believe the mildest since 1989. It's approximately 2ºC above the
long term mean here.
The average max is 7.8ºC (+1.7ºC), and the average min. is 2.3ºC (+2.3ºC).

A quick glance at Philip Eden's site shows that the South East of England
is running pretty near the LTA, but the anomally shown for Central
Scotland (of +1ºC) is rather different from the story I've recorded thus
far.

How many in the south are actually recording a colder than average month
to this point?

As of 09 today the monthly mean temperature is +0.2°C of LTA (same as Dec
2003, rainfall 44% and sunshine (catching up quickly in last week) 75%

All the best
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George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk