December
Mean max 7.9°(+0.8),mean min 2.6°(-0.1), Monthly mean 5.3°(+0.4)
High max 12.1°(23rd),low max 2.7°(26th),high min 8.3°(16th),low
min -2.9(26th)
Lowest grass min -5.0° (26th)
Air frosts 6, ground frosts 14
Rainfall 34.3mm (56%), snowfall 0
Sunshine 52.0hrs (116%)
No snow at all. The last December to be snow free was in 1994

Year 2004
Mean max 14.7°(+1.3),mean min 7.5°(+1.1), annual mean 11.1°(+1.2)
High max 31.8°(8/6),low max 2.4°(25/2),high min 20.2°(9/8),low min
4.2°(1/3), grass min -6.7°(1/3)
Air frosts 31, ground frosts 53
50% snow cover(at 09) 9, max depth 6cm (29/1)
Total precipitation 699.3mm (107%), wettest day 30.6mm (18/8), thunder 23
days
Sunshine 1459hrs (95%), sunniest day 14.73hrs (19/5,7/6)
Max gust 53mph (20/3)
Third warmest year here since records began in 1979 (2002 and 2003 were
slightly warmer at +1.5LTA)
Last 8 years all warmer than LTA

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