Mild start, cold middle and relatively mild over Christmas period. (Don't
worry JB - January is looking better, but most of us saw that coming!).

Summary for December 2009

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute) 4.3
Mean (min+max) 4.2
Mean Minimum 1.8
Mean Maximum 6.7
Minimum -3.6 day 16
Maximum 16.3 day 08
Highest Minimum 9.5 day 09
Lowest Maximum 0.5 day 19
Air frosts 10

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month 90.3
Wettest day 14.8 day 02
Rain days 24

Wind (mph):
Highest Gust 41.0 day 06
Average Speed 4.4


Pressure (mb):
Maximum 1032.4 day 11
Minimum 981.5 day 22

Days with snow falling 5
Days with snow lying at 0900 7

On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 at 23:54:00, Dave Cornwell
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Mild start, cold middle and relatively mild over Christmas period. (Don't
worry JB - January is looking better, but most of us saw that coming!).

Summary for December 2009

Temperature (°C):
Maximum 16.3 day 08

R u sure??
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

As Paul pointed out, max temp was wrong.

Summary for December 2009

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute) 4.3
Mean (min+max) 4.1
Mean Minimum 1.8
Mean Maximum 6.5
Minimum -3.6 day 16
Maximum 13.1 day 06
Highest Minimum 9.5 day 09
Lowest Maximum 0.5 day 19
Air frosts 10

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month 90.3
Wettest day 14.8 day 02
Rain days 24

Wind (mph):
Highest Gust 41.0 day 06
Average Speed 4.4


Pressure (mb):
Maximum 1032.4 day 11
Minimum 981.5 day 22

Days with snow falling 5
Days with snow lying at 0900 7