December 2015 has been the warmest December at Brussels Uccle since records began in 1833.

Even more remarkable: it has been warmer than the warmest March on record (1991).

December 2015 at Uccle (long-term average in brackets):

Average max. temp. 11.6°C (6.1°C) + 5.5 deg. C
Average min. temp. 7.5°C (1.6°C) + 5.9 deg. C
Average temp. 9.6°C (3.9°C) + 5.7 deg. C

Sunshine 74 hours (45 hours) 164%
Rainfall 54 mm (81 mm) 66%

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/binnenland/1.2536351

Figures in the red square show the warmest of each calendar month recorded at Uccle since 1833 (left-hand column), compared with the long-term average for that month (middle column), and the difference of the warmest month from the average (right-hand column).

All the warmest individual months have occurred in the last 25 years.

December 2015 (9.6°C) has been warmer than March 1991 (9.5°C): the warmest March on record.

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.en...News/1.2536441

Colin Youngs
Brussels