Overnight from saturday into sunday the thermometer did not drop below 12.8C, which is 11C above the mean for December and exceeds the previous record for the highest December minimum of 11.5C set in 1994.
Category: News
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Christmas Day – dull, windy, wet and no sun
Yesterday was another in the line of the overcast, wet and windy days that have been so common this month. There was no break in the cloud for any sunshine, rainfall amounted to 3mm and wind strength rose during the evening, gusting to 35mph. It was the lowest figure for solar energy since 1st January 2015. The thermometer rose during the daylight hours and maintained a minimum of 13.3C overnight, which is 6C above the mean for December.
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Brightest day this monh
Yesterday was the brightest day this month with 4.3 hours of indirect sunshine and highest daily solar energy. Rain has returned this morning with winds gusting to 35mph but the thermometer did not drop below 10C overnight when the mean minimum is 1C.
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Heavy rain early evening after another sunless day
There have been only four totally dry days this month and the heavy rainfall early evening amounted to 8.7mm, bringing the monthly total to 47.6mm (52%). This followed another exceptionally mild day with a maximum of 13.2C when the mean is 6.9C although the thermometer has been dropping for the last few hours with a minimum of 6.8C at 0800.
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Ten days without sunshine and brief burst on 20th.
There were ten days without sunshine and a brief glimpse of the sun for 0.7 hours on sunday before cloud and rain returned yesterday with 3.7mm in the last twenty-four hours. Overnight the thermometer started to rise mid-evening from a minimum of 8.6C to 12.6C at 0800.