The first two weeks have been very mild with minimal air frosts. It is the 7th warmest start to January since 1984 being almost 2C above the long-term average with a mean of 5.8C.The coldest start to January was in 2010 with a mean of -1.9C and the record for the warmest start was 7.6C in 2007.
Rainfall in the first two weeks, totalling 138.7mm, make it the 4th wettest January when we are only halfway through the month. Another 10mm of precipitation would break the record.
