Saturday was a day best forgotten due to continuous rain or drizzle. The daily rainfall amounted to 15.4mm taking the monthly rainfall to 131.1mm being 39.4mm above the long-term average. It was the wettest December since 2013 (157mm).
It was a mild day with the thermometer reaching 12.4C, which was 4.3C above the average. In the early hours the temperature began to fall away to reach a low of 7.8C at 06.00.
Sunday began with a distinct improvement as the cloud had thinned and with a much higher cloud base.