Bromfield, Shropshire - December 2025

[Freddie]

Wet and mostly mild first three weeks, then drier and colder final third as high pressure began to dominate.  The month had above average temperatures and rainfall overall.  Some fog, with below average frosts and no snow recorded.  Windy at times during the second week.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.

Mean max:                               8.7 (+1.0)
Mean min:                               4.3 (+2.8)
Mean temp:                              6.5 (+1.9)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                   8.1

Highest max:                           13.5 ( 9th)
Lowest max:                             4.0 (31st)
Lowest min:                            -2.1 (17th)
Highest min:                           10.3 ( 9th)
Lowest grass min:                      -6.3 (31st)

Air frosts:                               5 ( -6)
Air frost hours:                       15.1
Ground frosts:                            9 ( -8)

Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:            12
Days with max   5.0 to   9.9:            14
Days with max   0.0 to   4.9:             5

Days with min  10.0 to  14.9:             1
Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:            13
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:            12
Days with min  -5.0 to  -0.1:             5

Total rainfall:                       119.6 mm (141%)
Wettest day:                           16.1 mm ( 5th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            17       (-2)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):            15       (+1)
Days >= 10mm:                           4       (+1)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           0
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       0       ( 0)
Deepest at 0900z                        0 cm   (n/a)
 
Days with thunder heard:                0
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 2

Highest 10-min mean wind:               23 kn    ( 7th)
Max gust:                               38 kn    ( 9th)
Days with gale:                         0
Highest wind run:                       270.1 nm ( 9th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                N: 1; NE: 6; E: 6; SE: 1; S: 4; SW: 10; W: 2; NW: 0; Calm: 1

Maximum pressure:                       1038.7 (27th)
Minimum pressure:                        987.0 ( 6th)

-- 
Freddie
Bromfield
Shropshire
146m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/bromfield/latest.xlsx