Alcaston, Shropshire - December 2022

[Freddie]

A month of two halves, with a cold and dry first half including some severe frost, followed by a milder and wetter second half.  Overall it was colder and much drier than average.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1981-2010 averages.

Mean max:                               6.5 (-0.5)
Mean min:                               0.1 (-1.1)
Mean temp:                              3.3 (-0.8)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                   5.3

Highest max:                           13.8 (19th)
Lowest max:                            -0.2 (13th)
Lowest min:                            -9.3 (16th)
Highest min:                            8.3 (19th,31st)
Lowest grass min:                     -12.2 (16th)

Air frosts:                              13 ( +2)
Air frost hours:                         195.0
Ground frosts:                           17 ( -1)

Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:             6
Days with max   5.0 to   9.9:            12
Days with max   0.0 to   4.9:            12
Days with max  -0.1 to  -5.0:             1

Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:             8
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:            10
Days with min  -0.1 to  -5.0:             6
Days with min  -5.1 to -10.0:             7

Total rainfall:                        42.4 mm ( 53%)
Wettest day:                            7.4 mm (23rd)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            21      (+3)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):            13      ( 0)
Days >= 10mm:                           0      (-3)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           3
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       1      (-2)
Deepest at 0900z                        1 cm   (11th)
 
Days with thunder heard:                0
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 1

Highest 10-min mean wind:               25 kn (30th)
Max gust:                               38 kn (30th)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    340.2 nm (28th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                N: 1; NE: 5; E: 6; SE: 1; S: 8; SW: 4; W: 0; NW: 5; Calm: 1

Maximum pressure:                       1030.6 ( 1st)
Minimum pressure:                        984.7 (30th)

-- 
Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/alcaston/latest.xlsx