Laindon, S.Essex, December 2016

[Dave C]

Summary for December 2016

On the mild side and exceptionally  dry for December with just 9.9mm of which about 2mm was melted frost and dew! Only one day, the 10th, that you could call a wet day. Of course no snow falling for the 4th consecutive December. Very unusual to be very dry and mild at the same time in mid-winter.

Temperature (°C):

Mean (min+max)   6.1 (+1.0)

Mean Minimum     3.3 (+0.6)

Mean Maximum     8.9 (+1.3)

Minimum          -3.6 day 29

Maximum          13.9 day 25

Highest Minimum  10.2 day 09

Lowest Maximum   2.3 day 28

Air frosts       7

Rainfall (mm):

Total for month  9.9  ( 18.8%)

Wettest day      4.7 day 10

High rain rate   9.4 day 26

Rain days        11

Dry days         20

Wind (mph):

Highest Gust     44 day 23

Average Speed    3

Gale days        0

Pressure (mb):

Maximum          1044.9 day 27

Minimum          1015.5 day 10

Days with snow falling         0

Days with snow lying at 0900   0