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MY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS FOR DECEMBER 2000

Date Sunshine (Hours) Rainfall (Inches) Maximum Temperature (Faraneit) Minimum Temperate (Faraneit) Wind Direction Additional Comments
December 1
0.0
0.10
57
43
South-East
December 2
5.0
0.00
54
46
South-East
December 3
4.2
0.00
50
39
South-East
December 4
1.6
0.11
55
42
South-East
December 5
0.0
0.16
59
51
South
December 6
3.2
0.02
54
47
South-East
December 7
0.0
0.38
52
38
South-East
December 8
0.0
0.60
52
47
South-East
December 9
4.7
0.09
50
43
South-East
December 10
2.6
0.28
54
45
South-West
December 11
0.0
0.17
55
46
South-West
December 12
0.0
0.23
57
50
South-West
December 13
3.0
0.40
50
43
South-West
Severe Gusts
December 14
3.8
0.06
45
39
West
December 15
5.1
0.00
40
34
North-West
December 16
0.0
0.00
37
31
Calm
December 17
3.1
0.00
39
30
Calm
December 18
0.0
0.00
38
32
Calm
Thick Fog All Day
December 19
0.0
0.15
46
34
South-East
December 20
0.0
0.04
47
39
South-East
December 21
0.0
0.02
43
40
East
December 22
0.0
0.00
42
36
North-East
December 23
0.0
0.00
40
34
North-East
Dense Fog much of day
December 24
0.0
0.45
39
35
North-East
December 25
4.3
0.04
38
32
North-East
Snow showers
December 26
4.3
0.03
36
30
North-East
Snow Showers early
December 27
6.2
0.00
34
28
South-East
December 28
0.0
0.08
32
26
North-East
Snow two inches deep
December 29
5.3
0.00
34
25
North-West
December 30
4.9
0.00
41
28
North-West
December 31
1.2
0.53
39
26
South-East
Rain afternoon. Heavy snow from 2.30pm to 4pm. Later turned to rain. More snow around 7.45pm then it turned to rain at 8.30pm and a total thaw occurred. The rain stopped at around 10pm and it was dry by midnight.
60.3 hours
100.7 mm
45.5
37.6
Average
54 hours
62 mm
46
35

The mean temperature for December 2000 was 5.3C (41.5F).

The usual mean temperature for December is 4.7C (40.5F)

The Highest Day Maxima was 59F on December 5th.

The Lowest Day Maxima was 32F on December 28th.

The Highest Night Minima was 51F on December 5th.

The Lowest Night Minima was 25F on December 29th.

The Sunniest Day was December 27th with 6.2 Hours.

The Wettest Day was December 8th with 0.60 inches of rain (15.2 millimetres).

The Highest Air Pressure was 1020 MB on December 22nd.

The Lowest Air Pressure was 981 MB on December 8th.

There were 14 sunless days all month.

Thick fog was recorded twice during the month. Snow fell on four days and strong winds were recorded once.

For the first half of the month the wind direction was mainly South-East. It was mainly North-East in the second half.

The year 2000 has been the wettest calendar year since 1872. December was the 4th successive wetter than average month on record. The September to December period was the wettest on record.
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