Weather Round-Up for.....December2012.

The general theme for this month was again the exceptional rainfall resulting in frequent flooding up and down the Uk. The months rainfall again came out at least double the average with 74mms being the average around these parts and 148.3mms recorded. There were 26 wet days and only 5 dry days which came in the second week where it turned very cold with 3 ice days recorded on the 11th to the 13th with a maximum day temperature of only minus1.7c/29f on the 12th. The lowest monthly temperature was minus 6.2c/20f again on the 12th, the highest temperature was 12.4c/55f on the 22nd. The average night and day temperatures came out at about average with 7.7c/46f for a daytime temp and 2.2c/37f being the average night time temp. There was gales at the end of the month with a gust of 43mph recorded from the SouthWest on the 30th .The highest pressure was 1028.2mbs on the 10th and the lowest pressure was 984.1mbs on the 21st. Overall a very disturbed month!
                                              The Uk,s Rainfall statistics for December 2012                                       
Aberdeenshire:-125.5mms
Colwyn Bay North Wales:- 150mms
Hornsea East Yorkshire:-103.9mms
Bloxwich Herefordshire:-128.4mms
Long Lawford Rugby Warwickshire:-112mms
Lampeter West Wales:-257.1mms
Burgess Hill West Sussex:-
Middleton Moor Derbyshire:-210.7mms
Garforth Leeds:-122mms
Royston Hertfordshire:-98.3mms
Crocketford Nr Dumfries :-205mms
Isle Of Barra Outer Hebrided Scotland:-130mms
Warwick:-92mms
Fortrose Scotland:-87mms
Maidstone Kent:-127mms
Dundee Scotland:-148mms
Frome Somerset:-204mms
Bradford On Avon Wiltshire:-145mms
Brixham Devon:-216mms
Scarborough North Yorkshire:-139mms
Sidemore Bromsgrove Worcestershire:-111mms
Ft William Highland Scotland:-142.5mms
Llanelli South Wales:-273mms
Warminster Wiltshire:-172mms
NW Kent:-47mms
Login Pembrokeshire West Wales:-96.2mms
Hyde Cheshire:-201mms
The Deban Valley Suffolk:-92mms
Cork S.Ireland:-141.9mms
Swansea South Wales :-120mms
Middle Littleton Evesham Worcestershire:-167mms
Fairfield Evesham Worcestershire:-142mms
Ballyclare C Antrim NI:-105mms
Headington Oxford:-134.2mms
Runcorn Cheshire:-130mms
Yatton N Somerset:-172mms
Newbury Berkshire:-125mms
Wells Somerset:-143mms
Ne Lincolnshire:-94.5mms
Voews Evesham Worcestershire:-148.3mms
[25mms=one inch]  Many thanks to all contributors........