December

December temperatures were only very slightly above average with a maximum of 12.9°C and a minimum of -1.4°C. Air frosts were recorded on 5 days of the month.

Rainfall for the month was well below average again with only 2.76" (70.10mm)recorded compared to the average of 5.27" (133.86mm). Overall there was rain recorded on 20 days of the month (20 on average) with more that 0.04" (1mm) on 14 days (16 average) and more than 0.20" (5mm) on only 3 days (8 average).

There were no gales recorded in December 2005.