MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for DEC. 2002 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 ft LAT: 54° 41' 00" N LONG: 1° 33' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 7.3 9.7 10:30 6.3 21:30 8.1 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 7.4 8.8 12:30 6.6 9:30 8.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 7.2 8.0 14:00 6.7 8:00 8.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 6.3 7.2 15:30 4.9 00:00 9.2 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 5.8 7.4 00:00 4.4 8:30 9.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 6.2 7.4 0:30 5.1 00:00 9.2 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 4.8 5.3 13:00 3.9 19:30 10.7 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 4.5 4.8 13:00 4.0 00:00 11.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 4.4 5.5 13:00 3.6 6:30 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 4.2 4.7 14:00 3.9 22:00 11.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 3.7 4.8 13:30 3.0 19:30 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 3.7 4.2 12:30 3.0 2:00 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 4.6 5.4 21:00 3.7 2:30 10.9 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 4.4 5.1 0:30 3.8 17:30 11.1 0.0 8.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 4.5 5.3 13:30 3.9 1:00 11.0 0.0 6.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 4.0 4.7 3:00 2.9 00:00 11.5 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 2.8 3.6 14:30 1.8 00:00 12.7 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 1.0 2.3 15:30 -0.3 8:30 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 1.1 2.6 13:30 -0.4 4:30 14.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 1.4 2.3 23:30 0.8 11:00 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 2.7 4.2 00:00 1.8 9:30 12.6 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 5.7 6.5 14:30 4.1 0:30 9.8 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 7.3 8.9 00:00 5.6 2:00 8.2 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 9.3 10.3 14:30 8.2 00:00 6.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 7.5 8.3 0:30 6.7 6:30 8.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 7.6 8.3 15:00 6.8 22:30 7.9 0.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 7.8 8.9 13:00 6.6 22:30 7.7 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 6.9 7.9 12:30 5.8 8:00 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 5.0 6.1 0:30 4.2 8:30 10.5 0.0 14.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 4.1 5.4 3:00 2.5 23:30 11.4 0.0 4.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 2.8 3.3 13:30 1.7 23:30 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.0 10.3 24 -0.4 19 323.6 0.0 86.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+0.7) (146%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 2 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 14.20 ON 29/12/02 Days of Rain: 24 (> .2 mm) 13 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Quite mild and wet in the south and east; very dry in the north. The dull weather continued until late in the month, with easterlies bringing a great deal of cloud. Aberdeen had only 6 hours of sunshine between 17 November and 16 December. It turned clear and colder midmonth, with freezing fog. There was a minimum of -8.4C at Altnaharra on the 17th. The maximum at Strathallan near Perth on the 19th was -3C. The lowest temperature of the month was -8.6C at Altnaharra on the morning of the 20th. It then turned milder, being very mild around Christmas, with moist southerly winds. It was on 15C at Torquay on Christmas Eve. It was very wet across the Midlands and North on the 29th. It was the dullest December since 1989, and parts of the east were exceptionally dull. Tell me about it.