MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for DEC. 2004 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 4.5 6.1 19:00 2.9 9:00 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 3.8 6.0 1:00 0.4 00:00 11.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 4.1 8.6 16:00 -0.8 4:00 11.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 8.2 10.0 13:00 6.3 6:00 7.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 7.8 10.2 4:00 5.1 20:00 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 9.5 10.4 14:00 7.5 1:00 6.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 5.9 8.2 14:00 1.3 00:00 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 3.7 6.3 21:00 0.2 7:00 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 3.8 5.6 14:00 2.3 00:00 10.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 2.9 6.6 20:00 0.1 11:00 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 6.5 8.8 19:00 2.9 3:00 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 6.3 7.8 1:00 4.9 6:00 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 4.5 6.2 1:00 2.3 19:00 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 8.1 11.0 00:00 3.6 2:00 6.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 7.4 11.4 6:00 2.6 21:00 8.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 7.3 9.1 7:00 3.6 1:00 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 4.1 6.0 2:00 2.0 00:00 11.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 3.3 4.5 14:00 2.3 1:00 12.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 1.8 3.2 15:00 -0.7 00:00 13.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 0.1 2.0 00:00 -2.2 3:00 15.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 3.7 6.4 00:00 1.9 1:00 11.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 9.8 11.9 14:00 6.1 1:00 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 9.6 11.1 2:00 7.5 23:00 5.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 4.8 7.7 1:00 2.3 00:00 10.6 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 1.5 2.6 3:00 0.2 21:00 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 2.3 4.2 14:00 0.7 00:00 12.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 2.9 6.2 00:00 -0.1 2:00 12.6 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 3.6 6.4 1:00 2.2 8:00 12.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 5.9 10.8 00:00 2.3 8:00 9.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 10.7 11.4 11:00 7.4 00:00 4.8 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 5.7 7.5 1:00 3.2 20:00 9.8 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.3 11.9 22 -2.2 20 312.7 0.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+1.0) (29%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 4 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 4.60 ON 30/12/04 Days of Rain: 20 (> .2 mm) 3 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration A mild month, although parts of the west and north saw a white Christmas at last. In Scotland it was unsettled throughout; in England and Wales it was dull and anticyclonic until the 16th, and unsettled thereafter. Parts of east Kent saw only 7 hours of sunshine in the first half of the month, but in parts of east Scotland it was the sunniest December since 1967. The coldest night was the 18-19th, where Kinbrace (Sutherland) recorded -15.2C (which was the lowest reading of 2004). On the other hand Colwyn Bay recorded 15.6C on the 30th. Rainfall overall was beneath average; parts of east England had no rain at all in the first half of the month, when anticyclonic gloom reigned supreme. It was very wet in the far NW.