Saturday 26th December General Weather Observations

[Summer Sun]

A wet start here in Darlington though nothing to the extent of that in the north west

Temp 7.6c

[SteveB]

Happy boxing day

Dry mild windy start

Temp 14.6c

Edited December 26, 2015 by reef

[The PIT]

A very mild drizzly start breezy as well

Temp 12.4C Barometer 1012mb rising Wind F5 SW Rainfall 7mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and very mild night with intermittent light-moderate rain.

At 0900

Temp; 11.1c

24 hr max; 11.6c

24 hr min: 2.5c

Overnight min; 10.7c

Grass min; 9.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 12.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 28 mph SW

8 oktas St and Ns

Vis; 20 km

Intermittent light rain or drizzle

[johnholmes]

Rain at times in the early hours but dry by dawn with just enough cloud breaks to the SE to give an orange sunrise for a few minutes, overcast and dry at the moment; the low again in double figures at 12.3C, just ELEVEN C above the average!

[hillbilly]

Heavy rain yesterday eased late on to see the Calder level falling by 11pm but more overnight rain has sent the level sky high eclipsing that of 2012 with floodwater closing many roads and bridges Mytholmroyd,hebden bridge and sowerby bridge are under waterincluding my unit at Luddendenfoot.

 

[The PIT]

A warm now windy day drizzle on and off and even the odd glimpse of the spring sunshine

Temp 13.2c,  Barometer 1010mb falling,  Wind F6 SSW Rainfall 7.2mm

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 26th December 2015

 

Cloudy, very mild overnight. Bright spells this morning, showers in the vicinity.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 13.4°C

Minimum temperature overnight 12.3°C 

24-hour maximum 13.4°C

24-hour minimum: 4.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 12.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 17.9 mph SE

Rainfall total: 5.5mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6 Oktas Cumulus congestus, Cirrus, Stratocumulus.

Visibility, moderate to good 8-10 miles.

Temperature: 13.0°C

Humidity: 86.0%

Dew point 10.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 SW

Barometer 1012.6mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells overnight, clouding over before dawn. Light rain setting in around the observation. Further intermittent light rain and drizzle through the day, turning very mild by evening.

[The PIT]

A warm windy day drizzle showers dying in the morning gusty winds in the afternoon.

Max temp 13.7C now 13C, Barometer 1010mb steady, Wind F5 SSW, Rainfall 7.2mm

[Stargazer]

Cloudy, dry, windy and still outrageously mild.  Maximum 15.0, minimum 14.0 (maybe the mildest December night on record here?).  Wind fresh SW.

Just been looking at the stats for Reading University this month at http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/weatherdata/Reading_monthly_summaries.html - December has been a serious blowtorch month here, with a mean temperature so far of just under 11C, that's 5C+ above normal (I'm expecting to record slightly higher than that here, as we are in a sheltered site nearer the town centre and generally about 0.5C warmer).  To put it into perspective, that's a greater positive departure from the long-term average than the negative departure in December 2010.  And like November it has been rather dry and exceptionally dull, with a combined total for the two months of less than 50 hours.

Edited December 26, 2015 by Stargazer

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and exceptionally mild day with intermittent drizzle or very light rain this morning followed by a dry afternoon.

At 1800

Temp; 11.3c

Max today; 12.3c

Min last night; 10.7c

Grass min; 9.6c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.1 mm

Sunshine today; 0.03 hrs

Mean wind speed; 35 mph SW

Highest gust today; 51 mph SW at 1531

8 oktas Ac and St

Vis; 40 km.

[SteveB]

Dry windy day

Temp 15.0c

Max Temp 15.6c

Min Temp 14.4c

[hillbilly]

Constant rain last night and today have given the worst floods here since 1968 truly shocking what I have seen today .Drier this evening with the wind picking up,max 13 deg,min10 deg

[Mark Neal.]

Cloudy start, few breaks through afternoon, windy, then very windy. Low of 12.6c. High of 14.7c. Rainfall- NONE.

Wind 27mph. Gust 38mph.