December 2011
Weather in Letchworth Garden City, day by day
Mean temperature
5.6°C
Station average 5.4°C
Highest
12.3°C
On Mon 26 Dec
Lowest
−3.3°C
On Mon 19 Dec
Rain
62.8 mm
110% of the station average, 57.3 mm
Wet days
21
With 0.2 mm of rain or more
Wettest day
9.4 mm
On Fri 16 Dec
Strongest gust
32 mph
On Thu 8 Dec
Highest pressure
1032.5 hPa
Lowest 979.2 hPa
How it compares
The 9th coldest December of the 18 on record.
The 8th wettest December of the 18 on record, and the wettest since 2009.
Day by day
| Day | High | Low | Rain | Gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 10.2°C | 5.4°C | 1.0 mm | 26 mph |
| Fri 2 | 7.4°C | 0.9°C | 0.4 mm | 24 mph |
| Sat 3 | 10.3°C | 7.1°C | 1.8 mm | 22 mph |
| Sun 4 | 8.4°C | 2.2°C | 0.6 mm | 16 mph |
| Mon 5 | 5.4°C | 1.4°C | 0.0 mm | 18 mph |
| Tue 6 | 5.7°C | 2.0°C | 0.8 mm | 17 mph |
| Wed 7 | 7.6°C | 3.6°C | 0.0 mm | 25 mph |
| Thu 8 | 11.7°C | 3.7°C | 5.8 mm | 32 mph |
| Fri 9 | 6.8°C | 0.8°C | 2.4 mm | 19 mph |
| Sat 10 | 4.9°C | −0.1°C | 0.0 mm | 13 mph |
| Sun 11 | 7.5°C | 1.3°C | 3.2 mm | 19 mph |
| Mon 12 | 8.7°C | 2.0°C | 7.2 mm | 29 mph |
| Tue 13 | 10.6°C | 2.3°C | 4.8 mm | 32 mph |
| Wed 14 | 4.7°C | 1.3°C | 0.4 mm | 24 mph |
| Thu 15 | 6.4°C | 1.3°C | 2.8 mm | 23 mph |
| Fri 16 | 3.0°C | −0.1°C | 9.4 mm | 17 mph |
| Sat 17 | 3.9°C | −0.6°C | 0.4 mm | 14 mph |
| Sun 18 | 3.1°C | −2.8°C | 0.8 mm | 11 mph |
| Mon 19 | 5.4°C | −3.3°C | 3.2 mm | 12 mph |
| Tue 20 | 6.5°C | 4.1°C | 0.8 mm | 14 mph |
| Wed 21 | 10.4°C | 4.8°C | 1.8 mm | 17 mph |
| Thu 22 | 11.1°C | 7.9°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Fri 23 | 10.4°C | 3.3°C | 7.8 mm | 25 mph |
| Sat 24 | 7.9°C | 2.0°C | 0.0 mm | 16 mph |
| Sun 25 | 11.2°C | 7.9°C | 0.0 mm | 24 mph |
| Mon 26 | 12.3°C | 8.8°C | 0.0 mm | 23 mph |
| Tue 27 | 9.6°C | 6.9°C | 0.0 mm | 21 mph |
| Wed 28 | 9.6°C | 4.3°C | 0.0 mm | 23 mph |
| Thu 29 | 8.2°C | 4.2°C | 2.4 mm | 26 mph |
| Fri 30 | 9.8°C | 3.8°C | 4.8 mm | 16 mph |
| Sat 31 | 11.7°C | 9.6°C | 0.2 mm | 20 mph |
Weather fronts
- Likely warm front · Thu 1 Dec, 01:15
- Likely cold front · Thu 1 Dec, 22:15
- Likely warm front · Sat 3 Dec, 00:30
- Likely cold front · Sat 3 Dec, 05:45
- Likely cold front · Sun 4 Dec, 17:00
- Likely cold front · Wed 7 Dec, 03:30
- Likely cold front · Thu 8 Dec, 17:30
- Likely warm front · Mon 12 Dec, 23:00
- Likely cold front · Tue 13 Dec, 04:00
- Likely cold front · Fri 23 Dec, 15:15
- Likely cold front · Thu 29 Dec, 18:15
- Likely warm front · Fri 30 Dec, 22:30
Found automatically from this station’s readings alone, so likely rather than certain. What’s a front?
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Rainfall up to yesterday is from the Environment Agency’s rain gauges near Letchworth: the station’s own gauge is sheltered by nearby buildings and trees and catches less than falls. Today’s is the station’s. Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database right, under the Open Government Licence.