December 2014
Weather in Letchworth Garden City, day by day
Mean temperature
5.0°C
Station average 5.4°C
Highest
12.9°C
On Thu 18 Dec
Lowest
−3.2°C
On Tue 30 Dec
Rain
41.8 mm
73% of the station average, 57.3 mm
Wet days
21
With 0.2 mm of rain or more
Wettest day
10.6 mm
On Fri 26 Dec
Strongest gust
33 mph
On Thu 18 Dec
Highest pressure
1040.7 hPa
Lowest 988.0 hPa
How it compares
The 8th coldest December of the 18 on record, and the coldest since 2012.
The 4th driest December of the 18 on record, and the driest since 2010.
Day by day
| Day | High | Low | Rain | Gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7.7°C | 5.2°C | 0.0 mm | 17 mph |
| Tue 2 | 6.3°C | 4.2°C | 2.0 mm | 21 mph |
| Wed 3 | 6.6°C | 1.4°C | 0.8 mm | 14 mph |
| Thu 4 | 4.6°C | 2.6°C | 0.6 mm | 13 mph |
| Fri 5 | 5.0°C | 0.9°C | 0.2 mm | 9 mph |
| Sat 6 | 4.7°C | −2.8°C | 0.2 mm | 11 mph |
| Sun 7 | 9.2°C | 2.6°C | 0.4 mm | 22 mph |
| Mon 8 | 5.7°C | 1.2°C | 0.0 mm | 15 mph |
| Tue 9 | 10.3°C | −0.7°C | 0.8 mm | 25 mph |
| Wed 10 | 10.6°C | 4.4°C | 0.0 mm | 30 mph |
| Thu 11 | 6.9°C | 3.8°C | 1.4 mm | 24 mph |
| Fri 12 | 8.8°C | 2.1°C | 5.6 mm | 28 mph |
| Sat 13 | 4.8°C | −1.8°C | 0.0 mm | 9 mph |
| Sun 14 | 8.3°C | −0.3°C | 1.0 mm | 21 mph |
| Mon 15 | 7.4°C | 1.3°C | 1.4 mm | 16 mph |
| Tue 16 | 7.1°C | 0.9°C | 3.4 mm | 15 mph |
| Wed 17 | 11.6°C | 5.2°C | 4.2 mm | 21 mph |
| Thu 18 | 12.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.0 mm | 33 mph |
| Fri 19 | 12.3°C | 4.2°C | 1.8 mm | 22 mph |
| Sat 20 | 8.7°C | 4.4°C | 0.0 mm | 19 mph |
| Sun 21 | 11.4°C | 3.6°C | 0.0 mm | 26 mph |
| Mon 22 | 12.2°C | 10.6°C | 0.0 mm | 28 mph |
| Tue 23 | 12.2°C | 9.7°C | 0.0 mm | 28 mph |
| Wed 24 | 7.5°C | 3.6°C | 1.4 mm | 16 mph |
| Thu 25 | 6.8°C | 1.8°C | 0.6 mm | 14 mph |
| Fri 26 | 6.9°C | −0.4°C | 10.6 mm | 20 mph |
| Sat 27 | 6.9°C | 0.3°C | 4.4 mm | 25 mph |
| Sun 28 | 3.7°C | −2.8°C | 0.2 mm | 7 mph |
| Mon 29 | 3.9°C | −2.3°C | 0.2 mm | 6 mph |
| Tue 30 | 5.4°C | −3.2°C | 0.2 mm | 10 mph |
| Wed 31 | 5.2°C | −0.6°C | 0.4 mm | 19 mph |
Weather fronts
- Likely warm front · Tue 9 Dec, 16:45
- Likely cold front · Wed 10 Dec, 01:15
- Likely warm front · Fri 12 Dec, 04:00
- Likely warm front · Wed 17 Dec, 03:00
- Likely cold front · Fri 19 Dec, 04:00
- Likely warm front · Fri 26 Dec, 23:30
- Likely cold front · Sat 27 Dec, 00:30
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.