December 2016
Weather in Letchworth Garden City, day by day
Mean temperature
6.0°C
Station average 5.4°C
Highest
13.1°C
On Fri 9 Dec
Lowest
−3.6°C
On Mon 5 Dec
Rain
22.2 mm
39% of the station average, 57.3 mm
Wet days
19
With 0.2 mm of rain or more
Wettest day
12.6 mm
On Sat 10 Dec
Strongest gust
31 mph
On Sun 25 Dec
Highest pressure
1043.7 hPa
Lowest 1014.0 hPa
How it compares
The 7th warmest December of the 18 on record.
The 2nd driest December of the 18 on record, and the driest since 2010.
Day by day
| Day | High | Low | Rain | Gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7.9°C | −1.7°C | 0.0 mm | 11 mph |
| Fri 2 | 6.3°C | 4.2°C | 0.4 mm | 3 mph |
| Sat 3 | 7.6°C | 2.7°C | 0.2 mm | 11 mph |
| Sun 4 | 6.7°C | −1.1°C | 0.2 mm | 15 mph |
| Mon 5 | 5.8°C | −3.6°C | 0.0 mm | 5 mph |
| Tue 6 | 8.7°C | 2.7°C | 0.2 mm | 12 mph |
| Wed 7 | 11.0°C | 8.7°C | 0.0 mm | 17 mph |
| Thu 8 | 12.7°C | 9.1°C | 0.0 mm | 16 mph |
| Fri 9 | 13.1°C | 10.2°C | 0.0 mm | 17 mph |
| Sat 10 | 11.6°C | 6.6°C | 12.6 mm | 15 mph |
| Sun 11 | 9.8°C | 4.4°C | 0.2 mm | 13 mph |
| Mon 12 | 9.3°C | 2.3°C | 1.2 mm | 12 mph |
| Tue 13 | 11.3°C | 6.6°C | 0.2 mm | 13 mph |
| Wed 14 | 13.0°C | 6.3°C | 0.0 mm | 15 mph |
| Thu 15 | 8.9°C | 5.4°C | 0.2 mm | 9 mph |
| Fri 16 | 8.6°C | 4.4°C | 0.0 mm | 6 mph |
| Sat 17 | 8.1°C | 2.9°C | 0.0 mm | 5 mph |
| Sun 18 | 6.7°C | 3.9°C | 0.2 mm | 6 mph |
| Mon 19 | 5.2°C | 3.7°C | 0.0 mm | 5 mph |
| Tue 20 | 6.1°C | 2.4°C | 0.2 mm | 12 mph |
| Wed 21 | 9.6°C | 3.0°C | 1.0 mm | 20 mph |
| Thu 22 | 8.6°C | 1.6°C | 0.2 mm | 12 mph |
| Fri 23 | 10.3°C | 4.0°C | 2.4 mm | 28 mph |
| Sat 24 | 9.3°C | 4.8°C | 0.0 mm | 24 mph |
| Sun 25 | 12.2°C | 9.3°C | 0.0 mm | 31 mph |
| Mon 26 | 11.8°C | 2.4°C | 1.8 mm | 23 mph |
| Tue 27 | 5.9°C | −0.8°C | 0.0 mm | 6 mph |
| Wed 28 | 3.6°C | −1.9°C | 0.2 mm | 9 mph |
| Thu 29 | 6.8°C | 0.3°C | 0.2 mm | 9 mph |
| Fri 30 | 5.2°C | −0.6°C | 0.2 mm | 10 mph |
| Sat 31 | 6.9°C | 4.7°C | 0.4 mm | 11 mph |
Weather fronts
- Likely cold front · Sat 10 Dec, 19:00
- Likely warm front · Wed 21 Dec, 04:00
- Likely cold front · Fri 23 Dec, 17:30
- Likely cold front · Mon 26 Dec, 00:15
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.