December 2018
Weather in Letchworth Garden City, day by day
Mean temperature
6.7°C
Station average 5.4°C
Highest
13.7°C
On Sun 2 Dec
Lowest
−0.2°C
On Sat 15 Dec
Rain
47.0 mm
82% of the station average, 57.3 mm
Wet days
17
With 0.2 mm of rain or more
Wettest day
6.8 mm
On Wed 5 Dec
Strongest gust
28 mph
On Fri 21 Dec
Highest pressure
1035.1 hPa
Lowest 992.3 hPa
How it compares
The 5th warmest December of the 18 on record, and the warmest since 2015.
The 5th driest December of the 18 on record, and the driest since 2016.
Day by day
| Day | High | Low | Rain | Gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 11.0°C | 5.0°C | 2.8 mm | 15 mph |
| Sun 2 | 13.7°C | 9.7°C | 1.2 mm | 23 mph |
| Mon 3 | 12.6°C | 3.3°C | 0.6 mm | 23 mph |
| Tue 4 | 5.6°C | 0.6°C | 0.4 mm | 4 mph |
| Wed 5 | 10.9°C | 4.6°C | 6.8 mm | 17 mph |
| Thu 6 | 12.2°C | 9.6°C | 0.0 mm | 18 mph |
| Fri 7 | 12.2°C | 5.4°C | 6.8 mm | 23 mph |
| Sat 8 | 10.1°C | 6.5°C | 0.2 mm | 25 mph |
| Sun 9 | 9.1°C | 5.9°C | 1.6 mm | 20 mph |
| Mon 10 | 7.7°C | 4.7°C | 0.0 mm | 10 mph |
| Tue 11 | 7.6°C | 1.3°C | 0.0 mm | 6 mph |
| Wed 12 | 6.3°C | 2.3°C | 0.0 mm | 13 mph |
| Thu 13 | 5.0°C | 1.1°C | 0.0 mm | 16 mph |
| Fri 14 | 3.2°C | −0.1°C | 0.0 mm | 7 mph |
| Sat 15 | 5.2°C | −0.2°C | 5.6 mm | 21 mph |
| Sun 16 | 6.8°C | 2.4°C | 3.4 mm | 12 mph |
| Mon 17 | 8.7°C | 3.5°C | 0.0 mm | 13 mph |
| Tue 18 | 9.3°C | 6.1°C | 3.2 mm | 24 mph |
| Wed 19 | 8.3°C | 4.9°C | 1.4 mm | 15 mph |
| Thu 20 | 9.6°C | 4.4°C | 0.2 mm | 18 mph |
| Fri 21 | 11.3°C | 6.9°C | 2.8 mm | 28 mph |
| Sat 22 | 10.0°C | 7.2°C | 4.4 mm | 18 mph |
| Sun 23 | 10.9°C | 5.1°C | 5.0 mm | 13 mph |
| Mon 24 | 7.2°C | 1.0°C | 0.0 mm | 5 mph |
| Tue 25 | 6.0°C | 0.6°C | 0.4 mm | 9 mph |
| Wed 26 | 7.6°C | 5.9°C | 0.0 mm | 10 mph |
| Thu 27 | 8.1°C | 4.6°C | 0.0 mm | 4 mph |
| Fri 28 | 9.4°C | 6.6°C | 0.0 mm | 9 mph |
| Sat 29 | 11.6°C | 4.9°C | 0.0 mm | 22 mph |
| Sun 30 | 9.9°C | 4.8°C | 0.2 mm | 13 mph |
| Mon 31 | 8.9°C | 7.8°C | 0.0 mm | 12 mph |
Weather fronts
- Likely warm front · Sun 2 Dec, 01:45
- Likely cold front · Mon 3 Dec, 12:45
- Likely cold front · Fri 7 Dec, 09:30
- Likely warm front · Sat 15 Dec, 20:15
- Likely warm front · Fri 21 Dec, 02:15
- Likely cold front · Fri 21 Dec, 06:30
- Likely cold front · Fri 21 Dec, 23:15
- Likely warm front · Sun 23 Dec, 12:30
- Likely cold front · Sun 23 Dec, 13:15
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.