December 2020
Weather in Letchworth Garden City, day by day
Mean temperature
4.8°C
Station average 5.4°C
Highest
12.3°C
On Mon 21 Dec
Lowest
−2.3°C
On Thu 31 Dec
Rain
73.2 mm
128% of the station average, 57.3 mm
Wet days
22
With 0.2 mm of rain or more
Wettest day
9.4 mm
On Mon 21 Dec
Strongest gust
33 mph
On Sun 27 Dec
Highest pressure
1030.8 hPa
Lowest 969.1 hPa
How it compares
The 7th coldest December of the 18 on record, and the coldest since 2017.
The 5th wettest December of the 18 on record.
Day by day
| Day | High | Low | Rain | Gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 6.7°C | 2.0°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Wed 2 | 7.1°C | 1.4°C | 0.4 mm | 8 mph |
| Thu 3 | 5.5°C | 3.2°C | 9.4 mm | 12 mph |
| Fri 4 | 3.8°C | 1.7°C | 4.2 mm | 18 mph |
| Sat 5 | 5.9°C | 1.3°C | 0.0 mm | 11 mph |
| Sun 6 | 1.3°C | −0.7°C | 0.2 mm | 4 mph |
| Mon 7 | 1.2°C | −0.2°C | 0.2 mm | 5 mph |
| Tue 8 | 3.6°C | −1.4°C | 4.2 mm | 10 mph |
| Wed 9 | 5.3°C | 2.7°C | 2.0 mm | 11 mph |
| Thu 10 | 5.7°C | 3.9°C | 0.8 mm | 12 mph |
| Fri 11 | 8.9°C | 5.7°C | 4.4 mm | 11 mph |
| Sat 12 | 7.2°C | 2.5°C | 1.4 mm | 11 mph |
| Sun 13 | 10.3°C | 1.2°C | 4.4 mm | 17 mph |
| Mon 14 | 10.7°C | 7.4°C | 7.0 mm | 21 mph |
| Tue 15 | 10.4°C | 6.4°C | 0.2 mm | 15 mph |
| Wed 16 | 9.4°C | 6.6°C | 2.8 mm | 16 mph |
| Thu 17 | 9.7°C | 5.1°C | 0.0 mm | 18 mph |
| Fri 18 | 10.8°C | 9.4°C | 0.0 mm | 30 mph |
| Sat 19 | 10.6°C | 6.6°C | 2.2 mm | 20 mph |
| Sun 20 | 9.4°C | 4.4°C | 0.4 mm | 17 mph |
| Mon 21 | 12.3°C | 4.5°C | 9.4 mm | 18 mph |
| Tue 22 | 12.2°C | 7.0°C | 1.0 mm | 18 mph |
| Wed 23 | 10.9°C | 5.1°C | 7.6 mm | 27 mph |
| Thu 24 | 5.4°C | 1.5°C | 1.6 mm | 23 mph |
| Fri 25 | 3.4°C | −1.0°C | 0.0 mm | 12 mph |
| Sat 26 | 9.1°C | 0.7°C | 0.2 mm | 29 mph |
| Sun 27 | 8.8°C | 0.9°C | 9.2 mm | 33 mph |
| Mon 28 | 1.7°C | −0.6°C | 0.0 mm | 7 mph |
| Tue 29 | 2.4°C | −0.2°C | 0.0 mm | 7 mph |
| Wed 30 | 2.8°C | −1.8°C | 0.0 mm | 9 mph |
| Thu 31 | 0.1°C | −2.3°C | 0.0 mm | 7 mph |
Weather fronts
- Likely warm front · Sun 13 Dec, 17:15
- Likely cold front · Mon 14 Dec, 03:15
- Likely warm front · Mon 21 Dec, 13:00
- Likely cold front · Tue 22 Dec, 01:15
- Likely cold front · Wed 23 Dec, 19:30
- Likely cold front · Sun 27 Dec, 06:30
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.