Key:
WW = West Wales
Lwn = Llanwnnen
AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry
CL = Church Lawford
ROW = Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
CC = Capel Curig, Snowdonia
MH = Milford Haven
Mids = Midlands
CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire
WW = West Wales
Lwn = Llanwnnen
AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry
CL = Church Lawford
ROW = Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
CC = Capel Curig, Snowdonia
MH = Milford Haven
Mids = Midlands
CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire
COL = Climatological Observers Link
PWS = Personal weather station
Mostly dry chilly start to the month soon turned unsettled and mild:
Mon 2nd frost severe in places, Lwn min -7.7c, other min Swyddfynnon -6.1c, Trawsgoed -5.4c, Pershore -5.0c, Pembrey -4.7c, Shobdon -3.6c, Watnall -0.1c, MH +1.6c
Fri 6th mild with rain at times, max Pershore College 13.7c, Coventry & Trawsgoed 11.7c, Lwn 10.7c, CC 10.6c
Rather cold, still unsettled mid month:
Sat 14th, snow for some high ground of Wales today
Sun 15th showery, hail, thunder, sleet and snow in the mix, especially Wales & Marches, snow coverings for some hills.
Tue 17th widespread frost and fog, fog stuck much of the day in places so locally very cold, milder coasts where sunny periods (max Llysdinam, Powys +0.5c, Hereford 2.4c, Lwn 2.6c, CL 4.4c, Tirabad 4.6c, MH 8.2c)..
Rather mild and unsettled run up to Christmas but a dry mild end to the year:
Christmas Day a fine, dry and bright respite from recent rains!
Nature notes
Early Dec Gorse bloom quite prolific near coast; various flowers and shrubs evidencing some bloom inc Hydrangea. Bee in one evergreen shrub Plas Crug Aberystwyth; Foxglove decaying flower Llwyndrissi forest.
Sat 14th snatch of Mistle Thrush song this afternoon
Tue 17th Barn Owl flying alongside road - hill above Talsarn this evening
Tue 31st Coventry 2 Song Thrush in full dusk song between Miners Welfare Park and the lake, Bedworth
Few but various flowers out in AG garden year end (last Chrysanthemums died off around Christmas)
Dec 2019 summary
Rather mild/mild: WW generally rather dull/ average to wet rainfall-wise (but Anglesey rather dry); Midlands generally quite sunny but rather wet
Rainfall totals
Valley 59.4mm (66%)
CC 318.2mm (103%)
Aberdaron 81.4mm (99%)
Trawsgoed 137.8mm (102%)
Aberporth 126.0mm (132%)
Llanwnnen 179.8mm (124%)
MH 144.8mm
Pembrey Sands 155.8mm (134%)
Nottingham 78.4mm
Shawbury 67.6mm (109%)
Coleshill 81.4mm (127%)
Coventry, Bablake School 83.6mm (136%)
CL 74.8mm (132%)
Pitsford School, Northants 77.9mm (141%)
PWS rainfall
Alvechruch, Worc 100.0mm (144%)
Daventry, Northants c 85mm
Sunshine totals Dec 2019
Aberdaron 49.6 hrs
Aberporth 40.1 hrs (78%)
Lwn 42 hrs est (114%)
Nottingham 47.0 hrs
Coventry 63.2 hrs (113%)
Pitsford, Northants 77.6 hrs (187%)
2019 summary
Rather mild and wet; much of WW rather dull while much of Midands fairly sunny
Rainfall totals 2019
Llanwnnen 1458.7mm (111%)
Coventry, Bablake school 886.2mm (128%)
Coventry, Tony the Gardener 1021.5mm = highest annual total ever recorded in the city (unofficially)!
Church Lawford 827.0mm (123%)
Pitsford School, Northants 765.9mm (116%)
Daventry, Northants c 760mm
Sunshine totals 2019
Llanwnnen 1195 hrs estimated (89%)
Coventry 1600.2 hrs (104%)
Pitsford, Northants 1496.6 hrs (108%)
PWS = Personal weather station
Mostly dry chilly start to the month soon turned unsettled and mild:
Mon 2nd frost severe in places, Lwn min -7.7c, other min Swyddfynnon -6.1c, Trawsgoed -5.4c, Pershore -5.0c, Pembrey -4.7c, Shobdon -3.6c, Watnall -0.1c, MH +1.6c
Fri 6th mild with rain at times, max Pershore College 13.7c, Coventry & Trawsgoed 11.7c, Lwn 10.7c, CC 10.6c
Rather cold, still unsettled mid month:
Sat 14th, snow for some high ground of Wales today
Sun 15th showery, hail, thunder, sleet and snow in the mix, especially Wales & Marches, snow coverings for some hills.
Tue 17th widespread frost and fog, fog stuck much of the day in places so locally very cold, milder coasts where sunny periods (max Llysdinam, Powys +0.5c, Hereford 2.4c, Lwn 2.6c, CL 4.4c, Tirabad 4.6c, MH 8.2c)..
Rather mild and unsettled run up to Christmas but a dry mild end to the year:
Christmas Day a fine, dry and bright respite from recent rains!
Nature notes
Early Dec Gorse bloom quite prolific near coast; various flowers and shrubs evidencing some bloom inc Hydrangea. Bee in one evergreen shrub Plas Crug Aberystwyth; Foxglove decaying flower Llwyndrissi forest.
Sat 14th snatch of Mistle Thrush song this afternoon
Tue 17th Barn Owl flying alongside road - hill above Talsarn this evening
Tue 31st Coventry 2 Song Thrush in full dusk song between Miners Welfare Park and the lake, Bedworth
Few but various flowers out in AG garden year end (last Chrysanthemums died off around Christmas)
Dec 2019 summary
Rather mild/mild: WW generally rather dull/ average to wet rainfall-wise (but Anglesey rather dry); Midlands generally quite sunny but rather wet
Rainfall totals
Valley 59.4mm (66%)
CC 318.2mm (103%)
Aberdaron 81.4mm (99%)
Trawsgoed 137.8mm (102%)
Aberporth 126.0mm (132%)
Llanwnnen 179.8mm (124%)
MH 144.8mm
Pembrey Sands 155.8mm (134%)
Nottingham 78.4mm
Shawbury 67.6mm (109%)
Coleshill 81.4mm (127%)
Coventry, Bablake School 83.6mm (136%)
CL 74.8mm (132%)
Pitsford School, Northants 77.9mm (141%)
PWS rainfall
Alvechruch, Worc 100.0mm (144%)
Daventry, Northants c 85mm
Sunshine totals Dec 2019
Aberdaron 49.6 hrs
Aberporth 40.1 hrs (78%)
Lwn 42 hrs est (114%)
Nottingham 47.0 hrs
Coventry 63.2 hrs (113%)
Pitsford, Northants 77.6 hrs (187%)
2019 summary
Rather mild and wet; much of WW rather dull while much of Midands fairly sunny
Rainfall totals 2019
Llanwnnen 1458.7mm (111%)
Coventry, Bablake school 886.2mm (128%)
Coventry, Tony the Gardener 1021.5mm = highest annual total ever recorded in the city (unofficially)!
Church Lawford 827.0mm (123%)
Pitsford School, Northants 765.9mm (116%)
Daventry, Northants c 760mm
Sunshine totals 2019
Llanwnnen 1195 hrs estimated (89%)
Coventry 1600.2 hrs (104%)
Pitsford, Northants 1496.6 hrs (108%)
