We have all just experienced the coldest December in our lifetimes(to date!) Average maximum temp. +0.3(normal value +5.7), average minimum temperature -7.2(normal value -0.3). The last cold December of 1981, has been well & truly eclipsed. MORE DETAILS ABOUT DECEMBER IN A FEW DAY'S TIME.
It's been a brighter day today & quite a bit milder, Maximum temp.5.9. At 1800hrs, it was still 5.7 . Despite this, the car thermometer was showing just 1degree when we left Perth at 1530 & there were some mist bands in the Tay valley north of Dunkeld at 2 degrees
SATURDAY 1st JANUARY 2011
PITLOCHRY TODAY Cloud breaking to give some sunny spells. Maximum temperature 3 degrees
THIS EVENING & TONIGHT Clear spells & light winds will allow temperatures to fall to -5 to -7.
OUTLOOK Sunday fine & dry. The startof next week, more unsettled.
NO UPDATE AVAILABLE THIS EVENING (2010 figures will be published in a day or two.)
THIS MORNING'S READINGS
The only online weather service using data recorded in Pitlochry. The data presented below comes from standard Met Office equipment however I also make use of an Automatic Weather Station.
| Temperature at obs. Time today 0900 | 0.7 |
| Maximum Temperature (last 24hrs) | 6.2 |
| Minimum Temperature (last 24hrs) | -0.1 |
| Grass Minimum Temperature (last 24hrs) | -0.7 |
Rainfall Total (last 24hrs) | trace |
Barometer at observation time today | 1026mbs |
Wind at observation time today | W1 |
This month’s highest temperature to date | 8.1 (11th) |
| This month’s lowest temperature to date | -15.7 (3rd) |
| This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date | 12.4 (26th) |
| This month’s total rainfall to date | 27.2mms |
AVERAGES & EXTREMES DECEMBER
| Average Max. Temperature | 5.7 |
| Average Min. Temperature | -0.3 |
| Record High Temperature | 5.7 |
| Record Low Temperature | -18.2 |
| Long Term Average Rainfall | 92.22 |
| Wettest Month | 193 (1959) |
| Driest Month | 24 (1975) |
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