2010 Monthly Historical Information

Month 2010	Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Highest Max Temp	Lowest Max Temp	Highest Min Temp	Lowest Min Temp	Rainfall Total	Wettest 24hr Total
January	2.5	-2.7	9.6	-3.5	3.0	-14.9	59.8	18.7
February	4.0	-3.4	7.6	0.5	2.3	-12.6	44.1	14.2
March	8.4	-0.4	12.5	2.5	6.5	-9.2	22.4	5.5
April	12.6	2.4	19.2	6.3	9.8	-5.4	56.7	9.4
May	15.3	3.5	25.6	8.7	11.0	-2.7	39.9	10.2
June	19.5	9.4	25.2	12.8	14.5	4.0	29.5	11.1
July	18.3	10.7	21.9	14.3	14.1	5.8	111.8	28.9
August	18.4	9.3	23.9	14.8	13.9	1.9	58.2	n/a
September	15.7	7.9	21.5	11.0	13.0	-2.2	107.3	29.5
October	11.4	3.7	15.7	5.6	11.8	-4.2	94.6	21.6
November	5.2	-0.1	10.0	-1.0	6.0	-9.0	173.2	n/a
December	0.3	-7.2	8.1	-7.7	5.8	-15.7	27.2	12.4
Year	11.0	2.8	25.6 (22/5)	-7.7 (22/12)	14.5 (17/6)	-15.7 (3/12)	824.7

2010 was around 1 degree below the long-term average (the main contribution to this being December. Rainfall was around 15% below the long-term average(March, June & December being especially dry)

DECEMBER 2010-----A truly remarkable month, the sort of conditions experienced, perhaps only occuring once a century. The max.temp. was 5.4 down on normal, the min. temp.an incredible 6.9 degrees down (anomalies of this sort are very rare indeed) Snow fell on 12 days & lay on the ground for 27, with the maximum depth 21cms. There were 27 air frosts & 30 ground frosts. However, as pointed out before, we need only go back to 1995 to find a colder individual day & night than in 2010. Nevertheless for persistent cold, December 2010 will stick in the memory for decades to come.