Weather Statistics – Tideswell – December 2014
Temperature
Mean daily maximum: 6.1 (1.1 above average)
Mean daily minimum: 1.3 (1.2 above average)
Mean temperature: 3.7 (1.2 above average)
Highest daily maximum: 11.4 (22nd)
Lowest daily maximum: 0.8 (27th)
Lowest daily minimum: -4.8 (29th)
Highest daily minimum: 9.2 (18th)
Lowest daily grass minimum: -8.9 (28th)
Number of air frosts: 10
Number of ground frosts: 16
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 5
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 14
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 12
Frost duration: 69.8hours
Rainfall
Total fall: 185.1 mm (123% of average)
Wettest day (0900-0900) 25.9 mm (26th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 25
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 21
Snow
Days with snow or sleet falling: 14
Days more than 50% cover at 0900: 8
Deepest at 0900: 23 cm
Sunshine
Total sunshine: 42.6 hours (101% of average)
Sunniest day: 5.6 hours (3rd, 13th )
Days with no sun: 8
Other phenomena
Days with thunder heard: 1
Days with hail: 6
Days with fog at 0900: 0
Wind
Mean wind speed: 7.4 mph
Maximum gust: 48 mph (18th)
Days with gale: 0
Remarks
Mostly mild and wet but a cold wintry snap after Christmas. The snowfall on the evening of Boxing Day was the heaviest since 22nd/23rd March 2013.