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Max Temperature °C

Min Temperature °C

Humidity

Pressure hPa

Precipitation mm

During the first four days of January the British Isles were covered by a south-easterly flow between deep low pressure on the Atlantic and a massive anticyclone over NE Europe where pressure on the 3rd reached 1064 mbar, the highest in the region since 1972. The month was generally quite wet, and Lyneham received a total of 95mm precipitation for the first month of the year, which was 139% of the 30 year average. The maximum downpour for a 24 hour period, fell on the 11th, where 25.8mm was recorded. There was 10 days with no sunshine recorded and only 52 hours of sunshine for the whole month. The best month of sunshine was recorded back in 1952 where clear skies allowed 88 hours of sunshine. Generally the month was quite warm, in comparison for a winters January, thermometers peaked 12.2°C on the 18th of the month and fell to a minimum of -0.07°C on the 3rd.