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Changeable southwesterly winds dominated the month – in fact only the Decembers of 1974 and 1912 were more ‘southwesterly’ – but there was a marked contrast between predominantly low pressure during the first half of December and predominantly high pressure during the second half. However, low pressure returned with a vengeance during the last three days. In spite of the frosty spell over Christmas, this was the warmest December since 1988. Averaged nationally, rainfall and sunshine were both slightly above normal; Rainfall was totalled at 92mm for the whole month which was 119% of the 30 year average. New Years Eve, we experienced the maximum fall for the month where 15.8mm fell to dampen the festive celebrations. Temperature wise, the month was above average for a winter month and the mean average was 1.0°C avove normal at 8.2°C. The warmest day was recorded on the 4th at 12.9°C and themometers dropped to -5.7°C sixteen days late for the lowest night minimum. December was quite a dull month the sun only managed to break the cloudy skies for 41 hours, which is just under half the recorded sunshine for December 2001.