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December 2024 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind Direction
SoilTemp @ 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs , Moorfoot Hills snowline(ft)
@ 0900 GMT
1Maximum Temp (°C)
2Minimum Temp (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min Temp
(°C)
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind Speed (mph)
1
1014.2
11.8
90
9
S
9.0
12.8
11.8
4.3
9.5
1.34
206
0.36
39
 Mainly overcast 31st November. Light rain am 1st December. Very mild throughout
1
2
1012.1
4.9
87
3
NW
7.0
5.2
4.9
0.0
4.5
0.66
137
0.20
16
 Sunny intervals midday 1st, rain am 2nd
2
3
1022.1
1.9
88
3
SE
6.0
5.8
– 1.0
4.3
– 6.0
3.75
246
0.28
29
 Overcast 2nd, clear skies overnight 2nd/3rd. 6.7h<0C
3
4
1020.4
5.5
85
4
SW
5.5
11.4
1.9
5.6
1.5
0.65
132
0.25
40
 Sunny intervals 3rd, rain 1800-1845 h. Clear skies overnight 3rd/4th then overcast
4
5
999.9
7.9
88
6
WSW
5.5
8.7
5.2
0.0
5.5
0.85
155
0.25
30
 Heavy showers, gusts to 40mph early evening 4th. Occ showers early am 5th
5
6
1012.3
5.2
82
5
WSW
5.0
6.4
4.3
22.2
1.5
0.64
86
0.28
24
 Sunny intervals midday 5th, clear periods am 6th
6
7
993.2
4.3
91
9
NW
5.5
5.6
2.3
3.7
1.5
0.00
35
0.20
29
 Rain, with some wet snow, later pm 6th. Heavy rain 21-2230 h. Rain am 7th
7
8
1032.2
3.3
85
3
NW
5.0
6.3
3.0
0.0
0.7
0.10
156
0.33
20
 Rain am 7th. Overcast pm 7th and am 8th
8
9
1043.2
4.7
83
2
NW
5.5
5.7
3.2
0.0
3.1
0.00
70
0.08
14
 Overcast 8th and am 9th
9
10
1041.0
2.2
90
0
NNW
5.5
2.9
1.9
0.0
– 2.0
1.80
160
0.03
7
 Overcast 9th. Clearer skies overnight 9th/10th
10
11
1039.3
– 2.7
94
0
NW
4.0
–1.2
– 3.3
0.0
– 6.7
0.00
111
0.08
7
 Sunny intervals 10th, freeezing fog overnight 10th/11th. 16.2h<0c overnight to 09h
11
12
1034.9
– 1.6
94
0
NW
4.0
4.2
– 3.0
0.0
– 4.4
3.44
172
0.15
10
Ice Day + Freezing fog to 0900 on 12th. 24h<0C
12
13
1027.2
4.2
93
1
NNE
4.0
5.2
– 1.6
0.0
– 0.8
0.00
130
0.08
16
 Sunny intervals 12th, misty overnight 12th/13th 1.2h<0C am 12th
13
14
1018.7
2.8
90
5
WSW
4.5
11.1
2.7
0.2
– 0.5
0.96
193
0.15
28
 Overcast 13th. Variable cloud amount am 14th. Ground frost
14
15
1017.4
10.6
92
9
WSW
5.5
11.2
2.8
0.7
6.8
0.00
79
0.15
37
 Sunny intervals @ 1300h 14th, otherwise overcast. Occasional drizzle 15th. Milder
15
16
1017.7
9.4
92
7
SW
6.0
10.1
9.0
0.7
8.0
0.16
111
0.23
34
 Occasional drizzle 15th and am 16th
16
17
1017.6
8.7
89
9
SSE
6.5
13.6
8.7
2.5
7.0
0.00
93
0.33
48
 Occasional drizzle 16th/17th. Dull and overcast
17
18
987.3
9.8
89
11
WSW
7.0
9.8
8.2
0.0
6.0
0.48
160
0.43
42
 Showers and gusty winds throughout. 48 mph @ 1850h on 17th. Even milder am 18th
18
19
1002.5
2.1
84
6
W
6.0
6.2
1.5
0.0
– 0.4
3.33
132
0.23
17
 A few sunny intervals early pm 18th. Clear skies overnight 18th/19th with ground frost
19
20
1007.0
6.1
89
12
SW
5.0
9.2
2.1
1.0
0.0
0.00
125
0.23
38
 Sunny intervals 19th, cloud from W later PM. Variable cloud amount am 20th
20
21
994.2
7.7
87
12
WSW
6.0
5.8
3.7
Ovecast 20th, guty winds am. Gusty winds (46 mph gust) am 21st with squally showers
21
22
 
22
23
 
23
24
 
24
25
 
25
26
 
26
27
 
27
28
 
28
29
 
29
30
 
30
31
 
31
Total/Mean
7.5
3.4
45.2
– 6.7
18.16
246
4.42
48
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temp
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temp
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
W/m2
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

December 2024 summary (to 0900 GMT, 21 December, 2024 )

Overall mean temperature 5.4 C (+ 1.6degC)

Precipitation 45.2 mm (56.5%), Sunshine 18.16 hours (36.3%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    
21 December, 2024 12:37 PM
Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*–2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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