Monthly Climate Summary for December 2007 at Hampstead  
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       Mild and wet early and late;  mostly fine and cold with frequent frost 11th-24th   back forward
                       
Overall mean temperature was 5.5 ēC which is +0.5 degC compared with the 1971-2000 average
Mean day maximum (09-21) was 7.9 ēC              
Mean night minimum (21-09) was 3.4 ēC              
Mean 24hr maximum (09-09) was 8.1 ēC which is +0.6 degC compared with the 1971-2000 average
Mean 24hr minimum (09-09) was 2.9 ēC which is +0.4 degC compared with the 1971-2000 average
  Highest day max was 13.6 ēC on  the   6          
  Lowest day max was 3.0 ēC on  the 15          
  Highest night min was 11.3 ēC on  the 5          
  Lowest night min was -1.6 ēC on  the 20          
  Lowest grass min was -7.5 ēC on  the 20          
                       
Total rainfall this month was 62.5 mm which is 94.7 per  cent of the 1971-2000 average  
  Highest daily fall was 10.6 mm on  the 5          
Number of hours with rain was 74.0 hrs              
Equiv. TSR rainfall duration was 51.8 hrs which is 90.9 per  cent of the 1971-2000 average  
  Highest no of wet hrs 10.0 hrs on  the 9          
  Highest equiv duration 8.3 hrs on  the 9          
                       
Total sunshine this month was 80.0 hrs which is 177.8 per  cent of the 1971-2000 average  
Equiv. C/S sunshine total was 88.0 hrs which is 177.8 per  cent of the 1971-2000 average  
  Highest daily sun was 6.3 hrs on  the 12          
                       
Maximum  snow depth  was 0.0 cm on the 30          
                       
Mean sea-level pressure at 09Z 1021.1 mbar which is +6.1 mbar compared with the 1961-1990 average
  Highest pressure at 09Z 1040.8 mbar on  the 13          
  Lowest  pressure at 09Z 982.8 mbar on  the 9          
                       
Number of days with:                    
Air Frost 8   0.2mm rain 20   No  sun 8   Snow lying 0  
Grnd Frost 12   1.0mm 9   3h  sun 14   Snow/sleet 0  
Max < 0ēC 0   5mm 6   6h  sun 2   Hail 0  
Max > 10 10   10mm 1   9h  sun 0   Thunder 0  
Max > 20 0   25mm 0   12h sun 0   Fog at 09Z 1  
Max > 30 0         15h sun 0   Gale 0  
                       
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