fell by the end of the month, making It the wettest December since 2002 (which was just 0.5 mm 

 wetter) and, before that, 1989. Falls of 0.2mm or more In a day occurred on 22 days - the most 

 December rain days since 1993. Some local areas suffered slight flooding on several occasions 

 during the month as rain continued to fall on saturated ground. Snow fell on two days during the 

 month - both slight falls. 



This report was compiled using the daily weather observations made at the University of Reading 

 cllmatologlcal station - almost all of these being made by our observer, Mike Stroud. 



SUMMARY WEATHER RECORDS:2012 - 



UNIVERSITY OF R 



EADING (WH 



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IGHTS) 





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2012 



Total sunshine (h) 



72.3 



85.9 



176.0 



150.8 



182.3 



130.0 



180.1 



193.5 



177.0 



88.4 



58.0 



49.7 



1544.0 



Percentage of 

 average sunshine (%) 



128 



113 



161 



94 



97 



69 



91 



101 



128 



83 



92 



108 



101 



Greatest daily 

 sunshine total (h) 



5.9 



7.8 



11.4 



10.9 



13.6 



11.0 



14.2 



12.8 



11.4 



9.0 



6.3 



5.1 



14.2 



Date 



27 



26 



28 



1 



22 



30 



23 



18 



5 



16 



5 



10 





Number of sunless 

 days 



6 



10 

 



4 



4 



5 



4 



5 







2 



9 



9 



12 



70 



Mean 10cm soil 

 temperature °C 



4.4 



2.9 







6.5 



8.1 



13.3 



15.2 



17.6 



17.8 



13.7 



9.9 



5.9 



3.7 



9.9 



Mean 30cm soil 

 temperature °C 



6.6 



4.8 



8.1 



9.3 



12.8 



15.1 



17.4 



18.0 



15.3 



12.3 



8.6 



5.6 



11.2 



Mean 100cm soil 

 temperature °C 



8.2 



6.3 



8.2 



9.5 



11.4 



14.0 



15.9 



17.1 



15.9 



13.6 



10.7 



7.7 



11.5 





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2012 



Mean maximum temperature 



"C 



9.6 



7.5 



14.5 



12.7 



17.3 



18.2 



20.2 



22.0 



18.8 



13.4 



10.3 



8.8 



14.4 



Mean maximum anomaly 

 degC 



1.9 



-0.5 



3.7 



-0.8 



0.3 



-1.8 



-2.2 



-0.1 



-0.2 



-1.5 



-0.4 



0.9 



-0.7 



Mean minimum temperature 



°C 



2.7 



0.7 



3.3 



3.8 



8.6 



10.6 



12.1 



13.0 



8.9 



7.3 



3.9 



2 1 



6.4 



Mean minimum anomaly 

 degC 



0.8 



-1.0 



-0.2 



-0.9 



0.9 



0.0 



-0.6 



0.5 



-1.4 



-0.3 



-0.5 



-0.1 



-0.2 



Mean temperature °C 



6.2 



4.1 



8.9 



8.3 



13.0 



14.4 



16.2 



17.5 



13.9 



10.4 



7.1 



5.5 



10.4 



Mean temperature anomaly 

 degC 



+1.4 



-0.8 



+1.8 



-0.9 



+0.6 



-0.9 



-1.4 



+0.2 



-0.8 



-0.9 



-0.5 



0.4 



-0.9 



Highest temperature "C 



13.2 



16.4 



21.4 



18.9 



26.6 



26.3 



28.5 



28.5 



26.9 



17.4 



14.2 



13.1 



28.5 



Date 



21 



23 



28 



30 



27 



28 



25 



19 



9 



1 



13 



22 





Lowest maximum 

 temperature °C 



3.0 



0.1 



8.6 



8.9 



9.0 



11.7 



11.2 



18.0 



14.6 



8.0 



5.5 



-1.6 



-1.6 



Date 



31 



8 



13 



28 



3 



11 



30 



31 



23 



27 



29 



12 





Highest minimum 

 temperature °C 



11.1 



9.0 



8.3 



8.5 



15.3 



16.1 



15.4 



17.0 



13.9 



12.7 



10.5 



8.9 



17.0 



Date 



1 



24 



10 



27 



25 



27 



4 



17 



10 



1 



14 



29 





Lowest temperature °C 



-4.4 



-10.1 



-1.3 



-2.7 



0.8 



5.1 



8.6 



5.0 



3.4 



0.0 



-2.9 



-5.0 



-10.1 



Date 



17 



11 



28 



6 



7 



13 



12 



31 



22 



28 



30 



12 





Lowest grass minimum 

 temperature °C 



-8.4 



-11.6 



-7.1 



-7.3 



-4.4 



-1.8 



4.1 



-2.0 



-2.1 



-5.2 



-9.4 



-10.0 



-11.6 



Date 



31 



11 



19 



6 



7 



13 



29 



31 



22 



28 



30 



11,13 





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