Storm Bella passed through on Boxing day and into Sunday. It produced the wettest 24hrs of the year.

The maximum pressure this year was 1049.9 on the 20th January. The minimum was 969.2 on the 28th of this month.

The maximum recorded temp was 12.5 degrees at 12:30pm on the 18th. The minimum was -0.5 degrees at 6.10pm on the 31st. The maximum temp this year was 31.3 on the 25th of June. The minimum this year was this month at -0.5 on the 31st.

The maximum recorded sustained wind speed was 34mph at 9:30pm on the 26th as storm Bella passed through, with a gust of 47mph at 11:50pm. The maximum recorded wind speed this year was 37mph on the 9th February. The maximum gust was 51mph on the 13th January and again on the 7th March.

Total rainfall of 12.83" this month.This is the second wettest December since I began recording data. Just beaten by the record 13.75" of 2015. There were only 2 dry days. The maximum rain in a 24 hr period was 2.49" on the 28th of this month. The total rain for the year was 93.64", a new record for me. Beating the previous maximum of 84.16" in 2007.