We only had 1 named storm this month. Storm Bram came through on the 9th.This affected South Wales more than us. The M4 and the A470 were closed for a time due to flooding and several Valleys train services were suspended. More rain on the 14th and 15th flooded properties in Briton Ferry and Neath Port Talbot.

The beginning of the month was wet and windy. By the 16th West Glamorgan had recorded 100% of the usual December rain. The first 3 weeks were warmer than average before turning colder over Christmas. Wales recorded 126% of average sunshine hours. There was no snow so it was another year without a white Christmas. However, on New Years Eve a significant cold spell was predicted with Arctic air forcast to bring snow in January.

The maximum pressure this year was 1047.5mb on 6th of February. The minimum was 972.7mb on 27th of January.

The maximum recorded temp was 13.0 degrees at 1:00pm on the 9th. The minimum was -1.8 degrees at 6:00am on the 29th.

The maximum temp this year was 29.5 degrees on the 12th of July. The minimum this year was the -3.5 degrees on 9th of January.

The maximum recorded sustained wind speed was 22mph on the 8th. There was a gust of 43mph on the 9th as storm Bram came through. Capel Curig recorded a gust of 84mph the same day.

The maximum recorded gust for this year was 49mph on the 24th of January.

Total recorded rainfall was 10.35" this month. We had 10 dry days.

The maximum rain in a 24 hr period this year was 3.44" on the 20th of September. The total rain for the year was 70.10". The wettest month this year was November with 11.65". There were 149 recorded dry days this year. August being the best with 21 dry days. There were 5 months that had only 8 dry days or less.