December 2015 Weather Facts

December was warmer than usual with temperatures above 0 degrees 77.3% of the time. Along with his sleigh and reindeer, Santa brought along the warmest day on Christmas eve with the mercury hitting 15.49 °C at 2:45 pm.

2.98°C
Average daily temperature for December 2015 – not a bad December. Only a 2.37°C dip from last month’s average temperatures.
24.4°C
Difference between the coldest recorded temperature of -8.88°C and the warmest temperature of 15.49°C on December 20th, 2015 and December 25, 2015.
4.44°C
Increase in the coldest day recorded in December 2015 from November 2015. -8.88°C was the coldest recorded temperature in December 2015.
66.9mm
Average precipitation to fall across our seven weather stations within the Alder Creek watershed.
25%
Percentage of total monthly average precipitation that fell on December 29th, 2015, averaged from all sites.
12.2m/s
Highest wind speed recorded from Weather Station 2 on December 14, 2015 at 6:30 pm.