The fourth wettest of twelve recorded - MSLP was -0.3 Mb below average, rainfall 106% of the average for 2007-17 and the temp' was 1.1°c below average (2009-17).
Rainfall totalled 141.1 mm (CR school 147.6 mm) - Mean Min' of 4.00°c - Mean Max' 9.79°c - with a highest maximum of 13.3°c (29th) and a lowest minimum of -2.6°c (22nd + 25th).
Only five days saw an air frost (Oct' had more) and there were ten ground frosts. There was no snow and no sign of winter and with 24.4 mm the 28th was the wettest day.
Summary - is now updated with October's weather report.
A summary and detail of the weather for 2017 can be read here REVIEW OF 2017 and other summaries/articles are also available such as this: But it's meant to be Summer (Summer 2017)
Local Historical Weather
Morland - rainfall in December 1918 was 105.4 mm and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 106.7 mm
Orton - between 1967-2017 the average rainfall for December is 195.5 mm - the driest being 33.6 mm (2010) and the wettest 704.0 mm (2015)
Appleby - average rainfall for December for the period 1856-2017 is 97.0 mm - the driest decade was the 1870's (77.0 mm), the wettest, 2010's (143.3 mm)
Maulds Meaburn - In just my relatively short period of records December has given both the coldest and wettest of any month on record, ever; it can be lively, Christmas can be white or very green - but it will rarely be quiet. - The mean temperature has varied from -1.98°c (2010) to 7.39°c (2015). Averages 173.0 mm of rain - Air Frost on 11.0 days - Ground Frost on 17.8 days - Snowfall on 7.1 days - Snow Laying on 4.4 days - an inch of rain on 1.6 days
Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) sent the following entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the December of 1879:-
'During the early part of the monthhard frost prevailed and all the rivers were covered with ice. The five last days were almost one continuous storm of wind and rain, filling the rivers and in some places causing floods' He did not make any comments about particular days of the month, so, from Keswick (Shu-Le-Crow):
27th 'Heavy rain, 3.02", the greater part falling after 5 p.m.; the river Greta rose rapidly and high wind accompanied the storm; at Rosthwaite ... the roads were more flooded than ever remembered.'
'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality - now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis
Weather Lore - December
"The nearer the new moon to Christmas Day, the harder the winter.""A long frost before Christmas may bring an early spring."
"If a girl raps at the henhouse door on Christmas Eve and a rooster crows, she will marry within the year."
Sunrise: 8:27 Sunset: 15:45
Moon Phase: First Quarter
LINKS TO OTHER WEATHER WEBSITES
Great Asby, Nr Appleby Local site, making for interesting comparisons with Maulds Meaburn.
Brampton Weather NE Cumbria An authoritative site that includes the Cumbrian Weather report.
Huncoat Weather Includes an excellent study on the history of British rainfall.
Cumbrian Weather Forum For all the latest discussion on the Cumbrian Weather.
Visit Cumbria Take a look at Maulds Meaburn and the surrounding area.
A summary of this stations data is sent to the Climatological Observers Link and to the Cumbria Weather Report and forms part of their monthly reports.
Forecast: Increasing clouds with little temperature change. Precipitation possible within 12 hours, possibly heavy at times. Windy.
3 Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
