December 2000

December 2000 Summary
Temperature
Mean 15.3 C
Mean Maximum 21.9 C
Mean Minimum 10.0 C
Maximum High 30.4 C
Maximum Low 13.5 C
Minimum High 16.1 C
Minimum Low 3.1 C
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 58 km/h
Max Daily Windrun 339 km
Prevailing Direction North East
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall 9
Max Daily Rainfall 15.5 mm
Monthly Rainfall 36.5 mm

December Min. Temp Max. Temp Avg. Temp Rain Wind Dir Max Gust Wind Run Casual Observations
1 10.1 16.8 12.9 0 East -- -- Mostly sunny with an easterly breeze
2 11.7 24.9 16.4 0 East -- -- Westerly wind at times pushing the afternoon temperature to 24.9. A late southerly change dropped the temperature around 23:00
3 8.0 16.3 11.5 8.75 South -- -- Rain over night clearing by mid morning. Gusty cool southerly wind easing later in the day. Sunny afternoon.
4 3.1 17.2 11.3 0 North East -- -- Sunny with a NE wind.
5 10.4 18.1 13.8 0 North East -- -- Breezy NE wind, sunny.
6 11.2 27.3 18.0 0 North East -- -- Sunny with north east wind. A change to warm NW winds later in the afternoon giving the warmest temperature since last summer.
7 8.0 23.8 15.3 0 North East -- -- Mostly sunny, variable winds with a gusty NE wind in the afternoon.
8 9.8 16.4 12.3 0 North East -- -- Mostly cloudy. Cool in the NE wind.
9 10.5 16.1 12.4 0 North East -- -- Cloudy with a NE wind gusting to 42km/h at 4pm. Some drizzle in the evening.
10 12.3 18.9 14.6 0 North East -- -- Cloudy at times but mostly sunny. Gusty NE winds.
11 13.2 18.7 15.0 0 North East 47 339 Gusty NE winds, mostly sunny.
12 12.4 19.2 15.2 0 North East 40 297 Sunny and mostly clear with a gusty NE wind picking up later in the afternoon.
13 12.7 21.6 16.5 0 North East 37 297 Mostly sunny with NE wind.
14 13.0 30.4 18.1 0 South West 48 227 Warm north west winds gave the highest temperature this summer to date. A south west change around 14:00 dropped the temperature around 9 degrees in 10 minutes.
15 11.6 17.1 13.6 0.75 North East 29 175 Drizzle early morning and light shower in the evening. Mostly cloudy.
16 12.1 21.5 15.3 0.25 North East 27 -- Mostly cloudy but some sun in the middle of the day. Drizzle early morning.
17 10.1 21.0 14.5 0 North East 29 193 Drizzle early morning then a dry day with variable cloud.
18 12.3 18.3 14.8 0 North East 35 240 Variable cloud, light to moderate NE wind.
19 11.1 26.0 16.2 0 North East 27 185 Warm westerlies bringing 26 degrees, cooling later with a NE change. Mostly sunny.
20 11.6 29.1 18.3 0 North East 47 222 Warm and gusty west to north west winds later in the afternoon bringing very warm temperatures. Sunny.
21 8.2 23.1 15.8 7.25 North East 45 216 Mostly sunny, light shower with hail in the afternoon. At about 23:00, a thunder storm arrived dumping pea size hail for around 10 minutes.
22 5.0 16.5 10.9 1.5 South 29 129 Mostly cloudy. Southerly wind kept the day feeling cool.
23 10.2 25.6 15.7 0 North East 42 279 Cloudy and cool in the morning. Some light rain. Warm NW wind in the afternoon changing to SW in the evening.
24 8.5 27.8 16.6 0 North East 42 227 Gusty NE wind in the morning turning NW in the afternoon giving a warm end to the day. Clear and sunny.
25 13.5 25.3 20.4 0 North West 48 339 Warm with a gusty NW wind. Clear and sunny.
26 11.5 26.8 19.4 0 North West 41 205 Another warm day with NW winds. Calm in the evening.
27 12.9 29.8 21.2 0 North West 49 203 NE winds in the morning were replaced by NW winds about midday with a warm afternoon. Variable cloud.
28 12.6 23.1 16.3 2 South West 26 183 Cooler southerly winds with some rain early morning. Mostly cloudy but some sun in the afternoon.
29 10.8 25.2 16.9 0.25 North West 40 156 An early shower, then sunny with NE winds changing to NW mid afternoon.
30 7.0 22.6 13.5 0.25 South 48 179 Mostly sunny, a southerly change mid afternoon with a brief shower.
31 5.5 19.6 10.8 15.5 South 58 152 Mostly sunny morning, a thunder storm and a cold southerly change in the afternoon with rain.
December 2000 Temperature Graph December 2000 Rainfall Graph