December 2002

December 2002 Summary
Temperature
Mean 16.3 C
Mean Maximum 22.2 C
Mean Minimum 10.8 C
Maximum High 30.4 C
Maximum Low 16.2 C
Minimum High 14.1 C
Minimum Low 3.0 C
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 67 km/h
Average 8.4 km/h
Wind Run 6506 km
Max Daily Windrun 384 km
Prevailing Direction North East
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall 5
Max Daily Rainfall 25.7 mm
Monthly Rainfall 32.7 mm

December Min. Temp Max. Temp Avg. Temp Rain Prevailing Wind Dir. Avg. Wind Speed Max Gust Wind Run Casual Observations
1 13.8 20.1 16.4 0 North East 12.0 37 296 Morning cloud with some drizzle clearing in the afternoon.
2 13.7 21.2 16.4 0 North East 8.5 32 213 Morning cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon.
3 12.8 22.8 16.9 0 North East 6.7 32 171 Some morning drizzle then cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon.
4 13.6 21.2 16.2 0 North East 6.7 27 170 Mostly cloudy but some sun around midday. Morning and evening drizzle patches.
5 13.8 22.0 16.9 0 North East 10.1 34 252 Morning drizzle and cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon.
6 16.2 29.6 22.7 0.6 North East 8.3 34 208 Early morning shower then cloud clearing to a warm day.
7 12.9 24.6 19.0 4.5 North 8.3 31 209 Warm northerly winds in the morning changing to southerly with afternoon showers and rain in the evening.
8 10.7 14.1 12.0 25.7 South 15.7 50 384 Morning rain clearing in the afternoon. Gusty cool southerlies.
9 8.5 17.4 13.2 0 South 11.0 52 271 Sunny with southerly winds.
10 8.9 25.9 16.3 0 North East 7.3 34 185 Sunny with warm northerly wind. A change to cooler southerlies late afternoon but remaining dry.
11 7.9 25.6 17.1 0 North West 8.4 40 209 Sunny with warm northerly winds.
12 12.4 28.5 20.5 0 North 8.2 45 205 High cloud with warm northerly winds.
13 11.7 23.1 17.3 0.6 North West 12.3 67 304 Light showers with a southerly breeze in the morning. A sunny afternoon with strong gusty northerlies.
14 11.2 20.9 16.0 0 West 11.7 41 287 Sunny with gusty westerly winds at time in the afternoon.
15 5.4 22.2 14.5 0 North East 4.9 31 125 Sunny with light southerly winds in the morning changing to NE in the afternoon.
16 8.6 23.2 15.6 0 North East 3.7 28 95 Cloud increasing in the afternoon with a few spots of rain.
17 11.9 17.0 13.7 0 North East 4.6 29 118 Cloudy with morning and evening drizzle.
18 10.8 19.3 14.3 0 North East 6.4 31 162 Cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon with increasing NE winds.
19 10.3 21.9 16.1 0 North East 7.0 26 177 Sunny with light winds
20 10.9 21.1 16.4 0 North East 8.1 35 201 Sunny with NE winds increasing in the afternoon.
21 11.9 22.2 17.1 0 South 6.5 29 168 Morning cloud clearing. Southerly winds.
22 14.0 19.2 16.5 0 North East 10.1 46 250 Morning cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon. NE winds gusty mid afternoon then easing in the evening.
23 13.6 28.9 20.7 0 North West 10.5 46 260 Warm northerly winds changing to cooler southerly late afternoon then NE in the evening. Cloud increasing from late afternoon.
24 12.5 19.4 15.9 0 North East 8.5 39 214 Sunny with NE winds.
25 11.4 28.1 19.0 0 South West 10.1 50 241 Early SW winds turning gusty and warm NW in the afternoon. Clear and sunny.
26 6.9 20.6 14.4 1.3 North West 8.4 37 209 Sunny morning with NW winds. Cloud increasing with a southerly change in the afternoon bringing a thunderstorm and a few showers, some with hail.
27 3.0 20.0 12.9 0 North East 6.6 42 165 Clear and sunny with increasing NE wind in the afternoon.
28 10.1 17.9 13.7 0 South 7.6 41 189 Cloud clearing in the morning but returning late afternoon. Southerly winds gusty for a time around midday.
29 6.0 18.0 13.5 0 North East 7.7 36 190 Clear and sunny. NE winds.
30 11.8 20.2 15.7 0 North East 9.4 34 235 High cloud but mostly sunny with NE wind.
31 8.1 30.4 19.3 0 North East 5.2 29 132 Clear and sunny. A NE wind getting up around midday to cool us off.
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