December and 2013 Summary (day, storm, city, frost)

[ilovemycomputer90]

I'll see if I can find snow totals for the month of December. Difficult to access.

[Hiromant]

December was almost 5°C warmer than normal and the second warmest in fifty years. The last eight months have all been much warmer than normal but early spring was cold.

[Jakobsli]

Norway - December 2013 and the year 2013

For the country as a whole, December was 4.2C warmer than the 1961-90 average.
The warmest temperature was 17.1C in Ã…ndalsnes on the 12th. This is the highest December temperature the last 13 years. The coldest recording was -39.2C in Kautokeino on the 9th.
December was the second wettest on record for the country as a whole, with 180% of normal precipitation. The southern part of the country, and part of the northern Norway, got record amounts of precipitation. The largest amount was recorded at Haukeland - Storevatn (near Bergen) with 778.1 mm. The driest station was Cuoavdathmohkki (near Karasjok) with 29.3 mm. 68 stations set new December records for precipitaton.
desember 2013 - met.no

In Trondheim, December was 4.5C above the 1961-90 average. This was the second warmest December on record (2006 was 2C warmer). Trondheim was for much of the month in the rain shadow north of the Dovre mountains and precipitation in December was average with 84 mm.

The Year 2013 in Norway
2013 was 1C above the 1961-90 average for the country as a whole. 2013 was the 25th warmest in a series that goes back to 1900 for the country as whole.
Warmest was Færder Lighthouse (outer Oslofjord) with a mean of 8.3C (0.9C above average).
Coldes was the mountain Fannaråki (2062m asl) with -5.4C.
Warmest temperature was 33.4C in Byglandsfjord (valley in the south), and coldest was Karasjok with -41.3C. Relative warmest was the far north, with up to 2 - 3C warmer than average in Finnmark.
Precipitation was 110% of average, the 20th wettest year. Wettest station was Haukeland - Storevatn with 3673 mm (no normal as yet). Driest was Skjåk II with 321 mm (126% of average).
http://met.no/Klima/Klimastatistikk/...013/Aret_2013/

In the Norwegian Arctic, 2013 was 3.1C warmer than the 1961-90 average at Svalbard Airport/ Longyearbyen. The year average was -3.5C, while the 1961-90 average is -6.6C. There are now 37 consecutive months with above average temperatures recorded at Svalbard Airport.
http://www.verogvind.net/readmore.asp?readmoreid=4596

[nei]

here's my year



summer - long humid stretch
fall - early part was warm, dry and very sunny; late part was a bit cooler than usual
spring - a bit of a slow start

[Qilin34]

Originally Posted by nei

here's my year



summer - long humid stretch
fall - early part was warm, dry and very sunny; late part was a bit cooler than usual
spring - a bit of a slow start

Where on earth did you obtain %sun figures from NOAA? I thought their last normals with sunshine were 1961 to 1990

[RWood]

Equal second warmest year for Melbourne ...

Melbourne in 2013

[RWood]

Second sunniest year for Sydney ...

Sydney in 2013

- despite higher rainfall due to more 25mm+ days ....

[Donar]

Just for fun:
After three years the trend for the new climatic period:



For comparison the "old" averages:



A more pronounced seasonal lag, especially in winter, is the most noticeable difference plus March being much sunnier and drier in recent years.

[marlaver]

December in Argentina (Ogimet)

Highest mean temperature: 30.6ºC in Las Lomitas
Lowest mean temperature: 6.8ºC in Ushuaia

Highest mean max temperature: 38.4ºC in La Rioja
Lowest mean max temperature: 10.4ºC in Ushuaia

Highest mean min temperature: 24ºC in La Rioja
Lowest mean min temperature: 3.4ºC in Ushuaia

Absolute max: 45ºC in Santiago del Estero (25th)
Absolute min: -0.2ºC in Ushuaia (4th)

[nei]

Originally Posted by Qilin34

Where on earth did you obtain %sun figures from NOAA? I thought their last normals with sunshine were 1961 to 1990

Weather Summary 2013: Crop Information UMass Cranberry Station

not many sites like this available.