| Remarks | Max | Min | Rain | ||||
| 1st | 2cm of lying snow at 0900. Sunny spells. Feeling bitterly cold in a moderate NE'erly wind. | 0.6 | C | -3.6 | C | tr | mm |
| 2nd | Light dusting of snow overnight. 2cm of lying snow at 0900. Moderate snow showers during the morning, then clear for the afternoon. Continuing bitterly cold. | 1.0 | C | -2.5 | C | 0.2 | mm |
| 3rd | Hard frost. Temperatures not rising above freezing during the day. Sunny spells then turning misty through the afternoon. | 1.9 | C | -3.5 | C | 1.3 | mm |
| 4th | Snow showers overnight. 3.0cm of lying snow at 0900, but thawing quickly. Overcast during the day with rain showers late afternoon. | 3.5 | C | -4.6 | C | 1.3 | mm |
| 5th | Widespread rime. Freezing fog lifting to spells of sunshine. Cold, but temperatures lifting above freezing during the day. Early frost. | 2.5 | C | -1.1 | C | _ | |
| 6th | Hard frost and rime. Mist and fog persisting all day with sub-zero temperatures. | -0.9 | C | -7.0 | C | _ | |
| 7th | Coldest December morning locally since 1991. Hard frost and rime persisting all day in sub-zero temperatures. Prolonged sunny spells. | -0.4 | C | -9.4 | C | _ | |
| 8th | Light snow flurries briefly during the morning, then drier and brighter. Temperatures lifting above freezing clearing rime. Early frost during the evening. | 1.7 | C | -8.5 | C | tr | mm |
| 9th | Less cold. Sunny spells. | 5.6 | C | -3.5 | C | _ | |
| 10th | Overcast and mild. | 6.8 | C | 0.1 | C | 0.2 | mm |
| 11th | Continuing mild. Brief spells of sunshine, but generally rather cloudy. | 8.0 | C | 3.7 | C | tr(x) | mm |
| 12th | Colder start with ground frost. Sunny spells through the morning, but clouding over later. | 5.0 | C | 0.9 | C | tr | mm |
| 13th | Early morning mist. Cloud clearing to brief sunshine late morning, then returning. | 4.6 | C | 0.4 | C | tr | mm |
| 14th | Mist clearing, but remaining grey and overcast with intermittent light rain or drizzle. | 4.3 | C | 0.9 | C | 0.6 | mm |
| 15th | Early fog lifting, but remaining overcast all day. Light rain around noon. | 6.1 | C | -1.4 | C | 0.3 | mm |
| 16th | Mild during the morning with light rain. Temperature falling sharply during the afternoon with rain turning to sleet and then snow. Hard frost during the evening under clearing skies. | 6.8 | C | 0.1 | C | 2.1 | mm |
| 17th | Hard frost. 1cm of lying snow at 0900. Dry with sunny spells, although reports of snow elsewhere in the county. | -0.8 | C | -4.5 | C | _ | |
| 18th | Hard frost and overcast. Light snow showers late morning/early afternoon, otherwise dry. | -1.0 | C | -5.6 | C | tr | mm |
| 19th | Hard frost. Misty at first, clearing to very brief sunny spells during the day. Clouding over later. | -1.1 | C | -5.6 | C | tr(x) | mm |
| 20th | Freezing fog depositing rime. Remaining overcast throughout the day. Snow showers late evening. | -2.2 | C | -9.3 | C | 0.7 | mm |
| 21st | Overcast and misty to begin with. Lying snow to 1cm. Mist clearing later but remaining cloudy. | -0.1 | C | -7.6 | C | 3.9 | mm |
| 22nd | Heavy snow during the morning. 7.0cm of lying snow recorded at 0900. Snow easing towards noon and then dry for the remainder of the day. | 0.0 | C | -2.5 | C | 0.1 | mm |
| 23rd | Visibility very good. Still very cold with lying snow (7.0cm at 0900). Remaining overcast throughout the day. | 1.3 | C | -3.0 | C | _ | |
| 24th | Snow still lying to 6.0cm at 0900. Overcast all day and feeling very cold. | 0.5 | C | -2.9 | C | _ | |
| 25th | Hard frost. Clear skies with 4.0cm of lying snow at 0900. Sunshine throughout the day, but remaining bitterly cold. | -2.2 | C | -7.4 | C | _ | |
| 26th | Hard frost. Early sunshine, clouding over later. Remaining very cold. | 2.2 | C | -7.4 | C | _ | |
| 27th | Milder start. Slow thaw, but snow still lying to 4.0cm at 0900. Rain late evening and overnight. | 3.2 | C | -4.9 | C | 6.0 | mm |
| 28th | Rain clearing overnight. Patchy snow still lying (1.0cm at 0900), but rapid thaw during the day. | 5.2 | C | 0.9 | C | 0.1 | mm |
| 29th | Persistent fog with outbreaks of light rain or drizzle. | 6.3 | C | 2.4 | C | 1.5 | mm |
| 30th | Persistent fog. Little change during the day. | 4.8 | C | 4.0 | C | 0.1 | mm |
| 31st | Misty. Staying grey and overcast throughout the day. | 5.2 | C | 3.6 | C | tr | mm |