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   STATISTICS from CTO Weather Centre - December, 2025
   MONTHLY SUMMARY: MEANS AND TOTALS:

   Reading

Mean   

Normal   

RecHi   

YY

RecLo   

YY

   High Temp

2015 2007

   Low Temp

2015 2007

   Mean Temp

2015 2007

   Dew Point

2015 2013

   Relative Humidity

77 % 63 % 78 % 2018 23 % 2013

   Barometric Pressure

2023 2025

   Winds

2023 2001

   - from

SSW   E   WNW     N    
 
   Monthly Total

Total   

Normal   

RecMost   

YY

RecLeast   

YY

   Rain 2020 2016
   Snow 2022 2022
   - Water Equivalent 2022 2020
   Precipitation 2022 2016

   Sunshine

80  h 105  h 199  h 2016 0  h 2001
 

   MONTHLY SUMMARY: SINGLE-DAY EXTREMES AND RECORDS:

   Reading

Max   

DD

Min   

DD

RecHi   

YY-DD

RecLo   

YY-DD

   High Temp

27 26 2019-23 2004-20

   Low Temp

17 30 2015-11 2004-20

   Humidex

  31         2019-23      

   Wind Chill

        30         2017-28

   Dew Point

27 04 2019-23 2020-21

   Relative Humidity

99 % 19 39 % 04 100 % 2022-30 0 % 2020-21

   Barometric Pressure

22 29 2022-14 2022-23

   Winds

19       2015-24      

   - from

SSE           S          
 

   Daily Total

Most   

DD

RecMost   

YY-DD

   Rain 19 2020-25
   Snow 25 2015-29
   - Water Equivalent 25 2015-29
   Precipitation 12 2020-25

   Sunshine

08:40   14 15:55   2016-15
 

   Daily Mean

Max   

DD

Min   

DD

RecHi   

YY-DD

RecLo   

YY-DD

   Temperature

27 26 2015-24 2004-20

   Dew Point

27 26 2019-23 2020-21

   Relative Humidity

90 % 10 64 % 04 100 % 2022-31 20 % 2013-01

   Barometric Pressure

22 29 2022-14 2022-24

   Winds

19 11 2022-23 2001-01

   - from

NW     N     WNW   N    
 

   EVENTS LAST MONTH (11):

 
   
Winter Solstice - December 21 @ 00:03
Autumn ends; Winter begins (N. Hemisphere). Spring ends; Summer begins (S. Hemisphere). Shortest day of the year (N. Hemisphere). Longest day of the year (S. Hemisphere)
   
First Quarter - December 27 @ 04:09
A waxing half-Moon is near the meridian (halfway across the sky) as the Sun sets.
   
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami - December 26 @ 00:00
A megathrust earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, caused a massive tsunami throughout the Indian Ocean, on this day in 2004. In Indonesia, the hardest-hit by the giant ocean waves, up to 225,000 people died.
   
Launch of the JWST - December 25 @ 00:00
On Xmas Day in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched aboard an ArianeSpace Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Orbiting Earth-Sun Lagrange Point L2, and sporting vastly superior optics and electronics to Hubble's, the JWST has made revolutionary discoveries, including the existence of well-formed galaxies shortly after the Big Bang.
   
Xmas Day Ice Storm - December 25 @ 00:00
The Ottawa area was hit by a massive ice storm on this day in 1986.
   
Sir Isaac Newton Born - December 25 @ 00:00
On this day in 1642, Sir Isaac Newton was born. He went on to give birth to modern physics and new branches of mathematics.
   
Happy Festivus! - December 23 @ 00:00
Festivus, the Festival for, as the saying goes, the rest of us.
   
New Moon - December 19 @ 10:43
The Moon is nearest the Sun in the sky and cannot be seen from the ground.
   
Last Quarter - December 10 @ 22:51
A waning half-Moon is near the meridian (halfway across the sky) as the Sun rises.
   
Pearl Harbour - December 7 @ 00:00
On this day in 1941, Japan achieved complete surprise in its attack on Pearl Harbour, sinking most of the US Pacific Fleet stationed at Hawaii. Fortunately, the four American aircraft carriers were out to sea on that Sunday morning, and survived to wreak havoc on the Japanese in later battles. The United States declared war the following day, eventually winning the Pacific War in 1945.
   
Full Moon - December 4 @ 08:14
The Moon is most-opposite the Sun in the sky, rising as the sun sets.
  


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Daily Readings, Last Month:
 

   Day    High    Low    Mean    MxHx    MnWC    AvRH    AvDP    AvBP    Precip    Sunrise    Sunset    Sun    Moon    Winds
   1                        72%                07:23    16:21    04:45    Waxing Gibbous    W @    
   2                        78%                07:24    16:21    05:40    Waxing Gibbous    E @    
   3                        86%                07:25    16:21    00:55    Waxing Gibbous    W @    
   4                        64%                07:26    16:20    05:55    Full    W @    
   5                        69%                07:27    16:20    01:10    Waning Gibbous    W @    
   6                        78%                07:28    16:20    00:30    Waning Gibbous    W @    
   7                        79%                07:29    16:20    00:30    Waning Gibbous    W @    
   8                        72%                07:30    16:20    08:00    Waning Gibbous    W @    
   9                        81%                07:31    16:20    02:20    Waning Gibbous    W @    
   10                        90%                07:32    16:20    00:15    Waning Gibbous    E @    
   11                        83%                07:33    16:20    01:25    Waning Gibbous    N @    
   12                        78%                07:34    16:20    07:50    Last Quarter    N @    
   13                        84%                07:34    16:20    00:20    Waning Crescent    N @    
   14                        68%                07:35    16:20    08:40    Waning Crescent    W @    
   15                        74%                07:36    16:20    01:00    Waning Crescent    W @    
   16                        74%                07:37    16:21    01:45    Waning Crescent    E @    
   17                        85%                07:37    16:21    00:20    Waning Crescent    WNW @    
   18                        72%                07:38    16:21    00:30    Waning Crescent    E @    
   19                        82%                07:39    16:22    00:25    New    NW @    
   20                        76%                07:39    16:22    01:50    Waxing Crescent    WNW @    
   21                        73%                07:40    16:23    02:15    Waxing Crescent    E @    
   22                        80%                07:40    16:23    01:05    Waxing Crescent    W @    
   23                        88%                07:41    16:24    00:40    Waxing Crescent    E @    
   24                        82%                07:41    16:24    02:25    Waxing Crescent    E @    
   25                        75%                07:41    16:25    05:40    Waxing Crescent    W @    
   26                        72%                07:42    16:26    00:50    First Quarter    W @    
   27                        73%                07:42    16:26    04:00    Waxing Gibbous    W @    
   28                        74%                07:42    16:27    02:45    Waxing Gibbous    W @    
   29                        82%                07:42    16:28    00:40    Waxing Gibbous    WNW @    
   30                        72%                07:43    16:29    05:05    Waxing Gibbous    ENE @    
   31                        72%                07:43    16:30    01:35    Waxing Gibbous    E @    

   December                    77%                    80h      SSW @    
   Normals                    63%    -9.7°C    1016.4 mb            105 h      E @ 1 km/h   

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