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   STATISTICS from CTO Weather Centre -  December, 2026
   MONTHLY SUMMARY: MEANS AND TOTALS:

   Reading

Mean   

Normal   

RecHi   

Year

RecLo   

Year

   High Temp

    2015 2007

   Low Temp

    2015 2007

   Mean Temp

    2015 2007

   Dew Point

    2015 2013

   Relative Humidity

    63 % 78 % 2018 23 % 2013

   Barometric Pressure

    2023 2025

   Winds

    2023 2001

   - from

    E   WNW     N    
 

   Monthly Total

Total   

Normal   

RecMost   

YY

RecLeast   

YY

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

 

2022 2016

   Sunshine

    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 Temperature

            2019-23 2004-20

   Low Temp

            2015-11 2004-20

   Humidex

              2019-23      

   Wind Chill

                    2017-28

   Dew Point

            2019-23 2020-21

   Relative Humidity

            100 % 2022-30 0 % 2020-21

   Barometric Pressure

              2022-14 2022-23

   Winds

            2015-24      

   - from

            S          
 

   Daily Total

Most   

DD

RecMost   

YY-DD

   Rain       2020-25
   Snow       2015-29
   Snow Equiv mm       2015-29
   Precipitation  

 

  2020-25

   Sunshine

      15:55  h 2016-15
 

   Daily Mean

Max   

DD

Min   

DD

RecHi   

YY-DD

RecLo   

YY-DD

   Temperature

            2015-24 2004-20

   Dew Point

            2019-23 2020-21

   Relative Humidity

            100 % 2022-31 20 % 2013-01

   Barometric Pressure

            2022-14 2022-24

   Winds

            2022-23 2001-01

   - from

            WNW   N    
 
   EVENTS NEXT MONTH (12):  
   
Last Quarter - December 1 @ 01:08
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.
   
New Moon - December 8 @ 19:51
The Moon is nearest the Sun in the sky and cannot be seen from the ground.
   
First Quarter - December 17 @ 00:42
A waxing half-Moon is near the meridian (halfway across the sky) as the Sun sets.
   
Happy Festivus! - December 23 @ 00:00
Festivus, the Festival for, as the saying goes, the rest of us.
   
Full Moon - December 23 @ 20:28
The Moon is most-opposite the Sun in the sky, rising as the sun sets.
   
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.
   
Xmas Day Ice Storm - December 25 @ 00:00
The Ottawa area was hit by a massive ice storm on this day in 1986.
   
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.
   
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.
   
Last Quarter - December 30 @ 13:59
A waning half-Moon is near the meridian (halfway across the sky) as the Sun rises.
   
Winter Solstice - December 21 @ 15:50
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)

 

Next Month:
 

   Day    MeanHigh    MeanLow    MeanTemp    AvRH    AvDP    AvBP    Prec    Sunrise       Sunset       Moon    Winds   
   1                57%                07:23       16:21       Last Quarter    ENE @    
   2                60%                07:24       16:21       Waning Crescent    WNW @    
   3                68%                07:25       16:21       Waning Crescent    ENE @    
   4                58%                07:26       16:20       Waning Crescent    E @    
   5                67%                07:27       16:20       Waning Crescent    W @    
   6                64%                07:28       16:20       Waning Crescent    ENE @    
   7                60%                07:29       16:20       Waning Crescent    ENE @    
   8                64%                07:30       16:20       New    ENE @    
   9                61%                07:31       16:20       New    E @    
   10                65%                07:32       16:20       New    ENE @    
   11                60%                07:33       16:20       New    ENE @    
   12                67%                07:34       16:20       New    WNW @    
   13                64%                07:34       16:20       New    E @    
   14                65%                07:35       16:20       New    ENE @    
   15                60%                07:36       16:20       New    ENE @    
   16                64%                07:37       16:21       New    ENE @    
   17                73%                07:37       16:21       New    W @    
   18                69%                07:38       16:21       New    E @    
   19                62%                07:39       16:22       New    WNW @    
   20                58%                07:39       16:22       Waxing Crescent    W @    
   21                69%                07:40       16:23       Waxing Crescent    E @    
   22                72%                07:40       16:23       Waxing Crescent    E @    
   23                70%                07:41       16:24       Waxing Crescent    ENE @    
   24                63%                07:41       16:24       Waxing Crescent    ENE @    
   25                57%                07:41       16:25       Waxing Crescent    WNW @    
   26                58%                07:42       16:26       First Quarter    E @    
   27                68%                07:42       16:26       Waxing Gibbous    ENE @    
   28                55%                07:42       16:27       Waxing Gibbous    ENE @    
   29                60%                07:42       16:28       Waxing Gibbous    W @    
   30                57%                07:43       16:29       Waxing Gibbous    ENE @    
   31                64%                07:43       16:30       Waxing Gibbous    WNW @    

   December                63%    -9.7°C    1016.4 mb              E @ 1 km/h   

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