Late on parade to day...Not much change anyway...

Met Office Hadley     6.9c.      Anomaly    2.1c.    Provisional  to  18th

Metcheck                 6.18c.    Anomaly    1.18c.

N-W                        7.11c.    Anomaly    2.01c.

My   Mean                6.9c.

I'll be surprised if it falls  below 6.5C

Met Office Hadley      6.8c.    Anomaly    2.0c.    Provisional  to  19th.

Metcheck                 6.05c   Anomaly     1.06c. 

N-W                        6.96c.   Anomaly     1.86c.

My  Mean                 6.8c.

Met Office Hadley        6.8c.   Anomaly    2.00c.  Provisional to 20th.

Metcheck                    6.21c. Anomaly   1.22c.

N-W                           7.09c.  Anomaly   1.99c.

My      Mean                6.8c.

Met Office  Hadley    6.9c.   Anomaly   2.0c.   Provisional to  21st.

Metcheck                 6.30c.  Anomaly 1.31c.

N-w                       7.15c.    Anomaly 2.05c.

My   Mean               6.9c. 

Met Office Hadley      6.8c.     Anomaly    2.0c.    Provisional  to  22nd.

Metcheck                  6.25c.   Anomaly    1.86c.

N-W                         7.09c.  Anomaly     1.99c.

My     Mean               6.9c.  

Hadley     6.8c     A.   2.0c.  to 23rd.

Metcheck 6.28c.   A.   1.39c.

N-W        7.19c.   A.    2.09c.

My Mean  6.9c.    

Hadley          6.8c.    A.   2.0c.     To 24th.

Metcheck      6.29c.  A.    1.30c.

N-W             7.09c.  A.    1.99c.

My    Mean   6.9c.

Hope readers are enjoying the festivities....       

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/cet_info_mean.html

2C above normal.

Met Office Hadley       6.7c.    Anomaly       1.9c.    Provisional  to   15th.

Metcheck                   6.16c.  Anomaly       1.17c.

N-W                          6.96c   Anomaly       1.86c.

My  Mean                   6.7c.

I currently expect the CET for December to finish at 6.33C so just below the 2006 figure of 6.5C

Just a few more days....

Met office Hadley     6.7c.    Anomaly     1.9c.     Provisional  to  26 th.

Metcheck                 6.16c. Anomaly      1.17c.

N-W                        6.96c.  Anomaly     1.86c.

My  Mean                6.6c.

Well, we're still over 6.5C

Met Office Hadley      6.6c.     Anomaly   1.8c.   provisional  to 27th.

Metcheck                 6.14c.    Anomaly   1.15c.

N-W                        6.92c.    Anomaly    1.82c.

My   Mean                6.6c.

Down a bit today...

Met Office Hadley         6.5c.    Anomaly    1.8c.    Provisional to  28th

Metcheck                    6.04c    Anomaly    1.04c.

N-W                           6.79c.  Anomaly     1.69c.

My  Mean                   6.5c.

Met Office Hadley  6.5c.      Anomaly   1.8c.    Provisional to 29th.

Metcheck             6.05c.     Anomaly    1.06c.

N-W                    6.82c.      Anomaly    1.72c.

My   Mean           6.4c.   

Met Office Hadley  6.5c.      Anomaly   1.8c.    Provisional to 29th.

Metcheck             6.05c.     Anomaly    1.06c.

N-W                    6.82c.      Anomaly    1.72c.

My   Mean           6.4c.   

Come down a bit more than I thought - but 6.5C is a mild month without doubt.

The average between the  three websites is even less at 6.45c

Just to add interest....  

Met Office Hadley  6.5c.     Anomaly    1.8c.     Provisional to  30th.

Metcheck              6.08c.   Anomaly    1.08c

N-W                     6.84c.   Anomaly     1.74c.

My  Mean              6.5c.

Final December CET by my calculations is 6.38C which means we finish just behind 2006 which saw 6.5C and equal with 1994 with 6.4C. Third warmest December since 1975 beaten only by 2006 and 1988.

It was a consistently warm month throughout with no cold spells at all. Provisionally the mean maximum CET for December is the 5th equal warmest on record (since 1878) at 9.6C. In recent times only 1974 and 1988 have been warmer.

Final official stats from Hadley should be available tomorrow.

2013 has been a remarkable year of two halves. The first six months saw a CET 1.2C below the 1971-2000 mean and the second six months were 0.8C above the 1971-2000 mean. Overall 2013 was just under 0.2C below the 1971-2000 mean so fairly average which is quite surprising given how cold the first half was.

Happy New Year to everyone on the forum. Plenty more interesting weather to come for sure in 2014.