Hadley

7.0c to the 29th

2.5c above the 61 to 90 average
2.5c above the 81 to 10 average



With 7.0c, Hadley is now on the same temperature as what we finished with in March

It will end on 5.3C here (+1.1C)

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IMANSF22                 6.7c              Nicks - 1Bath 75           7.5c
Metcheck                   7.16c            Anomaly                      2.17c
Netweather                7.73c            Anomaly                      2.64c
Peasedown St John    7.68c            Anomaly                      2.83c.    

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7.0c to the 30th

2.5c above the 61 to 90 average
2.5c above the 81 to 10 average

Confirmed as 7.0c

Final December number 7.01c

If your going to win then do it in style.

Dingle Rob takes the award not only as the December monthly winner but also as the overall CET competition champion for 2023.

Many congratulations.

Rob was the 7th different competition leader in 2023.

Spare a thought for Bolty who led from September to November but ended up as runner up.

Its the 3rd time in recent years that the leader at the end of November failed to hold on; after JMM2005 last year and Col a few years earlier.
In all cases the November leader went too low with their December prediction

Caz, who led the way early in the year finished 3rd.

Final 2023 Table 

dingle rob          9.10
bolty                  9.44
caz                   10.24
rickm                10.31
grandad           10.42
gezm                10.51
stomchaser      10.67
snowshoe         10.71
tierradelfuego  11.06
scillydave         11.21
windywillow     11.97
artzeman          12.05
lanky                12.31
sswd                12.56
sussex snow magnet 12.64
jmm2005         12.67
kendalian        12.92
col                   12.93
frank h            13.00
hungry tiger    13.12
ap snowman    13.31
taylor1740       13.65
redmoons       14.35
bertwhistle      16.24

So thats it from me.

Thanks to all for the support you have given me over the past 20 months or so and best wishes to Justin for taking this on from 2024.

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Congratulations DR.

And thanks Frank sterling job.
 

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Many congratulations Dingle Rob and Bolty!

Many thanks Frank, for stepping in with this and keeping it going.  It’s very much appreciated!  👍

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Thank you. I have to say I just went with Brian's Winter Forecast and was very surprised to see I was somewhat out on a limb.

Thanks Frank for running the comp this year and good luck everyone for 2024.

Rob 

Cheers Frank. Thanks for this and a Happy New Year.

I'm so glad I ended up at the top of the table (when turned upside down, of course).

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It is what it is, and all part of the fun! Well done Dingle Rob and thank you to Frank for running the competition at such short notice>

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I see Hadley have a second consecutive year at 11.1°C for the year average. The two warmest years in the series.

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What makes this year even more remarkable is that only 3 months of 2023 had a higher mean CET than in 2022. June,September and December.
I expect we will see 11c+ years now becoming increasingly frequent.

Well done to Dingle Rob. Commiserations to Bolty  - unlucky to see the very mild weather hanging in there in central parts when it was forecast to cool off for a while at least. 

The slate is now wiped clean and we start afresh!

Thanks to Frank for running this competition over the last couple of years

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Yes well done Dingle Rob and thanks to Frank too.

Just concluding the above, quite a lot did change over the last few days and we ended up 0.5C higher than this spot sample prediction.

As mentioned by others, it meant that we have had 2 years in a row with an annual CET greater than 11C. Based on averaging each monthly average CET, 2023 comes in slightly cooler at 11.08C against 11.13C in 2022. 

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