A third more rain fell last year than in 2022

The 12 months of Met Office data has now been released. The figures revealed there was 1,026mm of rain over the year, compared with 729mm last year.

November was the wettest month, with more than 200mm of rain.

Nearly 60mm of rain fell on two days that month, when Storm Ciaran ravaged the island. Normally November would see an average of 106mm.

September was the warmest month, with an average temperature of 18.3C and the temperature rising above 20C on half of its days.

It was also the month when the hottest day was recorded – 29.5C on 9 September.

January and February were tied as the coldest months, both with average temperatures of 7.7C. But it was January that had the coldest day, at 0.3C.

May took the crown as the sunniest month, with 278 hours of sunshine – an average of nearly nine hours a day and there was just a single day when no sunshine was recorded.

It was also the driest month, with just 32.9mm of rain. It was that month that a dry spell of 25 days started, where no rain was recorded.

December was the dullest month, with just 41 hours of sunshine – an average of just 1.3 hours a day.

Last month was the warmest December in eight years, with an average temperature of 9.9C. The 30-year average was 8.1C.

‘December was predominately about strong but mild south-west or westerly winds with resulting air temperatures well above average,’ Guernsey Met Office said.

With a mean temperature of 9.9C it was the warmest December for eight years, and the fifth-warmest since Guernsey Met records began in 1843.

But while it was warm, it was not very sunny.

There were nine days with no sunshine at all and a further eight days with less than an hour.

Condor’s vessels defy red wind warning to reach the island

Condor’s ferries managed to finally make it through the bad weather yesterday, even as red wind warnings were issued.

The Goodwill freight boat arrived at 3am, and the Condor Islander just after 6.30am.

The fast ferry Condor Liberation also managed to arrive from Poole just after noon.

But the winds strengthened in the afternoon, leading to the Liberation’s schedule being amended as the wind was outside the vessel’s safe berthing limits.

The Clipper did operate last night, but was delayed due to an extended turnaround.

Its service today has been amended, and the ferry will be withdrawn completely on Monday for 24 hours while essential maintenance is carried out.