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Ukiah has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate. Average rainfall for the area is 36.96 in (939 mm) per year. Measurable precipitation occurs on an average of 82.1 days per year. The greatest monthly precipitation was 24.76 in (628.9 mm) in January 1995 and the greatest 24-hour precipitation was 6.18 in (157.0 mm) on December 22, 1964. Light snowfall occurs about every other year.
The UK overall recorded 156% of December average rainfall. In January, much of southern England recorded two to three times the average rainfall and in south-east England it was the equal-wettest calendar month in the series from 1910. The UK overall recorded 155% of January average rainfall.The wet theme continued through February which was the 3rd wettest in the series. For winter overall the UK received 165% of average rainfall.Some parts of the country had in excess of twice average winter rainfall and the region of south east and central south of England had 235% of average.owever, western areas of Wales and Scotland were notably dull. For the UK overall there was 101% of average sunshine hours. The animation below compares the weather of winter of 2009/2010 (left) and 2013/2014 (right) from the Met Office Unified Model.