The capital recorded above average maximum temperatures this year, but 2011's 13.3 degree average makes it the coldest year in Canberra since 2000.
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While the average maximum was 20.2 degrees this year - 0.5 degrees above normal - Canberrans shivered their way through chilly mornings, with the average minimum of 6.3degrees the lowest in 15 years.
There were just 26 days above 30 degrees during the year - the least since 1999 - and 79 days with minimums of zero degrees or below - the most since 1982.
There were a few frozen pipes on the morning of July 29 this year when Tuggeranong recorded minus 8.2degrees - the coldest Canberra morning in 17 years.
A cold snap towards the end of July saw three consecutive nights below minus 6 degrees.
Canberra also recorded its coldest start to summer in 47 years with an average of 15.2 degrees.
Sydney has also seen a cold summer, recording its coldest December since 1960.
This is despite a warming trend across southern Australia during the past 15 years.
Canberra recorded the highest number of rainy days since 2000, but meteorologists say we've seen the last of the rain this year.
With 900mm of rain at Tuggeranong, it was the second wettest year since records began there in 1996 and the figure surpassed rainfall at the Canberra Airport, which recorded 580mm of rain.
Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Ryan White said almost 80mm of rain fell at the Canberra Airport and 141mm at Tuggeranong this month.
''It was a wet December,'' Mr White said.
''The rain fell over 14 days, which is above the average of eight days.
''So we've had rainfall recorded almost one in every two days for this December.''
Mr White said maximum temperatures in December were the lowest on record before Christmas but will end up being the lowest since 1992, if weather predictions are correct.
The likely monthly average, Mr White believed, would be 23.6degrees - 2.5 degrees below the historical average. As of last night, the hottest December day was on Christmas Day, when it reached 28.8 degrees.
Forecasters predict a top of 28 today, which won't be enough to beat last year's New Year's Eve top of 33.9 degrees.
The Weather Channel's chief meteorologist Dick Whitaker said daily maximums of more than 30 degrees were forecast for the first week of the New Year, with the mercury hitting a hot 34 degrees on Tuesday.
But don't rejoice just yet - showers are expected to develop from Tuesday into the weekend.