LAST year was the first year without any snow being recorded at the Met Office’s base at Ronaldsway since 1992.
It follows two years with significant snowfall in 2009 and 2010.
The latest figures from the Met Office show 2011 was the third warmest year on record with an average temperature of 10.76C, only behind 2007 (10.98C) and 2006 (10.93C).
A Met Office spokesman said: ‘Unfortunately this was not due to the summer months which were all cooler than normal.’
The hottest day was June 3, when the mercury soared to 22.7C. The coldest day was minus 2.9C on January 7. There were eight days with air frosts and 39 days with ground frost.
There was a total of 1,662 hours of bright sunshine during the year compared with the long term average of 1,578 hours. January, March, April and July were particularly sunny. The sunniest day was July 3 with 15.9 hours, a July record.
Rainfall at Ronaldsway totalled 794mm, about 8 per cent below normal. February, May and June were wet months with January, March, April, September and November being significantly drier than normal.
The wettest day of the year was June 17, with 48.6mm rainfall at the airport.
May and September through to the end of the year were all windy months, bringing the average wind speed for the year up to 14.7mph.
It means 2011 was the seventh windiest year on record, although there were only an average number of days with gales.
There were seven days with hail and two with thunderstorms, both half of the long term average, and there were two days with sleet, both in December.
There were 28 days of fog at Ronaldsway.
Last month was the windiest December on record at Ronaldsway.
A Met Office spokesman said rather than being due to a high number of gales – there were five days with gales compared to a long term average of three – it was due to almost consistent strong winds.
The average wind speed was 22mph, beating the previous December record of 21.4mph in 1974.
There were 26 days last month when the wind speed reached force six or more, equalling the record once again set in 1974. The strongest winds were recorded on December 13, with a gust of 68mph at the airport.
Both the daytime maximum and overnight minimum temperatures were 1C above the long term average giving a mean temperature of 7.7C for the month. The highest temperature of 12.6C was recorded on both December 8 and 25, the warmest Christmas Day on record.
There was a brief cold spell around the middle of the month when a minimum air temperature of 1.4C was recorded, cold enough for sleet at low levels and some snow on the hills.
Despite there being only four completely dry days the total rainfall measured 87.5mm, slightly below the December mean of 91.8mm. There was only 34.1 hours of bright sunshine recorded during the month, 27 per cent below the long term average, and even the sunniest day, December 7, recorded fewer than five hours. There were three days with hail, and no fog or thunderstorms at Ronaldsway.
Met Office records date back to 1947.