In a year that saw the seasons finally returning to Wales with a cold winter and a scorching summer we take a look back at 成人论坛 Cymru Wales highlights from 2013.
Weather wise, January began fairly mild but by mid-January it was all change as an icy easterly wind blew in from Russia bringing snow and plummeting temperatures.
January marked the .
In contrast, in February began with an unseasonably mild start. After a disastrous start, Wales found their winning form to deliver one of their greatest ever performances, thrashing England 30-3 to win the championship.
Meanwhile Swansea City claimed their first major knockout trophy, beating Bradford to聽win聽the聽League Cup at Wembley. Thousands of Swans fans turned out to through the streets of Swansea.
The Brecon Beacons National Park was granted special protection, becoming , one of only five in the world.
Night time fun in the Brecon Beacons by Dan Santillo
March saw the return of winter with further snow storms and weather disruption with unseasonably cold temperatures making it the coldest March in Wales since 1962.
We marked St David鈥檚 Day by looking back at highlights from 2013. These included a new daffodil named after One Show presenter Alex Jones and Llangennith Beach on Gower being named the by Trip Advisor.
Rhossili Bay by Paula J. Jones in the 成人论坛 Wales Nature Flickr group
Welsh singer represented the UK at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest but only managed a 19th placing with 23 points.
The 成人论坛 Wales social media team descended on the renowned Welsh author Philip Pullman for . The聽Twitter chat saw fans from around the world engaging with the author live from his home in Oxford.
April is a month that Bluebirds fans will always remember as Cardiff City secured with a draw at home to Charlton Athletic ending a 51-year absence from the league.
Radio Wales launched their with live music and performances from Welsh artists including Manic Street Preachers, Charlotte Church, Paper Aeroplanes and Sophie Evans.
In June, the world was introduced to Nev Wilshire and the hit TV series, ,聽an observational documentary by 成人论坛 Cymru Wales for 成人论坛 Three.
Nev from The Call Centre
This by a member of the TV crew gives provides a unique insight into Nev鈥檚 world!
Culture came to Cardiff in the shape of 成人论坛 Cardiff Singer of the Year, widely regarded as the world's greatest singing competition. This year the winnner was聽mezzo-soprano from the USA.
July saw the return of the summer 鈥� an event not witnessed by some of us since the 1980s and for once, weatherman Derek Brockway could repeatedly mention the words 鈥� warm, sunshine and hot spell in the same sentence.
Summer sunset by Gill Jones
We all expected it to last days but 聽well into August.
The hot summer was great for Welsh tourism too as consumers opted to holiday at home and made the most of the warm weather.
at 30掳C聽with a 300% increase in the sales of outdoor gear.
On 13 August a strange phenomenon occurred off the Pembrokeshire coast. Adrian Owens photographed a , which generated plenty of interest in our weather blog with over 7,000 views.
South Bishop island. Photo: Adrian Owens
visited Denbighshire.
September saw the return of more unsettled weather but also the Red Bull . The Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy hosted a spectacular two day event featuring the world鈥檚 best cliff divers who launched off a 90ft diving platform.
October was a busy month, with Doctor Who celebrating 50 years and the WOMEX world music expo arriving in Cardiff.
,聽the largest cultural event ever hosted by Wales kicked off in the Millennium Centre with 鈥樷�� a concert showcasing Welsh music, orchestrated by Cerys Matthews.
Les Tambours de Brazza performing at Womex 2013. Image: Yannis Psathas
Over the next five days musicians from around the world played to audiences on various stages in and around Cardiff Bay.
The beginning of November saw the arrival of the St Jude's Day storm - something of an anti-climax here in Wales, bypassing us and heading up the English side of the Bristol Channel instead.
The following weekend however saw an even bigger .
3 November provided a historic as two Welsh football teams met in the Premiership for the first time. In this particular clash Cardiff made the most of their home advantage, beating the Swans 1-0.
15 November saw the people of Wales once again dig deep into their pockets to raise 拢1,475,099 for . This year鈥檚 total fundraising effort broke all previous records, raising a whopping 拢31,124,896.
On 23 November, saw over 10 million people tuning in to watch a special episode marking the programme's聽fiftieth聽anniversary.
The 成人论坛 Cymru Wales programme was broadcast in 94 countries at the same time as it aired on 成人论坛 One - earning it a as 鈥榯he world鈥檚 largest ever simulcast of a TV drama鈥�.
While all this was happening 成人论坛 Cymru Wales also launched its season 鈥� aimed at getting the nation in better shape through exercise and diet.
Tara Hammett and volunteers from the DVLA for the Live Longer Wales season
Who can forget Tara Hammet鈥檚 delicious chocolate sprout recipe as the fitness guru took on six staff from the DVLA in, ?
Closer to home, 成人论坛 Wales Today presenter and journalist Jamie Owen bravely bared all in an effort to get in shape for the series .
November also saw the start of ,聽a four-part series looking back at the key movers and shakers of the time as well as the music and events that shaped young people鈥檚 lives in Wales.
Audience watching Manfred Mann at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 24 September 1964
We sifted through the 成人论坛 picture archives to deliver a unique look at 聽and had some lovely blogs from people who were in the thick of it, such as folk singer and broadcaster, .
Christmas was approaching but there were a few things to get out of the way first such as Wales Sports Personality of the Year.
was the bookies favourite and didn鈥檛 disappoint as the Six Nations player of the tournament and British Lions star lifted yet another trophy.
This year we unveiled a wealth of from around Wales聽and featured from people involved in the Christmas industry such as a local reindeer herd owner and the world famous Pantomime Dame, Wyn Calvin.
Robert Morgan and his reindeer
It seemed like only yesterday but Christmas was upon us again but another one without snow unless you lived on a mountain top. The weather was atrocious with storms, floods and widespread disruption to thousands of homes over the festive period.
On 27 December there were 聽for England and Wales and the into 2014.
That鈥檚 it for 2013. We hope you鈥檝e enjoyed some of our highlights. You can keep in touch with us in 2014 via Twitter or visit our .