The immediate impact and subsequent mass clear-up operation has seen thousands of local people piecing their lives back together.
And the torrential downpours – which caused £4billion damage nationally – have prompted huge Government spending on flood defences.
One Dinnington resident, Joanne Bolsover, is still at least two months away from moving back to her flood-hit Donstone View home.
Along with her 15-year-old daughter Holly and son Ashley, 18, she has spent the past six months in temporary accommodation in Worksop.
"Everything was ruined," she said. "The downstairs of our house was under almost five feet of water. We had to move out the same day."
"The insurance is taking care of it, but the work on the house has only really started recently so we're still nowhere near moving back in."
"It's been really hard, and we have been quite depressed."
Beautician Joanne and her family stayed with a friend for the few days immediately following the floods before arranging to rent a house on Worksop's Belgravia estate.
"It is a nice four-bedroom house similar to my own," she said. "But it just wasn't where we wanted to spend Christmas. All you want is to be at home as a family and not stuck at someone else's house."
"So it has been a Christmas to remember, but not for the right reasons."
Joanne has spent months cataloguing belongings lost in the summer for insurance purposes. And September saw the start of daughter Holly's GCSE year.
"It really has affected her a lot," said Joanne. "But she is still going to take her exams and is doing a full-time hairdressing placement."
"My colleagues Paul and Gillian helped sort that out, and they've definitely been a big help."
Ferrying Holly back and forth between Worksop and Dinnington has added to the family's financial cost, which has been made worse during the wait for insurance payments.
"It has left me very unhappy, but I'm having to deal with it for the sake of the children," said Joanne, who celebrated her 42nd birthday just days before the rain struck.
"Hopefully by March we will be back at Donstone View. And things should be back to normal by the summer, so we'll have a big celebration on my next birthday and put it all behind us."
Joanne says she is happy to move back into the area, confident that a repeat of the floods can be avoided.
And following a tremendously traumatic second half of 2007, she looks back at the episode with a commendable attitude.
"I know we've been affected, but there's people who lost their lives. I feel so sorry for those that lost family or friends in the floods," she added.