The first wintry shower suprisingly arrived for me on the 20th November, and I live in the East Midlands. That day was foggy throughout and drizzle fell as sleet in the early morning when temperatures were low.
First significant snow came on the 4th December in the evening but lasted a mere 2 minutes.
Average max: 7.5
Average min: 2.5
Days with rain: 17
Days with wintry precip: 3
Days with snow lying: 0
Days with fog: 2
Days with thunder: 0
Winter index: 13
Overall comment: Pretty poor in terms of wintry weather, on the mild side
Since this is the start of my monthly summary blogs, I will include something brief on December, to make it possible to summarize the winter as a whole later on:
December 2011
Days with wintry precip: 2
Days with snow lying: 1
Winter index: 9 (approx, probably higher)
Feb 1: 1.8, -2.9
Feb 2: 1.5, -2.8, Snow
Feb 3: 1.4, -5.1
Feb 4: 0.5, -5.7, Snow
Feb 5; 2.1, -4.0, Fog
Feb 6; 4.3, 1.3, Fog, Rain
Feb 7; 2.4, -3.7, Fog
Feb 8; 0.6, -4.6
Feb 9; 1.7, -1.4, Rain, Snow
Feb 10; 1.6, -2.4, Rain, Snow
Feb 11; 0.3, -5.8
Feb 12; 4.3, -0.7, Rain, Fog
Feb 13; 6.4, 2.3, Rain
Feb 14; 7.5, 2.1, Rain
Feb 15; 9.6, 4.5
Feb 16; 9.5, 4.4
Feb 17; 10.5, 6.3, Rain
Feb 18; 9.3, 1.5, Rain, Snow
Feb 19; 5.4, -0.4
Feb 20; 7.2, 6.0
Feb 21; 10.6, 5.7
Feb 22; 10.7, 6.7, Rain
Feb 23; 16.0, 9.9
Feb 24; 13.2, 4.6, Rain
Feb 25; 10.2, 2.5
Feb 26; 11.1, 2.4
Feb 27; 11.6, 6.1, Rain
Feb 28; 12.2, 9.8
Feb 29; 12.4, 6.2
Average max: 6.8
Average min: 0.9
Days with rain: 11
Days with wintry precip: 5
Days with snow lying: 3
Days with fog: 4
Days with thunder: 0
Winter index: 29
Overall comment: A decent, but often dry and cloudy first eleven days, although including a decent snow event on the 4th. Overall synopsis of month cancelled out by the mild, sometimes exceptionally mild second half.
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Mar 1; 12.5, 3.7, Fog
Mar 2; 12.5, 4.7
Mar 3; 12.0, 6.1, Rain
Mar 4; 6.5, 2.7, Rain, Snow
Mar 5; 8.3, 1.8
Mar 6; 10.7, -0.6
Mar 7; 9.2, 2.8, Rain
Mar 8; 11.0, 1.3
Mar 9; 13.1, 6.2
Mar 10; 13.7, 6.7
Mar 11; 16.2, 6.7
Mar 12; 10.9, 6.1
Mar 13; 10.1, 6.1, Rain
Mar 14; 8.3, 4.1
Mar 15; 8.4, 2.0, Fog
Mar 16; 9.8, 6.1
Mar 17; 11.9, 6.1, Rain
Mar 18; 8.2, 3.5, Rain
Mar 19; 10.8, 0.6
Mar 20; 14.0, 4.3
Mar 21; 13.8, 3.7
Mar 22; 14.3, 4.1
Mar 23; 13.3, 7.2, Fog
Mar 24; 16.2, 4.3
Mar 25; 16.5, 4.7
Mar 26; 17.9, 3.3
Mar 27; 19.7, 3.7
Mar 28; 20.4, 4.1
Mar 29; 19.7, 4.9
Mar 30; 12.7, 5.8
Mar 31; 10.8, 3.5
Average max: 12.7
Average min: 4.2
Days with rain: 6
Days with wintry precip: 1
Days with snow lying: 0
Days with fog: 3
Days with thunder: 0
Winter index: 2
Overall comment: Very little in the way of rainfall and generally unsettled weather (including wintry showers). Very warm at times, with the sunnier days producing very high maxima, but also quite low minima. Some fog and low cloud suppressing maxima around midmonth, making the Average max lower than it potentially could have been.
Average max: 10.6
Average min: 4.3
Days with rain: 24
Days with wintry precip: 1
Days with snow lying: 0
Days with fog: 0
Days with thunder: 0
Winter index: 2
[u]Overall comment:[/u] Very unsettled month with well above normal rainfall. Little in the way of warmth, but some sunny spells in-between fronts, producing convective showers at times.