hillbilly

december 1981 was colder in my area than 2010

like i said before in the 80s march was a winter month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

coldest ever march in 1674 aprox 1.0 deg

a cold spell in march is called 'a peewits pinch'...............................

i got 8 deg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

would the first half of march in say 1947 have reached that low??

have we ever had 7 days subzero in march??maybe 1947

i believe the record is around 29 deg

am no scientist but i doubt that there was enough power to change weather systems,yet after the tunguska event in 1908,which was much bigger and flattened a forest the size inside the m25 thtew dust into the atmosphere giving very light nights in england some almost bordering on daylight for a few weeks..................this may have had an effect on weather at the time

my gran used to say 'dont batter a clout till may is out'.................

have seen a few people cutting grass first over a week ago..i have a word for that....premature,i guess it is what your local conditions are though,it used to be the 3rd week of march as a rule of thumb

the flowers are a good barometer of the winter,snowdrops,crocuses and daffs are all late this year and all the grass is still yellow

i think that the further east you are the better it has been in terms of being wintery it hasnt been exceptional by any means but a notable wintery period for the last 6 weeks nontheless in these hilly parts there are still snow patches over the tops and will prob remain for a couple more weeks yet and many areas had 100% snow cover for 2 weeks and some areas for 3 or possibly 4 weeks,to say we have gone from 95 to 2008 without that happening then 2013 has to take some respect,for me though winter starts with frost and snow and ends with warm spring weather which can be a period from the end of october to early may.may 1st 1947 ??was that spring with temps to -20 and further blizzards to come for nearly 3 weeks

my record in dec 2010 of -13 was at 340m on a hilltop and i noticed areas of manchester and east of leeds got -17 or -18 not many miles away.it is always colder at that altitude even at temps around -6 but for some reason when the really severe temps turn up the valleys take over

-21.1 recorded in kent ,1947 and -23.3 in liecestershire 1987 as well as the -25 of shawbury 1982.i guess both 47 and 87 were both as a result of cold siberia air coming straight off the continent. also here in the pennines we cannot compete with the low lying vale of york or lincs for cold temps i only recorded -13 in 2010 dec where other areas away from the hills got -18 yet almost all other times it is 3 degrees colder at 400m compared to the pennine valley bottoms just 3 miles downhill summer and winter,work that out?????

higher summer temps dont always equate to good summers am sure there have been many that havnt been that cold but rain a lot will have to look at some figures

it may actually be possible for england to take the british isles coldest day ever below -27.2 as -27 has been recorded in holland and -25 as far south as paris!!!!!!!!!!!!

amazing how much drier leeds is compared to bradford,probably more again in the hills of halifax

i think 77 was poor and 80 not good,85,86,87and 88 were all poor then 98

here we have had very good summers as 75,76,83,84,89,90,95,03,06 with a few more quite descent too and every summer since 06 being at least poor or very poor and only one month out of the last 18 months of summer as being very good that of june 2010

very true it is very common for scottish highlands to record -20 and rare in england usually welsh borders as shawbury due to severe cold straight off the continent and much further inland than scotland is am sure there have been other years when the highlands have suffered will check out met office see if i can get some info

2006 had a cold spring in these parts, april cold also, i picked my friend up from man airport on 3rd april to temp of -4 a bit of a shock for him from sydney.it was cold till end of april and may and june seemed cool until the hot july.most march's in the 80s were quite wintery compared to the last 15 years

met office figures for bradford give... 1992 110mm 2008,2012,1986,1980 all close to 130mm 1966 161mm 1956 171mm 2004 189mm hadnt realised it was so wet 1954 190mm 1992 has 161 hours of sunshine compared to 91 hrs for aug 1954 and 98 hrs for 2008 i guess that is why i dont recall aug 92 as being more than ordinary2008 and 2012 i think 2008 was worse ,dire also 86 was bad too

very true but southern england can get very low temps but usually rare i'd have to check but am sure -20 has been recorded in london and the english record is only a degree or two behind braemar and altnaharra.-27.2 in scotland compared to -25ish[dont know the exact temp]

once that big volcano goes up we will all need our big coats in summer