Wow, some are saying NOT especially mild? In S Lakes, av Jan temp is about 6oC - every day execpt 12th has reached 6oC. How about December? Mean maximum at my site is 6.6 oC, so how many days didn't reach that? None! Mean max in December of 9.3 oC and no air frosts - this is the first time this has happened in my 36 years of observation!! Only 3 air frosts to date, all in November. 13 days with a max above 10oC. This is verging on the extraordinary!