Here in West Lancashire, January turned out to be the mildest since I started keeping records for the 4 winter months November to end of February. The temperature averaged out at 7.3 Centigrade against 7.0 C last January. There were only two air frosts and one ground frost compared to 6 air frosts last January. Having said that, January did not feel all that mild with strong winds on many days which produced a wind chill and made it feel quite cold. Sunshine was at a premium and generally it was a dull and gloomy month. The wind and cloud prevented frosts. For a winter month, January was very disappointing. With less than 4 weeks to go until Spring, I will give my final report for this winter at the end of this month reviewing the month and also the winter in general. Tedcat.
