I remember back in late November (it might have been early December?) 1995, and it was -12C. Fast-forward twelve hours, and all the frozen pipes had burst. But, thank the Lord, the water missed the TV!
Well, that's Drumochter for you -- there was many a Friday night when I had to traverse it behind a snowplough!
Oh, and by the way, I do miss Scotland!
That's an interesting question, MJB: January 1969 had a CET of 5.5C, but February was bloody marvellous!
But, overall, I agree with Kasim: more often than not, overall weather patterns tend to persist.
Meanwhile, let's get back to the models, eh?
Too true, Andy. But my neighbour gave me a Christmas dinner, so I can't complain!
And there's some potentially good news: John Ketley was on LBC earlier hinting at a spell of Arctic wintriness, come January.
I'll take talk of a cold January semi-seriously, for the moment, because the UK Met is also suggesting it. But, be that as it may, I'll also take it with a snow-shovel-worth of salt!