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December 2022!

A few sleety bits when I was out about 1pm. Only the 3rd instance of wintry precipitation here this season Beats 2013/14 though!

5.3C and 67mm There will be a fair amount of cold weather, but interspersed with milder (not necessarily warm) spells.

Welcome to spring! 13C and blazing sun, long may it continue. SSW, what SSW?

From now on, a march like 2013 could be on the cards, maybe not quite as cold but cet could be in the 3s or low 4s. April cold and wet, like 98, or 2012. May will be mixed but have 1 warm spell I feel summer could be disappointing this year, with the first summer in 30 years not to hit 30c. It won't be a washout though, I just fear it could be 2011 esque. I feel sep to dec could be quite stormy this year, a classic end of October stormy period like 2000, haven't had that for a while. December could be like 2013.

Jan 2020 Feb 2011 Mar. Tough, 2019 maybe? Apr, again tough but 2017.. given how anticyclonic it was, a bit boring May 2013/2015 both Shockers June2002 July 2007 Aug 2008.. worst summer month in history sep tough, 2010 maybe, Oct 2015/16 both anticyclonic but boring and dull Nov2013 Dec 2015

Id happily take a spring 1994 repeat if we get the July that followed it.. decent amount of heat and storms. Yes, had enough of winter now, we're moving in the right direction.

I think there were some thunderstorms going on during the afternoon of 15th June 1998 (a monday, coinciding with the england tunisia game)but not sure of specific locations. That's the only thundery spell I recall on a weekday. 27th June, a Saturday, a massive squall line crossed the country with severe thunderstorms in the SE and possibly other areas? I remember sudden violent wind gusts, vivid lightning, and the hail bouncing back up to the height of our fences after hitting the ground.

That kind of range wasn't far from happening around the 17th to 19th December..

An unexpected drizzlefest happening here. Looking at some of the charts, probably the wettest it will be until early March!

I am guessing spring will be fairly wet this year, with cold and warm periods. Will be similar I think to march 2018 (a couple of easterly outbreaks), April 2012 and a May like 2006 maybe.. unsettled but warm.

I think 25th February officially and then 26th just pipped it. 26th February officially the earliest 70F (21.2C)

Are you allowed to change your guess? If so then I revise upwards to 4.7, and stay 33mm Note to self, wait until the very end of the month before guessing

In January it's only happened twice in the last century. 1968 and 1969 at 4.5 and 1926/1927 both at 4.6. More recently May 2017/18 both had 13.2 but I cannot see any other immediate ones. The last 2 days of this month do look mild, I'd say 5.0 to 5.1 a likely outcome.

Yes I remember seeing falling snow 15 days in a row, from 20th February to 6th March, but never did it lay more than a centimetre deep or more than a few hours at a time. A very disappointing easter Ly

Is it me or have most of January's figures increased by 0.1C on today's update?

With southern Europe being so warm therell be an unusual pattern in mid March where a very late beast from the east meets an early spanish plume. Temperature on the 15th will be -18..3c at Sennybridge, but as early as the 17th will have shot up to 23.2C at Heathrow, with widespread thundersnow giving the heaviest snowfalls since 2010 in the south, before a very rapid thaw. 1947 style flooding will unfortunately ensue though.

3.2C and 33mm. Anticyclonic to start, then maybe some easterly influence. Perhaps not a full on beast, but something in the way of cold and snow at the end A very dry month

For some reason I cannot post comments on quoted posts atm.. bit random. Yes I find this a bit strange that theres not been 1 named storm this season.. indeed this must be the wettest winter period since 2020 if not 2014. Is there anything in the current setup which is not favourable for windstorm development?

Even the most zonal spells produce some interest

Thought I just heard distant thunder here?

If we are to have weeks of zonal weather, at least give us a named storm for a bit of interest! (without any destruction though) We've not even had a named storm this whole season yet!

I think the most obvious one has to be the first 40C ever recorded in the UK. The summer as a whole was great, but centered around this heatwave and another week long one in August(also a highlight), with the rest being consistent warmth rather than anything else exceptional. It wasn't as sunny as say 76,95,2018. For the south, storm Eunice was the best gale (alongside 30.10.00 and 18.1.07) since 1990 and this was a highlight. Also, locally we had a very thundery first week to September as I believe other places did as well. A good storm as late as 23rd October was also a highlight. Finally the sudden switch from a very mild autumn, to a very cold 1st half to December. There was no snow here but it must be the quickest/most marked general switch I remember.

As long as its mostly sunny with the occasional Spanish plume.