Catbrainz

Generally I like cold and snowy winters most of all although I can live with mild winters if its a Bartlett high type mildness rather than cyclonic SWles. Bartlett's are lovely especially in the latter half of winter it can bring early spring warmth and sunshine. Feb 2019 and 2023 come to mind here.

That is exactly what I had in mind when I thought of a Bartlett!. This also looks pretty Bartlett to me Feb 2023 seems a classical Bartlett month. (Not as warm though with less of a southerly feed)

I thought they were the same thing but with different names. What a Bartlett is exactly seems pretty vague but I see it as a high over Europe that covers most of Europe blocking anything from the north and west. Something like Feb 2023

If it can’t be cold and snowy then give us a big Bartlett high. I know deathknell for wintert weather but at least it would keet Atlantic lows and wet westerlies at bay. (although Bartletts tend to come with a big area of LP over Iceland /Greenland so it can be still cold and wet for the northern U.K. if the high isn’t big enough) Are Bartletts seen as the worse winter set up, they are better than Atlantic dominated weather. (Spring and summer Bartletts are a dream though)

Haven’t had a fully sunny day here since early October. On days when it isn’t overcast it’s ether been an overcast morning/sunny afternoon or the inverse. Anyone who has lived through winter in an oceanic climate deserves a medal for bravery and toughness.

Following OPs rules this would be my nightmare year Jan 2014 Feb 2020 Mar 2023 April 2012 May 2021 June 2016 (would have used 2012 but April 2012 exists) July 2015 August 2017 Sept 2022 Oct 2019 Nov= Blur to be honest Dec= 2013

The 4-6 weeks ether side of the winter solstice are truly an endurance test for me unless it’s cold and wintery or antyclonic and sunny.

I have wondered what months would make a continental year. For me using mostly post 2010 months this would come out as a continental feeling year (Cold snowy winters, mixed shoulder seasons and hot summers but with some convective rainfall and storms thrown in too) Jan 2018 Feb 2018 Mar 2013 Apr 2016 May 2017 or 2023 Jun 2017 Jul 2021 Aug 2004 is the closest Sept 2015 Oct 2022 Nov 2010 Dec 2010

A nice day here but you wouldn't guess that to be the case looking at synpotics with a big fat low over the UK. I find that in the cooler months lows can often be sunnier than highs provided fronts aren't too close together giving a few days between rain fronts. Any kind of high apart from a southerly or south-easterly one can get pretty cloudy in the cooler months (Any Atlantic or North Sea feed into a high tends to become a cloud fest this time of year although northerly highs can be okay for my area) with the cloud getting trapped in the low while lows tend to have cloud moving at least.

I have been wondering which years have had the most bogeyman months in it? Not to say that year was bad if it was mixed with some very good months so not asking worse years overall. I would say for me 2012 and even 2023 for some parts (October here hasn't been terrible, a little meh but not to the order of endless rain) but I know its been very bad some parts). 2012 had three bogeyman months with April,June and July. 2015 also pops to mind.

I really despise western European weather from mid October to mid Feb. I do indeed include Iberia as even Iberia isn't that great in Nov-Jan away from the far south for my tastes, Rome and Barcelona for example still get their fair share damp and claggy grot with weather similar to a southern UK October in winter although Oct and Feb would be a fair bit better. The combo of short winter days due to being north of 40N, endless wet and gloomy westerlies and Atlantic lows means that Western Europe apart from high ground has miserable weather with temps in the 5-15 range and damp wet weather. New Zealand, western Norway and Northern California/the PNW have the same problems with winter climates but those three areas do have easier access to mountains for a snow fix. Someone from say northern France or southern England is a fair distance from the Scottish Highlands, the Pyrenees and the Alps for instance.

6.8c and 144mm. Feeling a cyclonic first half but settling down 2nd half. Lots of Wly and NWlys hence the slightly cooler guess.

This October despite the wetness of the 2nd half isn't a bogeyman month for me (I know that this month will not be remembered fondly at all in Northern England and Scotland given flooding). The first half was lovely with a warm spell followed by a early cold blast and the 2nd half while less settled has never felt oppressively gloomy or wet considering its late October. A bogeyman October would be something like 2020. This October will likely get a 6/10 from me. It seems that the rain has been more showers or fast moving fronts rather than those endless drizzly days you can get for my area.

Northern blocking needs to go take a hike until winter! High pressure over Scandinavia is firing up the jet and trapping lows around Western Europe. Marxh and July were also poor months caused by northern blocking

I already feel my semi-SAD state coming on (Never been officially diagnosed but this sort of weather gets me down but not to the extent I cant do stuff or function). I know I have talked about this a fair bit but the Oct-Feb climates that get my SAD triggers of short daylengths, gloom and rain, lack of real wintery weather such as snow but not mild/warm enough to do outdoor stuff comfortably are the UK, Ireland, northern France, Benelux, Southern New Zealand, Pacific Northwest (Esp Washington and BC), western Norway and western Alaska. Even the Med area to an extent is pretty meh in the winter you'd have to go to North Africa for a reliably warm, sunny and dry winter climate (January in Barcelona,Nice and Rome would feel like October in Southern Britain) I would kill for a continental winter with reliable snow and it doesn't even have to be sunny ether. Lets say at least 20% possible sunshine. Id kill for a inland Scandinavian,western Russian,Hokkadio or Great Lakes type winter climate myself and none of them are that good for winter sunshine.

We do have the PNW,coastal Alaska western Norway,Denmark ,northern France and Benelux to share wet gloomy and miserable autumn climates with at least in the western world and Northen hemisphere. Denver is an interesting climate it’s impresssively warm all year for its latitude and elevation.

I hope the wet spell forecast is brief, GFS and forecasts have a October 2020 vibe to them for the next week at least. I don't care about cloud as much this time of year as I do April-Sept I just ask for usable dry days.

If I had to guess the "natural" climate for humans would be tropical highland climates. Something like Quito, Mexico City or Addis Ababa. Low-mid 20s all year and not too dry to boot.

Really felt the cooling down earlier it suddenly went cold over a 2 hour span.. first time it’s felt like October and not some weird extended August Sweating in summer clothes last week was bizzare for Oct Hoping for many more cold plunges to come! Warmth can take a temporary break until mid Feb make way for frost and crisp days.

Ironically Halloween originated from a Celtic festival that was influenced by Christianity for hundreds of years brought over to America by British and Irish settlers then turned into a part of the capitalism year cycle like Christmas.

If this forecast comes to pass this will be one of the most interesting and fun Octobers ever. A warm summer like spell then some Atlantic rain and drizzle then a cold plunge with November style temps.

Ive had the same thought as you regarding June/July if they were swapped with a poor June followed by a outstanding July then a average August it'd be seen as a fair bit better. Say something like June 2012 or 2016 (Both very poor for the UK) followed by a July 2013/2018/2022 then this years August it'd be seen as a good summer overall. I would say overall it was a meh summer not terrible but not good 4.5/10 overall counting May and Sept both of which were good months here this year but 3/10 counting only Jun-Aug. Better than say 2007 or 2012

I quite liked it too. Looking at Met maps it had above average temps and sunshine for most and rainfall was a little on the high side but not extremely so. It does look it was a very poor month for Western Scotland but apart from that decent for most of the UK. Certainly better than Oct 2020 for sure lol now that was a rain and cloud fest with temps on the cooler side.

Here it seems a halfway point between the north and south weather wise. Lots of hazy high cloud with subdued faint sunshine and 23c according to my thermometer. A.nice day for this time of year. I find by the way that highs can often be cloudy in the cooler months if there is a strong Atlantic or North Sea element to them.

Southern California (LA and San Diego) comes to mind as well for being able to do that, low 20s at the beach and decent sunshine then you can go to the mountains inland for skiing. Maybe somewhere in Chile too with the Andes and New Zealand with the NZ Alps (If we don't have to stay in the northern hemisphere) and Morocco with the Atlas mountains.