This is true.
Last year we had the end of March heatwave which was quite something with temperatures of 70ºF, and 8 or 9 solid days of wall to wall sunshine at the end of May, and up to 82ºF...and that was it. In fact my hottest temperature all year was recorded in May!
I wonder how much you had in 2010 when I had 28cm? School Aycliffe and Woodham/Ropemoor had noticeably more then, as they have now, as they have always.
Also, it's up to 4º, the breeze feels noticeably warmer and it's thawing quite quickly.
Moderately snowing still and blowing about. What I'd like to see for a good half hour before it dies out is some massive flakes laying down a couple extra cms in no time...that's what this spell has lacked for me.
Yes but there is a difference between "reported" and "reality". I take most reports outside the Northern thread with a pinch of salt. I've seen excitable snow starved yoofs report a foot or more of snow and back those claims up with a picture of their Corsa complete with body kit and a cm of graupel on the roof.
Heavier stuff skirting just a few miles to the North of me - it's a desert here.
Here, I was up Mickey Moor this evening, you've had a big dollop there like!
Same here. The snow isn't that bad here, but I get out and about quite a lot and there's tonnes of snow in some places, which means tonnes of opportunities to get stuck and held up. A thaw would now be welcomed. Let's go out with a bang on Friday.