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Earliest wintry showers here last year was from this with snow in the heavier showers but not alot really mainly sleet did just have a mini sprinkling one morning wind was west/SW though. http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00120061118.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00220061118.gif Don`t remember any N-ly last november but did have 2 years ago although it does come from the north to start with.

Oh wow got september dead on!!! congrats to all those names mentioned including West in best for giving us very enjoyable reading and sticking to his guns saying a below ave 14c month. Nice to see this september has bucked the trend to much cooler after a run of warm coolest since 2001. Some high climbers there on this months top 40. :huh: I`ve done well this summer it seems expect I`ll be way out over winter.

It was cold though last christmas well christmas eve was colder as we had a frost as boxing day was cold too at only 2.2c At least it wasn`t as depressingly warm as this day. This was the warmest xmas I always remember it was exceptionally mild. http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/19...00119881225.gif The last white christmas I`ve seen was 2004 and one of the best but there was quite a run in the 90`s hardly any in the 80`s if any as I remember as a child they all came in the 90`s and I was thrilled. Except 1981 the only cold christmas with snow on the ground but not falling. http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/19...00119811225.gif 1976 was another it seems can`t remember snow then but do remember the hot summer previous.

Exactly I was thinking about this today and even though last winter was the 2nd mildest there was snow about and a surprising amount come in February with driting and most snow for 20 years. And there was a cold snap in January http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00220070123.gif to break those nasty storms up with a little snow and quite abit more snow again later in March here. last winter faired very well indeed here under the circumstances it may not of lasted that long but it was exceptionally mild overall and much better than 1987/1988 winter which was a similar year!!!

13.9c sounds even nicer Tonight does look colder in more central/eastern parts later under HP. As for here milder and duller which won`t count. http://85.214.49.20/pics/Rtavn1817.png

That looks a little high to me was showing 4/5c. http://85.214.49.20/pics/Rtavn1817.png http://85.214.49.20/pics/Rtavn182.png 9.6c here now and breezy and more cloud cover than blue. Tomorrow`s my interest see if I can beat my lowest temp for sept doubt it as they`ve gone up was showing 8c at one point. <_< http://85.214.49.20/pics/Rtavn3017.png

That would be a record cold october month 1905 was 7.1c with 1992 7.8c I thought or the coldest november since 2005 which was 6.2c

October 1974 has been showing up abit lately for archives and the CET was just 7.8c Even 1992 was the same at 7.8c surprisingly. The coldest octobers I`ve lived through. But I`m going for 9.9c a little risky at just below average.

Well one thing is certain I`ve never seen the white stuff in september. http://www2.wetter3.de/Animation_06_UTC/66_30.gif http://www2.wetter3.de/Animation_12_UTC/66_30.gif

We have just 2 years ago which look even better charts except there was no extreme cold over russia during this spell. Had quite a number of snow showers later this day which became more frequent but just gave a dusting at max temps of 2.3c. First time I saw that chart from feb 1979 was last autumn when Steve Murr posted it.

I can see it ending up below 14c now coolest since 2001 just a gut feeling.

Yes feb 86 was the last great long freeze as BFTP said there`s been 2 since but shorter Jan 87 and Feb 91 with temps below -10 and clear frosty days well below freezing. Jan and Feb 1985 winter stands out as another great example I can remember with dry clear skies with HP after heavy snowfall with severe frosts with Dec 81/Jan 82. Earliest I can remember though was Jan 1979 after the New years eve severe blizzards then severe frosts. Except you`d get frozen water pipes and diesel freezing which was a problem then. http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/19...00119790102.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/19...00119850108.gif

It does indeed look a chilly night north midlands but milder under the rainband/cloud it`s clearer here now but still quite abit of mid-layer cloud also and light winds. http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Rmgfs184.gif

Remember it well with easterly gales/blizzards big time days before

No days reached 25c here this year. Had two 24`s. June 11th 24.1c August 4th 24.5c warmest day this summer.

I say it`ll be the coolest september since 2003 which was 14.3c hopefully it`ll be 13.9c instead and I`ll be on the nose.

Tuesday night looking the coldest in the south with light winds and cool upper air temps.

Same here with a covering of snow in the morning which thawed but it was a very disturbed couple of days from this deep low with severe gales torrential rain/hail flash flooding aswell as a sleet/snow shower later on the 30th with a severe squall to boot. B) http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00220001030.gif

Oh to see another autumn and winter like that again winter would be a shock to the sytem. A couple of classic charts from that autumn mentioned though from summer to winter in a month. http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/19...00119851001.gif

Since I started recording temps in Jan 1990 just checked back and I make that the the 5th coldest night/daytime temps which is impressive. And I remember that day very well too it felt perishing with a slight SE breeze.

It was a great March there`s not doubt about it best for cold/snow for a good number of years. Coldest night/day however during the whole winter was this day... http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00120051229.gif As it got down to -8.2c with a max of -2c(-9c min and -3.5c max on the old mercury one) making it the coldest night/day since not 1996 very close mind but... When -5c was the max and -9c the min and what`s uncanny is it`s exactly 10 years to the day.

A very dry colder winter 2005/06 was and it`ll be interesting if it happens again. Just a few very blocked charts from that late autumn/winter each month which were very chilly to recent years. http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00120051118.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00120051228.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00120060126.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00120060201.gif This just looks like a normal chart just above but it never got above -1.1c that day. http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/20...00120060303.gif

Well it certainly was an interesting summer for cool/cold wets dark days and gales on 2 occasions. May started that off by those very cold days at the end of the month for the time of year. June for me was definately the most interesting best for weather of the whole year let alone summer with a warm settled fortnight to start then the fireworks expolded starting with almost 1 inch of rain on the 14th then amazing torrential thunderstorms 15th with 2.2inches causing the biggest flash floods in 50 years in a village where our streams go. :o Followed by more fantastic thunderstorms 4 days later then more very heavy thunder shower on the 24th then 25th the N-ly gales never to be forgotten what a month. :o July was much less dramatic but still was interesting and cool but I wanted nice weather then which was getting annoying with the endless rain and floods but there was some thunder days too and also the 2nd biggest flood ever here!!!!! with another gale early in the month. August made up for the dry part so overall it was a very good summer except for some of July.

Last winter was forecast to be colder and look what happened one of the most disppointing mildest winters ever mind you we did have our heaviest drier snowfall since 1987 but it turned wet in the end started off powdery(only lasted 4 days), and the heaviest snowfall otherwise since 1988 which was the worst winter as it was very wet snow yuck! all 1 foot of it causing all sorts of damage which lasted just a couple days. Every winter is different and it`s hard to say at this long range what`ll happen it changes as you get to a closer timeframe so if it says very mild now it`ll say something else a weeks/months later and change for the better. :lol: I take what comes anyway just as long as we don`t get so many mild wet SW winds like last winter. :lol:

Well it`s the coolest august since 1993 with sunshine 100% and rainfall below average at 84%. August 1993 was quite alot more unsettled and wetter as I`ve only recorded 0.7inches this month as 1993 made 2.6inches here anyway. Well I was too high at my stab at 16.7c August 1980-1984 were all warmer also. :o