[Exceptional mild spell of late November-early December 1979]

The exceptionally mild spell of late 1979 began on the 26th of November 1979 as tropical maritime air behind a warm front pushed NEwards across the UK.

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Hi,

I was making this point yesterday about the mild(ish) weather we will be having this week,that its not rare to have it this time of the year,and some people were saying its all going pear shaped,so to look at your charts ,there must be hope.

[Is this winter going to go pear shaped?]

Interesting that Darren Betts on News 24 referred to an increasing frequency of cold spells compared to recent winters.

I think this is a bit of a wildcard winter that just could spring some surprises. So pear-shaped? Maybe according to Trinny and Susannah, but not necessarily in terms of this winter.

Tamara

Hi,

I agree that this winter is going th throw up some exceptionally cold weather,lots of people seem to be down after looking at the last few runs,BUT we all know how these runs can change so quickly,yes i am sure we will have some wet and windy,mild weather at times,this is only to expected from time to time, even years ago it happened,and i remember one christmas day as a boy temps got upto 16oc and sunny(about 1979-1980).

So i dont think its going pear shaped,just because of a couple of runs,so chins ups,sit back,and just watch the weather unfold.

[UK weather Alert - Issued on 18/11/2007 07:58 by netweather.tv]

omg h8 2 be sarky but that is a crap prediction. i live on the isle of wight and we aint had a decent snowfall since about 7-years-ago

Hi cheryl,

I live in gosport the last decent snow was either 96or 97,december 16th,but i think we are in for a treat this year.

[Warmest and coldest November?]

A record low for November was recorded in the early morning of the 14th in 1919: -23.3C at Braemar in the Grampians. -21.7C was recorded at Perth and -21.1C at Balmoral.

November that year was very cold (3.3C CET)- though not the coldest. Very heavy snow affected Scotland cutting some areas off, there was 17 inches of snow at Balmoral - even 8 inches on the streets of Edinburgh. Quite exceptional for mid-November! The following winter was mild though.

Hi nick,

Very impressive temps and snow depths for november,got to say its been chilly for a few days now here on the south coast,normally on todays standards,its wet and windy and mild,it appears to be changeing over the last few months and getting cooler,is it due the melting of the ice caps?or is it due to the cycle.