Winter 2021-22 Chat, Moans and ramps thread

[joggs]

18 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Well, first half if Feb looks a write off .

Heaviest snow for us was last day of November .

Winter rating 1/10.

Im going an extra two points of 3/10 due to the fact it's not been a Atlantic onslaught. Dried out quite a bit. Lol

[Seasonal Trim]

Maybe time for a spring thread? Looking forward to a bit of warmth in my life now. 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

54 minutes ago, Seasonal Trim said:

Maybe time for a spring thread? Looking forward to a bit of warmth in my life now. 

arrived today here! Feb is month where Spring proper weather is possible

[SunSean]

Amazingly, in the South East where i am, using my closest weather station (Shoeburyness) we had more sunshine in January (103 hours) than London Heathrow had in August (96 hours)! 

[Robbie Coldrain]

1 hour ago, Seasonal Trim said:

Maybe time for a spring thread? Looking forward to a bit of warmth in my life now. 

Maybe we can hit 70F again in February?

[Walsall Wood Snow]

2 hours ago, northwestsnow said:

Fingers crossed for a 3 month Arctic freeze starting in November

TBH I think we might waiting for the AMO to flip before we can dream of such long freezes in Winter.

The more I read about the AMO the more convinced I am that it's a big player Kevin .

 

I saw you bring this up a few days ago. When can we expect that to happen then, or is it anyone's guess?

[Nick L]

1 hour ago, SunSean said:

Amazingly, in the South East where i am, using my closest weather station (Shoeburyness) we had more sunshine in January (103 hours) than London Heathrow had in August (96 hours)! 

Just shows what a dreadful summer that was!

[TwisterGirl81]

Anyone know here I can find the map that shows how much rainfall has fallen in each part of the uk for January please?  Netweather usually do one but I can't find it, ta

 

It's been incredibly dry in the south for several weeks (Devon)

Edited February 1, 2022 by TwisterGirl81

[nobble]

1 hour ago, Walsall Wood Snow said:

I saw you bring this up a few days ago. When can we expect that to happen then, or is it anyone's guess?

I’m guessing that would be a once in a 200 year event at best 

[Atmogenic]

if february is going to be like this where I am in the southeast then i'm happy for the high pressure to stay, so much better then the middle of january where it went from clear skies to gloomy featureless skies for days on end making people's mood so miserable.

[The real Lomond snowstorm]

53 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Just shows what a dreadful summer that was!

Whereas I had the best summer on record last year though there were no extremes. Just pleasant 20C to 24C for day after day with virtually no rain.

It does seem to happen quite often that when the more Southerly parts of the UK get poor weather then the North benefits or (more often) the other way around.

Another example was the extensive flooding in that wet year a few years ago when the Somerset levels flooded but only became a problem for the Govt when the leafy Thames suburbs also started flooding. That year we had it pretty good up here.

Edited February 1, 2022 by The real Lomond snowstorm

[MP-R]

1 minute ago, The real Lomond snowstorm said:

Whereas I had the best summer on record last year though there were no extremes. Just pleasant 20C to 24C for day after day with virtually no rain.

It does seem to happen quite often that when the more Southerly parts of the UK get poor weather then the North benefits or (more often) the other way around.

Another example was the extensive flooding in that wet summer a few years ago when the Somerset levels flooded but only became a problem for the Govt when the leafy Thames suburbs also started flooding. That year we had a pretty good summer up here.

Do you mean winter 13/14..? There hasn’t been any extensive summer flooding in Somerset for yonks... just standard storm-related more localised flash flooding.

June and July were good down here that year. May and August were poor though.

[The real Lomond snowstorm]

I  realised I had written summer, so edited it a couple of minutes later but you were too quick for me.  

I couldn't remember whether it was winter or spring so wasn't specific.

[Weather Enthusiast91]

Personally, I am not interested in spring-like weather in the first half of Feb as we are still in high winter. And vice versa with autumnal weather during first half of August.

I am hoping for a decent wintry storm or two or some more frosty cold blue sky days before winter is out. On the other hand, March is often colder than December. So I wouldn't be surprised if we get the best of the wintry conditions during March.

 

Edited February 1, 2022 by Weather Enthusiast91

[damianslaw]

Sunniest Jan on record for some and very dry, unusual combination. Much better than dull and wet so far winter far better in my ranking than likes of 13-14, 15-16, 16-17, 18-19 and 19-20.

[Frigid]

January was an ok month, not as good as last year but we got a good number of frosts and sunny days. Looks like February is turning out to be very mild, similar to how Feb 2020 panned out with virtually no cold in the next 2 weeks. It’s been an awful winter so far, even winter 2019/20 had ice days. 

[SqueakheartLW]

3 minutes ago, Frigid said:

January was an ok month, not as good as last year but we got a good number of frosts and sunny days. Looks like February is turning out to be very mild, similar to how Feb 2020 panned out with virtually no cold in the next 2 weeks. It’s been an awful winter so far, even winter 2019/20 had ice days. 

When were these exactly. I don't remember even 1 ice day in winter 2019/20, just wind and rain mainly.

Was it 2018/19 you were thinking of when we got a few cold days end of Jan and start of Feb?

[Guest]

Car measuring 17C in the sun today  glorious. Bring on Spring.

[Daniel*]

52 minutes ago, damianslaw said:

Sunniest Jan on record for some and very dry, unusual combination. Much better than dull and wet so far winter far better in my ranking than likes of 13-14, 15-16, 16-17, 18-19 and 19-20.

Sunniest January on record for England and 3rd sunniest across U.K.

[Norrance]

Very dry January for the South and right up the East coast. 12.8mms for me just to the West of Dundee in Eastern Scotland.

Edited February 1, 2022 by Norrance

[johncam]

6 hours ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

arrived today here! Feb is month where Spring proper weather is possible

Yep February apart from a few exceptions in last 20 years or so is becoming more like a spring  month 

[Walsall Wood Snow]

4 hours ago, nobble said:

I’m guessing that would be a once in a 200 year event at best 

When was the last time it flipped then?

[Summer Sun]

A very dry January with 14.0mm for the month. 11 out of the 31 days had rain, with the 3rd the wettest day

 

[Daniel*]

25 minutes ago, johncam said:

Yep February apart from a few exceptions in last 20 years or so is becoming more like a spring  month 

Not sure I agree it’s February that has repeatedly delivered down here.

[Wimbledon88]

London currently the warmest place in most of Europe just now. On the 1st February. Great.