Autumn 2023

[ANYWEATHER]

No snow but freezing cold! Looks like Winter, Feels like Winter and it is Winter

[Alderc 2.0]

Still -2C locally at midday here, very unusual. Was going to go to driving range but that’s just an injury waiting to happen. Christmas market it is for beers! 

[East Lancs Rain]

On 22/11/2023 at 16:17, Weather Enthusiast91 said:

Give me 2 Celsius and sunny over 12 Celsius and overcast with drizzle any day.

Hmm I think I’d rather have 12C and drizzle myself. If it was a bit milder, say 6 or 7C, I might take that over 12C and cloud though.

[East Lancs Rain]

3 hours ago, baddie said:

-7c this morning making it the joint coldest night since February 2012

Got down to minus 6 here but I do remember a winter night a few winters ago where it got down to -8 or -9.

[East Lancs Rain]

It’s not been too bad an Autumn here.

 

September was by far the best month although it didn’t really feel autumnal at all, the first half being exceptionally hot and the rest of the month was just mild and wet. It felt more like a typical summer month. I enjoyed the heat and sunshine while on holiday in the Cotswolds. It was excellent timing, early September is normally pretty decent but this year it was hotter than I’ve ever known early September to be like.

 

October was quite boring, mild but cloudy and wet. 
 

And November was just miserable as most Novembers are, just cold, cloudy and wet most of the time.

[baddie]

27 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:

Got down to minus 6 here but I do remember a winter night a few winters ago where it got down to -8 or -9.

Was it during the BFTE? Or the Feb 2021 cold spell

If February 2012 happened more recently, then it would be classed as a BFTE, same for January 2013

Edited December 2, 2023 by baddie

[Alderc 2.0]

Looks like a very very rare ice day here on the south coast. Not got above -1C at Bournemouth airport so far. 

[baddie]

Ice days in previous winters, since 2011/12

2022/23 : 3 (Plus an extra one in March)
2021/22 : 0
2020/21 : 7
2019/20 : 0 (I got close to one on November 30th)
2018/19 : 1
2017/18 : 5 (I got another 5 in March too)
2016/17 : 1 (This was January 26th 2017)
2015/16 : 0
2014/15 : 0
2013/14 : 0
2012/13 : 10 (I got another 4 during March)
2011/12 : 3

Altogether : 30

[MP-R]

8 hours ago, baddie said:

Was it during the BFTE? Or the Feb 2021 cold spell

If February 2012 happened more recently, then it would be classed as a BFTE, same for January 2013

Just media terminology. February 2012 was very cold but no beast, not like 2018. Jan 2013 would probably be called a ‘600 mile wall of snow’ nowadays…

[baddie]

With a maximum temperature of -2c, this was my coldest day since the BFTE (-3c on February 28th)

[baddie]

Its snowing!!!!!!!!!!

[East Lancs Rain]

On 23/11/2023 at 09:05, markyo said:

I don't own a pair of trousers now, only ever wear shorts, never ill touchwood.

You’d better hope we don’t get another beast from the east, or your legs will become icicles..  

[East Lancs Rain]

On 02/12/2023 at 14:14, baddie said:

Was it during the BFTE? Or the Feb 2021 cold spell

If February 2012 happened more recently, then it would be classed as a BFTE, same for January 2013

I think it was during the cold snap during the second half of January 2019.

[markyo]

55 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:

You’d better hope we don’t get another beast from the east, or your legs will become icicles..  

Honestly the last time i was not in shorts was 2018 with that BFTE, one day i grant you i was in long trousers but still a milestone! No where close enough yet for a purchase of long trousers, suppose the little hairy legs aid the insulation!

[East Lancs Rain]

On 03/12/2023 at 16:13, markyo said:

Honestly the last time i was not in shorts was 2018 with that BFTE, one day i grant you i was in long trousers but still a milestone! No where close enough yet for a purchase of long trousers, suppose the little hairy legs aid the insulation!

Well you’re tougher than me, I’m comfortable in shorts down to around 12°C or so, below that I usually wear joggers or jeans.

[Freeze]

For me autumn was exactly as I like it, hot summery start, wet and stormy middle, cold and frosty end. Would've liked a few more Atlantic storms but hey ho!

[Alderc 2.0]

Is there a winter one of these general chat threads? 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

11 hours ago, Freeze said:

For me autumn was exactly as I like it, hot summery start, wet and stormy middle, cold and frosty end. Would've liked a few more Atlantic storms but hey ho!

I enjoyed it too!

[East Lancs Rain]

On 20/09/2023 at 22:39, SunnyG said:

I loathe wind even more than I loathe snow. And I really loathe snow.

Very glad to see the back of today. Yuk.

Not often you hear someone say that on these forums! 

On 19/09/2023 at 21:16, raz.org.rain said:

I honestly couldn't survive in the far north east, it's seemingly always cool and dull nearer the coast. Newcastle seems to be stuck in a perpetually chilly microclimate! It's funny that the north west has that same reputation despite always being comfortably within the warm sphere the south enjoys. 

Hmm, I disagree. Comparing Rochdale (not far from me) to Tynemouth in the north East, Tynemouth is actually sunnier with 1551 hrs per year vs 1265. It’s also a lot drier too - 1197 mm of rain per year in Rochdale vs 605 in Tynemouth…  So practically double the rainfall. 170 wet days per year  in Rochdale but only 116 in Tynemouth… So about 1 in every 2 days is wet in Rochdale compared to around 1 in 3 in Tynemouth. Temperature wise, Rochdale is warmer in Spring and Summer, and Tynemouth is slightly milder in Winter.
 

Id say Tynemouth has the more pleasant climate out of the two (except maybe in late spring or early summer when Tynemouth tends to get a lot of cold, foggy weather). Yes it’s cooler in Spring and Summer, but you get more sunshine and a lot less rainfall. I think I’d rather have cooler but sunnier and drier summers. Cloudy and wet summers are depressing, but if it’s 18C and sunny it still feels quite pleasant in the sun, and the sun will make the cooler temperatures feel a bit warmer as well. And Tynemouth rarely gets any heat in summer which is a good thing for me.

 

Both climates are fairly poor though - Tynemouth is too cool in spring and summer, and Lancashire is too cloudy and wet all year round (except in maybe May, the sunniest and driest month of the year here).

 

At least Lancashire isn’t as bad for rain as the Lake District though - some parts of Cumbria get 2000 mm of year! 

 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcybzz9xh

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcw2ymd6s

[MP-R]

On 05/12/2023 at 09:28, Alderc 2.0 said:

Is there a winter one of these general chat threads? 

There will be when winter actually starts.

[baddie]

Should we lock the thread??? It is winter now

[*Stormforce~beka*]

1 minute ago, baddie said:

Should we lock the thread??? It is winter now

It might have gone to the bottom naturally if you hadn't of posted it and brought it back up again ... It hadn't been posted on for 3 days ...

[In Absence of True Seasons]

On 07/12/2023 at 22:38, MP-R said:

There will be when winter actually starts.

Haha. If you're going by astronomical Winter.

I'm more partial to meteorological. Just doesn't feel right to have 2 3rds of the Christmas month as "Autumn".