Crazy Weather/ Seasons!

[Rosie1958]

Last year at this time, the temperature was -12C in Cambridgeshire, UK. This week, it has got up to +13C!

To my amazement, I saw five trees yesterday at my nephew's school that are covered in pink flowering blossom! Mustn't knock it as mild temperatures are always a positive but the weather has gone crazy again, it's supposed to be mid-winter!:crazy:

What's it like where you are?

[lastlid]

I seem to recall that it was 15 degrees C in Manchester on Boxing day and equally mild in London a couple of days ago. But there have been gales further north and back here in the IOM today it has been back down to 7 degrees C.....

[Englishman2010]

Similar temperatures in Leicestershire Rosie...still, I'm not complaining as this time last year I was unsure if my flight to HK was going to leave due to the frozen runway at Brum Airport. Hopefully no problems when I leave this evening:)

[grahamw48]

The warmer the better.

Keeps down those exorbitant heating bills ! :ReadIt:

[Arthur Little]

What's it like where you are?

Pretty much the same up here, Rosie ... wet :raining: and windy. Friends of ours keep pointing out :poke: that the redder the rowan berries in autumn ... the more harsh the forthcoming winter is likely to be. And that has certainly been the case over the past 3 years. But this winter has, so far at least, proved markedly different - except, of course, in the far north east [Aberdeenshire] where my daughter & family stay. They've already had a couple of substantial snowfalls earlier this month.

So - you're right - probably we shouldn't knock the milder than usual temperatures.

Conversely, I remember only too well, the :freezin: wintry conditions that were the "hallmark" of the mid to late 1950s - when my dad's delivery van needed chains on its wheels to cope with heavily~icebound country roads, and a shovel was an essential accompaniment for digging his vehicle out of regular snowdrifts.

[Arthur Little]

:omg: ... oft'times we [my brother & I] were dressed like Eskimos when going to school in rural Perthshire. :D

[Arthur Little]

Oh :rolleyes: ... "happy" days !!!

[mickcant]

Damp and very mild here on the Isle of Wight:xxgrinning--00xx3:
Mick.:)

[Rosie1958]

:omg: ... oft'times we [my brother & I] were dressed like Eskimos when going to school in rural Perthshire. :D

On my goodness, I remember my brother and I being dressed in anoraks with big furry hoods. I also had a cape trimmed with white fur around the hood which I was made to wear with my Alice Band on my ears :doh. My brother also wore a balaclava but I drew the line at one of those, it wasn't cool for little girls to be seen wearing one in those days!:omg:

[Rosie1958]

Damp and very mild here on the Isle of Wight:xxgrinning--00xx3:
Mick.:)

Damp and mild here in Cambridgeshire too today Mick. I can't ever remember a Christmas when the heating hasn't been needed during the day but all the Christmas lights are probably helping to heat the house up!