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!

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 !

[Arthur Little]

What's it like where you are?

Pretty much the same up here, Rosie ... wet and windy. Friends of ours keep pointing out 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 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]

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

[Arthur Little]

Oh ... "happy" days !!!

[mickcant]

Damp and very mild here on the Isle of Wight
Mick.

[Rosie1958]

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

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 . 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!

[Rosie1958]

Damp and very mild here on the Isle of Wight
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!