Perthbum Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 great photos showing the difference, today is another really mild and sunny day...I wanted a winter like last year but I haven't even had to put my woolly hat on this year :embarrassed:.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544261/A-walk-mild-winter-12-months-Photos-difference-warmest-December-25-years.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinsmom65 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Well PB, it has been our coldest winter in over 20 years here in Canada. Here is an article from a city called Windsor, Ontario, it is the furthest city south in Canada. Jeez wish we had those temps right now. Roll on spring. http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/02/26/windsor-winter-breaking-records/ Cheers Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thank God for global warming. You better start saving up for a swimming pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Well PB, it has been our coldest winter in over 20 years here in Canada. Here is an article from a city called Windsor, Ontario, it is the furthest city south in Canada. Jeez wish we had those temps right now. Roll on spring. http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/02/26/windsor-winter-breaking-records/ Cheers Karen OUCH......I would love that winter you have had to be honest......this has to be global warming all these extremes surly/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 We've had a very mild winter. No snow at all and although it's been wet, it's nowhere near as bad as those poor people in the south have had to endure. I'm sure they'd have preferred the cold and snow tbh - at least they'd still have dry homes, animals and their crops would still be growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunbury61 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 great photos showing the difference, today is another really mild and sunny day...I wanted a winter like last year but I haven't even had to put my woolly hat on this year :embarrassed:.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544261/A-walk-mild-winter-12-months-Photos-difference-warmest-December-25-years.html Days below zero ...none heavy frosts - none early morning frost on windscreen -15 snow - half hour flurry about 2 weeks ago Ive seen the gritting lorries once in 3 months , and that was a false alarm I walk the dog early morning every day ....the birds have been whistling their heads off , even in the middle of January...strange its going to be a nice spring ...and a great summer :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 We're all doomed Apparently next summer is going to be the warmest on record in the UK - wetter winters and warmer summers is how it is going to be for the rest of our lifetimes so something is going to have to change in those flood impacted areas. Maybe a pipe line to Australia for the excess water, it the same trend continues there of hotter summers then much of the country will be parched and uninhabitable. I must admit thinking about the future for my family in these terms makes me glad to have dual nationality - it may be a case of making the 'least worst' choice in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Just been out with the dog - it's lovely out there! Birds are singing, leaves are appearing, crocuses and daffodils are flowering and it's only a month until the clocks go forward. It's already light before 7am and until 6pm. Just waiting for the first lambs to arrive now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunbury61 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Just been out with the dog - it's lovely out there! Birds are singing, leaves are appearing, crocuses and daffodils are flowering and it's only a month until the clocks go forward. It's already light before 7am and until 6pm.Just waiting for the first lambs to arrive now.... out of the darkness into the light ....I usually hate winter with a passion , but this one has been a doddle ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Me too, but this has been short and fairly sweet! One of the things I love about living in the countryside is watching the seasons change - every week is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikey Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Dont get too cocky everyone. There's still plenty of time for a deep freeze!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Exactly.. There's always this month and April. It's happened before. Hopefully not. I agree tho, it's been fine. I bought gloves and haven't had them on once. Bought wellies a few months ago and haven't had them on either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Think i would prefer it to be a bit colder and not be flooded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 We're all doomed Apparently next summer is going to be the warmest on record in the UK - wetter winters and warmer summers is how it is going to be for the rest of our lifetimes so something is going to have to change in those flood impacted areas. Maybe a pipe line to Australia for the excess water, it the same trend continues there of hotter summers then much of the country will be parched and uninhabitable. I must admit thinking about the future for my family in these terms makes me glad to have dual nationality - it may be a case of making the 'least worst' choice in the future. Wouldn't be panicking just yet LR. Wait till the summer doesn't turn out to be as hot as predicted and it's back to the normal grey, overcast days with a fair bit of rain and then next winter back to the one like two years ago, with lots of snow and freezing temps. Wonder if anyone holds these people that make predictions like this to account when they get it totally wrong? Wasn't so long ago that the "experts" were saying the jetstream was never going to move again and the UK would have to get used to wet summers. Here's a couple of recent predictions . Could Met Office have been more wrong? Just before floods, report told councils: Winter will be 'drier than normal' - especially in West Country! Worst weather prediction since Michael Fish reassured the nation in October 1987 there was no hurricane on the way Forecasters said the Somerset Levels and the rest of the West Country would be especially dry Last night, it was confirmed the UK had instead suffered the wettest winter since records began Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564358/Could-Met-Office-wrong-Just-floods-report-told-councils-Winter-drier-normal-especially-West-Country.html#ixzz2uaKCFDW0 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook WINTER 2013 TO BE LONGEST IN HISTORY: Heavy snow could fall until MAY warn forecasters BRITAIN is facing an unprecedented SIX MONTH winter with long-range forecasters warning relentless heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures could last until MAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Dont get too cocky everyone. There's still plenty of time for a deep freeze!!!! This is very true, I've known it snow on my daughter's birthday in May! However, even if it does freeze now (and I'm not sure it will this year as the jet stream doesn't seem to be going anywhere) it's unlikely to last for weeks like it would in Dec/Jan. I hope...:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 This is very true, I've known it snow on my daughter's birthday in May! However, even if it does freeze now (and I'm not sure it will this year as the jet stream doesn't seem to be going anywhere) it's unlikely to last for weeks like it would in Dec/Jan. I hope...:wink: Got to love the UK weather. We took our son to hospital to have his tonsils out on the first Monday in June 1975, and there was snow on the ground. Bought him home on the Friday in a heat wave. As for spring, went back last year for the coldest March in 50 years. We froze, and April wasn't much better. Don't think you can rely on any of the seasons, just take it as it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest 47403 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Think i would prefer it to be a bit colder and not be flooded I'd happily swap some crisp mornings for all the rain we've suffered not enjoyed our last winter in the UK at all, this morning however is lovely nice frost on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikey Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I am defo feeling the warmth today and starting to get a bit cocky meself! All the daffs are out and the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceylove54 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Listen you guys it's not over yet do you remember the April a couple of years ago where we had a good dump of snow?? There's plenty of time left in this winter yet!! Spoken like a true northerner!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheswick Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 great photos showing the difference, today is another really mild and sunny day...I wanted a winter like last year but I haven't even had to put my woolly hat on this year :embarrassed:.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544261/A-walk-mild-winter-12-months-Photos-difference-warmest-December-25-years.html Very strange weather around the world...Australia has had its least amount of rain this summer in ages...no massive storms around Sydney which is the norm in the summer months...whether or not its caused by humans,the climate is definitely changing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest 47403 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Very loose use of the word warmest......................................................average temp of 5.1C positively tropical :biglaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1977 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 You do whinge constantly about the weather baz.!i hope you find Australia's weather better , and your upping sticks for more reasons than the thing in the sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinsmom65 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Very loose use of the word warmest......................................................average temp of 5.1C positively tropical :biglaugh: Jeez, some of you Poms really are wimps when it comes to the weather. Come to Canada, where we have been dealing with wind chill values in the minus 30's, and there was a 96 car pile up yesterday due to a sudden snow squall. To me 5 degrees is tropical compared to minus 22 that we had today. Good on the UK for not having a cold and brutal winter. Enjoy it, wish I was there. Cheers Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest 47403 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 No Paul don't whinge about the weather at all, may mention it occasionally but whinge? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest 47403 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Jeez, some of you Poms really are wimps when it comes to the weather. Come to Canada, where we have been dealing with wind chill values in the minus 30's, and there was a 96 car pile up yesterday due to a sudden snow squall. To me 5 degrees is tropical compared to minus 22 that we had today. Good on the UK for not having a cold and brutal winter. Enjoy it, wish I was there. Cheers Karen Give me snow and cold over rain and cold any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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