"David Mitchell" wrote in message
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Snowless & frostless in Penzance as normal.

Minimum temperature last night was +4.1 degrees.

In fact in the last 4 years (commencing 2000) we have only had 23 air
frosts, of which 12 occured when it was virtually calm. Any sort of real
wind and the warming affect of the sea is normally just too great,
unless
the wind is a North-easterly running down the spine of the peninsula. Of
the
11 air frosts which occured when it was fairly windy, 6 occured when the
wind was E or NE.

I'm not a cold weather person, but it would be nice to see a bit of snow
rather more frwquently than twice a decade.


Graham
Penzance

Graham, how I sympathise with you. After so many years living in Cornwall,
the frustration gets the better of you. Rarely would the temp drop below
5c
with any sort of a wind, yet last night here, Northerly gales, 10cm+ of
level snow and drifting as well.
I've only lived here a couple of weeks and was worried that I would see
less
snow here than the Pennines.
Move Graham, move!!! Maybe there's some sort of a hint in your surname.

--
David Mitchell.
70 amsl. Langtoft. E. Yorks.

Yes, but the summers make up for it. 4 months time I'll be dusting off the
wet-suits and surf-skis again.

You're right about my surname, it actually originates from Scandinavia.


Graham Easterling
Penzance

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