Richard Dixon wrote:
wrote in news:1135858563.132154.155240
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
Seems a repeating pattern is that the new year always brings drab
weather, and that any "exciting" winter weather will occur in either
December or April(!)
Interesting that the second week of January has only been anything
close to "exciting" since 1987 in 1997 and 2003, and since 1992, mid
January has only been anything close to seasonal in 2001 (no snow, but
cold).
Nick - my birthday is 20th Jan, which is apparently "Midwinter's Day" in
England and Wales and I cannot ever remember snow falling on my birthday.
I'm 30...
It is remarkable how the supposedly coldest month of the year never
brings any snow.... January is definitely the least snowy of the three
true winter months, and probably behind April too as I said....
unfortunately it is also too early for spring-like weather (even in the
south) - the best we can hope for in January, it seems, is a 10 day
spell of frosty, coldish by day, anticyclonic weather which sometimes
happens at the end of the month. But the first three weeks seem to be
drab three years out of four on average....
Nick