That seems fair enough. On average, the extremes of temperature occur about
a month after the solstices, and the autumn equinox is warmer than the
spring equinox.

Ian Bingham,
Bieldside, Aberdeen.


"Scott W" wrote in message
oups.com...
Excuse my ignorance and weakness of having looked at "The Weather
Outlook" but has anyone heard of the following fact that I read on
TWO...

"Although the days are have now been lengthening for a while, the
weather tends to lag behind by about one month, meaning that on average
the coldest winter in the UK can be expected during the second half of
January and the first half of February."