Sorry, I just can't let that statement pass as an unchallenged fact. Or
maybe you weren't thinking of the larger part of England and Wales?

If you'd said "relatively dry and somewhat cooler than average", I could
have agreed.

Pretty average here in the North Midlands!

1971-2000 = 3.4c
1961-1990 = 3.1c
Winter 2006 = 3.3c

Weston Coyney weather station 220 metres asl
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Graham