Nightmare scenario...
Mild, windy, wet Jan & Feb.
Then the blocking finally sets in, too late for good snow, but gives
weeks of easterlies with cold, dull, featureless weather in March &
April, just when we want to put winter behind us and get on with spring.


Reminds me of 1975 (which was I think the warmest until 1989)!

December (warmest Dec on record) had no snow.
January (2nd warmest Jan on record) with no snow until 28th (2cms)
February had naff all regarding snow but at least temps were nearer
normal.
Had to wait until March 27th (Easter if I recall) and we had 16cms of
the damn stuff, with more snow in April.
There were 7 days with snow lying from Dec to April and only one
occurred in Winter!!
--
Graham