In message , Stewart Robert Hinsley
writes
In message , Ron Button
writes
Hasn't New Zealand just come out of summer ?, funny time to talk about a bad
winter....

RonB

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/.../18127634.html



The original story seems to be

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4036098a6479.html

The "bad winter" they're talking about is late spring frosts and hail
damage in November, followed by a cool December.

Looks as if whoever wrote the piece for the Met Office site didn't know
that winter in New Zealand is displaced by 6 months from the time of our
winter :-)

Norman.
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England