On 26 Feb, 19:11, "Col" wrote

I thought that up until the late 70's winters in that decade
were mild.

There were some cold winters in the late 1970's he

1976-77 2.9
1977-78 3.5
1978-79 1.4

but you are right!

My researcher let me down - this year's winter average is 4.5C, same
as the 30 year average, not +1.1C.

Can't get the staff these days:-)

Still likely to be one of the coldest winter's in thepast 21 winters
here - only 5 colder (90-91, 95-96, 96-97, 00-01, 05-06).

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk