"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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Looks like Feb will end up 0.1 or 0.2 degC above the
1971-2000 mean. That will, of course, put it well above
the 61-90, 51-80 and 41-70 means. The Febs of
2003, 2005 and 2006 were all a little colder by this
measure.

That will give a winter quarter CET of 3.7°C which
is 0.7degC below the 1971-2000 mean, but only 0.1degC
below the 1941-70 mean. Compare recent winters:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporat...r20090225.html

suggests a Winter Dec-Feb of 3.2c for England.
"Coldest for a decade"

Phil