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Alex Stephens Jr writes:
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However, there is a slim chance that it may well be turn out to be
unprecidented around here anyway... If the rest of the winter has an average
temperature of +1.0ºC or lower it will be the coldest, in this area at
least, since the 19th Century.

Pedant that I am, I can't resist pointing out that if it's happened
before, even if it was over a hundred years ago, it's still not
unprecedented.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)