I wasn't taking you up on the fact it might be cooler than 62/63, that
seems very unlikely even in this part of Scotland, we would need another
month with an average below zero, but even this isn't silly.
Your original point was that it was silly to suggest it may be the coolest
SINCE 1962/63. Perhaps that is the case for the midlands also? But not for
anywhere north of your region I would guess.

I know it's been a lot colder in Scotland than it as down here.
I should have said the silly comments from the English Media, sorry Alex!
One such comment on our local radio station after only 15 days of January
said 'it's now official, it's the coldest Winter for 47 years', how on earth
you can make a statement like that with half the Winter remaining I don't
know!
More annoying is our local stations and TV had completely forgot about 1979,
which in this area was a much more snowy winter and also very cold.

Graham