On Jan 31, 6:43*pm, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom
wrote:
"Alex Stephens Jr" wrote :

BBC Countrytracks forecast stated that Dec/Jan was the coldest in
Scotland "on record"! Remains to be seen.

It's not the case for the whole of Scotland, though perhaps it has been
with most?
December/January 1981/82 was slightly colder in this area (0.4ºC cooler).
And it looks to have been fractionally cooler for Glasgow and Edinburgh
too as far as I can tell. So I'm not sure if that's just a bit of headline
grabbing from the BBC / met office.
December/January 1939/40 is another candidate for being cooler.
Calling Mr Eden.
Alex.

Well, whoever said that was talking through their fundament and
probably deserves a good spanking thereupon. Here are the stats
for Dec/Jan combined:

Station * * * * 09/10 * *96/97 * *95/96 * *81/82 * *78/79
Lerwick * * * * 3.3 * * * *3.9 * * * *3.7 * * * *1.9 * * * *2.2
Kirkwall * * * *3.8 * * * *4.1 * * * *4.4 * * * *2.4 * * * *2.8
Stornoway * * 4.2 * * * *4.7 * * * *5.1 * * * *3.4 * * * *3.7
Tiree * * * * * * 4.5 * * * *5.2 * * * *5.5 * * * *4.2 * * * *4.3
Glasgow * * * *1.3 * * * *3.1* * * *2.9* * * *0.3* * * *1.5*
Eskdalemuir * 0.1 * * * *1.4 * * * *1.8 * * *-0.8 * * * -0.1
Edinburgh * * *1.5 * * * *3.3* * * *3.2* * * *0..2* * * *1.7*
Leuchars * * * 1.8 * * * *3.0 * * * *3.5 * * * *0.9 * * * *1.9
Dyce * * * * * * 2.1 * * * *3.3 * * * *3.1 * * * *0.7 * * * *1.7
Braemar * * *-1.7 * * * *0.0* * * -0.1* * *-2.4 * * * -0.9
Aviemore * *-0.7 * * * *1.2* * * *1.3* * * -1.7* * * -0.8*
Wick * * * * * *3.2 * * * *3.3 * * * *4.0 * * * *1.9 * * * * 2.9
* * * * * * Change of site

So every station was colder in 81-82, some by more than
a degree (quite a large margin when you're looking at
two-month averages), and 8 of the 12 were colder in
78-79 as well.

And of course we should also emphasise that there are
lots and lots and lots of Jan/Feb combinations colder than
the coldest Dec/Jan combination.

Philip

Just had a sneaking feeling that might be the case. Thanks Philip.