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"Keith(Southend)" writes:
Philip Eden wrote:
"Alex Stephens Jr" wrote :
BBC Countrytracks forecast stated that Dec/Jan was the coldest in
Scotland "on record"! Remains to be seen.
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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

Good one for the Telegraph next weekend Philip ;-)

It's quite obvious the people in power don't know what there're talking
about!


One expects that from the people in power, but one would hope that the
Met Office (who in spite of what Lawrence might think are not yet in
power could do rather better. I do occasionally wonder if some of the
weather presenters get their historical information from the Met
Office's Press Office rather from their climatologist colleagues!
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)