On Feb 2, 11:20*pm, "Yokel" wrote:
"John Hall" wrote in message

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| In article ,| Yokel writes:

| snip interesting stuff
| And in the very first month of my records, January 1980, the temperature
| only rose above freezing on 6 of the 31 days. *This year was actually
close,
| only 8 days in January with no frost.
|
| That confuses me somewhat. Do you really mean that the minima were above
| freezing on only 6 days, rather than the maxima?
|
| I must admit that I'd forgotten all about that month, although a CET of
| 2.3 indicates that it was quite chilly. I suppose it just came as a bit
| of an anticlimax compared with a year earlier.

I have dug out ny weather diary for 1980...

And there it is - January 1980, 25 days with frost. *Apologies for the
phrasing - it should have been "did not fall below freezing..." so 25 frost
days, not 25 "Ice days".

Looking at the individual observations suggests that, at least in this part
of the world, the situation was not dissimilar to the January just gone,
with a cold NE or E to start the month (though not as cold as this year -
there were actually no"Ice days" at all in 1980) followed by cold NW or W
with polar or arctic maritime air allowing night frosts even with the
westerlies.
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Looking at wetterzentrale.de charts suggests that Jan 1980 was mostly
cold 1st-19th, with a brief mild interlude around the 3rd-5th, and
then mostly mild for the rest of the month - with a brief cold
interlude around the 26th. Doesn't sound too extreme - but - that
would probably make it very cold compared to most of the Januaries
since 1988.

Strange I can't remember anything about it - but then perhaps it was
near-normal for the late 70s and the 80s, so didn't stand out.
The charts suggest snow was unlikely, which would fit in with my lack
of memory of snow that month.

Nick