"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
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Wise words. And with it almost certain to be the coldest winter in this
area
since 1978/79 - which had a very cold Spring, I'm inclined to think this
Spring will be the coolest in quite a few years.

Ah but the CET for March 1963 was 6.0C, on the mild side.

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Mike Tullett - Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 14/02/2010 17:11:28 GMT

Indeed. But the month of March isn't spring :-)

The last ten colder than average winter's (by at least 1.0ºC) in this area :
the departure from average of the preceeding spring;

1990/91 : -0.9ºC
1986/87 : -0.8ºC
1985/86 : -1.4ºC
1984/85 : -0.8ºC
1981/82 : -0.1ºC
1978/79 : -1.6ºC
1977/78 : +0.1ºC
1976/77 : -0.4ºC
1969/70 : -0.6ºC
1962/63 : -0.2ºC

I think we can rule out a warm spring?

Alex.