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James Brown writes:
I can't decide how to rate this Winter. Is it:

a) The once in a few decades type like 1947 or 1962 - but modified by
the GW climatic change - hence not so severe.

b) The continuance of a pendulum swing to a more colder UK Winter
period, such as the 80's e.g.

c) None of the above - just another unique scenario - but without
implications of GW or longer term Winter cooling.

I'm leaning towards a) but together with last year, I'm also drawn to b)

Any thoughts?

Only that we don't know yet. If we get two or three more cold winters in
the next five years, then we'll incline towards (b). Mind you, (a) and
(b) need not be mutually exclusive. Since 2009-10 was colder, if you
take the average temperature over the three months, than the cold
winters of the 1980s, it could turn out that both (a) and (b) are true.
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